News: Twitter has Official Tweet Button to make sharing simple

August 17th, 2010 by ytechcity

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Twitter launched the official Tweet Button to make sharing links to Twitter simple. The little blue button functions like the TweetMeme which is widely used on website/blogs for readers to ReTweet(RT) their web page. It lets you share links directly from the page you’re on. When you click on the Tweet Button, a Tweet box will appear — pre-populated with a shortened link that points to the item that you’re sharing.

As your can search on my blog, i was introduce before, TweetMeme is one of the 10 best Plugin for Twitter.

The official Tweet button will shorten links with http://t.co, site owners can suggest Twitter accounts to follow for the Tweet button. It only takes a few lines of HTML code. The Tweet Button will help publishers grow traffic and increase their Twitter following. You can customize the button styles, tweet text, URL and Language.

Here is the introduction of Tweet button:

Have you add Tweet button on your site? Add one now!

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WordPress Plugin: flickrRSS allows you display your Flickr photos

January 15th, 2010 by ytechcity

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Introduction:
This plugin for WordPress allows you to display Flickr photos on your weblog. It supports user, set, favorite, group and community photostreams, and is relatively easy to setup and configure via a settings panel. The plugin also has cache support, allowing you to save thumbnails on your own server.

Installation:
Put the flickrRSS files into your plugins directory.
Activate the plugin.
Configure your options under the Settings tab.
To use an image cache, create a writable directory and specify its location in the settings.
Add to your templates where you want the images to appear (or use the widget system).

Official Webite:
http://eightface.com/wordpress/flickrrss/

Download:
flickrRSS.zip

WordPress Plugin-10 best Plugin for Twitter (Part 2)

January 9th, 2010 by ytechcity

In previous post, i already post best 5 plugin for Twitter, which is Tweetmeme Retweet Button, Twitter Feed, WP to Twitter, Twitter Counter, and TweetSuite. in this post, i will share with you another 5 best plugin for Twitter.

6. Twitt-Twoo
Twitt-Twoo is a simple little plugin that will allow you to update your Twitter status right from your blog’s sidebar. It is AJAX powered and allows for quick and easy status updates.
TwittTwoo

7. Twitter Widget Pro
Twitter Widget Pro is a sidebar widget designed to manage twitter feeds including @username, #hashtags, and link parsing. It supports displaying profiles images and even allows you to control the display time and date of tweet or how log ago it happened (about 5 hours ago, etc). . It requires PHP5.
Twitter_Widget_Pro
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WordPress Plugin-10 best Plugin for Twitter (Part 1)

January 9th, 2010 by ytechcity

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Twitter started getting the attention of bloggers in Malaysia, most of the blogger from Malaysia already install Twitter plugin on his blog in order to get more extra traffic. Twitter is fast growing into one of the most popular social networks. Just as with Facebook which has been booming in advance, Twitter could increase your web ranking and generate more visitors.

If you have a blog and want to post your blog posts directly on Twitter, you can use one of Twitter plugin below. If you do not already have an account on Twitter, you can register yourself here.

Below is the 10 best plugins for wordpress that integrate twitter with your blog.

1. Tweetmeme Retweet Button
This WordPress Twitter plugin is for website or blog publishers that want to encourage their reader to retweet their content on Twitter. With Tweetmeme button plugin you can easily integrate the TweetMeme button into your WordPress blog. The plugin will embeds the “Retweet” button into your blog content as well as your feed.
tweetmeme_retweet_button

2. Twitter Feed
Posts from your blog will updates to twitter via your RSS feed and any changes in your active Twitter account are displayed by this WordPress plugin. You can easily login to twitterfeed using your OpenID, provide the URL for your blog RSS feed.
Twitter_feed

3. WP to Twitter
This WordPress plugin posts a Twitter status update from your WordPress blog using the Cli.gs URL shortening service. It provides link back to your post from Twitter. The plugin can send default message for updating or editing posts or pages. Further it also allows you to write a custom Tweet for your post.
wp-to-twitter
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