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PLink - The People's Search Engine Web Hosting by Netfirms | Free Domain Names by Netfirms Quick-Nav >News>Help>Developers View All Documents | Login | Signup A Techy Blog for the Techy MassesTable of Contents:Export Documents as PDFsShare Information With Other UsersPublish to the News FeedUse the Search EnginePLink Editing SoftwareWhat started as a CIS project for creating technical documents has – over a span of two years – become PLink. Several months ago a corporeal voice said to me – it might have been my own – “Ben, why don’t you apply some of the research you’ve been doing, and make a search engine?” The idea (essentially) was to make a search engine that relied on voting to rank search results. To make a long story short, during the process of making this search engine, I realized that PLink would be a good venue to dust off some old code I had been working on for creating online technical documents – this became somewhat of an obsession. I began outlining the sorts of features that I would enjoy in blogging software, with an emphasis on the ability to create technical documents online. The result? The PLink document software, I feel, does a good job of serving both the casual Blogger/Social-Networker, while also allowing for the creation of fairly robust online documents. Perhaps, an example would help illustrate this: A Multifaceted Distributed Approach to Document Clustering in High-Demand EnvironmentsLeaning towards the technical end of things, here is a paper I wrote for one of my fourth year computer science courses, as seen on PLink.Note that we can export this as a PDF.My friend Jeff, on the other hand – an individual who is distinctly un-techy – has been using PLink as a personal blog. Jeff Longstreet's PageJeff's page on PLink.PLink suits both extremes. As stated, PLink’s document management software grew out of a 3rd year Software Engineering project – I think that this original motivation is still reflected well in the current product. Making it suitable for technically savvy bloggers, like myself. I’m a full-time student, and PLink is being developed as a hobby. This having been said, I think it’s got a lot to offer. I’ll continue to add new features – based on input, and my own observations. Go ahead and try it out! What follows is a break down of some of the features I’ve implemented so far. Export Documents as PDFsA Plink document (blog) is made up of sections. You can export either your entire page (all the sections), or an individual section as a PDF. This allows you to house a nice mix of technical documents and personal/fun stuff on the same page. Share Information With Other UsersA Plink document is made up of one of several kinds of elements: Subheading (Used to provide a title for subsections in your page.) Paragraph - Which supports Dean Allen's Textile (see the corresponding press release) List (A bulleted list of items.) Table (A variably sized table of data.) Image (Link to an image.) Link (Link to another site.) Bibliography Entry HTML (Anything else, e.g., videos)When you click on the ‘share’ option on one of the elements in a PLink document, you are presented with the HTML markup for a button. This can be pasted externally (or in your PLink page, using an HTML element). Another user of PLink who clicks on this button will be able to paste a copy of the original element into their own PLink page. This can be used, for instance, to allow for the efficient sharing of bibliographical information – or videos, images, etc. Publish to the News FeedYou can publish any section of your PLink document to the RSS feed on the main page of PLink – if you happen to feel that it’s news worthy. Use the Search EngineThe PLink search engine let’s you share some of your favorite links with other users – the indexer runs primarily based on the sites you suggest. When searching for sites, click the ‘bookmark’ option to place a link directly into a section of your PLink document. You can also give a ‘thumbs up’ or ‘thumbs down’ to the quality of the search results returned. PLink C.V. and document maker: A How-To and GuideMore information about getting your PLink blog up and running.Show Comments (3)johnny hearts:This thing is pretty cool, what kind of new features are you thinking of adding in the future... DUDE?bcoe:Are comments still working? this would be nice to know.bcoe:wow, that's neat!Hide © DeepWater Technology 2007 _uacct = "UA-2173276-1"; urchinTracker();

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