Speaking of Item Tooltips, a Look at WoWDigger

Over the current wowdb popularity, I neglected to look at the other non-Affinity wow item database, wowdigger. And they also happen to offer item tooltip syndication, and apparently do even up the ante in terms of provided functionality.

To wit:

Including their own tooltip syndication script in your template will also enable the use of the [item] BBCode by default, so the editing feature I found handy with phpBB3 isn’t even necessary for this specific purpose.

But that’s not all they have to offer. Wowdb’s tooltips (and from what I gather the affiniy sites do that as well) will also work on skills / spells, but as an additional touch, wowdigger also offers the [spell] code for additional clarity.

Of course, nothing prevents you from using normal html links instead of the two BBCode tags, but the additional functionality is definitely there.

Last but not least, and here’s the killer feature, there’s an additional option which allows you to override any item links pointing to the other major databases with wowdigger’s tooltips. Why is this handy? Simple. Your blog or your forum may have had item links to wowhead before it joined Affinity Media for instance, or your DKP site package uses itemstats pointing to Allakhazam. Using this feature will ensure you get consistent, single-source tooltips without needing to rewrite any old URLs or go hacking into Itemstats or similar tools.

Beyond my personal distrust of their past or perhaps even present ties to gold sellers, there’s definitely one good thing coming out of IGE / Affinity Media’s snatching of Thottbot, Allakhazam and Wowhead. The competition isn’t sleeping, and the results of their efforts to keep up and even surpass the juggernaut brings along better products for us all.

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