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Posted by askariabdurrahman
askariabdurrahman
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How do you make a Pinterest like chrome extension?

I would like to make a Pinterest like chrome extension for my website which if users like something on the web they can use the extension to upload it onto my website.

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Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points
Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points

Here is a quick guide on the basics of making a chrome extension:

http://www.sitepoint.com/create-chrome-extension-10-minutes-flat/

For a Pinterest type button you would need to create an extension that can:

  1. Detect or Store user login (So it knows which users wall to pin the page to)

  2. Take the users current browsed page or selected element on a page and send the information to your website where you will need some form of backend code to recieve and add the information to your website. (I would use a database such as SQL to store the data and a PHP script to recieve the information from the extension.