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Klout Spark for CodeIgniter

After converting my bit.ly library for CodeIgniter into a Spark last night, I’ve decided to do the same for my Klout library.

You can find the spark over at http://getsparks.org/packages/codeigniter-klout/show, along with all the information needed to get Sparks in your CodeIgniter installat...

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bit.ly Spark for CodeIgniter

I’ve converted my bit.ly library for CodeIgniter into a Spark for easier use and installation after many long months with an open issue from Phil Sturgeon. You can find the spark over at http://getsparks.org/packages/codeigniter-bitly/show, along with all the information needed to get Sparks...

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Klout Library for CodeIgniter

Last week, I talked about how and why I use Klout as a useful metric. In that post I mentioned that I would be working on a library to use the Klout API with CodeIgniter. Incidentally, my Klout score has dropped a point since then!

When I finally got to writing it up on Friday afternoon I manage...

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How and why I use Klout

All over the web, you will read about how people feel disappointed, insulted, or are otherwise against Klout (especially their new changes) and they are railing against the metric itself, in that they feel they are being scored or judged unfairly. The heart of Klout is, after all, exactly that. It i...

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bit.ly Library for CodeIgniter

Back in April 2010, I released a CodeIgniter library for bit.ly and the API has changed quite a bit in the last eighteen months, so I figured it may be time for an update of the library. Eric Barnes did a refactor back in December 2010 to match some of the internal coding standards of CodeIgni...

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