Sharescore.com
JavaScript/Rails
A tool built to promote the Share Count Recovery feature of Shareaholic's Pro plans, the purpose of this project was to allow visitors to enter a URL and see the retrieved share counts from the major social networks for both the HTTP and HTTPS version of the entered URL. Social networks store share count information on the URL pattern, and when this URL pattern changes, the social networks see the new pages as being completely separate from the old page - with a whole new set of shares. This page enables users to quickly and easily see if they have any 'hidden' or 'lost' shares on the HTTP or HTTPS variation of their URL.
I worked as the sole developer of this page, implementing the JavaScript/jQuery code to retrieve the share counts from the social network APIs via AJAX requests, as well as designing the appearance of the page using Sass and building it out as a Rails View. The project was a rewarding one, and has proven to be a valuable tool for marketing purposes, as well as strengthening my skills with utilizing JavaScript Promises and multiple AJAX requests to provide an optimial user experience.
Technologies Used:
JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, Sass/CSS, Rails