what is start.hover.in ?

start.hover.in provides a user-engagement library for embedding hoverlets into a web page. 

for developers
  Developers & content-providers can signup to build contextual applications

for publishers
  Blogs & websites can easily use them by just including a script and specifying certain URI's for their links.

1. Demo 1

  Click on any of the links below...

    facebook profile from crunchbase , tweets on election,  Wordpress search for iPad, or cooking videos from youtube.

1. The setup script

Place the start.hover.in script before the </body> tag

   <script src="http://start.hover.in/script" id="hi_start" type="text/javascript"></script>

2. the API

The URI is the API

<html>
 <body>

 Click on any of the links below...

   <a href="http://facebook.com" title="http://onclick.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/crunchbase/facebook">facebook</a> 
   profile from crunchbase

   <a href="#" title="http://onclick.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/twittersearch/election">tweets</a> 
   on election,

   <a href="#" title="http://onclick.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/relatedwordpress/ipad">Wordpress search</a> 
   for iPad,

   or <a href="#" title="http://onclick.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/relatedyoutube/cooking">cooking videos</a>
   from youtube. 

   <script src="http://start.hover.in/script" id="hi_start" type="text/javascript"></script>
 </body>
<html>

All you have to do is edit either the title or href attributes of existing links

# Demo 2

  Books on erlang from Safari

  Movie trailers from AOL Video

  Pubs named oaks

  Barack Obama articles on NY Times

<html>
 <body>

   Books on <a title="http://onhover.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/safaribooks/erlang"
                href="http://erlang.org" >erlang</a> from Safari

   Movie <a title="http://onhover.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/aolvideos/trailers"
       href="#">trailers</a> from AOL Video

   Pubs named <a title="http://onhover.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/pubinfo/oaks"
                 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/oaks" >oaks</a>
   <a title="http://onhover.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/nytimes/barack obama"
                 href="#" >Barack Obama</a> articles on NY Times

   <script src="http://start.hover.in/script" id="hi_start" type="text/javascript"></script>

 </body>
<html>

#. Demo 3 BONUS note: You can also create your own badges / images and hoverize them by placing an image inside a link.

 Click to bookmark this page

  Click to bookmark this page
    <a title="http://onclick.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/bookmarks/page" href="http://hover.in/">
       <img src="http://static.hover.in/img/site/buttons/save.png" alt="Bookmark this" />
    </a>

3. Available Events

http://<event>

 onhover
 onclick

4. Available Return Types

http://<event>.hover.in/<type>

 hoverlet

4. Created by

http://<event>.hover.in/<type>/<nick>/

 hover.in

Signup to get your own nick and create hoverlets ...

5. Available Hoverlets

http://<event>.hover.in/<type>/<nick>/<hoverlet>/<param1>/<param2>/...

crunchbase
blinkxvideos
relatedyoutube
pubinfo
relatedflickr
relatedpicasa
relatedwordpress
twittersearch
googlemaps
priceinfo
twitterprofile
zemantarelated
safaribooks
bookmarks
nytimes
cricinfo
aolvideos

6. More examples

 <html>
 <body>

  An <a href="http://onhover.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/relatedflickr/african safari">african safari</a>

  <a title="http://onhover.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/crunchbase/facebook"
      href="http://facebook.com" >facebook</a> 
  vs
  <a href="#" title="http://onhover.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/crunchbase/myspace">myspace</a>

  Follow us on <a href="http://onhover.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/twitterprofile/hoverin">twitter</a>

  <a href="http://onhover.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/priceinfo/xbox">xbox</a> 
  vs
  <a href="http://onhover.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/zemantarelated/wii">wii</a> 

  <a href="http://onhover.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/cricinfo/">cricket scores</a>
  happening in 
  <a href="http://onhover.hover.in/hoverlet/hover.in/googlemaps/london">london</a>

  <script src="http://start.hover.in/script" id="hi_start" type="text/javascript"></script>

 </body>
<html>

#. Demo 4

  
An african safari

facebook
 vs
myspace 

Follow us on twitter

xbox
 vs
wii 

cricket scores
 happening in
london

7. Resources

wp-hover, a wordpress plugin that uses the start.hover.in script to render hoverlets within your blog post in a few clicks

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what is start.hover.in ?

1. The setup script

Place the start.hover.in script before the </body> tag

2. the API

The URI is the API

All you have to do is edit either the title or href attributes of existing links

3. Available Events

http://<event>

4. Available Return Types

http://<event>.hover.in/<type>

4. Created by

http://<event>.hover.in/<type>/<nick>/

Signup to get your own nick and create hoverlets ...

5. Available Hoverlets

http://<event>.hover.in/<type>/<nick>/<hoverlet>/<param1>/<param2>/...

6. More examples

7. Resources

Last updated: Feb 1, 2010