WTH:Tools
When creating WTHashtag?!, we thought that it would be important to develop some tools for the community to use that would enhance the experience and make it easier to get info.
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TwitterBot
One of the coolest ways to interact with WTH?! is to use our bot service. In short, it's a two-way communication channel that allows you to ask us what a hashtag stands for. We'll send you back a short description plus a link back to the page we're hosting for it. For more detailed info, including syntax for interaction, check out the TwitterBot page.
GreaseMonkey Script
If you're using Twitter's web interface in combination with the Firefox web browser, this user script is a must. Our GreaseMonkey script looks over the page you're looking at and finds all the hashtags on that page. Once it finds a tag, it replaces that hashtag with a link to its page here.
Our script doesn't stop at looking at what people are tweeting about - it will also find hashtags in a user's name, location, and bio fields and link those out as well. No other script developers (that we know of) are taking hashtag linking this far!
If you haven't already, first install GreaseMonkey in Firefox, then install our script.
Firefox Search Bar
A quick way to search the web when using Firefox is through the search bar. If you want to add a search engine for WTH?!, simply pull down the list of websites and you'll see the option to add WTHashtag?! near the bottom. We've even set it up so it'll suggest things to you as you type.
Firefox Keyword Search
The fastest way to search a specific site using Firefox is through a keyword search. If you really like WTHashtag?!, right click in the search bar in the left navigation box and select "Add a Keyword for this Search". In the following dialog, enter "What the Hashtag" and "wth" in the two fields.
Now you've got a bookmark, but it doesn't quite point to the right place yet (it'll just search our site). To really speed up the process, edit your bookmark and change the location to "http://wthashtag.com/%s".
Internet Explorer 8 Accelerator
The first third-party developed tool for interacting with us was created by Leonardo Souza (@leonardocsouza). It allows you to select any hashtag on a page and get the definition by selecting an item on a context menu. Check out more info here.