How long till posts show up in Twitter?

[SteveHards]

How long does it typically take for posts to show up in Twitter?

I've added Nice Article Tweets, configured and enabled it, wrote and published article 45 minutes ago, but nothing has appeared yet in Twitter. Is it too soon to start re-re-checking the configuration?

Steve

OK, it's now 4 hours, so I guess it's not going to show.

Reading the other topic in this forum, I checked my php settings and cURL is enabled, although I could see no mention of feof.

I also have a question about the settings because (believe it or not) the documentation is not clear on the point. I have a number of categories listed in Include Categories, but do I therefore also need to list the sections they are in in the Include Sections field of the plugin? - I have left that blank.

[Michael]

Hi Steve,

The post should show up on twitter almost instantly. If there is a delay for more than say 5 minutes, my assumption would be that there is a problem. The PHP feof() function is the method used to communicate with Twitter. Although rare, some folks have had difficulty with this on their particular server. So, I built a cURL version. Since we know that you have cURL on your server, I will send you a copy.

As, for your section / category question... here is the break down

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if section id == article section
doSect = true

if category id == article category
doCat = true

if user id == article author id
doUser = true

if doUser
   if doSect && doCat
      if article is new and published
      doTweet
      else if article is being updated and published and tweet on updates is true
      doTweet
   else doTweet == false
else doTweet == false


So, both the article section id and the article category id have to be true. If either field is left blank then automatically it will be true for that field.

If you list sections and categories then both have to be true for the article. So an article that belongs to section 1 and category 1, the fields have to both have a 1 in them or one field has to be blank.

[SteveHards]

Many thanks!

By the way, do you know that if you replace the http:// of the tinyurl url with www. then Twitter still treats it as a clickable link - and you have saved 3 of those precious 140 characters? You may want to build that in at some point if you can, as an extra plus point for the plugin!

[Michael]

Ah, that is a good point. I will add it to the wish list for the plugin. Thanks for the input.

Cheers,

Michael

[SteveHards]

The cURL version worked straight away! I can see now that if you don't get a message saying that the tweet has been successful, it ain't working!

Thanks for resolving that. It's a brilliant plugin and I'll go and give it a review.

[Michael]

I am glad I was able to get that issue successfully sorted out for you. And thanks a bunch for the good review. I appreciate it!

Cheers,

Michael

[mrangelo]

i have the same issue, i bought, download, install and activate the module more than 30 minutes ago and not work (obviously and create some articles ) Im don't know too much about "code" but where i need to include this "code" ? ( if section id == article section
doSect = true

if category id == article category
doCat = true

if user id == article author id
doUser = true

if doUser
if doSect && doCat
if article is new and published
doTweet

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Im using 1.514 version and my hosting service is in hotgator, please help...its frustrated bought something that not work from the first time

[Michael]

Hey,

No need to get frustrated. We'll get you fixed up. Are you getting any error messages and if so, what are they?

Thanks.

[Michael]

Also, have you filled out all of the plugin parameters? And is the plugin enabled?

[Michael]

Also, also, no need to worry about code. The above code is just an example of how the logic works in the plugin. I was simply referring to it to demonstrate a point. In fact, the above code isn't even really code, it is psuedo-code. So, let's not worry about it just yet.

~ Michael

[Michael]

I got your email. I just emailed you the cURL version of the plugin.

~ Enjoy!

[fathi]

Hi Michael ,

Seems like im having the same problem with the cURL ...
What was the fix? Can you pass it on to me ..

Much appreciated

[Michael]

Fathi,

I just sent you the alternate versions.

~ Cheers

[awilson843]

Looks like I may need the curl version.

Plugin installed, activated..etc

Articles aren't posting to Twitter...no error messages.

Using Joomla 1.5.2

[Michael]

Please email me your PayPal transaction ID or your PayPal email address associated with your purchase.

Thanks,

Michael