Twitter for Umbraco

New in version 1.4

• The regEx in the function CWS.Twitter:FormatUrls has been vastly improved by umbraco community user @readingdancer
  • Supports multiple http:// & https:// links
  • Supports multiple @username replies
  • Supports #hashtags
• The option to display your geo encoded tweets on a map, using the Google Static Maps API

Download Twitter for Umbraco 1.4

How to use this version (1.4)

• Install the Twitter for Umbraco package
• Insert the XSLT CWS - Twitter macro into your template
• Fill out the parameters for the macro
  • Twitter Username - Your twitter username of the account you wish to display tweets from
  • Number of Statuses - The number of statuses you want to display (Upto 200)
  • Display @ Replies? - If you wish to show tweets where you are replying to a user
  • Display Google Maps? - If you wish to display google maps for geo encoded tweets
  • Google Maps - API Key - Your google maps API key
  • Google Maps - Zoom Level - Zoom level of the map
  • Google Maps - Map Size - Size of the map in pixels (eg: 500x500)
  • Google Maps - Map Type - The type of map (roadmap, satellite, hybrid ,terrain)
• Edit the XSLT file - CWS_twitter.xslt to customise your markup and output for the tweets you wish to show.

Editing the XSLT file

  <xsl:template match="status" mode="tweet">
    <!-- Change the XHTML here for how you want each tweet to be displayed -->
    <div>
      <p>
        <img src="{user/profile_image_url}" />
        <strong>
          <xsl:value-of select="user/name"/>
        </strong>
        -
        <xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(CWS.Twitter:FormatTwitterDate(created_at), 'ddd d MMM yy @ H:mm')"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="CWS.Twitter:FormatUrls(text)" disable-output-escaping="yes"/>        
      </p>
      
      <!-- Show Map of Tweet - IF value there & user enabled maps -->
      <xsl:if test="geo/georss:point != '' and $displayMaps = 1">
        <p>
          <!-- Pass coordinates to map template-->
          <xsl:call-template name="map">
            <!-- Google wants coordinates as comma seperated so replace (space) with comma -->
            <xsl:with-param name="coordinates" select="umbraco.library:Replace(geo/georss:point,' ',',')" />
          </xsl:call-template>
        </p>
      </xsl:if>
    </div>
    </xsl:template>

Twitter XML format