Using Twitter's Lists Function to Feature Tweets from Several Twitter accounts
Working on a website project, I was asked to pull the tweet feeds from 5 different twitter accounts into one feed that needed to then be placed prominently on several sites. At first, I was baffled, I didn't really know what needed to be done and how I had to implement that. Luckily, I came across a website that was featuring exactly what my manager wanted. With a little luck and perusing the source, I was able to guesstimate how everything was implemented. It was really simple. Turns out, Twitter has all the tools that you need. This is all that you need to do:
- 1st, go to the twitter account you have access to and create a "list" (Go to your Profile and you will fine it right under "that's you"). Give it a name, description as set up the privacy options as "public".
- Then, go to your list and add the other twitter accounts as accounts that you want to follow.
- Then, go to: http://twitter.com/goodies and click on widgets. Click "widgets for my website" and select the List Widget
- Follow the instructions, test the widget, copy and paste anywhere on your website. It will probably look similar to this example: http://www.falconstor.com/community/
Simple, right?
I hope it's useful - drop me a line, let me know what you think:).
