Twitter Module for Joomla
Sunday, November 15, 2009 4:46
I created a twitter module for joomla 1.5 few days back and I am sharing it with you. The module is simple and loads the tweets from the twitter account that is set from the module parameters page. And hence the tweeter account can only set by adminitrator. This module is free to use and is released under GNU/GPL.
The main feature of this module is twitter templates. You can create custom template to show your tweets.
Below is the screenshot of the module parameters.
The only parameters required to set the box running is username and password. You need to have valid twitter account for this module to run. You can create a template for individual tweet in Twitter Template parameters. There are few variables you can use to create a template
{username} – Twitter Username of the poster
{tweet} – Twitter status. This variable displays each status
{postdate} – The date the tweet was posted
{userimg} – Image link of the poster
{userurl} – The homepage of the poster
{tweetlink} – The twitter account link of the poster
{source} – The source from where the tweet was posted e.g. web, mobile
{reply_to} – The status to which the current tweet is replied to
{reply_to_user} – The user to which the current tweet is replied to
That is all we have. and I hope we don’t need more.
You can use the module anywhere but please give me some credit for spending some hrs in this module.
Download the module here . mod_ostwitterbox .
Update 14 Dec 2009
Twitter box version 1.1 is released. This version includes timeline selection. Read more about new version here
If you like this module, consider making contribution. Your small contribution can make a difference
Happy tweeting. 
saurabh shah says:
November 30th, 2009 at 8:18 am
I think you should provide screen-shots too. It will be better to understand us how is it going to look like.
kevin says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:19 am
easy to install… is there anything I can do to format the output better?
Sanjeev says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:07 am
@shaurabh: the demo is available at http://www.joomlaguru.com.np
@kevin: you can customise the layout from template parameter in modules. You can use any kind of html tags and css. You can even use css defined in your template files. You can see the list of variables you can use in the template parameters.
andy says:
December 4th, 2009 at 8:24 am
twitter box is a great unobtrusive twitter module and I’ve pared it down to just the tweets I make. However, a time stamp of the tweet would be nice. is there a way to do this?
Sanjeev says:
December 14th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Twitter box version 1.1 is released. This version includes timeline selection. You can select from User, home and friends timeline. Read more about the new version at http://www.joomlaguru.com.np/documentation/modules/twitter-box-ver-1-1