Twitter Flock for Wordpress: multiple accounts tweets with style
Twitter Flock is Wordpress plugin for showing multiple accounts tweets with different color scheme for every account. Also, there are setting allowing you to control how your tweets will look like and will they cache or not.
One of the things that make this plugin different form other are tabs above Twitter Flock box. This tab shows accounts avatars so visitors can click on them and see only tweets from that account. From 1.1 version Twitter Flock have sidebar widget.
With Twitter Flock you can:
- show tweets from multiple accounts or only one account,
- cache tweets for faster page load,
- set different color scheme for every user,
- show only tweets with defined hash tag,
- link url inside of tweets,
- display tab with accounts avatars so visitors can select which account tweets wants to see,
- easy implement as sidebar widget,
- custom header title
You should follow those steps in order to install Twitter Flock on you Wordpress:
1. Upload `twitter-flock` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Add this <?php include (ABSPATH . ‘/wp-content/plugins/twitter-flock/twitter-flock.php’); ?> in header of your template
4. Put <?php TwitterFlock(); ?> in your template on place where you want Twitter Flock to show tweets or
5. Drag widget on your sidebar
6. Set options on admin panel
Twitter Flock, beside standard options, have and some not-so-standard features.
My favorite feature and main reason why I made this plugin is possibility to show only tweets with chosen hash tag and remove that hash tag from tweets. So, now on workshop.rs I can show only those tweets that I select with #ws hash tag and I will not bother you with rest of my tweets.
Another cool feature is tab bar above Twitter Flock box so your visitor can choose only tweets from selected account. Also, you can choose different colors for background and text for every user separately.
Changelog
1.2
* Header title
* Option for exclude jQuery in case of conflict
1.1
* Sidebar widget
* No need for inlude line in header
* Fixes problem with new avatar appereance
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Use of such emphatic words in this article shows an intense excitement in what this guy is trying to convey….
February 11, 2010
Hey there, I’m taking a crack at your new plugins. They look great! I place this php in my header
But, I’m getting these errors.
http://wordboom.biz/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2010-02-11_1835.png
Can you help me out?
Thanks, Dustin
February 12, 2010
Hello, Just dropping another line.. In case you miss my question. I’m getting these errors..
http://wordboom.biz/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2010-02-11_1835.png
Google Buzz Er is working for me now.. But, I’m still having the same header issues with Twitter Flock.. I’ll hang tight until there’s an update.
Thanks!
Buzz Er looks great!
February 12, 2010
Hi Dustin,
I’m not sure why are you getting those errors and how some of them are related with Twitter Flock. Give me some time to check and please tell me which version of Google Buzz Er works for you ?
February 22, 2010
Can you add an option to not include jQuery to the plugin? I am including my own copy of jQuery for other parts of the page and the TwitterFlock jQuery include is conflicting with it and preventing subsequent javascript from running. I’ve modified the TwitterFlock code in the meantime but obviously if I ever upgrade the plugin I’ll have to keep doing it. Thanks!
March 3, 2010
How do I create a header/title above the Twitter Flock posts? See footer on http://www.kellimarshall.net.
March 3, 2010
@Michael
Good point, I’ll include that option.
@Kelli Marshall
I’m not sure that I completely understood your question, but I think that you should check “Show Tabs” option on Twitter Flock options page.
March 5, 2010
For instance, on sidebars, you can title your widgets (e.g., Latest Posts, Categories, Links, Blogrolls, etc.). Is that not a function for Twitter Flock?
March 5, 2010
No, there is no option for that, but it’s a good point.
March 6, 2010
Hi Ivan
I implemented this on my friend’s site – http://notshocking.com/ – but it’s loading REALLY slow (even with cache turned on)… and slows down the load time of the entire sidebar. Any idea how I can speed it up?
Thanks in advance,
~ Willo
March 11, 2010
Hi Willo,
It seems that you have some blogger.js from some other widget that slows loading of you page.
Sorry for late response : )
March 13, 2010
Is it possible to set only hashtags in config without setting user names? I tried and get empty list
March 23, 2010
Yuri it’s not possible, you must set username.
March 29, 2010
Version 1.2 of Twitter Flock is now available for download. New options are:
* Custom header title
* Option for exclude jQuery in case of conflict
April 26, 2010
Hi, I just installed your twitter flock plugin and am using it through the sidebar. For some reason it leaves about 3 feet of empty space between the title and the tweets. How can I solve this?
April 26, 2010
Arne, weird bug : ) Try to put next line in css file:
#twitter-flock-body { float: left; }May 24, 2010
I’m getting these errors…
Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/internet/public_html/wp-content/plugins/twitter-flock/twitter-flock-content.php on line 176
Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/internet/public_html/wp-content/plugins/twitter-flock/twitter-flock-content.php on line 177
Any ideas?
May 25, 2010
Hey – I was totally loving your Twitter Flock. Then, I increased people I follow by like 40 or so… then TF returned an error on the face of my page and didn’t display the thumbnails. I tried dragging the widget off and on, then i deleted and reload it.
Problem is that I can’t get the widget to reappear so that I can drag it back on to my site in Wordpress Admin area. Can you please help? Thank you so much – cause your plugin was badass until i screwed it up (Is there a limit on people I can follow via Twitter?).
Best,
PHIL
May 25, 2010
Ok – it’s back in my widgets area, but I still cannot resolve the problem (thought I could reload and it would resolve). I’m really not a techie, so I need the widget to work like it did intitally. Please help (thanks) – below is the error:
Warning: date() expects parameter 2 to be long, string given in /home/mmataa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/twitter-flock/twitter-flock-content.php on line 271
May 26, 2010
Warning: date() expects parameter 2 to be long, string given in /home/mmataa/public_html/wp-content/plugins/twitter-flock/twitter-flock-content.php on line 271
The error returned. Twitter Flock was working fine for 24 hours – All I did to cause the error minutes ago was post two tweets within 3 minutes (or so). Please help? PLEASE???
May 26, 2010
Can you give me url with example ?