How does a site get on this showcase? Scraping HN or manual intervention?
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#23great!
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#24I think the scrolling page numbers isn't the best. I would go stick to the traditional 1|2|3|4|5|...|29|30
I would prefer infinite scrolling as on e.g. http://lookbook.nu and http://images.bing.com/search?q=cat
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#25How does a site get on this showcase? Scraping HN or manual intervention?
It uses the search API (http://www.hnsearch.com/api) and does a little bit of sanitizing to remove "Show HN" from the title and find the URL in the post.
It seems like the site isn't returning any new results right now, and I'll investigate when I get a chance. Usually things are up there realtime.
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#26Just last week, I was in a slump and thought of looking for side-project inspiration by searching for all the ShowHN posts. This just works great because when you start bombarding your brain with lots of new ideas, you'd be surprised what you come up with :) I understand it'd be a little more work, but how about manually curating and featuring projects ?
I don't have the bandwidth right now to manually curate. However, this sounds like a good idea for someone to do as a dedicated tumblr/posterous blog.
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#27Is there a way to search for a particular showcased site? (In case you're wondering why: I would like to find my own site on the showcase site without browsing through all the pages.)
There isn't a way right now, but I may add it in the next update. Having a perma link to a project is tricky as the projects shift back when new projects get posted.
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#28This is great for most of the Show HN stuff that never makes the front page!