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#tag feed from twitter

  1. 22michaelb
    Member

    Hi! I have successfully linked my twitter feed into my blog. Is it possible for the feed to be driven by #tags? ie. rather than a feed from my twitter account my blog show all tweets that have a particular #tag within them from any account?

    Many thanks

    Michael

    The blog I need help with is 22michaelb.wordpress.com.

  2. raincoaster
    Member

    Only if you can find the RSS feed for that. I don't believe search has that capacity right now, certainly not JUST certain tags from JUST certain accounts.

  3. 22michaelb
    Member

    Thanks raincoaster. I run events and want to use the hash tags that I use for them to post on the blog. ie. #olympics2012 Im happy for any tweet from any account to appear in the feed as long as it has the appropriate hash tag included. I have seen self hosted sites do this but I wonder if there is a way for me to do so?

    Thanks again

  4. raincoaster
    Member

    If you can find a feed for it on Twitter, you can put it in the RSS feed widget.

  5. raincoaster
    Member

    I usually recommend CoverItLive for that. You can see it on a WP.com blog under the "This Week's Chat" tab on this blog http://bcwinechat.com and instructions are here:

    http://raincoastermedia.com/2011/12/23/coveritlive-in-a-wordpress-com-blog/

  6. 22michaelb
    Member

    Thanks again. You are a great help- and the wine sounds fantastic!

    I have seen what I want on this hobby site http://www.rollwithit.org.uk - see the side bar - where tweets are posted based on their #tag, in this particular case #caleuprising.

    I'd like to replicate exactly this but need some help.

    Michael

  7. timethief
    Member

    The site you point to is not a free hosted WordPress.com blog like yours. It';s a self hosted WordPress.org install.
    Please read > WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: The Differences

  8. raincoaster
    Member

    Finding a tag feed in Twitter is a Twitter issue, not a WordPress issue. If you can find a feed, you can put it in an RSS widget. That's all the help we can offer.

  9. airodyssey
    Member

    You may want to try this:
    http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/use-hashtag-instead-of-username-twitter?replies=4

  10. timethief
    Member

    ~~airodyssey
    Thanks for posting that. I just lol at my answer in the other thread. :D

  11. raincoaster
    Member

    But technically, you were correct!

  12. timethief
    Member

    Indeed I was.

  13. 22michaelb
    Member

    That does just what I want it to!

    Very many thanks airodyssey for pointing me in the right direction.

    Fantastic service from the community here!

    Michael

  14. raincoaster
    Member

    You're welcome. We appreciate your saying so.

  15. 22michaelb
    Member

    I have been really impressed.

    One final question. Do you know how often RSS feeds are updated? the feed shows all my updates from 24 hours ago but I hope it updates more often than once per day. Does anyone know?

    Thanks

    Michael

  16. raincoaster
    Member

    For some sites, they're updated whenever a new reader comes along. That's the case at Wp.com.

  17. 22michaelb
    Member

    Doesn't seem to be working like that though. I have tweeted myself and so has a friend - both tweets have been published but neither have been picked up by the RSS feed. That's why I asked about the refresh rate.

    LOL Why can't life be easy?

    Michael

  18. raincoaster
    Member

    I think you're going to have to ask over at twitter.com.

  19. 22michaelb
    Member

    Many thanks anyway. You've been great

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