Twittering on WordPress
The Twittering begins!
I’ve finally got Twitter on both my main blogs, this one and Strange Machines. Although there are tons of Twitter plugins for WordPress blogs (and having installed 2 that don’t seem to work), I found it easiest to cut and paste the custom HTML and Javascript Twitter code myself.
Here’s how:
1. First ensure your Twittering is set to public.
At Twitter, go to Settings -> unclick Protect my Updates -> Save.
2. Now, each theme is a bit tricky. This one actually doesn’t have any Sidebars defined (you’ll see when you click Widgets), so what I had to do was:
A. Head to Design -> Theme Editor -> Sidebar
and right after <div class=”sidebar”>
paste the HTML/Javascript code from the Twitter badge site. Click here to get yours.
Update File and you’re done.
B. If you do have your Sidebar Widgets enabled, go to Design -> Widgets
and add a Text widget.
Copy and paste the HTML/Javascript code from Twitter wholesale into the text area.
Save and you’re done!
Happy Twittering. 
Christina Sng worked as a web developer, information architect, account executive, producer, technical writer, and usability consultant in the 10 years (that's 30 years in Internet time!) she brought bread home. She has since retired to raise her children but still spends most of her waking hours on the net, no thanks to Apple. Here are some of her adventures.
