The [Scrippets](http://scrippets.org) [plug-in for WordPress](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-scrippets/) seems to be working well for self-hosted blogs, but it’s no use to folks who use services like Blogger, Tumblr and the like. For people on these platforms, the cost of simplicity is customization — they’re easy to use and hard to modify.
But in an effort to share the scrippets love, Nima and I have hacked together a solution to let users on these platforms copy-and-paste scrippets. It’s not as elegant as a plug-in, but it works.
It’s a two-part process.
First, you need to install the [scrippets CSS](http://pastie.org/273557). I wrote up instructions on [how to do it for Blogger](http://scrippets.org/blogger), but the same basic theory should hold for any other blogging or forum system that lets you modify the CSS.
Second, write your scrippet. We have a new [Scrippets Maker](http://scrippets.org/maker.html) that will automatically generate the code to copy-and-paste into your post.
So if you’re feeling brave — or if you want to duplicate your entry in the Scene Challenge on your own blog — give it a shot. You can even add Scrippets Maker to your bookmarks bar. Just drag the following up to your bookmarks:
Do you have a better solution?
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Currently, Scrippet Maker is a page, but it would make a lot of sense as a bookmarklet. That’s in the works, but if you want to roll your own, by all means do it.
Coders out there might have a slicker overall solution for non-Wordpress users, and I’d love to hear it. Many systems (including Blogger) allow outside JavaScripts, so it may be possible to do text filtering much like the WP plug-in. The core scrippetize function is [already available in JavaScript](http://pastie.org/273604).
Meanwhile, there is the bigger issue of how to handle systems that don’t allow CSS modification at all — and forums that don’t want to deal with it. I’d love to find a way to let users link to a graphic version of a scrippet. (Essentially, click a button and the server converts the div into a jpg or png, and provides a link.)
As always, your brainstorms are welcome. And proof-of-concept links will be most graciously received.