[PLUG-Devel] Quick HowTo Drupal Twitter and Facebook Modules

[Lisa Kachold]

Great!

These Social Networking modules look great!

I will get busy with cleanup and cross posting around.


On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:

> Hans,
>
> I don't need your Drupal <http://drupal.org/> version since these work for
> 4,5,6.  I think you built ABLEconf  over on 110mb.com<http://www.110mb.com/>,
> one of the free sites I recommended a few years ago?
>
> FOSS Modules Available via:
> http://drupal.org/project/fbconnect
> http://drupal.org/project/twitter
>
> These modules have no dependencies.
>
> Download, extract and ftp into the module directory (varies by version);
> login as Administrator, choose Administrator-->Modules to enable your new
> tools (be sure to check "throttle", as memory might not have been extended
> in your configuration files (I did it on PLUG <http://plug.phoenix.az.us>,
> allowing a great deal of new fun) [hit me later, I will clue you how to
> expand your available system memory]).
>
> NOTE for you scaredycats - often when you add modules the first time your
> site appears to be broken with a series of errors; just wait and hit reload,
> unless you are changing a module or setting related to the Administrative
> menu, or login access, you should be fine "Buck Up"; if you still cannot get
> in - ftp or web Manage Files to delete that offending module and
> reinitialize your login (remove cookies).
>
> Get Facebook API key from developers.facebook.com
>
> Twitter module has a global account in the module setup that often doesn't
> work with your twitter name.
> Instead go into your username and add your twitter name/blog/etc.  This is
> nice in that a great number of users can add content (comments, video,
> photos) and post to twitter including a tinyurl.
>
> Here's the video:
> http://www.drupalove.com/drupal-video/drupal-facebook-connect-and-twitter-modules
>
> Should take about 15 minutes to enable.
>
> NOTE, if you have a custom theme that uses a CSS TAB menu for the user
> options, this will add two, which might go off the screen.
>
> Since you don't use custom CSS or themes, this should just appear on the
> user's menu!
>
> Viola!  Easy "use the source" tools for everyone.
>
> Drupal is a secure<http://montenasoft.com/files/Securing_Your_Drupal_Site.pdf>(when implemented well) easy
> CMS <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system> that provides
> the ability to vastly and easily modify themes and write (or hack) custom
> modules.
>
> Governments and Municipalities Using Drupal are extensive:
> http://groups.drupal.org/node/24119
>
> Of course if you use insecure modules, or fail to pentest your own
> environment, there could be problems:
>
> http://wewatchyourwebsite.com/wordpress/2009/02/website-used-by-federal-government-hacked/
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:09 AM, der.hans <ABLEconf+discuss at lufthans.com<ABLEconf%2Bdiscuss at lufthans.com>
> > wrote:
>
>> Am 19. Jan, 2011 schwätzte Lisa Kachold so:
>>
>>
>>  Did you setup the modules in Drupal to burst to Facebook/twitter
>>> (others)?
>>> Do I have Administrator access?
>>>
>>
>> Which modules do you recommend?
>>
>> Currently I'm the only one who can add modules.
>>
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>> der.hans
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