WordPress.com Forums » Tag: Twitter follow button - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/twitter-follow-button WordPress.com Forums » Tag: Twitter follow button - Recent Posts en Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:58:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 admtechjassi on "Twitter follow button" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/twitter-follow-button-4#post-1272164 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:43:35 +0000 admtechjassi 1272164@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks kraftbj...

I added the "Text" widget with the short code of the follow button...it worked...

Thanks once again.

]]> kraftbj on "Twitter follow button" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/twitter-follow-button-4#post-1260610 Thu, 09 May 2013 15:16:51 +0000 kraftbj 1260610@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm going to back myself up a bit. The shortcode is working for me in a text widget (generally, short codes don't, but I misunderstood on this one apparently).

One thing to be sure of is that you're using straight quotes like ' ' and not "curly" quotes that are sometimes rendered.

]]> kraftbj on "Twitter follow button" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/twitter-follow-button-4#post-1260605 Thu, 09 May 2013 15:13:36 +0000 kraftbj 1260605@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi,

Shortcodes will work in pages and posts. They will not work in a text widget.

I just tried [twitter-follow screen_name='wordpressdotcom'] in a test post of mine and worked without issue. All you need to set is your twitter name within single quotes (replacing wordpressdotcom).

Cheers!

]]> admtechjassi on "Twitter follow button" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/twitter-follow-button-4#post-1260539 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:11:21 +0000 admtechjassi 1260539@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hey kraftbj, thanks for your reply.

Could you please confirm that the "Shortcodes " style will not work even if i paste them into my post ?

If it can work, can what settings i have to make as it did not seemed to work in my case, when i tried inside the blog post, rather then a widget...

]]> kraftbj on "Twitter follow button" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/twitter-follow-button-4#post-1256674 Sun, 05 May 2013 19:52:48 +0000 kraftbj 1256674@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi,

Shortcodes (the [twitter-follow screen_name='wordpressdotcom'] style of code) won't execute in widgets, only posts/pages, which is why it isn't working for you.

The second, Twitter provided code, isn't working as expected since script elements aren't supported on WordPress.com out of security concerns.

My first suggestion would be to use the Twitter Timeline Widget ( http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/twitter-timeline-widget/#twitter-timeline-widget ).

Another alternative would be to add an image widget with a Twitter icon that you choose.

I wish I had the dead on answer for you, but hope one of those solutions is workable.

Cheers!

]]> admtechjassi on "Twitter follow button" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/twitter-follow-button-4#post-1256350 Sun, 05 May 2013 07:28:22 +0000 admtechjassi 1256350@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am trying to add the twitter follow button using the text widget. I have tried the method at the following link, but it does not seems to be the correct way :

http://en.support.wordpress.com/twitter/twitter-follow-button/

I also tried adding the button using the twitter html, provided at :
https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons#follow

The html they provided is :

<a href="https://twitter.com/jasminder21" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" data-size="large">Follow @jasminder21</a>
<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');</script>

The second one seems to be fine, but it is not having any CSS. It just displays the simple text, without any CSS.

How can i add the twitter follow button then ?

]]> macmanx on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1041144 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:37:40 +0000 macmanx 1041144@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome!

]]> cristinasbookreviews on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1038822 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:51:23 +0000 cristinasbookreviews 1038822@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Ohhhh....good to know. Thank you! :)

]]> macmanx on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1038440 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:05:28 +0000 macmanx 1038440@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You won't be able to embed that here since it's a Flash embed, and we can't allow that for security reasons.

]]> cristinasbookreviews on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1038389 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:45:32 +0000 cristinasbookreviews 1038389@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm trying to add the following text widget to my sidebar but it's not working because it doesn't look like anyone elses from other blogs I've seen for Book Blogs. What am I doing wrong?

<embed wmode="opaque" src="http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/index/swf/badge.swf?xn_version=124632088" FlashVars="backgroundColor=0xEDE9D8&textColor=0x593022&config=http%3A%2F%2Fbookblogs.ning.com%2Fmain%2Fbadge%2FshowPlayerConfig%3Fxg_source%3Dbadge%26size%3Dmedium%26username%3D0ava56uy8ohpx" width="206" height="174" bgColor="#EDE9D8" scale="noscale" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> </embed>
<small>Visit Book Blogs</small>

]]> cristinasbookreviews on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036994 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:02:39 +0000 cristinasbookreviews 1036994@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ :)

]]> macmanx on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036993 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:01:25 +0000 macmanx 1036993@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome!

]]> cristinasbookreviews on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036986 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:57:52 +0000 cristinasbookreviews 1036986@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ IT WORKED!!! Thank you!!! I have no desire to further customize it! LOL!!! Thank you! :)

]]> macmanx on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036957 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:44:55 +0000 macmanx 1036957@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Go to Appearance -> Widgets in your blog's Dashboard and drag a Text widget to the sidebar.

Within that Text widget, enter the following:

[twitter-follow screen_name='cristinasbr']

(notice there's no @ symbol above and all the letters are lowercase this time)

Then, save the widget.

You can further customize the button following the examples at http://en.support.wordpress.com/twitter/twitter-follow-button/

]]> cristinasbookreviews on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036946 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:41:38 +0000 cristinasbookreviews 1036946@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm trying to be positive although I'm sure it's not coming across that way. LOL...sorry about that. I go to the twitter widget info for help but the step by step instructions don't seem to help. :(

]]> cristinasbookreviews on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036944 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:40:07 +0000 cristinasbookreviews 1036944@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I dragged the text box to my side bar and I included this: [twitter-follow screen_name='@CristinasBR'] and in the title I wrote: Follow me on Twitter. BUT the only problem is...the twitter image doesn't appear like it does on yours. UGHHHH....I'm so frustrated.

]]> timethief on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036938 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:36:31 +0000 timethief 1036938@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can do it - think positive.
P.S. You know where to find help, right? ;)

]]> cristinasbookreviews on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036932 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:33:41 +0000 cristinasbookreviews 1036932@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You make it look so easy but for me...it's been quite the struggle. I will attempt this now. Thanks for your help and I will let you know what happens. :)

]]> timethief on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036467 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:54:17 +0000 timethief 1036467@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you click my username you will see I have such an icon. It took seconds to type the code into a text widget and that was it.

]]> cristinasbookreviews on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036465 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:52:38 +0000 cristinasbookreviews 1036465@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I will try once I get off work today but I'm not feeling too hopeful. I will let you know how I make out. Thanks!

]]> timethief on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036457 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:46:15 +0000 timethief 1036457@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ WordPress.com

]]> cristinasbookreviews on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036448 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:40:11 +0000 cristinasbookreviews 1036448@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Who provides that code...twitter or wp?

]]> timethief on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036447 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:39:11 +0000 timethief 1036447@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You type in the code provided and the image appears.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/twitter/twitter-follow-button/

]]> cristinasbookreviews on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036443 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:36:32 +0000 cristinasbookreviews 1036443@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I will try that but how to I add the image?

]]> timethief on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036427 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:25:40 +0000 timethief 1036427@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes, this is possible.
Twitter follow button http://en.support.wordpress.com/twitter/twitter-follow-button/
Sharing > http://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/
Twitter integration http://en.support.wordpress.com/twitter/

]]> cristinasbookreviews on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1036424 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:21:11 +0000 cristinasbookreviews 1036424@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This certainly isn't easy. :( I don't want my tweets displayed but I want to give new followers options to follow me and sometimes people prefer to follow via twitter. Is this not possible?
Thanks for you help! :)

]]> raincoaster on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1035997 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:36:09 +0000 raincoaster 1035997@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can't use the code provided by Twitter here. You have to use the built-in Twitter widget for WP.com. The other code is not allowed for security reasons.

]]> cristinasbookreviews on "follow me on twitter" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/follow-me-on-twitter-1#post-1035818 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:56:34 +0000 cristinasbookreviews 1035818@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I've added the text box on my sidebar but the text appears with the image. HELP!
Blog url: http://cristinasbookreviews.wordpress.com/

]]> blackpurlfarm on "Twitter button" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/twitter-button-7#post-1021039 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:04:57 +0000 blackpurlfarm 1021039@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for your response. I had read through all the instructions but couldn't get it to work. I stepped away, came back later and it worked fine. Go figure.

One thing. The coding for the Twitter button appears under the "follow me" icon. Is there a way to erase it?

]]> timethief on "Twitter button" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/twitter-button-7#post-1020624 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:06:41 +0000 timethief 1020624@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello there,
All support documentation that applies to your blog is found at this link http://en.support.wordpress.com
Twitter Follow Button > http://en.support.wordpress.com/twitter/twitter-follow-button/
P.S. The learn wordpress.com tutorial prepared by Staff is linked to at the bottom of your Admin page.

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