WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Large Twitter follow button? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/large-twitter-follow-button WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Large Twitter follow button? en Tue, 21 May 2013 19:03:15 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 christinaebbers on "Large Twitter follow button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/large-twitter-follow-button#post-1116127 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:12:15 +0000 christinaebbers 1116127@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Timetheif,
Yes, my plan B was to just use an image and link it to my Twitter account, however there is more functionality to the Follow buttons provided by Twitter and translated into WP sourcecode on this page. Namely, those don't just open a new page to your Twitter account, it actually signs the clicker up as a follower automatically and opens a neat little pop-up rather than directing away from your blog.

All of that is just nice and not necessary, so I can just use a regular old image. I still think it would be very cool of WP to include the large format button. They have all the other variations of the official Twitter button (like whether or not you want your username or follower count displayed), so I'm not sure why the size choice was omitted.

]]> timethief on "Large Twitter follow button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/large-twitter-follow-button#post-1116084 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:45:54 +0000 timethief 1116084@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Alleluia! Tess set my comments free.

]]> christinaebbers on "Large Twitter follow button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/large-twitter-follow-button#post-1116011 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:59:48 +0000 christinaebbers 1116011@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm not sure what's going on here, if timetheif is having some issues with the forum or something. I noticed someone added a bunch of tags to this, including "the buttons are exactly the same size." It would appear that way if you do not select the "Large button" option as I mentioned.

Click this link: https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons#follow
Make sure "Follow" is selected under "Choose a button"
Under "Button options" select "Large button"
This will make the preview to the right the larger size I am referring to. It is 20 pixels tall I believe.

]]> 1tess on "Large Twitter follow button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/large-twitter-follow-button#post-1116001 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:46:52 +0000 1tess 1116001@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ timethief,
I don't see you in the forum spam. Did someone get you out?

]]> christinaebbers on "Large Twitter follow button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/large-twitter-follow-button#post-1115973 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:19:58 +0000 christinaebbers 1115973@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes, I am. Those are great they just don't include the large format button that Twitter offers.

Large button can be seen here when "Large button" is selected: https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons#follow

]]> thistimethisspace on "Large Twitter follow button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/large-twitter-follow-button#post-1115970 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:18:38 +0000 thistimethisspace 1115970@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Let me tackle this again. An icon is an image and you can link your twitter username to any image and display it in a text widget.
Example of icon here: http://findicons.com/icon/55362/twitter?id=398442
http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/
Uploading images:
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/images-the-three-link-options/
You ought to be able to upload files in two ways: by going to Media → Add New from your dashboard http://en.support.wordpress.com/media/media-add-new/ or by clicking the new Add Media button right above the editing area of a page or a post. http://en.support.wordpress.com/add-media/

]]> timethief on "Large Twitter follow button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/large-twitter-follow-button#post-1115967 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:13:56 +0000 timethief 1115967@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Staff: something very strange happened to my comment above. It's all on a pink background and it's not visible to anyone but me.

]]> timethief on "Large Twitter follow button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/large-twitter-follow-button#post-1115965 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:12:53 +0000 timethief 1115965@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Let me tackle this again. An icon is an image and you can link your twitter username to any image and display it in a text widget.
Example of icon here: http://findicons.com/icon/55362/twitter?id=398442
http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/
Uploading images:
http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/images-the-three-link-options/
You ought to be able to upload files in two ways: by going to Media → Add New from your dashboard http://en.support.wordpress.com/media/media-add-new/ or by clicking the new Add Media button right above the editing area of a page or a post. http://en.support.wordpress.com/add-media/

]]> timethief on "Large Twitter follow button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/large-twitter-follow-button#post-1115957 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:07:41 +0000 timethief 1115957@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Are you referring to this? http://en.support.wordpress.com/twitter/twitter-follow-button/

]]> christinaebbers on "Large Twitter follow button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/large-twitter-follow-button#post-1115955 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:05:12 +0000 christinaebbers 1115955@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Bump? Can I do that? Haha.

]]> christinaebbers on "Large Twitter follow button?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/large-twitter-follow-button#post-1115749 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:41:14 +0000 christinaebbers 1115749@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ On Twitter's buttons page they offer a "Large button" version that I would love to use. I am happy to see WordPress has shortcodes for us to use but would be even happier if the large button was an option. Is that a possibility?

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