Mick Redman: ipsum

Monday, 28 March 2011

Lorem Ipsum API using PHP

Below are some examples of using the Lorem Ipsum API. A useful tool for someone like me. I always need dummy text. I got the documentation from http://loripsum.net/

See demo.

Uncomment at will.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Lorem Ipsum API</title>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style>
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
line-height:1.5em;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<?php
/* Standard set of items. By default they are paragraphs. */
/* echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api'); */
/* Set number of items */
/* echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api/2'); */
/*
Set length of items
Options can be short, medium, long, verylong.
*/
/* echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api/long'); */
/*
Set decoration of items
Options can be bold, italic and marked.
*/
/* echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api/bold'); */
/* Add links to some of the text */
/* echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api/link'); */
/* Add unordered lists. */
/* echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api/ul'); */
/* Add unordered lists. */
/* echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api/ul'); */
/* Add ordered lists. */
/* echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api/ol'); */
/* Add description lists. */
/* echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api/dl'); */
/* Add blockquotes. */
/* echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api/bq'); */
/* Add code samples. */
/* echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api/code'); */
/* Add headers. */
/* echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api/headers'); */
/* Use ALL CAPS. */
/* echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api/allcaps'); */
/* Prude version. Takes out latin words like 'sex' or 'homo'. Cheer up! */
echo file_get_contents('http://loripsum.net/api/prude');
?>
</body>
</html>

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Using jQuery to create a dynamic Wordle button

Wordle is a great tool for creating interesting tag clouds. The example below contains a bunch of Lorem ipsum just so that there is some content to feed Wordle. This is followed by a button which creates a Wordle from the content. The jQuery takes the page content and applies it to the text field required by the Wordle service.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script>
google.load("jquery","1");
google.load("jqueryui","1");
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function()
{
$('#wordleParam').text($('#mainContent').text());
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
   <section id="mainContent">
<h1>HTML Ipsum Presents</h1>
<p><strong>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique</strong> senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. <em>Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.</em> Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, <code>commodo vitae</code>, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. <a href="#">Donec non enim</a> in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis.</p>
<h2>Header Level 2</h2>
<ol>
<li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
<li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ol>
<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec eleifend, libero at sagittis mollis, tellus est malesuada tellus, at luctus turpis elit sit amet quam. Vivamus pretium ornare est.</p></blockquote>
<h3>Header Level 3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
<li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ul>
<pre><code>
#header h1 a {
display: block;
width: 300px;
height: 80px;
}
</code></pre>

   <form action="http://www.wordle.net/advanced" method="POST">
   <textarea name="text" id="wordleParam" style="display:none;">
   </textarea>
   <input type="submit" value="Submit content to Wordle">
</form>
   </section>
</body>
</html>