Embedding Tweets

huh. Check your browser console to see if there are applicable errors. If the embed fails, it wouldn't render anything. Just like that.

I assume other js is working alright?

 
Is there a shortcut to getting the URL that I'm missing? If I see a tweet in my Home page (from someone I follow) that I want to post, I have to click on the user to go to their feed then click on the tweet I want to get to the URL for that particular tweet. It's not bad but I was just wondering if there was a shorter way.

 
Mavric said:
Is there a shortcut to getting the URL that I'm missing? If I see a tweet in my Home page (from someone I follow) that I want to post, I have to click on the user to go to their feed then click on the tweet I want to get to the URL for that particular tweet. It's not bad but I was just wondering if there was a shorter way.
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Not sure on the native twitter website, but you might check out tweetdeck.

In tweetdeck, you get get a link to a tweet like this. Plus there are like a billion different things that are cool about tweetdeck if you use twitter a lot.

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knapplc said:
Is this a Java thing? I have Java disabled due to security issues.
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No. The JRE isn't used anywhere on the board to my knowledge. It uses javascript, but I am sure you have that enabled otherwise the internet would be a boring place.
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The Java you're thinking of and javascript are not the same thing. Think of them as cousins at best
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I am starting to see the same issue. The embed doesn't fire all the time for some reason. I'll see what's going on.

 
After some checking, I do have javascript on my browser and it is enabled.

I'm not seeing the embed on either Firefox or Internet Explorer. This is on my PC at work, so there isn't much by way of customization I can do with this thing.

 
knapplc said:
After some checking, I do have javascript on my browser and it is enabled.

I'm not seeing the embed on either Firefox or Internet Explorer. This is on my PC at work, so there isn't much by way of customization I can do with this thing.
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I am going to try to put the js stuff for this embed in the template so it's always there. I think there may be an issue in that sometimes the js that turns the markup into pretty picture isn't always running.

I assume you can access twitter.com at work without an issue?

 
Do we have any best practices or recommended practices around template changes? I'm not too familiar with skins, templates and such in IPB so I thought I'd ask if there is any precedent?

I'd like to add the embed js into somewhere that it will run when viewing a thread, where someone may have embedded a tweet to see if that helps the intermittent issue.

 
DaveH said:
Do we have any best practices or recommended practices around template changes? I'm not too familiar with skins, templates and such in IPB so I thought I'd ask if there is any precedent?

I'd like to add the embed js into somewhere that it will run when viewing a thread, where someone may have embedded a tweet to see if that helps the intermittent issue.
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What Alex and I try to do is:1. Back up the contents of the template

2. Make the change

3. Comment in-line as to what the line does/how to revert/etc.

4. Make a full notation in the appropriate thread in http://www.huskerboard.com/index.php?/topic/60997-usefulreference-threads-collection/&do=findComment&comment=1009445.

Once we are assured the change is working, we can delete the backup.

 
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