BO.LT Tips and Tools
BO.LT is cool. These goodies make it much, much better. Check below for bookmarklets, browser extensions, APIs and even some sweet shortcuts.
BO.LT-it Button
← Drag this link to your Bookmarks Bar
(If you don't see your bookmark bar, click ⌘-shift-B on a Mac or Ctrl+Shift+B on Windows)
Chrome Extension
Get the Extension at BO.LT Chrome Extension
The fastest way to share a page on Twitter or Facebook. Period. Press the button and whatever page you are looking at is copied into BO.LT and given a new link. You can add a comment, rename the link, and share it faster than ordering a Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks.
Shortcuts
Once you create a BO.LT, you can use these simple shortcuts to edit and manage it from the address bar:
| bo.lt/ | in front of ANY URL copies that page into BO.LT and returns a opens the BO.LT RED on-screen editor for that page, if it is a BO.LTed page, e.g. bo.lt/www.gizmodo.com> |
| + | added to the end of a BO.LT address takes you directly to your BO.LT detailed stats page, e.g. http://bo.lt/labs+ |
| +edit | opens the BO.LT RED on-screen editor for that page, if it is a BO.LTed page, e.g. http://bo.lt/labs+edit |
| +thumb | returns a PNG image of the thumbnail for that page. Incredibly useful for posting to blogs or other publishing tools. |
| +user | takes you to the profile page of the user that created a BO.LT. A great way to check out more of that user's shared pages. |
BO.LT API
While we love the BO.LT application, we also know that you may have amazing ways to use a powerful Page Cloud to create sharing applications, so we created an API for developers. Visit our developer site at BO.LT API - http://dev.bo.lt