Here's the script I'm using for that "hotlist" feature. Probably it's best use is on something like this site – an information blog, where posts are not as time-sensitive and may need to be referenced by a user at a later date.
Here's a quick rundown of what this does, what the requirements are to implement this script, etc.
You add links below each post. (I'm using an icon here) Users click on that link to add the post to their own personal "hot list".
The hotlist can be displayed anywhere (even a seperate page if you don't want to put it on your sidebar).
To remove a link from their hotlist, they just click the "remove" link below that post, and it's gone…
Should be a fairly easy script to implement…
Requirements
-It is desiged for MT, but if you can easily swap out the MT tags, and use the ones associated with your blogging tool (if you do this, Please post a link back here so others can benefit from it as well).
-You will need to be able to run PHP on your page (and server). If you've never run php on your page before – do some simple tests to make sure that's working first before you go through the process of implementing this script (and then blaming me) 😉
Even a simple test like this:
<? echo "hello world"; ?>
-The script is free, but a link back here is greatly appreciated
Update 8/13/03 As posted here – there is a way to allow people to save their hotlist and have them sync'd when used on other machines. Basically, you're showing the person their cookie, giving them a password. The cookie and password can only be given from the machine where the cookie resides. They can then copy this information, (email it to themselves) and install the same cookie on another machine.