Automatic Twitter Embedding

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Just a quick tip that enables automatic tweet embedding.

Via Embedtweet.com

in display template

find

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function template_main()
{

Add after

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echo '
<script language="javascript" src="http://embedtweet.com/javascripts/embed_v2.js"></script>';

Works a charm.

You can also customise it yourself using the original js files
JS > http://embedtweet.com/javascripts/embed_v2.js
CSS > http://embedtweet.com/stylesheets/embed_v2.css

In the js file you will obviously have to change the path of the css.

[lifeguard81]

Thnx man!

First i paste the embed code and think.. What the F#^@^@%@^@
But you only need the normal url.

thnx for this tip

Edit i found a bug
If you use this, its fine. But if somebody quote the message with the tweet, the post will be empty, and the post with tweet is now a pst with 2 tweets

[jsniezny]

Wow! Thanks guys!

[Sakae]

Pretty nice!! I wish to have some time to work on the CSS of it... But the default is pretty cool too.

Thanks.

[blogmexicano]

awesome, thanks

[affnice]

great tips, but i prefer module 

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Sadly embedtweet appears to be more. We discovered the issue and its in relation to overloading twitter with API calls means you get blocked on a busy forum.

We at VR have figured out a solution which is in three parts.

A JS file that does the basics
A Json file that does the parsing of the tweet
And a database entry that stores the tweets to save repeated calls to twitter
And then a single line in display.template to pull it.

waiting to see if my codewriter gives permissions to put out

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We have supplied the code and put it in mod requests so someone is free to develop it further as a modification

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=529560.msg3759170#msg3759170