Similpedia Tools

... and I am back after a really busy weekend!
Let's go ahead and discuss what Tools we've made available to both web surfers and bloggers (or anyone who publishes content on the web).

1. Website Tool - Blogger/Publisher Tool
Probably this is a misnomer, but this tool can be used for any website regardless of the underlying blogging/publishing platform. The tool consists of a single line of HTML code (which actually calls a JavaScript file) and allows you to automatically add relevant Wikipedia content on your site.
Simply copy one of the code snippets in the Similpedia Tools page - depending on how many links you would like to list - and paste it on your page exactly where you want the content titles to be displayed. Here is a Live Demo of this tool in action.
Advanced users: If you'd like to style the widget, the ul element's class is similpedia-items and the li elements' class is similpedia-item (notice the "s" or lack of at the end)

2. Wordpress Widget
You MUST use a widgets-enabled theme. The widget is very similar to the default Wordpress RSS widget. There are three steps to getting this widget up and running:
1. Upload filename.php to either /wp-content/plugins/widgets/ or /wp-content/plugins/.
2. Activate the Similario widget through the "Plugins" menu in your WordPress installation.
3. Add the Similario widget to your sidebar: "Presentation" => "Sidebar Widgets".

3. Firefox Add-on
The Firefox Add-on enables you to use Similpedia three ways:
- by selecting your text of choice, right-clicking and selecting "Find Similar".
- drag-and-drop the Similpedia button in your Firefox's Navigator Toolbar and you can select any block of text and then click on the button for Wikipedia results
- Lastly, when visiting any site, you can directly click the Similpedia button to find Wikipedia articles similar to the website you are currently visiting.

4. Firefox Bookmarklet
Make sure the "Bookmarks Toolbar" is checked in your Firefox installation. Check under View -> Toolbars. Drag the bookmarklet link into your Bookmarks Toolbar.
When visiting any website you can do either of the following:
- Simply click the Similpedia Bookmarklet to view articles similar to the whole document OR
- Select a block of text and click the Bookmarklet to view articles similar to that text only.

5. Contextual RSS - cRSS(tm)
IF you would like Similpedia content delivered to you in RSS format you can freely embed RSS in your existing RSS widget or anywhere in any project of yours (mobile etc).
Our Contextual RSS cRSS(tm) feed allows for flexibility and can be accessed using the following API:
http://www.similpedia.org/crss?q=url_here
For example, the link below will deliver as an RSS feed Wikipedia articles that are similar in content to a Yahoo article titled: "Oil Settles Above $70 a Barrel" located at:
http://www.similpedia.org/crss?q=http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070629/oil_prices.html
The Yahoo article is located at: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070629/oil_prices.html

I hope this has been informative to you and I certainly hope you find the tools useful.
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