How to Add Twitter to a TypePad Blog

If you want to increase your Internet visibility and expand your social network, using Twitter and integrating it with your blog can help you create a stronger online presence. Twitter badges are available for TypePad bloggers who want to add their stream of Twitter updates directly to the blog's main page. Putting a Twitter badge in the sidebar of your blog gives blog visitors a chance to stay updated on your latest tweets, and also to "follow" you on Twitter.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Log in to your Twitter account. Enter your username (or email address) and password in the login page on the Twitter sit. (Follow the link in Resources.) This will take you to your Twitter updates page.

2. Select "Settings" from your profile page. The "Settings" feature is located at the top right of your Twitter page and is the fourth menu option from the left. Selecting this will take you to your account-management page.

3. Create your Twitter badge. Scroll down to the "More Info URL" section and select the 'You can also add Twitter to your site here' hyperlink. This will take you to the Twitter badges page.

4. Select the "TypePad" option from the menu. (It's the second option from the bottom.) You can select the radio button or the TypePad icon to make changes.

5. Customize your Twitter badge. Select the number of updates you want to add to your badge and create a title for the badge. This will prepare your TypePad widget.

6. Begin installing the widget on TypePad. Select "Install Widget on TypePad." This will take you to your TypePad log in page.

7. Log into your TypePad account. Enter your username and password and sign into your account.

8. Select the Twitter widget. Your custom information will carry over to your TypePad widget account, where you can install the widget. Select "Add Twitter widget"' to begin the process.

9. Save all changes in TypePad to initiate the Twitter widget.

Tips & Warnings

• Your widget will link to your Twitter page, so any blog visitor who clicks on the link will be able to access it
• If the "Install Widget" button doesn't work, you can select "View the code" and copy and paste the code directly into your template instead

Resources

• Twitter
• Other TypePad widgets

[vadkins]

on 12/12/2008 Thanks for this helpful article. I've been blogging for a few years at Typepad, and I really like the blogging platform there.