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How to create different types of Twitter widgets

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Note: Twitter has discontinued the Search feature that was previously available in the WCMS.

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Profile

A Profile widget is the default widget type used on WCMS sites. This widget pulls all tweets from a specific chosen account. 

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  • This List must be made outside of the widget tool

  • The List will belong to the account that created it

Creating a List

  1. Open Firefox (compatible browser), log in to your Twitter account, and then in the top navigation bar select your Profile picture icon.

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  2. In the drop-down menu, select Lists. This will display all current Lists, including Lists you are subscribed to or are a member of.

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  3. Click on the Create new list button.

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  4. In the dialogue box, provide a name and description for your List.

  5. Set the Privacy of the List to Public or Private.

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  6. You can add accounts to the List by searching in the find users by name field.

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  7. Click on the gear icon beside the accounts that you want to add to the List and select Add or remove from lists ... .

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  8. In the dialogue box, check the List that you want to add the account to.

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  9. Now you are ready to embed this List into the Body or Sidebar of your content.

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  1. Navigate to the piece of content you are wanting your List to appear on.

  2. Place your cursor where you would like the List to appear, and select the Twitter icon in the WYSIWYG toolbar.

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  3. A Twitter Properties window will appear. From the Twitter widget type drop-down, select List.

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  4. Provide the Twitter user name and List name. Click OK.

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  5. Save.

  6. Publish.

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  1. Navigate and log into TweetDeck.

  2. On the left-hand side, select + Add column.

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  3. Select Collection.

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  4. In the Add a Collection column window, select + Create Collection.

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  5. In the Create a new Collection window, provide a name (required) and description (optional), and then click Save. Your new column will now appear in Tweetdeck.

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  6. To add Tweets to your collection, you have two options:
     

    • Clicking, holding, and dragging a Tweet from your Home column, to your new collection column:

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    • In the Enter Tweet URL field, pasting in the URL for an individual Tweet, and then clicking the Chevron button.

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  7. Repeat step 6 to add more Tweets, and build your Collection timeline.

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  1. Navigate and log into TweetDeck.

  2. Locate the column for your Collection, and then select the Settings icon.

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  3. Select Share, a drop-down menu will appear. Select Embed Collection.

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  4. A new tab titled Twitter Publish will open in your web browser. Select Embedded Timeline.

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  5. The page will present the embed code for your new collection. Select Copy Code.

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  6. Open a new Microsoft Word document, and paste in your embed code from step 5.

  7. Select and copy only the text between https://twitter.com and ?ref_src. This is your URL fragment.

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  8. Navigate to the piece of content you are wanting your Collection timeline to appear on.

  9. Place your cursor where you would like the Collection timeline to appear, and select the Twitter icon in the WYSIWYG toolbar.

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  10. A Twitter Properties window will appear. From the Twitter widget type drop-down, select Collection timeline.

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  11. In the Twitter URL fragment field, paste in the URL fragment from step 7, and in the Timeline name field, provide the name of your collection from Creating a collection timeline, step 5. Click OK.

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  12. Save.

  13. Publish.

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