How to Setup a Twitter Widget
If you have a Twitter account, and use it regularly, then there is no reason not to share your most recent tweets with the rest of the world on your own web site. Thankfully, Twitter makes this a relatively easy thing to do, with the various widgets they provide to all Twitter users.
On Twitter’s web site, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the, “Goodies” link. On the next screen, click the “Widgets” link in the middle, and that should take you to the “Select a Widget” web page on Twitter.com. You can now choose to put a widget on your web site, Facebook or MySpace. Click on, “My Website” to continue.
Next, you will be asked what type of widget you want. The choices are:
- Profile Widget – Shows your most recent tweets via Twitter.
- Search Widget – Shows the most recent Tweets about any keyword you choose.
- Faves Widget – Shows the tweets you have marked as favorites.
- List Widget – Shows the most recent tweets for any Twitter List you choose.
Now, all you have to do is select the widget you want, customize the look and feel and then copy and paste the code into your own web site’s layout.
For more help with customizing the code further, you might check out this tutorial:
There is now no reason not to publicize your most recent Twitter tweets on your web site.
