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DaSped

Jul 15 2010, 05:49AM

Registered Member #43785

Joined: Mar 09 2008, 07:16AM

Posts: 132

Hi all,

Please forgive me if this subject has already been addressed, if it has not then perhaps there is no one so foolish as myself when it comes to scripts.

I have been trying to implement Twitter's own Customize Your Profile Widget into a menu on one of my e107 sites for a while now and after doing some trouble shooting via google etc Im still at a loss in the fact I have no idea why it simply refuses to work in any e107 menu I try to create. for the record

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On some forums people have had similar issues and some have found fix's by tweaking the odd bit of code, is this something that could/can be done for e107 as I have tried every fix I've come across to no avail.

Thanks to anyone who can shed some light on the matter for me.

[ Edited Jul 15 2010, 05:53AM ]

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septor

Jul 15 2010, 02:36PM

Registered Member #37

Joined: Aug 11 2002, 03:20AM

Location: United States

Posts: 2659

What exactly does the Widget do?

Without that information I would suggest making a menu item outside of the custom page/menu screen.

Edit: Nevermind I think I see what it does. Let me mess around and see if I can get it working.

Edit 462 (or 2):

Edit your username and save this as twitter_menu.php inside e107_plugins/twitter_menu/:

<?php

if (!defined('e107_INIT')) { exit; }

$text = "<script src=\"http://widgets.twimg.com/j/2/widget.js\"></script>
<script>
new TWTR.Widget({
  version: 2,
  type: 'profile',
  rpp: 4,
  interval: 6000,
  width: 250,
  height: 300,
  theme: {
    shell: {
      background: '#333333',
      color: '#ffffff'
    },
    tweets: {
      background: '#000000',
      color: '#ffffff',
      links: '#4aed05'
    }
  },
  features: {
    scrollbar: false,
    loop: false,
    live: false,
    hashtags: true,
    timestamp: true,
    avatars: false,
    behavior: 'all'
  }
}).render().setUser('yourtwitterusername').start();
</script>";

$ns->tablerender("Twitter", $text, 'twitter');

?>

Then you just need to activate the menu with Admin -> Menus

[ Edited Jul 15 2010, 02:46PM ]

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DaSped

Jul 15 2010, 06:28PM

Registered Member #43785

Joined: Mar 09 2008, 07:16AM

Posts: 132

Now there is a classic example of how and why the e107 community kicks ass.

In this day and age (stop yawning - I know, I know) but true community spirit is really hard to come by.

septor not only has your answer bailed me out of a whirlpool of why wont it & why can't I's, it has showed me a brand new method of how to attack things from a completley new angle.

Very much appreciate the time you gave this.

Thank-you.

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septor

Jul 15 2010, 07:05PM

Registered Member #37

Joined: Aug 11 2002, 03:20AM

Location: United States

Posts: 2659

When it comes to stuff like this it's best to write the menu item yourself and not rely on the custom page/menu function in the admin area as it's sort of limited in what it can do.

Once the wiki is back online there's a lot of useful information on plugin (menu) writing that will allow you to further expand your website.

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