Comments on: Create a Twitter box in your sidebar

By: Morten Rand-Hendriksen

Morten Rand-Hendriksen — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:23:36 +0000

Sue: The code is still the same so the validation trick has to stay in place. As for how many tweets are displayed, it’s controlled by the “count=x” attribute in the JavaScript call. I can’t access your site to see what it’s set to but I’m going to guess it’s currently set to 1. Try changing it and see what happens.

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:34:39 +0000

I’m a CSS novice. I looked everywhere for a Twitter box I liked and your tutorial is by far the best solution I found. I was able to follow your instructions and even figured out how to modify the padding etc. I adapted your graphic since I couldn’t think of any way to improve on the design. I’m still tweaking the site: I haven’t added a credit list yet but you will be on it.

However, the badge code generated by Twitter has changed so I’m not sure if your validation fix is still necessary.

An updated post would be a great idea!

I set the box to display four tweets, which it did to begin with, but for some reason it is now only displaying one. I can’t figure out why – any ideas?

By: Adem

Adem — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:15:14 +0000

Thanks for this. It is brilliant!

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:22:44 +0000

Great article! I do have one problem…i’m having a hard time changing the font color of the “follow me on twitter” link at the bottom? Mine is white & css code is currently:

#twitter_div p {
text-align: right;
padding-right: 6px;
padding-bottom: 10px;
text-decoration: none;
color: #DDA84E;
}

Any help would be great. Thanks!

By: Sumeet Chawla

Sumeet Chawla — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:30:17 +0000

Interesting tutorial..

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By: Juegos

Juegos — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:28:00 +0000

One of the best tutorials, great looking Twitter box. Thank you.

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World Best Blogger Templates — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:52:34 +0000

Nice widget box good shearing.

By: Morten Rand-Hendriksen

Morten Rand-Hendriksen — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:57:33 +0000

Looks like the Twitter people finally realized their original badges looked like crap. The new one is much better. May have to modify my tutorial now ;o)

By: Doug C.

Doug C. — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:52:31 +0000

I found another Twitter widget to use: http://twitter.com/goodies/widget_profile

Works great and looks good, too.