Cool Flash Twitter feed!

Maccy · 8 Dec 2010 at 18:33

Found this tutorial online and it functions pretty well, although the image is a little cheesey!

Unfortunately it's not good for busy sites as it only allows 150 requests per hour due to the API setup of Twitter but is fine for my site!

http://www.moon-recording.com/

And found the tutorial here - http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/twitter_widget/

3dcandy · 9 Dec 2010 at 11:20

pah flash for a twitter feed...what's the point?

fez · 9 Dec 2010 at 11:31

Have a look for some jquery ones mate. Never use flash unless its the only way to do something, or its massively easier to use flash.

gord · 9 Dec 2010 at 12:23

No, not cool!

Russinating · 9 Dec 2010 at 12:25

As above, bad idea and totally pointless/defunct.

GravyMonster · 9 Dec 2010 at 15:02

That's your chips well and truly ****ed on.

Maccy · 9 Dec 2010 at 15:53

I'm trying to learn Flash at the mo though

3dcandy · 9 Dec 2010 at 15:58

Maccy said:
I'm trying to learn Flash at the mo though

Slightly let off then..however, using Flash to pull in a twitter feed is a real waste...

Maccy · 9 Dec 2010 at 17:05

I'll have a check for some jquery ones then!

3dcandy · 9 Dec 2010 at 18:13

It's not that we (I use we as I guess everyone is on the same track as me here...) don't like Flash, but using it to grab a feed via an API is such a waste of time and effort on so many levels. Use a jquery one, find your way around jquery, or maybe even specialise/learn jqtouch to mobolise sites, this is the direction stuff is generally heading. The iPad/iPod/Apple stuff means Flash useage is waning...

CliffyBiro · 9 Dec 2010 at 18:20

Hah talk about a telling off.

But I agree, flash for a twitter feed isn't needed in the slightest.

Maccy · 11 Dec 2010 at 13:42

Right I've tried a jquery one. Interestingly it worked when I created a sub directory but not when I stuck it in the the public_html folder.

Also got myself a new personal domain - http://jmcadam.com/ - can anyone see what the problem may be?

SMB30 · 11 Dec 2010 at 13:48

Code:

<script language="javascript" src="/tweet/jquery.tweet.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

^ This, it does'nt exist, I guess you should have changed the path when you moved the script?

Maccy · 11 Dec 2010 at 16:35

Ah you're a star, thanks mate. Seems to be working now, need to change the CSS scripting though as the colours are nasty!

3dcandy · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:02

Maccy said:
Ah you're a star, thanks mate. Seems to be working now, need to change the CSS scripting though as the colours are nasty!

Seen worse!