From b8629a03182410abc0463865d29774e42e41810d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Diekershoff Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 19:04:39 +0100 Subject: added README files for the piwik, twitter and statusnet addon --- addon/twitter/README | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+) create mode 100644 addon/twitter/README (limited to 'addon/twitter/README') diff --git a/addon/twitter/README b/addon/twitter/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a49fa5cda --- /dev/null +++ b/addon/twitter/README @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +____ Twitter Plugin ____ +By Tobias Diekershoff + tobias.diekershoff(at)gmx.net + +!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! +!! This addon is currently in under development. If you have any problem !! +!! with it, please contact the Author. !! +!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! + +With this addon to Friendika you can give your user the possibility to post +their *public* messages to Twitter. The messages will be strapped their rich +context and shortened to 140 characters length if necessary. If shortening of +the message was performed a link will be added to the Tweet pointing to the +original message on your server. + +There is a similar addon for forwarding public messages to +"StatusNet":http://status.net [[StatusNet Plugin]]. + +Online version of this document: http://ur1.ca/35mml + +___ Requirements ___ + +To use this plugin you have to register your Friendika instance as an +_client application_ for Twitter with _read and write_ access, we do not intend +to use Twitter for login. The registration can be done at twitter.com/apps +and you need to have a Twitter account to do so. + +After you registered the application you get an OAuth consumer key / secret +pair that identifies your app, you will need them for configuration. + +The inclusion of a shorturl for the original posting in cases when the +message was longer then 140 characters requires it, that you have *PHP5+* and +*curl* on your server. + +___ Where to find ___ + +In the Friendika git repository /addon/twitter/, this directory contains +all required PHP files (including the Twitter OAuth library [1] by Abraham +Williams, MIT licensed and the Slinky library [2] by Beau Lebens, BSD license), +a CSS file for styling of the user configuration and an image to _Sign in with +Twitter_. + +[1] https://github.com/abraham/twitteroauth +[2] http://dentedreality.com.au/projects/slinky/ + +___ Configuration ___ + +__ Global Configuration __ + +To activate this addon add @twitter@ to the list of active addons in your +.htconfig.php file + $a->config['system']['addon'] = "twitter, ..." +Afterwards you need to add your OAuth consumer key / secret pair to it by +adding the following to lines + +$a->config['twitter']['consumerkey'] = 'your consumer KEY here'; +$a->config['twitter']['consumersecret'] = 'your consumer SECRET here'; + +When this is done your user can now configure their Twitter connection at +"Settings -> Addon Settings" and enable the forwarding of their *public* +messages to Twitter. + +__ User Configuration __ + +When the OAuth consumer informations are correctly placed into the +configuration file and a user visits the "Addon Settings" page they can now +connect to Twitter. To do so one has to follow the _Sign in with Twitter_ +button (the page will be opened in a new browser window/tab) and get a PIN from +Twitter. This PIN has to be entered on the settings page. After submitting the +PIN the plugin will get OAuth credentials identifying this user from the +Friendika account. + +If this first step was successful the Twitter configuration will be changed +on the "Addon Settings" page displaying two check boxes. One to enable/disable +the forwarding of *all public* postings to Twitter and one to clear the +personal configuration from the Twitter credentials. + -- cgit v1.2.3