Show HN: Dummy Link – The SMARTEST Hyperlink Placeholder You'll Ever Use
dummylink.xyz
dummylink.xyz
When I'm developing my side-projects I am always in need of placeholder data (images, avatars, text, etc) but when it came to hyperlinks, I always defaulted to using a hashtag ("#").
Why? Because it was the shortest and simplest value for me to enter into the HREF.
So for years I've been using # as my placeholder hyperlink in all my side-projects but then had an "aha moment" when I started working on a project that I needed to test referral information.
The project needed to detect both referral-in-and-out information which isn't a huge coding lift but it does get somewhat messy with all the echo, print, etc statements for testing. This was a pain point I needed to solve.
Enter DummyLink.xyz.
In its simplest form, Dummy Link allows you to create a page on our website that will display referral and browser information for links clicking in AND create a clickable link out to the URL so you can test referral information on your server.
Wow ... that's a mouthful to even type!