Howdy! Today, I'm going to show you how you can promote your "Brand" or other keyword or hash tag (like #VFTC) that's being used on Twitter for your own blog. Just like the one that is on the sidebar on Lakewood Loon. Today, I'm going to pick on, er... I mean use for an example, a long time Twitter friend, and blogger,
TachoBlog. It's interesting to look at the stream from time to time, and see who's talking about what. Who knows, you might find some new friends with like interests as yours. :)
I'm sure there are other widgets out there like this one, but this is an "official" Twitter widget, so it ought be around for a little while. It's a fairly straightforward widget. If you've got questions about it, leave a comment, or tweet to me about it. I'm apt to re-post the replies here, if they don't originate from here.
You'll want to go to:
http://twitter.com/about/resources/widgets/widget_search
There are some other widget's available, but the Search Widget is the one that we are going over today.
For our example, I've used:
- Search Query : #VFTC
- Title: TachoBlog's View's From The Cab
- Subject: @Mentions of #VFTC
Click on [TEST SETTINGS]
And Viola!
You"ll get this!
Click on [Finish and Grab the Code] and you'll get some code like what's below to cut and paste into your blogs sidebar, or if you've got a Blogger Blog, you can click on the blogger emblem and it'll add the widget right to your blog.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention, they do have a couple other options for your widget, such as size, color, (you wouldn't want a digital pixel clash on your blog now would you?) and a couple of other variables. The standard widget is fine, but the scroll bar option is kind of nice, if you saw a tweet that just caught your eye, and you didn't click on it before it passed by...
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<script src="http://widgets.twimg.com/j/2/widget.js"></script>
<script>
new TWTR.Widget({
version: 2,
type: 'search',
search: '#VFTC',
interval: 6000,
title: 'Tachoblog\'s Views From The Cab',
subject: '@Mentions\'s of #VFTC ',
width: 250,
height: 300,
theme: {
shell: {
background: '#8ec1da',
color: '#ffffff'
},
tweets: {
background: '#ffffff',
color: '#444444',
links: '#1985b5'
}
},
features: {
scrollbar: false,
loop: true,
live: true,
hashtags: true,
timestamp: true,
avatars: true,
toptweets: true,
behavior: 'default'
}
}).render().start();
</script>
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And now, you can proudly display your chosen search term on your blog. :)
R_
Hey There. - It's been a few days since I've created a post over here, and before I shot off to work, I thought I'd give some props to an internet friend, (@krystlechung on Twitter) who created a post on honey jar tea. Possibly from my suggesting it? She does a lot of work over there, while I've only done one post (how to play Urban Golf) on WikiHow, it gained some attention. But She's help me out, and I think suggested it to go on the front page. The Article has had a lot of nice additions to it from the community since I posted the first draft. 
Maybe she's using a Nintendo DS, as the screen shot shows that as a possibility? In any event, she's got my gratitude, as she's been helpful to me in the past. :) 
