Index

A

• access control / Authentication, access control, and user management
• access control, Colony
  • about / Authentication, access control, and user management
• access control, Photoclone
  • about / Authentication, access control, and user management
• account-Type parameter / Google ClientLogin
• activity class, Colony data model
  • about / Activity
• after_login route, Tweetclone application flow / Authenticating and managing users
• album class, Colony data model
  • about / Album
• album class, Photoclone data model
  • about / Album
• albums, Photoclone
  • about / Albums and photos
• annotation class, Photoclone data model
  • about / Annotation
• annotations, Photoclone
  • about / Annotations
• API
  • implementing, in Tweetclone / Implementing the API
• API routes, Tweetclone application flow / Implementing the API
• APIs, Tweetclone
  • about / API
  • implementing / API
• application flow, Colony
  • building / Building the application flow
  • structure / Structure of the application and flow
  • users, authenticating / Authenticating and managing users
  • users, managing / Authenticating and managing users
  • landing page / Landing page, news feed, and statuses
  • news feed / Landing page, news feed, and statuses
  • statuses / Landing page, news feed, and statuses
  • invite friends and friends list features / Inviting friends and friends list
  • activity feeds, in user pages / User page and activity feeds
  • user pages / User page and activity feeds
  • wall, posting to / Posting to a wall
  • photos, sharing / Sharing photos
  • messages, sending / Sending messages
  • events, creating / Creating events
  • groups, forming / Forming groups
  • content, sharing through pages / Sharing content through pages
  • commenting and liking features / Commenting and liking
• application flow, Photoclone
  • about / Building the application flow
  • users, managing / Authenticating and managing users
  • users, authenticating / Authenticating and managing users
  • index route / Authenticating and managing users
  • after_login route / Authenticating and managing users
  • landing page / Landing page
  • landing page demo / Landing page
  • albums, managing / Managing albums
  • photos, uploading / Uploading photos
  • photos, displaying / Displaying photos
  • photos, annotating / Annotating photos
  • photos, commenting on / Commenting on photos
  • photos, editing / Editing photos
  • photos, sharing / Sharing photos
• application flow, Tinyclone
  • about / Application flow
• application flow, Tweetclone
  • building / Building the application flow
  • users, managing / Authenticating and managing users
  • users, authenticating / Authenticating and managing users
  • index route / Authenticating and managing users
  • after_login route / Authenticating and managing users
  • change_profile route / Authenticating and managing users
  • profile route / Authenticating and managing users
  • statuses, updating / Displaying and updating statuses
  • statuses, displaying / Displaying and updating statuses
  • direct messages, displaying / Sending and displaying direct messages
  • direct messages, sending / Sending and displaying direct messages
  • relationships, forming / Showing and forming relationships
  • relationships, showing / Showing and forming relationships
• ASmallWorld / All about social networking services
• associations, DataMapper
  • about / Defining associations between models
  • one-to-one association / One-to-one
  • one-to-many association / One-to-many
  • many-to-many association / Many-to-many
• authentication / Authentication, access control, and user management
• authentication, Photoclone
  • about / Authentication, access control, and user management
• AWS S3
  • about / Amazon Web Services Simple Storage Service (S3)
  • features / Amazon Web Services Simple Storage Service (S3)

B

• blogging
  • about / All about microblogs
• Blueprint CSS
  • about / Blueprint CSS
• Brightkite / Twitter
• buckets / Databasephotos, Photoclonestoring, in database

C

• 51.com / All about social networking services
• change_profile route, Tweetclone application flow / Authenticating and managing users
• Classmates / All about social networking services
• Colony
  • designing / Designing the clone
  • authentication / Authentication, access control, and user management
  • access control / Authentication, access control, and user management
  • user management / Authentication, access control, and user management
  • status updates / Status updates
  • user activity feeds / User activity feeds and news feeds
  • news feed / User activity feeds and news feeds
  • friends list / Friends list and inviting users to join
  • users, inviting / Friends list and inviting users to join
  • messages, posting on wall / Posting to the wall
  • messages, sending / Sending messages, Sending messages
  • private messaging mechanism / Sending messages
  • events, attending / Attending events
  • groups, forming / Forming groups, Forming groups
  • comments / Commenting on and liking content
  • likes / Commenting on and liking content
  • photos, sharing / Sharing photos
  • pages, blogging with / Blogging with pages
  • building / Building the clone
  • configuring / Configuring the clone
  • data, modelling / Modeling the data
  • application flow, building / Building the application flow
  • application structure / Structure of the application and flow
  • application flow / Structure of the application and flow
  • events, creating / Creating events
  • content sharing, through pages / Sharing content through pages
  • deploying / Deploying the clone
  • deploying, on standalone server / Deploying locally
  • deploying, on Heroku cloud platform / Deploying to the cloud
• comment class, Colony data model
  • about / Comment
• comment class, Photoclone data model
  • about / Comment
• commenting and liking features, Colony
  • implementing / Commenting and liking
• comments, Colony
  • about / Commenting on and liking content
• comments, Photoclone
  • about / Comments
• community features, Facebook
  • about / Community
• config.rb / Configuring the clone
• configuration, Photoclone
  • about / Configuration
• content sharing, Colony
  • through pages / Sharing content through pages
• content sharing features, Facebook
  • about / Content sharing
• count_by_country_with method / Visit
• count_by_date_with method / Visit
• count_country_chart method / Visit
• count_days_bar method / Visit
• CyWorld / All about social networking services

D

• DataMapper
  • about / DataMapper, DataMapper
  • installing / Installing
  • database connection / Connecting to the database
  • models, creating / Creating models
  • associations, defining models / Defining associations between models
  • database tables, creating / Creating the database tables
  • records, finding / Finding records
• DataMapper models
  • creating / Creating models
• data model, Colony
  • about / Modeling the data
  • user class / User
  • request class / Request
  • message class / Message
  • album class / Album
  • photo class / Photo
  • status class / Status
  • group class / Group
  • event class / Event
  • page class / Page
  • wall class / Wall
  • activity class / Activity
  • comment class / Comment
  • like class / Like
• data model, Photoclone
  • about / Modeling the data
  • user class / User
  • album class / Album
  • photo class / Photo
  • annotation class / Annotation
  • comment class / Comment
• data model, Tinyclone
  • about / Data model
  • Url object / Url
  • Link object / Link
  • Visit object / Visit
• data model, Tweetclone
  • about / Modeling the data
  • user class / Modeling the data
  • status class / Modeling the data
  • diagrammatic representation / Modeling the data
  • mention class / Modeling the data
  • relationship class / Modeling the data
• DataObjects library / Installing
• delete follow route, Tweetclone application flow / Showing and forming relationships
• display route, Tweetclone application flow / Displaying and updating statuses

E

• email parameter / Google ClientLogin
• error handling, Sinatra
  • about / Error handling
• event class, Colony data model
  • about / Event
• events, Colony
  • about / Attending events
  • creating / Creating events

F

• Facebook / Twitter
  • about / Facebook
  • features / Facebook, Main features
  • overview / Facebook
  • user features / User
  • community features / Community
  • content sharing features / Content sharing
• Facebook Connect
  • about / Facebook Connect
• Facebook Connect, in Colony
  • using / Inviting friends and friends list
  • Facebook application, registering / Registering a Facebook application
  • cross-domain communication channel file, creating / Creating a cross-domain communication channel file
  • code, writing / Writing the code
• filters, Sinatra
  • about / Filters
• Flickr
  • about / All about photo-sharing services, Flickr
  • features / Flickr, Main features
  / All about social networking services
• follower route, Tweetclone application flow / Showing and forming relationships
• followers method / Showing and forming relationships
• follows route, Tweetclone application flow / Showing and forming relationships
• follow_users snippet / Showing and forming relationships

G

• get direct messages route, Tweetclone application flow / Showing and forming relationships
• get messages route, Tweetclone application flow / Sending and displaying direct messages
• Google Chart API
  • about / Google Chart API
• Google ClientLogin
  • about / Google ClientLogin
  • URL / Google ClientLogin
• Gravatar
  • about / Gravatar, Gravatar
  • URL / Gravatar
• group class, Colony data model
  • about / Group
• groups, Colony
  • forming / Forming groups, Forming groups

H

• Haml
  • about / Haml, Haml
  • installing / Installing
  • implementing / Using Haml
  • using / Using Haml
  • implementing rules / Using Haml
  • Ruby code, integrating / Haml and Ruby
• helpers, Sinatra
  • about / Helpers
• helpers.rb file / Building the application flow
• Heroku
  • about / Heroku, Heroku
  • Tweetclone, deploying on / Deploying to the cloud
• home route, Tweetclone application flow / Displaying and updating statuses
• HostIP
  • about / HostIP
• HTTP Basic Authentication / API

I

• Identi.ca / Twitter
• IM
  • about / All about microblogs
• ImageShack / All about photo-sharing services
• index route, Tweetclone application flow / Authenticating and managing users
• info_box snippet / Displaying and updating statuses
• installing
  • Sinatra / Installing
  • DataMapper / Installing
  • Haml / Installing
• internet applications
  • URL shortener, TinyURL / Popular Internet applications
  • microblogging application, Twitter / Popular Internet applications
  • photo sharing application, Flickr / Popular Internet applications
  • social networking service, Facebook / Popular Internet applications
  • URL shorteners / All about URL shorteners
• invite friends and friends list feature, Colony
  • implementing / Inviting friends and friends list
• IRC
  • about / All about microblogs

J

• Jaiku / Twitter
• JSON
  • about / JSON
• JSON gem
  • about / JSON
• JSON library
  • installing / JSON
• JSON Ruby library
  • about / JSON

K

• Kaixin001 / All about social networking services

L

• landing page, Colony
  • news feed / Landing page, news feed, and statuses
  • about / Landing page, news feed, and statuses
  • statuses / Landing page, news feed, and statuses
• landing page, Photoclone
  • about / Landing page
• Last.FM / All about social networking services
• layouts, Sinatra
  • about / Layouts
• like class, Colony data model
  • about / Like
• likes, Colony
  • about / Commenting on and liking content
• LinkedIn / Twitter
• Link object, Tinyclone data model
  • about / Link
• load_users / Authenticating and managing users
• login.haml / Authenticating and managing users
• logout route, Tweetclone application flow / Authenticating and managing users

M

• Make A Shorter Link (MASL)
  • about / All about URL shorteners
• many-to-many association, DataMapper
  • about / Many-to-many
• Mashups
  • about / Mashups, Mashups
• Match / All about social networking services
• Meme / Twitter
• message class, Colony data model
  • about / Message
• message snippet / Sending and displaying direct messages
• messaging, Colony
  • about / Sending messages
• microblogs
  • about / All about microblogs
  • statistics / Twitter
  • features / Main features
• Mixi / All about social networking services
• MySpace / All about social networking services

O

• OAuth
  • about / Third party authentication and access control
• one-to-many association, DataMapper
  • about / One-to-many
• one-to-one association, DataMapper
  • about / One-to-one
• OpenID
  • about / Third party authentication and access control
• OpenID OAuth Extension
  • about / Third party authentication and access control

P

• page class, Colony data model
  • about / Page
• pages, Colony
  • blogging / Blogging with pages
• passwd parameter / Google ClientLogin
• photo-sharing, Colony
  • about / Sharing photos
  • albums, managing / Managing albums
  • photos, uploading / Uploading photos
  • photos, displaying / Displaying photos
  • photos, annotating / Annotating photos
  • friends photos, viewing / Viewing friends' photos
• Photobucket / All about photo-sharing services
• photo class, Colony data model
  • about / Photo
• photo class, Photoclone data model
  • about / Photo
• Photoclone
  • designing / Designing the clone
  • authentication / Authentication, access control, and user management
  • user management / Authentication, access control, and user management
  • access control / Authentication, access control, and user management
  • photos / Albums and photos
  • albums / Albums and photos
  • photos, uploading / Uploading and storing photos
  • photos, storing / Uploading and storing photos
  • comments / Comments
  • annotations / Annotations
  • photos, editing / Editing photos
  • friendly URLs / Friendly URLs
  • photos, sharing / Sharing photos
  • technologies and platforms / Technologies and platforms used
  • building / Building the clone
  • deploying / Deploying the clone
  • deploying, on server / Deploying on a server
• Photoclone, building
  • configuration / Configuration
  • data model / Modeling the data
  • application flow, building / Building the application flow
• photos, Colony
  • sharing / Sharing photos
• photos, Photoclone
  • uploading / Uploading and storing photos
  • storing / Uploading and storing photos
  • storing, in file system / Filesystemphotos, Photoclonestoring, in file system
  • storing, in database / Databasephotos, Photoclonestoring, in database
  • cloud storage / Databasephotos, Photoclonestoring, in database
  • editing / Editing photos
  • sharing / Sharing photos
• photo sharing services
  • about / All about photo-sharing services
  • Webshots / All about photo-sharing services
  • Flickr / All about photo-sharing services
  • Photobucket / All about photo-sharing services
  • ImageShack / All about photo-sharing services
  • Snapfish / All about photo-sharing services
  • Picasa / All about photo-sharing services
  • Facebook / All about photo-sharing services
• photostream / Flickr
• Picasa / All about photo-sharing services
• Pixlr
  • about / Pixlr
  • Editor / Pixlr
  • Express / Pixlr
• Pixlr Editor
  • about / Pixlr
• Pixlr Express
  • about / Pixlr
• Plurk / Twitter
• posts
  • about / Posting to the wall
• Pownce / Twitter
• process method / Status
• profile route, Tweetclone application flow / Authenticating and managing users
• Project ReTweet / Re-tweeting
• public_timeline route, Tweetclone application flow / Displaying and updating statuses

Q

• QQ / All about social networking services

R

• re-tweeting
  • about / Re-tweeting
• replies route, Tweetclone application flow / Displaying and updating statuses
• request class, Colony data model
  • about / Request
• RightAWS
  • about / RightAWS
  • installing / RightAWS
• route
  • about / Building the application flow
• route handler / Building the application flow
• routes, Sinatra
  • about / Routes
  • splitting, into multiple files / Splitting a route into multiple files
• RPX
  • about / RPX, RPX
  • working / RPX
  • using / RPX
• Ruby code
  • integrating, in Haml / Haml and Ruby

S

• send message route, Tweetclone application flow / Sending and displaying direct messages
• send_box snippet / Sending and displaying direct messages
• service parameter / Google ClientLogin
• set_country method / Visit
• Sinatra
  • about / Sinatra, Sinatra
  • installing / Installing
  • routes / Routes
  • route, splitting into multiple files / Splitting a route into multiple files
  • redirection / Redirection
  • filters / Filters
  • static pages / Static pages
  • view template / Views
  • layouts / Layouts
  • helpers / Helpers
  • error handling / Error handling
• SixDegrees / All about social networking services
• SmugMug / All about photo-sharing services
• Snapfish / All about photo-sharing services
• social networking service
  • about / All about social networking services
  • WELL / All about social networking services
  • overview / All about social networking services
  • Theglobe / All about social networking services
  • Tripod / All about social networking services
  • Classmates / All about social networking services
  • SixDegrees / All about social networking services
  • CyWorld / All about social networking services
  • Match.com / All about social networking services
  • MySpace / All about social networking services
  • Mixi / All about social networking services
  • Yahoo! 360 / All about social networking services
  • 51.com / All about social networking services
  • Xiaonei / All about social networking services
  • Kaixin / All about social networking services
  • Last.FM / All about social networking services
  • Flickr / All about social networking services
  • QQ / All about social networking services
  • YouTube / All about social networking services
• source parameter / Google ClientLogin
• static pages, Sinatra
  • about / Static pages
• status class, Colony data model
  • about / Status
• status class, Tweetclone data model
  • about / Status
• statuses snippet / Displaying and updating statuses
• status update route, Tweetclone application flow / Displaying and updating statuses

T

• technologies and platforms, Photoclone
  • RPX / RPX
  • Gravatar / Gravatar
  • Pixlr / Pixlr
  • AWS S3 / Amazon Web Services Simple Storage Service (S3)
  • RightAWS / RightAWS
• text messaging
  • about / All about microblogs
• text_limiter_js snippet / Displaying and updating statuses
• Theglobe / All about social networking services
• third party authentication services
  • about / Authentication and user management
• Tinyclone
  • designing / Designing the clone
  • short URL, creating / Creating a short URL for each long URL
  • automatic redirection, from short URL to long URL / Automatically redirecting from a short URL to a long URL
  • customized short URL, providing / Providing a customized short URL
  • words, filtering / Filtering undesirable words out
  • long URL, previewing / Previewing the long URL
  • statistics, providing / Providing statistics
  • building / Building the clone
  • data model / Data model
  • application flow / Application flow
  • deploying / Deploying the clone
• TinyURL
  • about / All about URL shorteners, TinyURL
  • URL / TinyURL
• to_json method
  • about / JSON
  / Implementing the API
• Tripod / All about social networking services
• Tumblr / Twitter
• Tweetclone
  • functional design / Designing the clone
  • designing / Designing the clone
  • about / Designing the clone
  • statuses, posting / Posting statuses
  • users, following / Following users
  • friend model / Following users
  • fan model / Following users
  • fan model, implementing / Following users
  • public directed message, sending / Sending publicly directed messages
  • private directed message, sending / Sending privately directed messages
  • re-tweeting / Re-tweeting
  • public timeline / Public timeline
  • APIs / API
  • access control / Authentication, access control, and user management
  • authentication / Authentication, access control, and user management, Authentication and user management
  • user management / Authentication, access control, and user management, Authentication and user management
  • third party access control / Third party authentication and access control
  • third party authentication / Third party authentication and access control
  • stability / Scalability and stability
  • scalability / Scalability and stability
  • building / Building the clone
  • deploying / Deploying the clone
  • deploying, on local machine / Deploying locally
  • deploying, on Heroku / Deploying to the cloud
• Tweetclone, building
  • data model / Modeling the data
  • application flow, building / Building the application flow
  • APIs, implementing / Implementing the API
• tweetclone.rb file / Building the application flow
• tweets route, Tweetclone application flow / Displaying and updating statuses
• Twitter
  • about / Twitter
  • features / Why Twitter?, Main features
• Twitter, features
  • simple premise / Simple
  • public conversations / A means to have public conversation
  • fan versus friend / Fan versus friend
  • user behavior, understanding / Understanding user behavior
  • text messaging / Easy to share through text messaging
  • easy access / Easy to access through multiple devices and applications

U

• update route, Tweetclone application flow / Displaying and updating statuses
• update_box snippet / Displaying and updating statuses
• Url object, Tinyclone data model
  • about / Url
• URLs
  • about / All about URL shorteners
• URL shortener
  • about / All about URL shorteners
  • features / All about URL shorteners, Main features
  • TinyURL / All about URL shorteners
  • bit.ly / All about URL shorteners
  • is.gd / All about URL shorteners
  • benefits / All about URL shorteners
  • limitations / All about URL shorteners
• user authentication, Colony
  • about / Authenticating and managing users
• user class, Colony data model
  • about / User
• user class, Photoclone data model
  • about / User
• user class, Tweetclone data model
  • about / User
  • properties / User
• user features, Facebook
  • about / User
• user management / Authentication, access control, and user management
• user management, Colony
  • about / Authenticating and managing users
• user management, Photoclone
  • about / Authentication, access control, and user management
• user page, Colony
  • activity feeds / User page and activity feeds
  • about / User page and activity feeds
• user timeline API route / Implementing the API

V

• views, Sinatra
  • about / Views
• Visit object, Tinyclone data model
  • about / Visit
  • set_country method / Visit

W

• wall
  • about / Posting to the wall
• wall, Colony
  • posting to / Posting to a wall
  • implementing / Posting to a wall
• wall class, Colony data model
  • about / Wall
• wall posts
  • about / Posting to the wall
• Webshots / All about photo-sharing services
• WELL / All about social networking services

X

• Xiaonei / All about social networking services
• XmlSimple / Visit

Y

• Yahoo! 360 / All about social networking services
• YouTube / All about social networking services