If you're interested in using this on your own site, you're more than welcome to.

Download Version 3.0! (PHP5) Download Version 2.0! (PHP4)

This is just like the magnetic word kits you've seen before except this is on the internet! It saves state when you release a piece.
It updates itself every 7 seconds, so if you're on it at the same time as someone else is and they move something, you'll see that piece move too.
And it's persistent, so what you write will be there next time you come back unless someone else moves it somewhere.

*Installation Notes* - You need PHP5 to run this code. Just unzip all the files to the same directory and CHMOD words.dat to
646 (public writability is the important thing) and you'll be good to go.

Keep checking this page for updates!!

If you have any questions, comments, or find any problems please email me here.

Change Log

Version 3.0 - 28.February.2007

Rewrote entire Javascript piece.
Switched from using dom-drag and CPAINT to mootools.
Refactored PHP backend code to be object oriented and PHP5.

Version 2.0 - 17.May.2006

Added a little administration thing so you can update and add words from the web directory via the admin directory.

Version 1.9 - 11.January.2006

Fixed bug where a read might occur in the middle of a write, thus removing words from the board. Added file locking
to fix this problem. Hopefully that'll fix it.

Version 1.8 - 09.January.2006

Completely rewritten to not use a MySQL database anymore! It's also more efficient in how the code is generated.
Hopefully this will help avoid problems where you piss off your host by DOS'ing the SQL servers. It seems to work just as quickly as before.
Made magnetic area a bit smaller.
Added a little (not very good) background to make it look more like a refrigerator.
It's easy to add your own words by just modifying the words.dat file.
Added BSD open source license.

Version 1.7 - 09.June.2005

Fixed small issue where php would spit out warnings if you had it on a high warning level.

Version 1.6 - 08.June.2005

Switched code to use CPAINT instead of Sajax to save bandwidth. Sajax sends the entire page
back and that's not cool. CPAINT just returns the data I want. Plus it's faster.

Version 1.5 - 08.June.2005

Changed the name to Magnetic AJAX.
Fixed a small compatibility bug in Sajax.php.
Fixed a few spelling errors in the word list and added a couple words.
Changed update time to 4 seconds instead of 2 seconds to conserve some bandwidth.
It's a little slower updating, but it's not that bad. It's kind of a bandwidth hog.

Version 1.4 - 07.June.2005

Fixed the problem where you could drag the tiles partially off the board.

Version 1.3 - 06.June.2005

Added pseudo-realtime updating, so you can see when people move things at the same time as you.

Version 1.2 - 05.June.2005

Removed use of text file. Uses a database now so it's faster.

Version 1.1 - 04.June.2005

Restricted size of box so you can't drag outside of div.

Version 1.0 - 03.June.2005

First release.