Package: collective.twitter.portlets
Table of ContentsLife, the Universe, and EverythingDon’t PanicTwitter  profile portletTwitter search portletExtrasMostly HarmlessInstallationShare and EnjoyThere’s a frood who really knows where his towel is1.0b5 (2013-06-06)1.0b4 (2013-04-24)1.0b3 (2012-07-12)1.0b2 (2012-06-04)1.0b1 (2012-04-10)Life, the Universe, and EverythingThis package allows you to add different kinds of portlets to your site to get
tweets.This package depends oncollective.twitter.accounts.Don’t PanicTwitter  profile portletAdd a “Twitter profile Portlet” wherever you want.Enter a header (if you want one).Choose theTwitteraccount to use from the drop-down (see Prerequisites).Enter the user you want to get the feed from. (username can be with @ or
not).Mark the checkbox for showing the avatars next to the username, or leave it
unmarked for not.Choose the maximum results you want to show each time.Twitter search portletAdd a “Twitter search Portlet” wherever you want.Enter a header (if you want one).Choose theTwitteraccount to use from the drop-down (see Prerequisites).Enter the search string you want to use.Mark the checkbox for showing the avatars next to the username, or leave it
unmarked for not.Choose the maximum results you want to show each time.ExtrasFrom any portlet, you can:Click on a “#” starting word (hashtag) to go to Twitter and get further
resultsClick on an “@” starting word (usernames) to go to the user profile in
Twitter.Mostly HarmlessHave an idea? Found a bug? Let us know byopening a support ticket.InstallationTo enable this product in a buildout-based installation:Edit your buildout.cfg and addcollective.twitter.portletsto the list
of eggs to install:[buildout]
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eggs =
    collective.twitter.portletsYou may need to extend a five.grok known good set (KGS) to make sure that
you get the right versions of the packages that make up five.grok:[buildout]
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extends =
    http://good-py.appspot.com/release/five.grok/1.2.0-1After updating the configuration you need to run ‘’bin/buildout’’, which will
take care of updating your system.Go to the ‘Site Setup’ page in a Plone site and click on the ‘Add-ons’ link.Check the box next tocollective.twitter.portletsand click the ‘Activate’
button.Note: You may have to empty your browser cache and save your resource
registries in order to see the effects of the product installation.Share and Enjoycollective.twitter.portletswould not have been possible without the
contribution of the following people:Franco PellegriniSilvestre HuensHéctor VelardeGonzalo AlmeidaDevelopment sponsored by Open Multimedia.There’s a frood who really knows where his towel is1.0b5 (2013-06-06)Remove deprecation warning. [frapell]1.0b4 (2013-04-24)Tested for Plone 4.3 compatibility. [hvelarde]Add deprecation warning to package documentation. [hvelarde]Fixed add-on layer interface. [hvelarde]1.0b3 (2012-07-12)Removed dependency on five.grok (fixes#2). [frapell]Add-on layer was renamed to ITwitterPortletsLayer. [frapell]Made the initial profile to be executed by the default if it wasn’t executed
yet. [frapell]1.0b2 (2012-06-04)Tested for Plone 4.2 compatibility. [hvelarde]Dependency package collective.prettydate no longer has a GS profile (fixes#3). [hvelarde]Fixed package distribution. [hvelarde]1.0b1 (2012-04-10)Initial release.