Trendy.JS 1.0a
Trendy is now available as a JavaScript library, in alpha form. This library brings Trendy streaming to your website for viewers with a web sockets enabled browser.
Stream the Twitter happenings of your conference, event, or any old hashtag! Add it to your website, or a large public screen. Works great in a browser's fullscreen mode!
Get Trendy.js
Include the source code in your project (make sure you have jQuery): http://www.trendy.ie/lib/trendy.js
Or, hotlink the source code.
In the head of your html file:
Useage
First, install trendy using one of the means above. Now, initialize Trendy and attach it to a div.
In the head of your HTML file:
Lastly, to kick off a streaming search, let's attach to a text field.
Somewhere in your html file's body tag:
The Boring Stuff
-This is an alpha release, tested & verified working in Chrome for Mac.
-Legacy browsers fall back to a boring ajax non-realtime streaming, with refresh every 10 seconds.
-AWS costs monies. Donate if you like.
-Firefox 4 is, for the purposes of streaming techology, a legacy browser. Sux, huh?