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This can be calibrate up to allow readers share the definite position they're impression, or your full blog (but not both by the side of the same time).
It's an instance of the "look could you repeat that? He said" line of attack to social networking.
Recently, it's befall general to invite readers to tweet a definite sentence or section of a position, by putting a "tweet this" link by the side of the finish off of the section, like this
Here is a cool citation from me, which I think you be supposed to share.
Blogger-Tyrant has described how to act this, and suggested Click to Tweet, a 3rd work it tool which makes it a tiny small piece easier by generating the HTML code in support of you.
However I'm not fond of 3rd work it tools so as to break you code so as to refers back to their own servers (eg Click to Tweet gives back a link likethis: Http://clicktotweet.Com/wa95i): If C2T goes not worth it of commercial, nearby would be ruined relations on my blog, even if it and Twitter were both working normally. So I'm not recommending Click-to-Tweet.
But this highlight has a batch of possibility, if we service it suitably. It's not unkind, as I've explained under. But it does allow undeniable things to be aware of - counting a need to stay well away from citation characters - comprehend the Troubleshooting interpretation in support of more almost this.
How to set up a "tweet this" link:
1 Copy this code:
TEXT-YOU-WANT-TWEETED <a href="http://twitter.com/home/?status= TEXT-YOU-WANT-TWEETED. via@YOUR-BLOGGER-ACCOUNT " target="_blank"> [tweet this].</a>
2 Edit your post or page, and go to the edit HTML view.
3 Find the place where you want to put the link.
(Hint: in compose-mode, put in some text that wouldn't otherwise be used, eg XXXX. Then use the browser search feature to find that text in Edit HTML mode.)
4 Paste in the code.
5 Replace both instances of TEXT-YOU-WANT-TWEETED with the words that you are inviting your readers to share on Twitter.
See the Troubleshooting section below, for things to be aware of as you do this.
6 Replace YOUR-BLOGGER-ACCOUNT with your own Twitter account-name.
If you don't have an account, or don't want it associated with the tweet, remove all of via @YOUR-BLOGGER-ACCOUNT
7 If you want tweeting to take readers away from your blog, remove the target="_blank" part of the code. Otherwise leave it alone: with it there, Twitter will open in a new tab or window.
8 Make any other changes, including indenting or formatting the part you want quoted.
You can change the "[tweet this]" phrase that's just before the </a> to any other words you would like to use, eg "[share on twitter]", "[tweet me]", "[tweet this quote]", "[cheep, cheep]" etc. The square brackets are optional - I like them because they make the bit-to-quote look different from the action instruction.
9 When you are ready, publish the post, and test the tweet-this link, just to be sure it's working.
- Don't mess with the quote marks around the text: replace just TEXT-YOU-WANT-TWEETED - not the stuff around it.
- You cannot have ANY quote marks (single or double, ' or " ) or apostrophe's or hashes ("#/"'s) inside the text-you-want-tweeted. Some other punctuation seems to be ok (though I haven't tested every option)
- Make sure there are no spaces between "status=" and "TEXT-YOU-WANT-TWEETED"
- Don't try using #hashtags. They don't break the code, but they do seem to truncate what gets put into your suggested message.
- If you use quotes or apostrophe's in by accident, and publish or go back to compose mode before you realise, the best way to fix it is to remove the whole section and start again: quotes inside quotes make Blogger's post-editor very confused.
What happens for your readers:
When a visitor reads sees your post, they see
TEXT-YOU-WANT-TWEETEDwith whatever formatting you used (eg, I put in the indenting and coloured background on the quote above).
The [Tweet this] part will also have whatever formatting is applied to links in your template.
When they click on the [Tweet this] link:
- If they are logged in to Twitter at the time, then they will go to Twitter's status-update option in a new window or tab, and your suggested message will there, waiting for them to press the Tweet button.
- If they are not logged in to Twitter at the time, a new window or tab will open, and they will be asked to log in to www.twitter.com.
After they have logged in, they will go to Twitter's status-update option, and your suggested message will there, waiting for them to press the Tweet button.
Once they've clicked the Tweet button, they are returned to Twitter's main window. (The target="_blank" in the code means they will still have your blog open in another window too.)
Over in the Twitter-stream, their followers will see a message with your suggested text, saying that it came via your Twitter account (unless you removed the "via" bit).
A final thought: watch what you tweet.
Notice that there are two places where you had to change TEXT-YOU-WANT-TWEETED. Most people will follow the instructions and, changed both of them to the same thing.
But there's no way to enforce this, and it's not immediately obvious if a blogger hasn't. Look at this example:
Happy St Patricks Day
It looks harmless enough. But if you click the [Tweet this quote] link, the text that is suggested is
Im a plastic paddy.Which might not be quite the message your readers care for to dispatch. Some will notice, and not dispatch the tweet. But others will precisely gain the Tweet button lacking suitably looking by the side of could you repeat that? You've suggested so as to they citation. This possibly will be thwarting, by the side of smallest amount, and possibly will be an tremendous way to lose your audience.
Suggestions:
- If you've a Blogger who has worked hard to earn your reader's trust, don't lose it by trying to fool them like this.
- If you click the a tweet-this-quote link anywhere, make sure you double-check what is suggested, before hitting the Tweet button over in Twitter.
What else?
I allow a feeling so as to the tweet-this-quote highlight, which is based on suggesting a worth to Twitter via the URL it is called with, possibly will be used in a little attractive ways - finely honed to hear one suggestions so as to you might allow.
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