Use Your Wizard site to Post on Twitter

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The Twitter Integration Feature lets you update your Twitter page with your latest blog entries! It's a pretty darn cool feature that makes sharing your latest blog posts that much easier. Here are the steps to take advantage of this feature.

How to Activate Twitter Integration

The first step is to activate the feature. To do so, you'll need to:

  1. Log into the wizard
  2. Click Settings in the upper right
  3. Scroll down until you see the settings for Social Network Integration
    SettingsPage.png
  4. Click turn it on next to the Twitter option. You'll notice the "turn it on" link will change to "turn it off":
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  5. Click Authorize and a window will appear that looks like this:

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  6. Click on the blue button which says Sign in with Twitter
  7. You will then be prompted to sign in with your Twitter account:

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  8. Enter your log in credentials for Twitter, then click Sign In
  9. You should now see a page that looks like this:

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  10. Click Allow to confirm that you want to allow posting on your Twitter page from your blog. You should see the following message:

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Congratulations, your Hostbaby Blog should now allow you to "Push" blog posts to your Twitter Page


How to Push a Blog post to Twitter

Now that the feature has been activated you may now push blog posts to your Twitter page. Here's how:

  1. Write and publish your blog entry
  2. In the wizard you'll notice a new icon appearing next to your blog posts:

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  3. To push your blog entry, click on the wave symbol...
    The yellow icon will change into a green check:

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You should be able to log into Twitter and see the updated blog entry:
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There are a couple things to consider before posting a blog post on Twitter:

  • You can only push blog entries that have been published on your site. Draft entries may not be pushed.
  • There is a 140 character limit on this push. If you blog entry is larger than that, the first 140 characters will be shown as your Twitter posting. However, a link will automatically included which links DIRECTLY back to your blog entry.

Related Article: Use Your Wizard site to Post on Facebook

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