Twitter Plugin For Mango Blog
Twitter, the popular micro blogging social phenomenon is taking the blogosphere by storm. I felt Mango Blog needed to keep up with the times. I was also working on a new theme that required a twitter sidebar widget. This meant I had to force myself to learn about the plugin system for mango blog. I was about to throw in the towel, call it quits and cry my eyes out then all of a sudden it started to "click". Within the next hour or so I fixed my plugin and got it working as intended. Hooray!
Features
I tried to make it as flexible as possible. Adding a few extra hooks for future styling needs. While I was at it. I added a custom javascript that automatically links @Usernames as well as hyperlinks in the tweet. Something the original twitter badge does not do.
Configuration Settings
I tried to make the plugin settings functional as well for future proofing the plugin. I added the ability to customize the H2 text that appears in the sidebar. Or you can choose not to show any heading at all by leaving the field blank.
Additionally, I added a location selector for the follow me hyperlink. There are three settings available: None for do not show a link. Below for displaying the traditional link below the posts, or Above if you want to link to a twitter logo or other graphic.
Lastly, I added the ability to specify the number of posts to show at a time.
Download Plugin
So here is it! My very first mango blog plugin! Since this is my first plugin, I would really appreciate your feedback, comments or suggestions.
Custom Tag Option
As a side note, I also have a custom tag version of this plugin. It's not as good as the plugin, but sometimes a theme might require something unique that a sidebar plugin cannot provide.
Thank You
Thanks to Laura for advising me on pod enabeling this plugin, and also for writing a portion of the installer script so that it's "Mango Certified"
