Quix Help
Quix is a bookmarklet which opens a prompt, and then responds to commands. When you type whois, for instance, it’ll take you to a page with the whois of the domain you’re currently on. It can also understand more complex commands, like gs help, that will make it go to Google, searching the current site for the text “help”.
You can also select a word, and use that as extra input for the command. So for instance, when you select the word dictionary, then open Quix and just type d in the prompt, it’ll take you to a Google define: search for the word dictionary. The same would happen if you had not selected anything and typed d dictionary directly.
The available groups of commands:
- Basic commands
- Social commands
- WordPress
- SEO
- Webmaster
- Quix
- Analytics
- URL Shortening
- App Integration commands
- Mac Integration commands
Basic commands
These are the most basic commands Quix offers, but possibly also the most powerful ones.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
a | Amazon Search |
d | Google Define a word |
dict | Google Dictionary for a word |
e | Email link |
f | Flickr Search |
fc | Flickr Commercial use CC Search |
find | Find in current pagem, usage: 'find test' will highlight all occurrences of 'test' and will take you to the first occurrence. Just 'find' will open a prompt. |
g | Google Search |
gbs | Google Blog Search |
imdb | IMDB Search |
img | Google Image Search |
map | Google Maps |
gs | Search the current site with Google |
nf | Netflix Search |
php | PHP Function Search |
tr | Translate the current page |
w | Wikipedia Search |
mh | Mahalo Search |
read | Readability |
wa | Wolfram Alpha Search |
Social commands
These commands are for dealing with social networks and social sites.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
db | Bookmark the current page in Delicious |
fb | Share the current page on Facebook |
gb | Bookmark with Google Bookmarks |
tn | Tweet the current page |
s | Twitter Search |
t | Twitter User |
v | Vimeo Search |
yt | YouTube Search |
tumblr | Share on Tumblr |
post | Share on Posterous |
su | Submit to StumbleUpon. |
WordPress
Quix was of course created by Yoast, a WordPress addict, and as such, some WordPress functions are of course needed!
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
codex | Search the WordPress codex |
plugin | WordPress plugin search |
wp | WordPress function search |
wpmu | WordPress MU function search |
wpseek | WordPress function lookup with wpseek.com |
pluginsvn | Take me to the current plugin's SVN |
wptool | Open a WordPress Toolbar. |
SEO
As an SEO you have dozens of things you can check on a site, Quix aims to make those things simpler by adding a large set of easy to remember and use commands for SEO's.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
archive | Check archive.org for the current page |
can | Check whether the domain canonicalizes its homepage correctly |
dmoz | Searches DMOZ for the current Domain |
gbd | Search Google Blogsearch for links to the current Domain |
gbu | Search Google Blogsearch for links to the current URL |
gc | Google cache for current page |
gi | Google Insight for the keyword phrase |
gwt | Google Webmaster Tools for current domain |
h | Header info for the current URL |
kd | Keyword Density check and way more |
linkcheck | Check the links on the current URL |
maj | Check strong pages & backlinks for the current domain using Majestic SEO |
nofollow | Shows all nofollows |
seo | Does a quick SEO checkup of the current page |
seothis | Open SEO tabs |
snippet | See how this page would render with Google Rich Snippets |
yd | Yahoo Inlinks for current Domain |
yl | Yahoo Inlinks for current Page |
ydir | Searches Yahoo! directory for the current Domain |
kwte | Go to the AdWords External keyword tool |
Webmaster
Webmasters often have dozens of bookmarklets for all sorts of simple checks, Quix replaces a lot of those bookmarklets by giving you simple to remember commands to deal with them.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
csstoggle | Toggle css on and off |
firebug | Loads Firebug lite. |
font | Font overlay with FontFriend |
host | Host info for the current domain. |
myip | Your current IP & homepage. |
p3p | Check the P3P policies of the current page. |
register | Register a domain (f.i. use register test123.com). |
resize | Resize browser (might only work with single windows in some browsers). |
ruler | Shows a ruler that can be used to measure elements. |
sg | SelectorGadget: point and click CSS selectors |
speed | Do a Pingdom speedtest of the current URL. |
spriteme | Sprite the current page using Spriteme. |
vs | View source of the current URL. |
w3c | Validate the current page. |
w3css | Validate the CSS of the current page. |
whois | Whois info for the current domain. |
xray | XRAY the current page. |
Quix
In a meta sort of way, Quix provides some commands that should help you to debug Quix.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
debug | Debug Quix |
help | Help file |
quix | Takes you to the specified Quix page |
yoast | Lucky search on Yoast |
Analytics
Some simple scripts to detect which web analytics program a site is running and to debug Google Analytics
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
da | Detect the current sites analytics |
ga | Analyze Google Analytics settings on the current page |
gaexport | Make the export function in Google Analytics export way more lines (credits: Arjan Snaterse) |
bitlyside | Bit.ly Sidebar |
URL Shortening
A group of URL shorteners
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
trim | Shorten with Tr.im |
bitly | Shorten with bit.ly |
awesm | Shorten with awe.sm |
googl | Shorten with Goo.gl |
App Integration commands
Integrate with cool programs on all platforms.
Mac Integration commands
A lot of Mac programs allow easy integration with browsers by allowing for URL's like tweetie: to open them. These commands take full advantage of that.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
cssedit | Preview and extract current page in CSSEdit |
mars | Start a blogpost in Marsedit about the current URL |
pukka | Bookmark the current page using Pukka |
tt | Tweet the current page with Tweetie |
snap | Snap the current page in LittleSnapper |
delibar | Bookmark the current page using Delibar |
shove | Catch current page in Shovebox |
Your own commands?
Want to add your own commands to Quix? Go to the Syntax page and learn how to extend Quix!
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Tip for Quix Power Users
If you start a command with a space, it will open in a new tab or window!
