Comments on: The future of WP to Twitter http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2010/05/the-future-of-wp-to-twitter/ Tips and Commentary on Web Accessibility, Usability, and Search Marketing best practices. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:51:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mildura http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2010/05/the-future-of-wp-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-34764 Mildura Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:27:15 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=787#comment-34764 I think OAuth would be the way to go! I think OAuth would be the way to go!

]]> By: Michael Eh? http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2010/05/the-future-of-wp-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-34687 Michael Eh? Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:25:35 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=787#comment-34687 I find WP to Twitter one of the finest utils out there. I think that Twitter is making the change that THEY should have to give support to developers to switch over. Besides, it's August 25th is the switch over according to Twitter API section. I find WP to Twitter one of the finest utils out there. I think that Twitter is making the change that THEY should have to give support to developers to switch over. Besides, it’s August 25th is the switch over according to Twitter API section.

]]> By: Joe Dolson http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2010/05/the-future-of-wp-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-34556 Joe Dolson Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:26:50 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=787#comment-34556 @Daniel15 Not under the Twitter setup, without providing my own secret key in plain text -- which I'm not going to do. However, there have been changes in their policies which specifically apply to open source applications which will make a significant difference. Essentially, plugins will be able to be registered as child applications of the plugin; the plugin will be registered, and instance will be registered as a child of the original. Doesn't sound simpler, but it will be much easier to work with for users. @Daniel15 Not under the Twitter setup, without providing my own secret key in plain text — which I’m not going to do. However, there have been changes in their policies which specifically apply to open source applications which will make a significant difference. Essentially, plugins will be able to be registered as child applications of the plugin; the plugin will be registered, and instance will be registered as a child of the original. Doesn’t sound simpler, but it will be much easier to work with for users.

]]> By: Daniel15 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2010/05/the-future-of-wp-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-34554 Daniel15 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:11:52 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=787#comment-34554 "every one of you would have to register one application with Twitter for every site where you installed the plugin" Couldn't you use the one application across multiple sites? “every one of you would have to register one application with Twitter for every site where you installed the plugin”

Couldn’t you use the one application across multiple sites?

]]> By: Gaz http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2010/05/the-future-of-wp-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-34503 Gaz Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:09:02 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=787#comment-34503 I hear ya Joe - I thought I was onto something with scheduled posts - setting the publishing date into the future (even just a couple of minutes) generated the short URL into the custom fields and it seemed to be going well for a few posts, then it went back into its old habits. I stumbled across something on wp.org a hour or two ago - one of the newsletter plugins (sorry forgot which one already - will check if its valuable) had a post on their own site about scheduling issues in WP 2.9 and 2.9.2 that didn't appear in 2.8 or 2.9.1 related to the interval in wp-cron.php between checks for scheduled posts - default is 1 second, and the patch was to rejig it to 20 seconds (ah! Post Notifications plugin - check their forums under files and patches section). Apparently this fixed scheduled posts not being published. The connection with previous musings about time-outs fetching the short URL or sending to twitter was what made me think of it. In the same vein, I'm also wondering if reader activity on-site, coinciding with a click to publish, could be causing a "script stutter" although it's generally a bit too consist for that, for the people suffering from it. Gaz I hear ya Joe - I thought I was onto something with scheduled posts - setting the publishing date into the future (even just a couple of minutes) generated the short URL into the custom fields and it seemed to be going well for a few posts, then it went back into its old habits.

I stumbled across something on wp.org a hour or two ago - one of the newsletter plugins (sorry forgot which one already - will check if its valuable) had a post on their own site about scheduling issues in WP 2.9 and 2.9.2 that didn’t appear in 2.8 or 2.9.1 related to the interval in wp-cron.php between checks for scheduled posts - default is 1 second, and the patch was to rejig it to 20 seconds (ah! Post Notifications plugin - check their forums under files and patches section).

Apparently this fixed scheduled posts not being published. The connection with previous musings about time-outs fetching the short URL or sending to twitter was what made me think of it.

In the same vein, I’m also wondering if reader activity on-site, coinciding with a click to publish, could be causing a “script stutter” although it’s generally a bit too consist for that, for the people suffering from it.

Gaz

]]> By: Joe Dolson http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2010/05/the-future-of-wp-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-34502 Joe Dolson Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:10:49 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=787#comment-34502 @Gaz I've looked at it, and it's a bit puzzling. I've been primarily focusing on one of my other plugins while waiting on Twitter, but I'll be putting some attention in on that issue soon. I just haven't found <em>anything</em> concrete to work with yet...and I hate random bug exploration... @Gaz I’ve looked at it, and it’s a bit puzzling. I’ve been primarily focusing on one of my other plugins while waiting on Twitter, but I’ll be putting some attention in on that issue soon. I just haven’t found anything concrete to work with yet…and I hate random bug exploration…

]]> By: David http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2010/05/the-future-of-wp-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-34500 David Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:00:34 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=787#comment-34500 @Joe Dolson Great! @Joe Dolson

Great!

]]> By: Gaz http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2010/05/the-future-of-wp-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-34499 Gaz Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:59:15 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=787#comment-34499 Fantastic news Joe While you're twiddling your thumbs waiting for twitter to finalise things ... any work on what's causing the shortening errors? Any hint of it getting straightened out? Thanks for the ability to switch the error messages off by the way - great move. Gaz Fantastic news Joe

While you’re twiddling your thumbs waiting for twitter to finalise things … any work on what’s causing the shortening errors? Any hint of it getting straightened out? Thanks for the ability to switch the error messages off by the way - great move.

Gaz

]]> By: Joe Dolson http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2010/05/the-future-of-wp-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-34498 Joe Dolson Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:33:04 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=787#comment-34498 An update: The authentication change is supposed to <a href="http://countdowntooauth.com/" rel="nofollow">happen on June 30th</a> -- two weeks from now. I'm still waiting on making a decision about what I'm going to do. The Twitter API development team has made some changes to the API implementation which significantly simplify the OAuth process for open source applications, which is fabulous news -- however, there are still some changes to be worked out. I'm waiting to see what the final outcome will be, rather than find myself needing to make changes twice. However, what you need to know as plugin users is quite simple: I <em>will</em> be implementing OAuth support in the plugin. There will still be some hoops for you to jump through in activating the plugin and registering it with Twitter, but nothing like what it would have been with the previous work flow. An update:

The authentication change is supposed to happen on June 30th — two weeks from now. I’m still waiting on making a decision about what I’m going to do. The Twitter API development team has made some changes to the API implementation which significantly simplify the OAuth process for open source applications, which is fabulous news — however, there are still some changes to be worked out. I’m waiting to see what the final outcome will be, rather than find myself needing to make changes twice.

However, what you need to know as plugin users is quite simple: I will be implementing OAuth support in the plugin. There will still be some hoops for you to jump through in activating the plugin and registering it with Twitter, but nothing like what it would have been with the previous work flow.

]]> By: David http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2010/05/the-future-of-wp-to-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-34368 David Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:47:10 +0000 http://www.joedolson.com/articles/?p=787#comment-34368 Do we know when in June this is supposed to happen? I just tried a test post from <a href="http://nomorepencils.com" rel="nofollow">nomorepencils</a> and it worked. I have abandoned the link shortener (both bit.ly and cli.gs) because something was happening somewhere that was unpredictable, but the full link post worked today. Do we know when in June this is supposed to happen?

I just tried a test post from nomorepencils and it worked. I have abandoned the link shortener (both bit.ly and cli.gs) because something was happening somewhere that was unpredictable, but the full link post worked today.

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