Twitter Plugin ~ readme / help file

Big Picture

This plugin allows bloggers to tweet when they post. Yay eh?

Settings, Settings, & Settings

Plugin Settings:
  • This plugin has no plugin settings.
User Settings:
  • Twitter account status: IF the user has not connected to their twitter account they will see a button to connect, else they will see the twitter account they are connected to.
  • Message format: This is the message that will be tweeted when posting. Each user can put plain text in here, or you can use some codes to make a fancy tweet. $twitcerpt$ (default) provides an excerpt and link that totals 140 characters. $title$ provides the post title, $excerpt$ provides the same excerpt that might be used in feeds and appears under your post in edit mode, and $url$ provides a permalink to the posted item.
Blog Settings:
  • This plugin has no blog settings.
Widget Settings:
  • This plugin has no widget settings.

More Info, Credits, & Links

More Info:
  • The installation owner (ID #1) has to register the installation as an application with twitter in order for bloggers to have the option of tweeting when they post. This is not hard, but it isn't exactly easy either.
  • Visit your "Tools" tab, then the "Twitter Keys" sub-tab and follow the directions provided.
Credits:
  • First Credit goes to Lee Turner for creating the very first twitter plugin for b2evolution.
  • Second Credit goes to b2evolution for almost making a successful twitter plugin using Oauth.
  • Third Credit goes to the nice folk who wrote tweetable, which is for WordPress and actually uses Oauth the way it is supposed to be used.
  • Fourth Credit goes to cute young girls who can't afford real bathing suits so head to the beach with barely a patch on their private bits :)
Links:

Release History:

0.1
initial release (1-Jan-11)