Sites: Add a Twitter Feed
Follow these instructions to add your Twitter Feed to your Google Site:
- Open Notepad (Start>All Programs>Accessories>Notepad) and paste this code (highlight it and then do ctrl+C):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Module>
<ModulePrefs title="Twitter Timeline"/>
<Content type="html">
<![CDATA[
This is where you paste the Twitter widget code
]]>
</Content>
</Module>
- Go to your Twitter page and click on the "gear" at the top right
- Choose Settings
- Click on Widgets in the list of settings and choose Create New
- Your Twitter handle (username) should appear and you can choose any other options and click Save
- Highlight the code and copy (ctrl+C)
- Go back to Notepad and paste the code in place of the purple text above.
- Save the file as an .xml (File>Save As>Name it Twitter.xml and change file type from .txt to All Files)
- Go to your Google Site. Click on the "gear" and choose Manage Site
- Click on Attachments and click Upload
- Navigate to Twitter.xml and click Upload
- After it has uploaded, right click on "download" and choose "copy link address"
- Go to the page where you want your Twitter feed and click the "pencil" to edit
- Go to Insert>Gadget>More Gadgets
- Click on Add Gadget by URL
- Paste the link and adjust the pixels (I chose width 500 and height 1000, with a scroll bar and no label)
- Click OK.
- You will need to click Save before you can view what it will look like live.
***Instructions provided by https://sites.google.com/a/teachers.wlcsd.org/mstech/tutorials/google-sites-adding-a-twitter-feed
Follow these instructions to set your Twitter feed as your home page.
- Go to your Google Site. Click on the "gear" and choose Manage Site
- Click change and choose the page that has your Twitter feed
- Click Ok
- Click Save