weboftalent / twitter-tools
Embed tweets using shortcodes. Optionally add Twitter cards to pages.
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#Twitter Utilities
##Introduction This module provides the following functionality
- Embed tweets using a shortcode
- Optionally include a script to enlarge images in embedded tweets so that you can have them larger than Twitter's normal minimum width
- Twitter cards can be any type extending Page, provided an interface is implemented.
Incorporate Twitter
<% require javascript("weboftalent/twitter_tools: javascript/render-twitter-embeds.js") %>
##Embedding Tweets
Tweets can be embedded into content using a shortcode like the following - the id parameter is the id of the tweet.
[tweet id='537136515445710848']
## Enlarging Embedded Images
**** THIS NEEDS RETESTED ****
A script is included that you can include in your theme (either using require_javascript or a direct
script include in the template) called twitteruril.js - include this and larger (at source size,
perhaps not theme size) embedded images will render on your site.
## Twitter Cards
In order for a page to render an title, description and image when included as a link in a tweet, it needs provide metadata known as a Twitter Card. There are two steps to take in order to achieve this:
### Implement RenderableAsTwitterCard Interface
A minimal example of a class implementing a Twitter card is shown below.
class PageWithImage extends Page implements RenderableAsTwitterCard { private static $db = array( 'ImageAttribution' => 'Varchar(255)', 'BriefIntroduction' => 'Text' );
static $has_one = array( 'MainImage' => 'Image' );
// implement the twitter card interface public function getTwitterTitle() { return $this->Title; }
public function getTwitterImage() { return $this->MainImage(); }
public function getTwitterDescription() { return $this->BriefIntroduction; }
}
### Template Changes
In your page template, add the following to inside <head></head> section of your page:
```txt
<% include TwitterSummaryCardLargeImage %>
This will check if the current page implements the RenderableAsTwitterCard interface. If so it will produce the relevant metadata for Twitter to render a Twitter Card.
Test With Card Validator
Test out your twitter card using the Card Validator, https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator on a publicly accessible version of your site - this will highlight any issues. It should also be noted that your site will probably need whitelisted.
TODO
- ShortCode for follow button allowing content editors to add them inline.
- Allow different types of TwitterCard and make this configurable.