Twitter Blaster
Twitter Blaster allows visitors post a message to your Twitter account, or more likely, a twitter account you have set up for your website. This plugin was originally developed by David Span. As he no longer seems to be updating it, I have released a new version with some minor improvements.
Get Twitter Blaster
Download the latest version of Twitter Blaster (105).
Installing Twitter Blaster
- Upload Twitter_Blaster.php to your plugin directory.
- Activate it.
- Set the options (Twitter usename and password, etc).
- Insert this code <?php TB_Twitt4me(); ?> into your template wherever you want. I would suggest right before <?php if (have_posts())…
Release Version 0.6 – 8th May 2009
- Fixed settings page, showing currenttly active setting for “post twitts as post”
- Fixed bug in code whereby if “post twitts as post” was set to no, tweets would not be sent
- Added setting option “Only registered users may twitter”
- Added in javascript to prevent users entering more than 140 characters (not perfect yet)
To do:
The next items on my list are:
- Improve the function limiting input to 140 characters
- Add a post tag so the form can be called within particular posts
Let me know if there is something you would like to see in Twitter Blaster by adding a comment.
Try it out:
Feel free to try it out using the form below. I have a test twitter account setup for this purpose: @cuplaweb. Remember that submissions are moderated though so will not show up right away.
Bravo for 0.6 !!!!
Some features that would be great:
- Post tag (feature as you mentioned)
- Alert the administrator when there is an update waiting for moderation. Alert either through the main screen on the WordPress dashboard or send an email
- The php file seems to be hardcoded where you need to have it in the root of the plugins folder even though it should really reside in the plugins/twitter-blaster/ folder.