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" ?>

<![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.

Follow these instructions to set your Twitter feed as your home page.

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