Showing posts with label Sites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sites. Show all posts

Monday, May 4, 2015

Twitter Feed on Google Sites

How to add a Twitter Feed to your Google Site

First you will need to create an .xml file: 
To create/grab your Twitter timeline widget code 
  •    Sign in to your Twitter account. Go to the settings from the drop down menu.








  •     Go to the Widgets 
  •     Create New Widget

               




  • Your widget number is highlighted below.  You need  to copy the embed code near the bottom right after you create. Save changes.






  • Open Notepad and copy the code below.
  • Replace the highlighted information with you Twitter account embed info you copied
  • Example Twitter.xml File




Code  to copy for .xml file you need to create and upload to 


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>



-<Module>


<ModulePrefs width="250" height="385" scrolling="true"/>


-<Content type="html">

<![CDATA[ <a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/YourTWitterAccountname" data-widget-id="numberID#">Tweets by YourTWitterAccountname@</a> 
<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script> ]]>

</Content>

</Module>

  • Save as .xml after you replaced your info in the highlight areas in a easy to find location. 



Go to your Google Sites: 

  •  Then, sign in to your Google Sites account.

  • Upload the xml file to your Google Sites attachments.


  • Copy the URL location of the attached file (you can right-click the Download, then copy link address - remove the ?attredirects=0&d=1 )


  • You can't put the Twitter widget on the Google Sites' sidebar. You can only put it on a individual page. So, go to your page where you want your Twitter timeline widget appears on your Google Sites.
  • Edit the page.


  • Then click Insert ▶ ... More Gadgets ... ▶ Add gadget by URL

  • Paste the URL (of the Twitter widget xml) you copied earlier.  (*Delete the highlighted part of the pasted url)





  • Set the width and height for the gadget. Then un-check the border/scroll and title option of the gadget.
  • Click OK, and save your page changes. That's it. You have your Twitter timeline shining on your Google Sites.
***Make sure your Google Site is shared PUBLIC as it will not work correctly on a privite sharing setting. 






Sunday, May 3, 2015

Sites

 Google Sites related material can be sorted with the Sites Label


Label your posts


Labels are a way to easily categorize your posts. When you're writing a post, click Labels on the right side and enter the labels you like, separating them with commas. Labels you've used before will show up below, and you can just click them to add them to the post.
When you publish your post, the labels will be listed with it. Clicking any of the labels or tabs across the top of the page, will take you to a page containing only posts with that label.
This should help us organize our posts to make it easier to find all the great information that everyone is sharing.