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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Banners
Chris McCoy (who did the Bacon Ipsum WordPress plugin) made some cool animated banners for us. Thanks Chris, very nice!
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jQuery Plugin
I whipped up a little Bacon Ipsum jQuery plugin that uses our API to generate some meaty goodness. When you’re mocking up a design, now you can use this plugin in your HTML rather than static text.
You can reference the plugin from our server or download it and use it locally.
http://cdn.baconipsum.com/api/jquery-BaconIpsum.js
The easiest way to use it is just to call the method with no options.
$('#placeholder').BaconIpsum();
You can also pass in options.
$('#placeholder).BaconIpsum({ type:'all-meat', paras:5, start_with_lorem:false });
$('#placeholder).BaconIpsum({ type:'meat-and-filler', sentences:1, start_with_lorem:true });
- type: either ‘all-meat’ or ‘meat-and-filler’
- paras: number of paragraphs
- sentences: number of sentences (this overrides paragraphs)
- start_with_lorem: true or false to start the text with ‘Bacon ipsum dolor sit amet’
- no_tags: true or false, pass true to not wrap the return value in <p> tags
- set_value: sets the element value rather than appending
There’s a sample page on GitHub with some example code.
South by South Bacon
My feet and voice are still recovering from SXSW Interactive but I had a great time. There’s a huge stack of web development notes and slides for me to go through and some R&D to improve my development skills.
I also met a ton of people that use Bacon Ipsum on a regular basis. Someone even thought it was my startup and wanted a pitch. Hehehe…
Some of the folks that stopped to get a picture with me.
Fred likes speck
This is Fred. She likes speck and wanted it added to Bacon Ipsum, so we did.
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Clyde is a fan
Clyde the boxer (a rescue dog) is also a fan of Bacon Ipsum. However, he’s also a fan of every other type of food, so this isn’t saying much.
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Modernipsum and WordPress
I found a couple things buried in my inbox…
- Modernipsum – An artier lorem ipsum generator
- bacon-ipsum WordPress plugin by Chris McCoy (uses our API)
Modernipsum
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Bacon reigns supreme
Gavin Rehkemper posted a list of Top 10 Lorem Ipsum Generators on the Internet and Bacon Ipsum is #1.
But I don’t need a list to tell me that. 🙂
SXSW starts tomorrow, hope to meet some Bacon Ipsum fans!
Find me at SXSW
I’ll be attending SXSW Interactive this year and I hope to meet some fans of Bacon Ipsum. If you see someone that looks like Pvt. Pyle from Full Metal Jacket wearing a Bacon Ipsum shirt, it’s probably me. I promise I won’t eat your jelly donuts.
Or keep an eye out for my Bacon Ipsum badge. @jenkcunningham makes custom Twitter badges for people. You should get one. They’re awesome.