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authorZach Copley <zach@status.net>2010-03-01 21:34:50 -0800
committerZach Copley <zach@status.net>2010-03-01 21:35:24 -0800
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Initial Twitter bridge admin panel
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
This Twitter "bridge" plugin allows you to integrate your StatusNet
instance with Twitter. Installing it will allow your users to:
- - automatically post notices to thier Twitter accounts
+ - automatically post notices to their Twitter accounts
- automatically subscribe to other Twitter users who are also using
your StatusNet install, if possible (requires running a daemon)
- import their Twitter friends' tweets (requires running a daemon)
@@ -9,18 +9,14 @@ instance with Twitter. Installing it will allow your users to:
Installation
------------
-To enable the plugin, add the following to your config.php:
-
- addPlugin("TwitterBridge");
-
-OAuth is used to to access protected resources on Twitter (as opposed to
-HTTP Basic Auth)*. To use Twitter bridging you will need to register
-your instance of StatusNet as an application on Twitter
-(http://twitter.com/apps), and update the following variables in your
-config.php with the consumer key and secret Twitter generates for you:
-
- $config['twitter']['consumer_key'] = 'YOURKEY';
- $config['twitter']['consumer_secret'] = 'YOURSECRET';
+OAuth (http://oauth.net) is used to to access protected resources on
+Twitter (as opposed to HTTP Basic Auth)*. To use Twitter bridging you
+will need to register your instance of StatusNet as an application on
+Twitter (http://twitter.com/apps). During the application registration
+process your application will be assigned a "consumer" key and secret,
+which the plugin will use to make OAuth requests to Twitter. You can
+either pass the consumer key and secret in when you enable the plugin,
+or set it using the Twitter administration panel.
When registering your application with Twitter set the type to "Browser"
and your Callback URL to:
@@ -29,6 +25,16 @@ and your Callback URL to:
The default access type should be, "Read & Write".
+To enable the plugin, add the following to your config.php:
+
+ addPlugin(
+ 'TwitterBridge',
+ array(
+ 'consumer_key' => 'YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY',
+ 'consumer_secret' => 'YOUR_CONSUMER_SECRET'
+ )
+ );
+
* Note: The plugin will still push notices to Twitter for users who
have previously setup the Twitter bridge using their Twitter name and
password under an older versions of StatusNet, but all new Twitter