Comments on: Creating a "Tweet This" Link

By: Stacy

Stacy — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:20:02 +0000

THANK YOU! This HTML link was exactly what I was looking for. I really appreciate it. Now, I just need to know what it is for Facebook! Cheers.

By: Ken Bergquist

Ken Bergquist — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:38:05 +0000

@Buckaroos and others - use this form:

http://twitter.com/home?status=URL encoded tweet text]

Note the addition of /home to the URL. This passes the tweet through the login redirection to your status as you would expect.

cheers!

By: Buckaroos

Buckaroos — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:42:53 +0000

Found with this code that if the user is not logged into twitter, after user logs in the message in the anchor href tag is lost (i.e., the "What's Happening?" text box comes up blank) whereas if the user is logged in, the message in the tag appears in the "What's Happening?" text box. Any work around for this issue? Best regards, Buckaroos

By: Patis

Patis — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:37:23 +0000

I'll second that thank-you for the tip about the link.
Only thing that would be nice is if you mentioned how to integrate bit.ly (or something similar) into the link.

Thanks for an awesome straight-to-the-point tutorial!

By: Nic

Nic — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:44:18 +0000

It seems like not all characters need to be encoded. I think I got away with leaving spaces, slashes & colons. Does this sound like it would present an issue?

By: Greg Bulmash

Greg Bulmash — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:40:33 +0000

They go to the front page of Twitter like anyone who isn't logged in does.

By: al

al — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:33:38 +0000

What happens if the person who clicks the link is not logged into twitter before clicking?

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:32:02 +0000

Great find on omitting www from the Twitter link. You saved me a few more hours of frustration!