Twitter Connect Update – Post Comments to Twitter
People have often asked for a way to allow visitors to tweet their comments using the Twit Connect WordPress Plugin. The next release includes that feature. It comes with one issue: Read/Write access is required on the Twitter application (so the plugin can create the tweet). Unfortunately, we created our applications at http://twitter.com/oauth with Read-only Access. We need to change that now, but the Read/Write Access will only work for new visitors. Anyone who has logged into a site before the change, has Read-only Access. The plugin cannot change the Read-only Access to Read/Write Access. If a visitor has Read-only Access, they must Revoke Access to your app. The next time they login after revoking access, Read/Write access will be granted.
This is for those brave souls who want to give it a try before the general release. Please replace your existing plugin and let me know if you find any bugs.
Update: I’ve uploaded 2.01 to WordPress.org.
Changes in Version 2.00 Beta
- Significant code restructuring and cleanup.
- New Feature – Post comments to Twitter.
- Changed tab-index of the button on the login page.
- oAuth Lib Change.
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This is a test. I just installed the new version on this blog. A link to this comment will be posted to Twitter.
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Shannon,
I’m using this in conjunction with FB connect and I didn’t wish to add the “Tweet This” check box when you’re not logged in via Twiter. So i wrote this function to detect if user is from twc.
function twc_is_twc_user($wpid) {
global $wpdb;
$sql = “SELECT meta_key FROM wp_usermeta WHERE user_id = %s AND meta_key = ‘twcid’”;
return $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare($sql, $wpid));
}
Then amended line 194 of twitterconnect.php to be this:
if(is_user_logged_in() && twc_is_twc_user($user_ID))
Quick fix, but works fine.
Great plugin though thanks!
Version 2 works like a charm. I would however like an option to disable the css script.
I am trying to position the twitter sign-in button just below the “leave a comment” text. But so far the wordpress hooks and filters position it inside the form. Any idea on how I can achieve this?
@Matt – Good catch. I’ll be sure to make that change following the beta.
@Bruno – You should be able to place the function (see the plugin header) in that area of your template. If you place the function call just below the “leave a comment” heading, the button should appear in that locatin.
I didn’t want to mess too much with the code of my theme, so instead I used the following code: add_action(‘thesis_hook_comment_field’, ‘twit_connect’);
(the thesis theme contains several extra hooks for wordpress, this one includes the button right after the ID Fields.)
It worked like a charm, but once logged in the “update your email address” message fired twice.(http://screencast.com/t/X7ZPQQ6goRj)
Nothing to worry about, I can live with that
thanks for the plugin!
@Bruno – Based on your issue I implemented a new feature that allows you to position the button by supplying a DOM sibling id. The new version (2.01) has been loaded to WordPress.org and should be available shortly.
@Matt – Got your fix in there too. Thanks!
Great updates on the Twit Connect plugin! Because of this, it’s easier to integrate twitter login on my Twitter Gallery… have a look at http://twitoauth.com featured lots more of twitter oauth implementers
Shannon, thank you very much for that
I had been looking at several plugins for twitter oAuth, and Twitter Connect is indeed the most straight-forward to implement and use.
As soon as wordpress 2.9 comes out, I will see how well it works with Simple Facebook Connect.
very good job
This Twitt Auth plugin seems to be just what I was looking for. Thank you @swithley
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I like this plugin. One slight issue is the logout link that doesn’t seem to allow a user to logout. I’m trying to use this along with the fbconnect plugin. It seems to work ok except I don’t get the twitter avatar. Thanks!
how do I get redirect back to original blog post after signing in from login page?
to clarify – after sign in @ login page, user gets re-directed back to homepage, instead of back to blog post they wish to comment on – is this something I configure in the twitter app, or in the plug-in?
thanks.
The plugin works except the avatars from the twitter users do not show up on my site
@henr1 – I think the logout may have been a glitch with WP. It seems to be working better with 2.9.
@Connecticut Websites – If the user signs in on the login page, it will work just as if they logged into WP normally. There should be a login in your comments section that the user can click on. That will take them back to the post after they login.
@Gossip Firstlady – I imagine it’s an issue with your theme. Do you have “Gravatars” enabled? If not, that could be part of the problem.
Great plugin. I have multi author blog and would like authors posts to be automatically cross posted to twitter. Any pointers how to hack this plugin to do that?
Big thanks
Tim
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@PostToGop.Com – Hi Tim, I think there’s another plugin that would do that for you. You should be able to find it searching for Twitter on WordPress.org.
thanks but I could not find anything that allowed multiple author authors to cross post to twitter without them having to enter their twitter account in a form. Just thought it was more seamless if it worked like the comment section of the plugin.
On another note. the new update just broke my site
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session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter – headers already sent (output started at /wp-content/plugins/spiurl/spiurl.php:1) in /wp-content/plugins/twitconnect/twitconnect.php on line 75
That is the error it outputs. And I am running 2.9
Thanks for your help
@PostToGop.Com – Ah, I think I know what you mean. I’ll give it some more thought.
Sorry, but I can’t reproduce the error. Can I work with you on your blog to troubleshoot?
Please please by all means. I am now following you on twitter and will send a mail to you shortly
Your plugin is great.
But I can`t get spiurl to work. It can`t retrieve the image.
Thank you @Vailancio — It could be a problem with your theme. If you want to contact me via the Contact link on this site, I’ll take a look at your site.
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