Laaik.it Tools

Submit stuff more easily (Bookmarklet)

If you want an easier way to submit interesting content – just drag this link: Laaik this to your browser's toolbar.

Whenever you come across something that catches your eye, just click this link and it will automatically begin the submission process. (If you don't want to surf away from the page, you can just right click and open the submission in a new tab).

Integrate Laaik.it into your site

If you're a savvy site owner, you've already realized that allowing your users to share your content more easily only generates more traffic for you in the long run.

So we've made it easy for you to add Laaik.it buttons to all your content, which will in turn make it much more likely to be submitted by your users. Plus, our buttons are intelligent enough to do all the hard work for you.

We've got three options, depending on what you want to achieve:

1. Our standard button:

If you want a button that's nice and noticeable and is extremely simple to add – this is the button for you. Just copy the code below and paste it into the article or content template where you want it to appear. (You can even add it manually to individual pieces of content, but we don't recommend all that extra work).

<script language="javascript" src="http://laaik.it/scripts/addresource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

2. Our compact button:

This is just as easy to add as the standard button, but is smaller and more discreet. (In the near future we will be offering a more "configurable" version).

<script language="javascript" src="http://laaik.it/scripts/addresource_compact.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

3. Our custom button solution:

If you have particular design requirements for your social bookmarking buttons, or you want more control over what your users submit, or you're just uncomfortable with the idea of our javascript on your pages, then our custom button is the one for you. It's only recommended for advanced users.

We offer a range of button graphics that you can use with the custom button solution:

The solution works by submitting links to content via a configurable URL that looks like the following example:

http://laaik.it/NewStoryCompact.aspx?uri=WWW.URL.COM&headline=EXAMPLE&description=THIS+IS+A+DESCRIPTION&cat= e232d306-3621-43f2-8387-f0094c550eb4&class=e9ab1ad1-f7d0-45a3-af25-7e61557325b3&public=1

The URL should be built up by adding the following query-string parameters to the base URL (http://www.laaikit.com/NewStoryCompact.aspx):

URI (mandatory)
The URI of the bookmarked content.
Maximum length is 255 characters
The URI should be unique and should exclude of session or user-specific data
Please URL-encode all strings as appropriate. For example: http%3A%2F%2Fyourwebsite%2Fyourstoryurl%2Fstorypagedetails.html

Headline (optional)
The headline of the bookmarked content.
- Maximum length is 75 characters

Description (optional)
A description of the bookmarked content. This will be displayed beneath the headline on Laaik.it's widgets and pages.
- Maximum length is 350 characters

Cat (mandatory)
This allows you to specify the most appropriate category for a piece of content.

A category is specified by referencing GUIDs. Options are
- Business - 1fd500f5-7ce0-41df-a2a5-1d9788f090af
- Entertainment - 5e082fcc-8a3b-47e2-acec-fdf64ff19d12
- Health & Beauty - 7ad6fa0d-604c-464f-a919-6d851b8b29e3
- Lifestyle - 3932d8d6-011c-40d4-a39e-5eb4491a5914
- Motoring - 013f799d-7150-4bb1-86aa-fb726c6c8786
- News & Politics - 761572f7-ba37-4f9b-a56a-35bfd094dcf4
- SciTech - 15adc81b-2fbf-4f9e-ab69-5ae63a4b4926
- Sport - 6d463584-149b-42ba-ad50-529f79225ccd

Class (optional)
This allows you to classify your content according to type. It works in the same way as categories. (If this parameter is not supplied, it will default to "Stories".)

Options are:
- Stories - 1665176a-bd50-4274-9382-6f2d3ec2f9a3
- Blogs - e62c26b9-c8df-48f5-a9b1-dc3889aa6e2c
- Photos - 5c7682cf-bb32-438a-a633-35a76cf8f183
- Videos - e9ab1ad1-f7d0-45a3-af25-7e61557325b3

Public (optional)

This controls whether your bookmarked content is public or privately visible. (If this parameter is not supplied, it will default to public). Options are:
- 0 – private
- 1 – public