Integrating Twitter with Joomla!

Twitter (http://twitter.com) is a popular microblogging service with millions of users. The service allows users to update a status of just 140 characters.

There are two potential uses of Twitter on your website:

• Displaying your most recent statuses from Twitter on your Joomla! website

• Tweeting new content added to your Joomla! website to a Twitter account

We'll concentrate on the first of these tasks.

Note

Posting content updates to Twitter

If you want to post content updates that you make to your Joomla! website, try the Twitter Status extension, available from the official Joomla! extensions directory at http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/3735/details.

Getting ready

1. 1. Firstly, you need to download the jTweet extension from Joomla! Bamboo (http://www.joomlabamboo.com/joomla-extensions/free-joomla-extensions/jtweet-free-joomla-twitter-module).

1. 2. Install the extension on your Joomla! website through the administration panel of your Joomla! website by...