Posts Tagged: tweetpress

Nerdyness / Twitter — 9 Comments
6
Jul 10

Test Version of TweetPress 3.0

So WordPress 3.0 has broken Tweetpress for many people.  If you are daring, willing to help, and experiencing issues with Tweetpress, please download the 3.0 test build of Tweetpress and install it on your WordPress blog.

Here are your next steps after installation:

  1. Make sure you add your Twitter username and Password to the Tweetpress settings in your wp-admin and save it
  2. Attempt to post a photo to Twitter using Twitter for iPhone
  3. If it works, you win, let me know, if not do this:
    1. go back to the tweetpress admin in wp-admin
    2. click the log link at the very bottom
    3. copy the text and email it to brandontreb [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject “Tweetpress Log”

This will really help me troubleshoot the issues that everyone has been having.

Thanks!

Download Tweetpress Test Build 3.0

Nerdyness / Twitter — 16 Comments
15
Oct 09

Tutorial – Tweetpress Integration With Tweetie

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Tweetpress now supports the hugely popular iPhone Twitter client Tweetie.  Here are the steps to set up TweetPress and Tweetie.

Configure TweetPress

  1. Set you blog permissions.  As of version 2.0.2, Tweetpress requires that your wp-content directory is 777 during install. This is because Tweetpress needs to make a folder to store your images in.  Once this folder is made, you can set the wp-content permissions back to 755.  Just make sure the Tweetpress directory remains 777 (as well as the sub directory). If you change it back, Tweetpress might yell at you but it will still work as long as wp-content/tweetpress is writable (777).  I hope to change this in the future.
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  2. Download and install the TweetPress plugin on your WordPress site.
  3. Configure TweetPress.  In your WordPress admin, navigate to Settings -> Tweetpress.
    1. Select a page from the drop down for your gallery to appear on.  If you don’t select a page, Tweetpress will try to use your homepage. You may want to create a separate “Gallery” page for the plugin to go on. Note, the “Posting Requires a WordPress account” checkbox is not applicable for Tweetie.
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    2. Add your Twitter username
    3. Add your Twitter password
    4. Click “Save Twitter settings”
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Configure Tweetie

  1. Open your Tweetie settings
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  2. Tap Image Service
  3. Tap Custom…
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  4. In the Image Service API Endpoint type in the URL to the homepage of your blog.  Note, this is NOT your gallery page.  Also, and this is REALLY IMPORTANT.  If WordPress is installed in a sub-directory (ie http://brandontreb.com/blog), you need to include the /index.php at the end.  This is a weird WordPress issue.  So, as an example, if wordpress is installed at http://brandontreb.com/blog, I would want to enter http://brandontreb.com/blog/index.php.
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  5. Tap Save
  6. Upload photos as usual and forget about Twitpic!

Troubleshooting

1. The most common issues are related to file permissions.  If you are having a problem, check to make sure that the tweetpress directory has been created inside your wp-content folder.  If not, try manually creating a folder named tweetpress inside of wp-content. Set its file permissions to 777.  Then, create a folder inside of the tweetpress folder. Name it thumbs. Make sure its file permissions are set to 777.

2. Another problem could be that WordPress is having trouble with the upload.  Try adding /index.php to your web address in the Tweetie custom image settings.  Again, this is very important if WordPress is installed in a directory that is not the root.

3. Uninstall and reinstall.  Sounds dumb, but this is always a good step when troubleshooting plugin issues.

4. Make sure you are up-to-date on your Tweetpress and WordPress installations.

So, one thing I want to mention.  Wordpress is a very large application with many different configuration options.  I have tried to cover all types of installations with TweetPress. If Tweetpress is not working for you, don’t bug Loren, send me an email at brandontreb [at] gmail [dot] com.  Include the following information:

  • If WP is installed in the root directory or a sub-directory
  • The URL rewrite settings your are using (if any). this is also known as your permalink structure.
  • The location of your blog and gallery page (so I can check it out)
  • Any other info you think might be helpful

You can also ping me on Twitter.

Thanks for checking out Tweetpress and please send me all of your suggestions for features.  While I won’t get to all of them, I will certainly add the one’s that are most requested.  So feel free to send me any and all suggestions.

Nerdyness — 3 Comments
6
Oct 09

TweetPress Now Supported By Twittelator Pro

For many of you this is old new. But since it’s latest release, Twittelator Pro has supported TweetPress as one of the options for Photo Posting. Here are the steps to configure Twittelator Pro:

  1. First, make sure you have TweetPress installed on your WordPress blog by following the installation instructions here
  2. Tap the Settings tab
  3. Select WordPress from the dropdown under Choose Photo Service
  4. Tap Other Services (you should see the WordPress logo) and then tap Tweetpress for iPhone
  5. Enter in your WordPress credentials
    1. Site Link: The URL of the hompage of your wordpress blog
    2. Username – your wordpress username
    3. Password – your wordpress password

  6. Tap Done

You should now be good to go. Any time you choose to post a photo to your Twitter stream, it will use your TweetPress plugin on your WordPress blog. Please let me know if you encounter any issues or have suggestions for Tweetpress.

I have been in contact with developers of other popular Twitter clients and hope to get Tweetpress integrated in them soon.

Twitter — 2 Comments
18
Sep 09

Post Photos To Twitter From Your WordPress Blog With TweetPress

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That’s right. With the latest release of TweetPress (version 1.1.1), you can post photos directly to Twitter from your WordPress blog’s gallery page. Here are the steps to do it.

  1. Navigate to the TweetPress admin Settings > TweetPress
  2. Enter your Twitter username and password
  3. Press the Save Twitter Settings button
    1. TweetPress will verify your username and password with Twitter
    2. If they are incorrect, it will let you know and you must re enter them
  4. Navigate to your gallery page
  5. You should now see a form that has a text box and an upload button
  6. Click browse to find an image on your computer to post
  7. Enter your Tweet in the box
  8. Click Post

It’s very quick and easy. If you have any suggestions for TweetPress please contact me, or leave comments in this post.

Nerdyness — 7 Comments
10
Sep 09

TweetPress coming soon to a Twitter Client Near You

TweetPress is the WordPress plugin that gives you total control and ownership of the photos you post to Twitter, sending your traffic back to your own blog, instead of a third party site

I just finished development of this WordPress plugin and Andrew Stone of Twittelator has integrated it into his latest version of Twittelator Pro.  As of this post, that version is still in review, so you will have to wait until it is approved to make use of TweetPress.

I have some other very big plans for future releases of TweetPress and if you have any feature requests, feel free to drop me a line.  I will do a post as soon as the latest version of Twittelator is approved and demo how it integrates with TweetPress.