Integration with vBulletin - vBulletin Tweet Poster! [Archive]

Milad

06-16-2009, 10:00 PM

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Introduction & Description
It's amazing how twitter drives traffic to various websites around the web, so I thought it would be a very good idea to get advantage of it, because Twitter will bring us more traffic and more valuable registrations.

This add-on runs as a scheduled task every ten minutes, and posts the newly posted threads to twitter in the form:
Thread title - preview (if possible) - tiny or full URL.

Threads must be in forums viewable by guests, not private forums.

Features

1.0.0

Post to twitter using OAuth authentication.
You have your own application at twitter, so the tweets will be appeared from your website name. 100694
Only guest-accessible stuff is posted at Twitter.
Integrated with bit.ly to shorten the thread URL, giving more space for title and preview.
Set it up once, and forget it. twitter's access token doesn't expire, unless you revoke the access permission.

1.0.2

You can set from which forums the threads will be tweeted. (See the page where you edit the forum info and settings 100710)
vBSEO (http://www.vbseo.com/) compatible (if available), so the URLs are rewritten before they get shortened. This will help to reduce the number of redirects as few as possible.
The task prints valuable information when you run it manually, to help you diagnose problems when they happen! 100725

1.0.3

Non-Unicode forums can use the built-in conversion (to UTF-8) to abide by the requirement of twitter. 100687
You can disable the automatic tweeting function, and tweet threads manually right from the first postbit. with user group over which user group can tweet manually 100843 100845
You can set threads from which user group will be tweeted. 100845

1.0.5

Scheduled task: Post Hot threads.
Check port 443 on installation / upgrade.
The product can't be installed if cURL isn't complied into PHP.
Update forums / usergroups / permissions cache on successful authorization, to avoid problems with some admins, where caches don't get updated on upgrade!
strip_html from the preview text, for forums that enable HTML in posts.
Delete tweet if the thread is deleted.
Status Message Prefix. 100687

1.0.6

Option: to remove URLs from preview text (enabled by default).
Option: to have only the thread title as a tweet without any part of the message.
Added form (in the footer) to allow admins to tweet from any page, right in their forums, with an option to disable it, also it's enabled only for super admins. 102934

How different is this from twitterfeed.com?

This hack is not intended to be an alternative to twitterfeed.com, however:
It may be safer than giving your Twitter-Login to twitterfeed.com (by redlabour)
Later, this hack will include more options so you have better control over what is posted at twitter. (like post only hot threads, or threads by certain usergroup, etc.)
You have your own application at twitter, so the tweets will be appeared from your website name, instead of any other service. 100694

Happy Users of This Product! contact me to add your twitter account.

@syrianmeds (http://twitter.com/syrianmeds)
@Bullshido (http://twitter.com/Bullshido)
@Cause4Chaos (http://twitter.com/Cause4Chaos)
@Hatvertise (http://twitter.com/Hatvertise)
@BatM_AU (http://twitter.com/BatM_AU)
@TalkBritain (http://twitter.com/TalkBritain)

Requirements

Mandatory:

vBulletin 3.8.0
PHP 5.2.3
cURL & OpenSSL compiled to your PHP installation.
Twitter account (I've created a dedicated account for my website @syrianmeds (http://twitter.com/syrianmeds))

Optional (but recommended):

bit.ly account to shorten URLs.
Your forum's character set must be UTF-8 (required by twitter) or latin with no non-English characters. Alternatively, you can use the iconv built-in function to convert the encoding.

Installation

Upload the files to their respective locations.
Import the XML product file: product-twitterposter.xml
*Optional* go to http://bit.ly/ and register an account there, you need it to shorten the URLs!
There are two important values here: the login username and the apiKey (you can obtain it from http://bit.ly/account/)
100687
Register your application at twitter. (You must be already registered as a regular member)
https://twitter.com/oauth_clients/new
100688
Pay attention to the Callback URL, it must point to the file twitterposter.php in your admincp, ex: http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/admincp/twitterposter.php
After registering your application, twitter will provide two values to you (Consumer Key and Consumer Secret), keep them for use in the authorization later.
100689
Go to vBulletin Tweet Poster -> Authorize.
Enter the two values in there appropriate fields and submit (100690). You will be given a link to twitter.com to authorize this hack (100691) to post on your behave.
You will be redirected to your admincp, and a "Hello World!" message will be posted to your twitter account.

Upgrade

Upload the files to their respective locations.
Import (Allow Overwrite: Yes!) the XML product file: product-twitterposter.xml
Re-authorize the hack, to make sure everything works for you.

Troubleshooting

Q: I'm not seeing any updates after the one "#vBulletin Tweet Poster by http://services.milado.net/ Hello World! #testoauth".
A: Please make sure that you have new threads in forums available to guests, otherwise the hack won't post anything.
After that go to Admincp -> Scheduled Tasks -> Scheduled Task Manager, then find the task "vBulletin Tweet Poster" click run and see if there is any error displayed.

Q: I'm getting the error "Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/investme/forums/includes/twitterposter/twitteroauth/twitterOAuth.php on line 126"
A: That error says that you don't have cURL installed on your server. If you have a dedicated server/vps, install and compile curl, if you're on shared/reseller hosting, contact your host and ask if they can install cURL support. (thanks stapler2025 for answering on my behave)

Q: I receive the following error:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<hash>
<request>/statuses/update.xml</request>
<error>Read-only application cannot POST</error>
</hash>
A: You have to enable write & read for your application at twitter, so go here (https://twitter.com/oauth_clients), edit your application access setting and request new consumer key and token. If it didn't work, please delete the application, add a new one and use my settings from the screen shots.

Credits
I've used the Twitter's OAuth library, by Abraham Williams | http://abrah.am | @abraham

Change log

1.0.0 first public release (beta) Jun, 17th 2009
1.0.1 (beta) Jun, 17th 2009

New feature: The ability to exclude certain forums (100710), posts: #1831293 and #1831305
Diagnostic Information are printed in task manager for you to help diagnosing why the hack doesn't work for some admins! posts: #1831263, #1831443 and #1831460

1.0.2 (beta) Jun, 18th 2009

Bug fixed, posts: #1831301, #1831311, #1831349, #1831579 and #1831607
vBSEO Integration.
Improvement done to the task diagnostic messages. 100725

1.0.3 (beta) Jun, 21th 2009

Implementation of iconv conversion for non-unicode forums.
Control threads by which usergroups will be posted to twitter.
Tweet threads in forums manually instead of it being automatic. 100843

1.0.4 (beta) Jun, 22th 2009

Bug fixed: Manual tweeting doesn't show thread preview!
Bug fixed: Plugin overwrites the hook: $template_hook['postbit_controls']

1.0.5 (beta) Jul, 23th 2009

Renamed function_twitterposter.php to functions_twitterposter.php
Moved some functions from functions_twitterposter.php to a new class in class_twitterposter.php (New PHP class is created, first step to move to OOP).
Canceled the redirection to twitter (on authorization), and replaced with a link opening in a new tab / window.
New scheduled task: Post Hot threads.
New: Check port 443 on installation / upgrade.
New: The product can't be installed if cURL isn't complied into PHP.
New: Update forums / usergroups / permissions cache on successful authorization, to avoid problems with some admins, where caches don't get updated on upgrade!
New feature: strip_html from the preview text, for forums that enable HTML in posts.
New feature: Delete tweet if the thread is deleted.
New feature: Status Message Prefix.

1.0.6 (RC1) Aug, 6th 2009

Add phrase 'HOT:'.
Improve bit.ly class a bit.
Push the plug-in at hook (postbit_display_complete) to run lastly, to put the tweet button at the last.
Include an option to remove URLs from preview text.
Option: to have only the thread title as a tweet without any part of the message.
Added form (in the footer) to allow admins to tweet from any page, right in their forums, with an option to disable it, also it's enabled only for super admins. 102934

1.0.7 (RC2) to be released.

Bug fixed: improperly cached template.
Bug fixed: Hot Threads Look up Time Span.
New feature: Include thread prefix in the tweet.

Milad

06-17-2009, 10:55 AM

Reserved!

redlabour

06-17-2009, 11:12 AM

Ehmmm...is it possible to place the twitterposter.php elsewhere - ex. /forum?

My admincp Directory is .htaccess secured.

Daniel_HBK

06-17-2009, 11:13 AM

thanks Milad for this great hack!
الف شكر لك ملاك .. تحياتي لك .. دانيال

Milad

06-17-2009, 11:19 AM

Ehmmm...is it possible to place the twitterposter.php elsewhere - ex. /forum?

My admincp Directory is .htaccess secured.
Twiiter won't do anything with that file, it will redirect you to it only, that's it.

So don't worry.

Milad

06-17-2009, 12:09 PM

I've just ween this (http://www.vbseo.com/f2/vbseo-functions-extensibility-1662/) and I'm going to integrate vBSEO URL rewrite into this hack!

Quantnet

06-17-2009, 12:30 PM

how different is this with twitterfeed.com?

redlabour

06-17-2009, 12:42 PM

how different is this with twitterfeed.com?

1. There is no great difference in Function.

2. I guess it is safer then giving your Twitter-Login to twitterfeed.com.

Serenity278

06-17-2009, 01:05 PM

It is suppose to update every 10 minutes? It has been 23 minutes and I still have the first update on there #vBulletin Tweet Poster by http://services.milado.net/ Hello World! #testoauth https://twitter.com/cf_net

I just want to know if it is working.

My website is http://www.christianfellowship-net.com, am using 3.8.3, and am a newbie to vb and twitter by the way. :D

Thanks.

TNCclubman

06-17-2009, 01:14 PM

Milad rules!

Thanks for this Milad!!

Soonerdude

06-17-2009, 01:46 PM

It is suppose to update every 10 minutes? It has been 23 minutes and I still have the first update on there #vBulletin Tweet Poster by http://services.milado.net/ Hello World! #testoauth https://twitter.com/cf_net

I just want to know if it is working.

My website is http://www.christianfellowship-net.com, am using 3.8.3, and am a newbie to vb and twitter by the way. :D

Thanks.

I was having the same problem, but realized that I had the limited guest viewing hack installed and once I disabled it, the posts started showing up.

Serenity278

06-17-2009, 01:52 PM

I was having the same problem, but realized that I had the limited guest viewing hack installed and once I disabled it, the posts started showing up.

I don't have that mod installed but thanks for trying to help. I might just try that twitterfeed if I can't get this mod to work.

drsli

06-17-2009, 02:03 PM

Very interesting hack! Is it possible to exclude forums from being posted at twitter, cause some of them have private status at my site?

unp

06-17-2009, 02:14 PM

I get this error Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/adminfunctions.php:279) in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 3087

zelnik

06-17-2009, 02:33 PM

Does this have an option to turn on/off for specific forums/sections?!?!

wtrk

06-17-2009, 02:37 PM

when i try to authorize the plugin i get a vbulletin error saying that the headers have aready been sent.

Bounce

06-17-2009, 03:29 PM

I get this error

when i try to authorize the plugin i get a vbulletin error saying that the headers have aready been sent.

same, vb 3.8.3

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at [path]/includes/adminfunctions.php:279) in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 3087

Milad

06-17-2009, 05:44 PM

Thanks guys for all your suggestions and feedback.

I'll try to roll the next version very soon.

Regards

imagirlgeek

06-17-2009, 06:06 PM

I'm also not seeing any updates after the one "#vBulletin Tweet Poster by http://services.milado.net/ Hello World! #testoauth".

In my case, I don't think the scheduled job is running. Any ideas on how I can troubleshoot this further?

Milad

06-17-2009, 06:15 PM

Hello

For those who don't see the updates posted to twitter, please make sure that you have new threads in forums available to guests, otherwise the hack won't post anything.

We want to keep good practice here, so when someone clicks your tweeted links they see the page they want.

After that go to Admincp -> Scheduled Tasks -> Scheduled Task Manager, then find the task "vBulletin Tweet Poster" click run and see if there is any error displayed.

Regards

drsli

06-17-2009, 06:20 PM

Works fine and as you stated, only guest-accessible stuff is posted at Twitter. Thank you very much for this awesome addon! :)

imagirlgeek

06-17-2009, 06:29 PM

Hello

For those who don't see the updates posted to twitter, please make sure that you have new threads in forums available to guests, otherwise the hack won't post anything.

We want to keep good practice here, so when someone clicks your tweeted links they see the page they want.

After that go to Admincp -> Scheduled Tasks -> Scheduled Task Manager, then find the task "vBulletin Tweet Poster" click run and see if there is any error displayed.

Regards

Definitely have new threads, and when I manually run the Scheduled Task, there is no error. However, it never gives me the 'Done' like the other scheduled tasks do when I run them manually. All I see is a white page with "vBulletin Tweet Poster" at the top. I also set it to log entries and see no indication in the logs that this job is running.

g0dfather1984

06-17-2009, 06:45 PM

Hello

For those who don't see the updates posted to twitter, please make sure that you have new threads in forums available to guests, otherwise the hack won't post anything.

We want to keep good practice here, so when someone clicks your tweeted links they see the page they want.

After that go to Admincp -> Scheduled Tasks -> Scheduled Task Manager, then find the task "vBulletin Tweet Poster" click run and see if there is any error displayed.

Regards

I've done that as well and still no results here either.

Sorry.

Serenity278

06-17-2009, 07:27 PM

Yeah I tried that too and it still doesn't update. I checked the permissions for guests and they are fine.

Milad

06-17-2009, 07:30 PM

The next version will include information displayed in the task output to help you diagnose the problem, it's coming soon, so don't worry.

Regards

Serenity278

06-17-2009, 07:40 PM

Cool, I will be waiting. :D

Milad

06-17-2009, 08:21 PM

Version: 1.0.1 just released, for changes see the change log!

For those who don't have the new threads posted at twitter, please run the task manually again.

Milad

06-17-2009, 08:30 PM

how different is this with twitterfeed.com?

Your question has been answered in the first post!

Brandon Sheley

06-17-2009, 08:41 PM

you sold me on this part right here :D

You have your own application at twitter, so the tweets will be appeared from your website name, instead of any other service.

I'm going to mark this one to check out, looks promising

cory_booth

06-17-2009, 09:20 PM

I am getting a bunch of Access Denied errors when trying to Authorize. googleapis? These errors lead to more errors and I get a blank Twitter page in the AdminCP...

Milad

06-17-2009, 09:24 PM

Have you followed the instructions? have you created your application at twitter? have you entered the consumer key and token correctly?

Bounce

06-17-2009, 10:16 PM

tried new version, same error :eek:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1831349#post1831349

wtrk

06-17-2009, 11:44 PM

tried new version, same error :eek:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1831349#post1831349

yup same error. using 3.8.2

imagirlgeek

06-17-2009, 11:48 PM

Whatever you did worked for me. I'm getting updates now! Awesome Mod!

Thank you!

Milad

06-18-2009, 04:57 AM

Hello
I've forgotten one line that sends content before headers
fixed for the next version later today
regards

Milad

06-18-2009, 10:33 AM

1.0.2 just released, please look at the change log for more,

For those who still have problems, please report whether they are fixed or not.

Regards

cory_booth

06-18-2009, 11:09 AM

Have you followed the instructions? have you created your application at twitter? have you entered the consumer key and token correctly?

Absolutely... Created and re-created the Twitter Application. Copied and re-copied the keys. Running 3.8.3 and vbOptimize. I am also using external calls to vbulletin javascript common core.

unp

06-18-2009, 11:14 AM

Not working for me.I just get the blank blue twitter page when I click authorize.

cory_booth

06-18-2009, 11:25 AM

Absolutely... Created and re-created the Twitter Application. Copied and re-copied the keys. Running 3.8.3 and vbOptimize. I am also using external calls to vbulletin javascript common core.

Installed 1.02 and everything loaded just fine.... Looks to be working as expected.

Milad

06-18-2009, 11:26 AM

Absolutely... Created and re-created the Twitter Application. Copied and re-copied the keys. Running 3.8.3 and vbOptimize. I am also using external calls to vbulletin javascript common core.

Please run the task manually to see what messages you receive.

Not working for me.I just get the blank blue twitter page when I click authorize.

Would you please take a look at the errors log to see what is it?

Regards

cory_booth

06-18-2009, 11:27 AM

Not working for me.I just get the blank blue twitter page when I click authorize.

Check the bottom left for a javascript error...
I was getting "Access Denied"....

I just dumped and reinstalled version 1.02 and everything seems to be working well....

Oh, I did use the "Authorize" link in an external window instead of the IFRAME in AdminCP.

wtrk

06-18-2009, 11:57 AM

it works, but i dont see any of the options to set which forums to exclude, etc. it ignores ALL my forums and doesnt post anything. even though there are plenty of guest access forums available.

this is what happens:

No thread has been fetched from the database! Exiting!

mykkal

06-18-2009, 12:36 PM

Does this have an option to turn on/off for specific forums/sections?!?!

yes does it?
Also can i chooe to tweet threads in sections manually instead of it being automatic?

Milad

06-18-2009, 12:46 PM

it works, but i dont see any of the options to set which forums to exclude, etc. it ignores ALL my forums and doesnt post anything. even though there are plenty of guest access forums available.

this is what happens:

No thread has been fetched from the database! Exiting!
Go and edit the forums, you will find an option there to enable/disable posting threads from that forum to twitter. 100710

Milad

06-18-2009, 12:48 PM

yes does it?
Also can i chooe to tweet threads in sections manually instead of it being automatic?
Yes, you can exclude forums, however that hack doesn't post threads from private forums.

The other suggestion is nice and I'm going to implement it.

Regards

unp

06-18-2009, 12:53 PM

Check the bottom left for a javascript error...
I was getting "Access Denied"....

I just dumped and reinstalled version 1.02 and everything seems to be working well....

Oh, I did use the "Authorize" link in an external window instead of the IFRAME in AdminCP.

Thanks cory that worked :)
Only by opening the Authorize link in new windows I could see the allow access button on twitter page.

zelnik

06-18-2009, 01:02 PM

Will 1.0.3 beta be out today?

As I would prefer to wait for it rather than install 2 versions in one day.

Milad

06-18-2009, 01:07 PM

I don't think because I have clients to take care of.

Regards

wtrk

06-18-2009, 01:12 PM

Go and edit the forums, you will find an option there to enable/disable posting threads from that forum to twitter. 100710

I checked that, they are all set to 'yes.'

I even checked that you could indeed view the forums as an unregistered guest and you can do that perfectly fine.

Ran the task manually: No thread has been fetched from the database! Exiting!

Milad

06-18-2009, 01:41 PM

What about the excluded forums?

zelnik

06-18-2009, 02:29 PM

Installed on 3.8.2 and working fine with no issues installing!

Bounce

06-18-2009, 02:40 PM

#vBulletin Tweet Poster by http://services.milado.net/ Hello World! #testoauth

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Thanks Milad :up:

wtrk

06-18-2009, 02:58 PM

What about the excluded forums?

there are no excluded forums. they all say 'yes' on the tweeter option.

Milad

06-18-2009, 03:12 PM

So that mean the task doesn't display any forum as excluded when you run it manually?

wtrk

06-18-2009, 03:57 PM

So that mean the task doesn't display any forum as excluded when you run it manually?

when i run it manually it displays a list of forums that are excluded. the list of excluded forums is every forum in the forums, even though in the forum settings they are all set to 'yes' for being available to be tweeted.

Milad

06-18-2009, 04:28 PM

That's it. it all forums are excluded, no threads will be fetched.

I suspect that the forum cache isn't updated.
Please go the admincp -> Maintenance -> Update Counters and "Rebuild Forum Information", this must update the forum cache.

Regards

g0dfather1984

06-18-2009, 04:54 PM

Still nothing, sorry.

Twitter message:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<hash>
<request>/statuses/update.xml</request>
<error>Read-only application cannot POST</error>
</hash>

Mike54

06-18-2009, 06:19 PM

Works a treat Milad, thank you!

EDIT - Maybe I spoke a bit too soon. It's actually not working as I thought. After your Hello World tweet, there has been nothing. I've run the task manually and the only forums that appear in the report are forums I have specifically disallowed. Yet with several new posts being made in the last 20+ minutes, in forums open to guests, I still see, "No thread has been fetched from the database! Exiting!"

wtrk

06-18-2009, 09:05 PM

That's it. it all forums are excluded, no threads will be fetched.

I suspect that the forum cache isn't updated.
Please go the admincp -> Maintenance -> Update Counters and "Rebuild Forum Information", this must update the forum cache.

Regards

ok, did that.

a few post are making it though to twitter, but no where near as many as are actually being posted.

welovehiphop

06-18-2009, 10:35 PM

installed, received the test tweet from you. I am in the process of customizing the look my vbulletin so currently it is turned off. Im assuming the tweets of the threads I already made will start showing up once I turn the vb on?

updated

06-18-2009, 11:27 PM

Script version 1.0.2 working fine with vb 3.8.3. Thanks.

I did notice in the authorization part within the admincp, I had to click the approve button very quickly (1-2 seconds max) or the screen went blank.

See cory_booth workaround in post below may work better.

The nice thing with this script is you can put your website link in the feed instead of a third party.

If you want to update more quickly than every 10 minutes (e.g. every 5 minutes), just duplicate the scheduled task and stagger the minute settings.

cory_booth

06-19-2009, 12:01 AM

If you get a blank screen upon authorization, use this work-around.

Goto CPNAV -> Tweet -> Options

Right-Click Authorize link and open in New Window.

SBlueman

06-19-2009, 01:59 AM

Can this modification do something like this now-unsupported modification?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=208488&highlight=twitter

I am looking for something that is like twitterfeed where it takes my site's rss feed and posts new threads from my news forum to my twitter account.

ghostpt

06-19-2009, 01:57 PM

Thanks milad for this mod.

Is there a away to post description with portuguese characters, for instance:

média > shows on twitter as méa instead of média
fácil > shows on twitter as fál instead of fácil

Thanks in advance.

Milad

06-19-2009, 06:38 PM

Still nothing, sorry.

Twitter message:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<hash>
<request>/statuses/update.xml</request>
<error>Read-only application cannot POST</error>
</hash>

The error is clear, there is wrong in your application setting, it's read only, you want read and write access, see the screen shot 100688

Milad

06-19-2009, 06:43 PM

EDIT - Maybe I spoke a bit too soon. It's actually not working as I thought. After your Hello World tweet, there has been nothing. I've run the task manually and the only forums that appear in the report are forums I have specifically disallowed. Yet with several new posts being made in the last 20+ minutes, in forums open to guests, I still see, "No thread has been fetched from the database! Exiting!"

ok, did that.

a few post are making it though to twitter, but no where near as many as are actually being posted.

Its supposed to post new threads not new posts.

Milad

06-19-2009, 06:44 PM

installed, received the test tweet from you. I am in the process of customizing the look my vbulletin so currently it is turned off. Im assuming the tweets of the threads I already made will start showing up once I turn the vb on?

It posts new threads from the last run, which is ten minutes before.

Milad

06-19-2009, 06:49 PM

I did notice in the authorization part within the admincp, I had to click the approve button very quickly (1-2 seconds max) or the screen went blank.

See cory_booth workaround in post below may work better.

This is browser related issue anyway.

Milad

06-19-2009, 06:52 PM

Can this modification do something like this now-unsupported modification?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=208488&highlight=twitter

I am looking for something that is like twitterfeed where it takes my site's rss feed and posts new threads from my news forum to my twitter account.

This hack can new threads without RSS, you can disallow all forums but the news forum.

Regards

Milad

06-19-2009, 06:54 PM

Thanks milad for this mod.

Is there a away to post description with portuguese characters, for instance:

m?dia > shows on twitter as m?a instead of m?dia
f?cil > shows on twitter as f?l instead of f?cil

Thanks in advance.

You can post in any language, but you have to use UTF-8 character set.

ghostpt

06-20-2009, 12:02 AM

You can post in any language, but you have to use UTF-8 character set.

Thanks Milad,
My forum is set by default with ISO-8859-1, is there other way to tweet thread with UTF-8 without changing the forum charset?

38modify

06-20-2009, 04:51 AM

When I try to authorize, I am getting this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/investme/forums/includes/twitterposter/twitteroauth/twitterOAuth.php on line 126

Any help please... ty

stapler2025

06-20-2009, 06:27 AM

When I try to authorize, I am getting this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/investme/forums/includes/twitterposter/twitteroauth/twitterOAuth.php on line 126

Any help please... ty

That error says that you don't have cURL installed on your server. If you have a dedicated server/vps, install and compile curl, if you're on shared/reseller hosting, contact your host and ask if they can install cURL support :)

On that note: I'll be installing this soon!

txspaderz

06-20-2009, 06:43 AM

The error is clear, there is wrong in your application setting, it's read only, you want read and write access, see the screen shot 100688

Milad,

I am having the same issue. My Application setting on twitter is set for Read & Write access, and it's still throwing the error:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<hash>
<request>/statuses/update.xml</request>
<error>Read-only application cannot POST</error>
</hash>

valdet

06-20-2009, 07:36 AM

Milado, that is a fantastic hack.

I've got a slight issue though. When I first installed the hack I also entered my bit.ly username and API key to shorten the URL's which were working just fine.

But later I decided to remove bit.ly shortening in Twitter and use my forum URL's instead. Even though I removed my bit.ly username and API key from vB settings, the URL's in Twitter are still being rewritten through bit.ly. I've made sure that I also removed the settings in bit.ly Admin Panel too.

I also uninstalled/reinstalled the hack and reuploaded all files, but URL's are still going through bit.ly on my Twitter updates.

Maybe the cause of this is that I had to tweak the dependencies on your hack to allow me to install the hack. I have vB 3.6.12 and PHP 5.1.6 (your requirements were vB 3.8.x and PHP 5.2.3).

Sorry for long text, but I hope you can guide me how to solve this thing.

Thanks for your time.

Milad

06-20-2009, 09:33 AM

Milad,

I am having the same issue. My Application setting on twitter is set for Read & Write access, and it's still throwing the error:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<hash>
<request>/statuses/update.xml</request>
<error>Read-only application cannot POST</error>
</hash>
Delete the application from twitter and add a new one. I think after you change the write & read access you have to request a new consumer key and token.

Milad

06-20-2009, 09:42 AM

I've got a slight issue though. When I first installed the hack I also entered my bit.ly username and API key to shorten the URL's which were working just fine.

But later I decided to remove bit.ly shortening in Twitter and use my forum URL's instead. Even though I removed my bit.ly username and API key from vB settings, the URL's in Twitter are still being rewritten through bit.ly. I've made sure that I also removed the settings in bit.ly Admin Panel too.

Sometimes, twitter shortens the URL by itself, try to run the task manually. you will see the returned message by twitter, it indicates whether twitter has shotened the URL or not.

Milad

06-20-2009, 09:52 AM

Thanks Milad,
My forum is set by default with ISO-8859-1, is there other way to tweet thread with UTF-8 without changing the forum charset?
I can do something, but I don't promise you anything right now.

Milad

06-20-2009, 01:26 PM

Thanks Milad,
My forum is set by default with ISO-8859-1, is there other way to tweet thread with UTF-8 without changing the forum charset?
I've implemented iconv for you and other non-unicode forums!

SBlueman

06-20-2009, 03:06 PM

I went to go enter my Customer key and customer secret from twitter and got this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function hash_hmac() in /home/sblueman/public_html/forums/includes/twitterposter/twitteroauth/OAuth.php on line 77

Milad

06-21-2009, 09:42 AM

I went to go enter my Customer key and customer secret from twitter and got this error:
What is your PHP version?

Milad

06-21-2009, 09:59 AM

1.0.3 has just been released, please see the change log, the new features and screen shots.

wolfstream

06-21-2009, 10:32 AM

Just a quick point here:

Firstly, app does not authenticate properly inside the vB admin frame. I have no clue why, tried it on two separate forums, but it don't work.

What happens is it shows you the "do you want to allow this application access" screen, with the options, then immediately refreshes to something else. Again, I dunno why, really.

When I did this an unconventional way (right click on the link, open in new tab), it worked fine. No problems at all. However, this shouldn't really have to be done.

ghostpt

06-21-2009, 10:43 AM

I've implemented iconv for you and other non-unicode forums!

Thanks Milad, you were very helpful :up:

Milad

06-21-2009, 10:49 AM

Just a quick point here:

Firstly, app does not authenticate properly inside the vB admin frame. I have no clue why, tried it on two separate forums, but it don't work.

What happens is it shows you the "do you want to allow this application access" screen, with the options, then immediately refreshes to something else. Again, I dunno why, really.

When I did this an unconventional way (right click on the link, open in new tab), it worked fine. No problems at all. However, this shouldn't really have to be done.
It seems like browser permission, it's been reported by many users. I don't do anything irregular, I use http header redirect and I think it's the problem.

Next version will include jave script redirect.

Milad

06-21-2009, 10:51 AM

Thanks Milad, you were very helpful :up:
I need you to confirm that it works for you.

Set it properly and tell me.

Regards

Bounce

06-21-2009, 11:19 AM

hmmm, just upgraded to 1.0.3

vBulletin Tweet Poster
The hack doesn't seem to be authorized, please authorize it! exiting!

When I goto authorize it, the page in admincp driefly says allow/deny then goes all light blue (twitter page) :confused::eek:

SBlueman

06-21-2009, 11:20 AM

What is your PHP version?

PHP Version 5.2.9-pl2-gentoo and hash support is enabled.

Bounce

06-21-2009, 11:25 AM

When I did this an unconventional way (right click on the link, open in new tab), it worked fine..

that's how I had to do it :up:

Bounce

06-21-2009, 11:53 AM

Also, the images for the manual tweeting do not seem to be showing?

I'm made the usergroup settings to yes

Milad

06-21-2009, 08:06 PM

Also, the images for the manual tweeting do not seem to be showing?

I'm made the usergroup settings to yes
What's your browser?

naisho

06-21-2009, 08:26 PM

Thanks. Everything seems to be working fine but there is a problem with accentuated letters.
When there is an accentuated letter in the topic title, some letters are missing afterwards (usually the next first or two caracters are missing).
My charset setting is utf8.

killiank

06-21-2009, 09:40 PM

works fine, make you make a new post not a post to an original post eh ;)

Great stuff thanks

profanitytalker

06-22-2009, 12:02 AM

This hack works fine, but it messes with the Post thanks hack. The t button replaces the "Thanks" button. Is there a way to integrate this without it messing with the thanks button?

naisho

06-22-2009, 06:42 AM

Disregard my last message concerning accents. It works very fine now (I just forgot one setting).

zelnik

06-22-2009, 09:43 AM

This hack works fine, but it messes with the Post thanks hack. The t button replaces the "Thanks" button. Is there a way to integrate this without it messing with the thanks button?

There is a template edit that moves the thanks button to the left of the reply buttons which would probably fix the problem you're having.

To move thank button to the left of the edit button:

in postbit_legacy find $template_hook[postbit_controls]

move it from current position to above <if condition="$post['editlink']"> .

Should look like below when moved:

$template_hook[postbit_controls]
<if condition="$post['editlink']">

DNG

06-22-2009, 10:20 AM

thanks 4 this ;)

Milad

06-22-2009, 12:09 PM

There is a template edit that moves the thanks button to the left of the reply buttons which would probably fix the problem you're having.

This hack works fine, but it messes with the Post thanks hack. The t button replaces the "Thanks" button. Is there a way to integrate this without it messing with the thanks button?

Don't do anything, I'll fix it in the next version.

Milad

06-22-2009, 12:29 PM

1.0.4 has just been released, import the XML product file only, no need to upload files, this time.

ghostpt

06-22-2009, 01:08 PM

I need you to confirm that it works for you.

Set it properly and tell me.

Regards

Confirmed!
Working perfectly.
Thanks again milad.

zelnik

06-22-2009, 01:10 PM

Upgraded from 1.02 to 1.04 and when I try to authroize I get a window that brief says deny or accept or something like that before i can click anything it goes and I get a blue cloud blank page!

Uploaded & Overwrote all files when installing..

Mike54

06-22-2009, 01:18 PM

Open the authorization link in a new tab or window. That should get you around the problem.

zelnik

06-22-2009, 01:28 PM

Thanks Authorized it and got the hello world twit

But it's not posting _any_ twits via my forum, have checked the scheduled tasks and they are running fine!

help :(

Milad

06-22-2009, 01:34 PM

Wait for new threads, it doesn't tweet posts, only new threads.

zelnik

06-22-2009, 01:35 PM

Wait for new threads, it doesn't tweet posts, only new threads.

Yup I have new threads I created some to test it.

Milad

06-22-2009, 01:43 PM

Run the task manually, it displays helpful diagnostic information .

zelnik

06-22-2009, 01:47 PM

Milad,

I have worked out the problem, it's a permission problem and it looks like something wrong with your app?

In my usergroup "Allow threads posted by this user group to be tweeted automatically!" is set to yes.

But when I run the schedule task manually I get this error "Treads by user (userid: 8) isn't allowed to be tweeted! skipping to the next thread!"

zelnik

06-22-2009, 01:54 PM

Yup it's definitely a problem with your app as I have just clicked save to my usergroup without changing anything and it has fixed the problem..

Please fix this for future releases as it will be a right pain!! It's probably fine for people who have upgraded from 1.03 to 04 but I went from 1.02 to 04

boandmichele

06-22-2009, 01:54 PM

im getting this same problem, it seems one of my registered users isnt automatically tweeting, but admin accounts do without any problem. i get the same error as zelnik

Milad

06-22-2009, 01:57 PM

You seem to install the product before you upload the xml files.

zelnik

06-22-2009, 02:03 PM

You seem to install the product before you upload the xml files.

Incorrect I overwrote the files and then imported the XML with overwrite selected. Never once uninstalling.

Also a feature request: Could it strip html code?

I have a read-only news section which RSS feeds a feed which includes html and when it posts to twitter it adds things like the following:

Reuters: 22-06-2009 02:04 PM <table border=0 width= valign=top

zelnik

06-22-2009, 02:10 PM

im getting this same problem, it seems one of my registered users isnt automatically tweeting, but admin accounts do without any problem. i get the same error as zelnik

Just click save on all your usergroups and it seems to fix it!

boandmichele

06-22-2009, 02:14 PM

Just click save on all your usergroups and it seems to fix it!

it did! i just went into my registered users usergroup settings and hit update. weird...

thanks zelnik :)

boandmichele

06-22-2009, 02:17 PM

another question to anyone that might know, how do i detach my bit.ly account??? i'd like to see what it looks like without shortened URLs

Milad

06-22-2009, 02:26 PM

remove bit.ly settings you've entered, but some times twitter shortens URLs on its won.

Milad

06-22-2009, 02:31 PM

Incorrect I overwrote the files and then imported the XML with overwrite selected. Never once uninstalling.

Also a feature request: Could it strip html code?

I have a read-only news section which RSS feeds a feed which includes html and when it posts to twitter it adds things like the following:
Added in the next version.

zelnik

06-22-2009, 02:35 PM

Added in the next version.

Thanks Milad, I have already nominated for mod of the month!!

Anything I can do to help, test etc just shout! :up:

boandmichele

06-22-2009, 02:50 PM

remove bit.ly settings you've entered, but some times twitter shortens URLs on its won.

okay that explains that then. thanks :)

MOTM agreed!

feature request: allow to turn off for specific forums (might already be requested but i havent read the whole thread)

Milad

06-22-2009, 02:59 PM

okay that explains that then. thanks :)

MOTM agreed!

feature request: allow to turn off for specific forums (might already be requested but i havent read the whole thread)
Thanks for the nomination, and this is already implemented. 100710

Bounce

06-22-2009, 03:27 PM

What's your browser?

Firefox Version 3.0.11 sir :up:

Upgraded to V 1.0.4 still no sign o images in 1st post..

Althou probably because when I save "Can tweet manually", it does not do so when I re-check :eek::erm:

Allow threads posted by this user group to be tweeted automatically! Yes No
Can tweet manually Yes No

Milad

06-22-2009, 07:37 PM

"Can tweet manually" must be yes for your usergroup, also make sure you've uploaded all files in the clientscripts directory.

Loki12

06-22-2009, 07:46 PM

Working perfectly for me on 3.8.3. It even shortens the urls, even though I have not registered an account at bit.ly or entered any settings for that! Seems to be automatic.

wtrk

06-22-2009, 08:31 PM

just installed the latest version and it still ignores every single forum on my site regardless of the permissions or plugin settings. it post random post from random forums at random times.

for example: there are probably 100 public available forums, yet I only get post posted to twitter for a handful of them and even then, I only get a random post, not even the most recent, just some random post from some random forum.

You can see in picture 1 that its ignoring the majority of forums and in picture 2 you can see that the settings are correct and it should not be ignoring them. and in picture 3 you can see that the usergroup settings are fine too.

Milad

06-22-2009, 09:04 PM

Edit the forums and hit save to update the forumcache, the same thing for the usergroup permissions.

Bounce

06-22-2009, 09:17 PM

"Can tweet manually" must be yes for your usergroup, also make sure you've uploaded all files in the clientscripts directory.

yes I know, I'm saying that when setting to yes it does not save... I deleted the old files are reuploaded in case it was my ftp, still the same

Working perfectly for me on 3.8.3. It even shortens the urls, even though I have not registered an account at bit.ly or entered any settings for that! Seems to be automatic.

hmmm, I had the short url's on but preferrred them the long way so I never entered anyting in the settings but mine still keep happening LOL

Greek76

06-22-2009, 09:28 PM

I guess I don't know what exactly Im suppose to shorten. I shortened my www.example.com and www.example.com/forum..

I recieved this message

URL re-written by vBSEO!
http://www.example.com/forum/greek-politics/10414-senior-chinese-official-greek-leaders-discuss-strategic-partnership.html

URL Shortening Failed!
Title and preview have been converted to UTF-8 by iconv!
Tweet: Senior: The http://www.example.com/forum/greek-politics/10414-senior-chinese-official-greek-leaders-discuss-strategic-partnership.html
Length: 137

SBlueman

06-23-2009, 06:15 AM

Can this work with v3.6.12?

SBlueman

06-23-2009, 07:33 AM

I installed the new version and ran into a problem....

When it sent the first tweet, it truncated the thread title:

Original Title Thread: Redskins RB Clinton Portis Denies Rift With Jim Zorn (http://gridironfans.com/forums/latest-nfl-headlines/100477-redskins-rb-clinton-portis-denies-rift-jim-zorn.html)

What was sent to Twitter: Redskins RB Clinton Portis: R (http://twitter.com/GridironFans)

I do have vbSEO installed....this is the log of what it read and sent:

vBSEO has been detected and initialized!UTF-8 Converting isn't enabled! (if you're already UTF-8 then don't worry!)

Array
(
[threadid] => 100477
[title] => Redskins RB Clinton Portis Denies Rift With Jim Zorn
[forumid] => 109
[userid] => 1
[usergroupid] => 6
[membergroupids] => 67,70,78
)

URL re-written by vBSEO!
http://gridironfans.com/forums/latest-nfl-headlines/100477-redskins-rb-clinton-portis-denies-rift-jim-zorn.html
Tweet: Redskins RB Clinton Portis: R http://gridironfans.com/forums/latest-nfl-headlines/100477-redskins-rb-clinton-portis-denies-rift-jim-zorn.html
Length: 141

Twitter message:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<status>
<created_at>Tue Jun 23 08:26:19 +0000 2009</created_at>
<id>2292099817</id>
<text>Redskins RB Clinton Portis: R http://bit.ly/3U2iT</text>
<source><a href="http://gridironfans.com/">GridironFans.com</a></source>
<truncated>false</truncated>
<in_reply_to_status_id></in_reply_to_status_id>
<in_reply_to_user_id></in_reply_to_user_id>
<favorited>false</favorited>
<in_reply_to_screen_name></in_reply_to_screen_name>
<user>
<id>18764691</id>
<name>GridironFans</name>
<screen_name>GridironFans</screen_name>
<location>San Jose, CA</location>
<description>Gridironfans.com is your home for the most up-to-the-minute NFL news and 100% uncut, uncensored football forums</description>
<profile_image_url>http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/70190094/large_normal.gif</profile_image_url>
<url>http://GridironFans.com</url>
<protected>false</protected>
<followers_count>1141</followers_count>
<profile_background_color>2A6141</profile_background_color>
<profile_text_color>151414</profile_text_color>
<profile_link_color>b80021</profile_link_color>
<profile_sidebar_fill_color>A9A279</profile_sidebar_fill_color>
<profile_sidebar_border_color>e4ebe0</profile_sidebar_border_color>
<friends_count>718</friends_count>
<created_at>Thu Jan 08 14:23:14 +0000 2009</created_at>
<favourites_count>0</favourites_count>
<utc_offset>-28800</utc_offset>
<time_zone>Pacific Time (US & Canada)</time_zone>
<profile_background_image_url>http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_background_images/14596949/giftwit8.jpg</profile_background_image_url>
<profile_background_tile>false</profile_background_tile>
<statuses_count>6724</statuses_count>
<notifications></notifications>
<verified>false</verified>
<following></following>
</user>
</status>

Done

What needs to be changed so this field:

<text>Redskins RB Clinton Portis: R http://bit.ly/3U2iT</text>

Takes the entire thread title?

Stagehandspace

06-23-2009, 11:39 AM

Activation failed..screenshot 4 is blank, only twitter background no window, I have set everything up word by word...any help please

Mike54

06-23-2009, 12:23 PM

Several people have posted about this. Open the authorization link in a new window and it will work.

Stagehandspace

06-23-2009, 01:32 PM

Several people have posted about this. Open the authorization link in a new window and it will work.

Thank you...:D

Milad

06-23-2009, 01:46 PM

Can this work with v3.6.12?
Not tested nor supported with 3.6.x

Milad

06-23-2009, 01:48 PM

I installed the new version and ran into a problem....

When it sent the first tweet, it truncated the thread title:

Original Title Thread: Redskins RB Clinton Portis Denies Rift With Jim Zorn (http://gridironfans.com/forums/latest-nfl-headlines/100477-redskins-rb-clinton-portis-denies-rift-jim-zorn.html)

What was sent to Twitter: Redskins RB Clinton Portis: R (http://twitter.com/GridironFans)

I do have vbSEO installed....this is the log of what it read and sent:

What needs to be changed so this field:

<text>Redskins RB Clinton Portis: R http://bit.ly/3U2iT</text>

Takes the entire thread title?
Your URL is very long, the hack has to trim the title in order to fit the tweet within 140 characters, so simply register at bit.ly and use it with our hack.

tpearl5

06-23-2009, 05:04 PM

Great mod!

Question - what happens when a user posts spam and that usergroup is set to automatically post? I don't see anything about automatically removing posts when they are removed from the forum. It sounds like this is where the 'only post if popular' features would come in handy.

Calash

06-23-2009, 06:06 PM

Outside of needing to open the auth tab as it's own windows as noted above this works great.

Thanks :)

Greek76

06-23-2009, 06:22 PM

Your URL is very long, the hack has to trim the title in order to fit the tweet within 140 characters, so simply register at bit.ly and use it with our hack.

Does this apply to the problem that Im having up above aswell?

Milad

06-23-2009, 06:35 PM

Does this apply to the problem that Im having up above aswell?
No, your problem seems to be an error in shortening, review your settings and make sure you've entered the right values for bit.ly

Milad

06-23-2009, 06:36 PM

Outside of needing to open the auth tab as it's own windows as noted above this works great.

Thanks :)
The problem seems to be either in twitter or in the browser settings. but not in the hack itself.

Greek76

06-23-2009, 09:40 PM

No, your problem seems to be an error in shortening, review your settings and make sure you've entered the right values for bit.ly

Ientered everything in my admincp as required. For bit.ly I entered my twitter username and password as required. For link to be shortened I entered www.example.com/forum.

SBlueman

06-23-2009, 10:33 PM

Your URL is very long, the hack has to trim the title in order to fit the tweet within 140 characters, so simply register at bit.ly and use it with our hack.

I registered at bit.ly and am still running into problems.....looks like this won't be a viable solution for my site since it's not supported for 3.6.12., too bad.

profanitytalker

06-24-2009, 04:24 AM

Don't do anything, I'll fix it in the next version.

Thank you! It works now. :) Nominated for MOTM. :)

webgroup

06-24-2009, 07:45 AM

Milad,

I have worked out the problem, it's a permission problem and it looks like something wrong with your app?

In my usergroup "Allow threads posted by this user group to be tweeted automatically!" is set to yes.

But when I run the schedule task manually I get this error "Treads by user (userid: 8) isn't allowed to be tweeted! skipping to the next thread!"

Same problem here

Just click save on all your usergroups and it seems to fix it!

fixed the problem the same way!

Also I noticed that if there is an image in the thread first post, it posts the image URL in twitter and below it then post the tiny URL.
I dont know if its because the image was the first thing in the post.

Milad

06-24-2009, 11:52 AM

Ientered everything in my admincp as required. For bit.ly I entered my twitter username and password as required. For link to be shortened I entered www.example.com/forum.
You need to enter your username at bit.ly not at twitter! also you have to get the API key from bit.ly not the password.

Please re-read the installation instructions.

Milad

06-24-2009, 11:54 AM

I registered at bit.ly and am still running into problems.....looks like this won't be a viable solution for my site since it's not supported for 3.6.12., too bad.
You don't know how to use it, please follow the instructions.

Greek76

06-24-2009, 07:21 PM

You need to enter your username at bit.ly not at twitter! also you have to get the API key from bit.ly not the password.

Please re-read the installation instructions.

Thats what I meant that I entered everything correctly from the instructions. I even confirmed it through my admin cp. My threads go through but I get this error message from schedule task manager.

I recieved this message

URL re-written by vBSEO!
http://www.example.com/forum/greek-p...rtnership.html

URL Shortening Failed!
Title and preview have been converted to UTF-8 by iconv!
Tweet: Senior: The http://www.example.com/forum/greek-p...rtnership.html
Length: 137

Milad

06-24-2009, 07:34 PM

There must be something wrong with your bit.ly account

May be your server can't connect to it, or you didn't enter the right settings.

Regards

Greek76

06-24-2009, 08:37 PM

There must be something wrong with your bit.ly account

May be your server can't connect to it, or you didn't enter the right settings.

Regards

Don't think so like I said Im pretty sure I followed the instructions. I did exactly what your attachments showed. The instruction were pretty simple to understand. My posts are going through on twitter with no problem but like I said in my S. task manager Im getting that error message.

bmckinley

06-24-2009, 10:29 PM

vBulletin Tweet Poster

twitter keys and tokens aren't registered in the database, authorize the hack please! exiting!

From the Scheduled Task Manager after trying "Run Now" for the Tweet Poster.:confused:

Never mind, I got it. I jumped the gun on the auth redirect and didn't let it finish.

bmckinley

06-25-2009, 12:09 AM

Still have issues. Forum locks up, can't post, reply or quick reply. Too many issues right now. Waiting until out of BETA to reactivate.

1. Forum lock up...no one from ANY user group can post, or reply.
2. icons not visible.
3. no time to mess with it right now.

SBlueman

06-25-2009, 02:01 AM

You don't know how to use it, please follow the instructions.

So I am confused....I follow the instructions step-by-step...and still am having the same error. I am registered at both bit.ly and at twitter. I have the correct information in the correct fields. I have the callback URL correct....what am I doing wrong?

LI_Pets

06-25-2009, 09:51 AM

Milad, it's a great mod but not everybody is an expert installing it 123, why not offer an install service?

Milad

06-25-2009, 12:02 PM

Still have issues. Forum locks up, can't post, reply or quick reply. Too many issues right now. Waiting until out of BETA to reactivate.

1. Forum lock up...no one from ANY user group can post, or reply.
2. icons not visible.
3. no time to mess with it right now.
Most known bugs are fixed.

Milad

06-25-2009, 12:03 PM

So I am confused....I follow the instructions step-by-step...and still am having the same error. I am registered at both bit.ly and at twitter. I have the correct information in the correct fields. I have the callback URL correct....what am I doing wrong?
Show me the values you've used in a PM.

blue6995

06-25-2009, 02:12 PM

Everything appears to be working, but I am getting this message - I'm sure it's a setting in the ACP that is stopping the threads being displayed

"No thread has been fetched from the database! Exiting!" Any ideas where, or what it is?

floggerss

06-25-2009, 03:16 PM

I have this error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/reinodra/public_html/includes/twitterposter/twitteroauth/twitterOAuth.php on line 126

Milad

06-25-2009, 04:32 PM

I have this error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/reinodra/public_html/includes/twitterposter/twitteroauth/twitterOAuth.php on line 126
You don't have cURL complied to your PHP.

tpearl5

06-25-2009, 05:32 PM

got mine all setup - everything is working well so far: http://twitter.com/cellphoneforums

Can't wait to get the feature of 'post only popular threads'. I'm currently evaluating how people are following this account to see if they're actually finding it useful or annoying.

Milad

06-25-2009, 05:44 PM

got mine all setup - everything is working well so far: http://twitter.com/cellphoneforums

Can't wait to get the feature of 'post only popular threads'. I'm currently evaluating how people are following this account to see if they're actually finding it useful or annoying.
This feature seems to be essential from the very beginning, I just want to make sure that everything is working good before we proceed to the next level.

Regards

Greek76

06-25-2009, 06:01 PM

So how about it Milad any ideas?

Milad

06-25-2009, 06:13 PM

Wait till the next version get released and see.

zelnik

06-26-2009, 10:33 AM

Hi Milad, any idea when the next beta with the nohtml will be available?

valdet

06-29-2009, 05:31 PM

Hi Milad,
Maybe it has been mentioned, but I think a good idea would be if you can make a setting to allow multiple Twitter keys to be entered in Admin Panel.

In that way, when there's a new thread from forums, it would be posted in more than one Twitter profile at same time, which would bring more traffic.

Regards.

Milad

06-30-2009, 02:05 PM

Hi Milad,
Maybe it has been mentioned, but I think a good idea would be if you can make a setting to allow multiple Twitter keys to be entered in Admin Panel.

In that way, when there's a new thread from forums, it would be posted in more than one Twitter profile at same time, which would bring more traffic.

Regards.
Hello

I'm sorry, I won't implement this request because it will make the hack a spamming tool, it's something I'm careful not to do.

Regards

Milad

06-30-2009, 02:06 PM

While we want to get traffic from twitter, we want it to be an white hat not a black one.

valdet

06-30-2009, 04:03 PM

Hello

I'm sorry, I won't implement this request because it will make the hack a spamming tool, it's something I'm careful not to do.

Regards

Ok,that's undestandable and fair enough.

Thanks a lot for your time

tpearl5

06-30-2009, 04:35 PM

fyi, I just got over 100 followers: http://twitter.com/cellphoneforums

It's working great so far aside from the occasional ad/spammy post that gets tweet'ed.

Milad

06-30-2009, 04:48 PM

I think I'm going to add a feature that deletes tweets if the thread gets deleted.

Brandon Sheley

06-30-2009, 05:50 PM

I think I'm going to add a feature that deletes tweets if the thread gets deleted.

that would be good, but once a "tweet" is posted, there really isn't a way to delete it from everything
Sites will propagate the tweet all over the place, so you might be able to delete from yoru stream, but chances are it's been posted to several different networks ;)

Milad

06-30-2009, 06:05 PM

You're right, anyway I'm going to do what I have to do.

Regards

wolfstream

06-30-2009, 06:09 PM

It's actually NICE to see a developer who doesn't want to give everything to their users and have them spam the planet. Very well done.

I have a 3rd site that I guess I should test this on now, to see if it's going to cause the same authentication refresh issue. Has this been fixed in the last update?

Milad

06-30-2009, 06:17 PM

to see if it's going to cause the same authentication refresh issue. Has this been fixed in the last update?

This is a browser issue, just open the authorization page in a new tab / windows.

wolfstream

06-30-2009, 06:23 PM

This is a browser issue
NO, it's not.
This is an application issue, not a browser issue. The browser only does what it's told by the application. In this case, the application developer (you) are telling the browser to refresh too quickly.

The browser is following the instructions sent by the application, which is sending invalid instructions.

Milad

06-30-2009, 06:38 PM

I use the regular redirecting function in vBulletin! exec_header_redirect()

I've tried the javascript one, didn't work too!

Milad

06-30-2009, 06:38 PM

It's something like the browser doesn't like to open another website inside iframe.

Milad

06-30-2009, 06:39 PM

Why do the same instructions that I send to the browser do the job well when we open the authorization page in a new tab?

wolfstream

06-30-2009, 07:17 PM

Why do the same instructions that I send to the browser do the job well when we open the authorization page in a new tab?

You're the designer, you need to answer your own questions.
The facts:
You're redirecting users via whatever method.
That redirection is causing issues. The BROWSER isn't causing the issues, the APPLICATION is. HOW you redirect your users is causing problems, fix it, or remove the redirect.

tpearl5

06-30-2009, 08:19 PM

You're the designer, you need to answer your own questions.
The facts:
You're redirecting users via whatever method.
That redirection is causing issues. The BROWSER isn't causing the issues, the APPLICATION is. HOW you redirect your users is causing problems, fix it, or remove the redirect.

What's the big deal? This isn't preventing the application from being usable or not.
You only have to use this page once, and the solution is to open it in a new window.

wolfstream

06-30-2009, 08:26 PM

the solution is to open it in a new window.
No, that's not the solution, that is a workaround of the problem created by poor coding, nothing more.

What's the big deal? If the developer can't find and fix this simple problem, what assurances do the rest of the users here have that they'll fix larger ones?

mykkal

06-30-2009, 08:28 PM

You're the designer, you need to answer your own questions.
The facts:
You're redirecting users via whatever method.
That redirection is causing issues. The BROWSER isn't causing the issues, the APPLICATION is. HOW you redirect your users is causing problems, fix it, or remove the redirect.

wow... After reading your comment.

Dude your rude.

I'm glad we didn't proceed after you accepted the work and then ignored my communications on the project.

I wouldn't tolerate that kind of speak. The developer here is offering a free service and is communicating with his peers throughout the development. Maybe start building your own mod instead of picking apart others work.

That was very uncool.

tpearl5

06-30-2009, 08:50 PM

wow... After reading your comment.

Dude your rude.

I'm glad we didn't proceed after you accepted the work and then ignored my communications on the project.

I wouldn't tolerate that kind of speak. The developer here is offering a free service and is communicating with his peers throughout the development. Maybe start building your own mod instead of picking apart others work.

That was very uncool.

I was going to say something of the same. Be glad he made the mod and released it for free. It's working great on my forum and appears to be coded very well.

Coop1979

06-30-2009, 11:37 PM

Is there a way to put a short message at the beginning of the tweet to show that it is a forum thread? Something like: MyForum Thread: Thread title: Thread Description

I use my Twitter account for many uses on my site and would like to differentiate from forum threads and news I am officially posting about the site.

mykkal

06-30-2009, 11:49 PM

Is there a way to put a short message at the beginning of the tweet to show that it is a forum thread? Something like: MyForum Thread: Thread title: Thread Description

I use my Twitter account for many uses on my site and would like to differentiate from forum threads and news I am officially posting about the site.

wouldn't the title be too long? just curious

357Magnum

06-30-2009, 11:54 PM

will this work on 3.7?

Coop1979

07-01-2009, 12:10 AM

I'm not too worried about that. I would actually like to add "..." to the end of the message as well. I can lose 10 or 15 characters from the thread description and not feel bad about it.

Milad

07-01-2009, 12:12 AM

Is there a way to put a short message at the beginning of the tweet to show that it is a forum thread? Something like: MyForum Thread: Thread title: Thread Description

I use my Twitter account for many uses on my site and would like to differentiate from forum threads and news I am officially posting about the site.
Good suggestion.

Coop1979

07-01-2009, 12:21 AM

Good suggestion.

Would you mind posting or PMing me on how to manually do it until you decide to include it in a future release?

Milad

07-01-2009, 12:50 AM

In the file includes/twitterposter/functions_twitterposter.php

Find:
$status = '';

Replace with:
$status = 'your addition here';
$length += strlen($status);

This will be an option in the admincp though.

Habboubih

07-01-2009, 12:56 AM

when i manually update i get this:

Threads by user (userid: XXXXXX) isn't allowed to be tweeted! skipping to the next thread!

Coop1979

07-01-2009, 01:33 AM

You have to go in to your Usergroups and manually save them for it to work. Known bug.

floggerss

07-01-2009, 04:40 PM

I have this error when i want to autorize

Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/reinodra/public_html/includes/twitterposter/twitteroauth/twitterOAuth.php on line 1

Mike54

07-01-2009, 04:51 PM

I have this error when i want to autorize

Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/reinodra/public_html/includes/twitterposter/twitteroauth/twitterOAuth.php on line 1

It sounds as if you don't have curl compiled.

floggerss

07-01-2009, 05:10 PM

And that means? Its line 126 i think. not one

Jerlene

07-01-2009, 08:49 PM

I keep getting the following error:

Woah there!

This page is no longer valid. It looks like someone already used the token information you provided. Please return to the site that sent you to this page and try again ? it was probably an honest mistake.

Brandon Sheley

07-02-2009, 05:47 AM

I just added this mod and I love it!
/me clicks install again

Habboubih

07-02-2009, 02:16 PM

my account at twitter.com has been suspended because of this Mod

please see attached

Raptor

07-02-2009, 03:07 PM

vb 3.8.3

Working 100% perfect first try

tip for Twitter users - this is a nice site for free Twitter themes

http://www.twittergallery.com

tpearl5

07-02-2009, 03:16 PM

my account at twitter.com has been suspended because of this Mod

please see attached

Curious how many posts you were sending twitter a day? Were any of them spam like? I could see how if someone spam bombs your forum, it could get out of control.

Milad

07-02-2009, 05:14 PM

my account at twitter.com has been suspended because of this Mod

please see attached
It's not because of this hack, it may be because of your content or the number of status messages your forum has sent.

Milad

07-03-2009, 06:06 AM

1.0.5 has just released. please read the change log + features for 1.0.5

Also, if you like the functionality provided by this ad-on, please nominate it for MOTM.

Cheer up!

mykkal

07-03-2009, 01:21 PM

Hey Milad. Thanks for the great work.

First, do you have a way for us to limit the amount of status updates sent per day?
we don't want to get locked out for spamming.

tpearl5

07-03-2009, 04:06 PM

Milad - I'm noticing posts that are weeks old (last response was weeks ago) getting posted as HOT - is this because the threads just became hot in the last 24 hours?

Also, does a thread have to be completely removed to delete from twitter? I soft deleted a couple threads and they did not delete from twitter.

Habboubih

07-03-2009, 04:55 PM

Curious how many posts you were sending twitter a day? Were any of them spam like? I could see how if someone spam bombs your forum, it could get out of control.

i have around 1000 new threads a day. does this hack tweet them all at the same day ?

or there is limited number of threads to be sent to twitter ?

tpearl5

07-03-2009, 08:34 PM

from what I can tell it would've been sending all of those threads - I don't think it was designed to handle 1000 at a time! It def was enough to attract attention over the twitter API dept.

kalleklorin

07-04-2009, 12:39 AM

can i add this to several twitter accounts ? not only one

tpearl5

07-04-2009, 02:20 PM

Kalleklorin - no, only one.

Anyone know how I can take "HOT:" out of the tweet. It is already assumed that what is being tweeted is "HOT:" anyway. That's 5 characters that could be used elsewhere.

SBlueman

07-04-2009, 04:37 PM

Milad

07-04-2009, 04:45 PM

SBlueman, your problem is that the hack can't shorten the URLs. Wait for the next version, because I'm going to improve the bit.ly class.

Regards

SBlueman

07-04-2009, 05:19 PM

I look forward to the next version because this has become a most-have feature for our site. We are depending on RSS2Twitter right now and have close to 1,200 followers. As we get closer to the NFL season it will be important to be able to deliver the news to them as quickly as possible.

Milad

07-04-2009, 05:29 PM

I'll contact you to test the improved bit.ly class as soon it becomes ready.

tpearl5

07-05-2009, 03:15 PM

SBlueman - I have vbSEO and it's working for me.

Anyone know how I can take "HOT:" out of the tweet. It is already assumed that what is being tweeted is "HOT:" anyway. That's 5 characters that could be used elsewhere.

I also noticed that the hack is still posting new threads on top of HOT threads. There should be another setting to disable new threads and post only hot threads, no?

Milad

07-05-2009, 06:28 PM

There is already a setting to disable the automatic posting of new threads, you can enable the disabling, and only the manual and the automatic posting of hot threads will be work.

Regards

tpearl5

07-05-2009, 11:58 PM

There is already a setting to disable the automatic posting of new threads, you can enable the disabling, and only the manual and the automatic posting of hot threads will be work.

Regards

Oh okay - I didn't realize that was automatic posting of new threads.

Also, can you answer my question about hot threads above? (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1842146&postcount=201)

torrentrockerz

07-06-2009, 03:33 PM

Thanks alot....Working fine clicked install

torrentrockerz

07-06-2009, 03:44 PM

I didn't get this symbol https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/07/71.jpg

stlracing

07-06-2009, 05:05 PM

Is there a mod that does the opposite of this? I want to post on my twitter account and have it automatically posted in a specific forum on my site.

Reason being, I can post via text message something to my twitter account and have it automatically updated on the forum.

Milad

07-06-2009, 06:36 PM

I didn't get this symbol https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=100843&d=1245580629
This is the button for manual tweeting.

MissKalunji

07-08-2009, 07:48 PM

i'm having an firewall issue with port 443 anyone else had that issue?

MissKalunji

07-09-2009, 04:03 AM

and on top of that uninstall doesn't work *sigh*

wolfstream

07-09-2009, 04:25 AM

Reason being, I can post via text message something to my twitter account and have it automatically updated on the forum.
Pull your twitter RSS feed in through your forum. No need for a special addon to do that.
Go into your admincp, in RSS feeds, using RSS feed manager. Fill out the necessary details (you'll need to manually get your twitter's rss feed), and you should be good to go!

redlabour

07-09-2009, 05:48 AM

1. Please phrase Errormessages like :

You can't tweet threads from private Forums....

2. And how to change the position of the Twitter-Icon at Postbit? At me the Button if something is allready twitterd is between the Thanks and Groan Button.

Milad

07-09-2009, 05:49 AM

i'm having an firewall issue with port 443 anyone else had that issue?
Just ask your host to open that port for you.

redlabour

07-09-2009, 05:53 AM

And BTW - how to disable Username URL's and Images from the Tweet?

I have to deactivate till this and the things from my last Post are fixed. :(

Milad

07-09-2009, 06:00 AM

And BTW - how to disable Username URL's and Images from the Tweet?

I have to deactivate till this and the things from my last Post are fixed. :(
Didn't get it, what username URL? and images?

redlabour

07-09-2009, 06:14 AM

If i twitter a Thread manually it includes the Link to the IMG (if some is posted in the Thread) at Twitter as a bit.ly Link.

And sometimes the URL to the Memberprofil of the User who created the Thread is twitterd as a Full URL.

The IMG Url should never be posted because this makes no sense.

And the Full Username URL is allways to long (using vBSEO) and so it posts unusable Links like http://www.politikstube.de/forum/members/h instead of http://www.politikstube.de/forum/members/haiduk/.

At Twitterfeed this does not happen because it has a Option to only post the URL to the Thread and no Links inside it!

Milad

07-09-2009, 06:24 AM

OK, I'll an option to remove URLs from tweets in the next version.

Regards

redlabour

07-09-2009, 06:59 AM

Thx ..... and what about the Position of the Icon and the complete phrasing?

Milad

07-09-2009, 07:09 AM

The position of the icon is good, no other good alternative. the unphrased phrases are for diagnostic purpose, not for actual work.

redlabour

07-09-2009, 07:17 AM

The position of the icon is good, no other good alternative.

Should it not the first or the last Icon like at your Screenshots? At this Time it places itselft between other Icons.

the unphrased phrases are for diagnostic purpose, not for actual work.

??

MissKalunji

07-09-2009, 08:33 PM

Just ask your host to open that port for you.

funny thing is it is open....i have a dedicated server...

could it be something with https?

because i disabled the firewall and it's still not working

The HTML server does not support SSL connections, so redirecting port 443 will
not work.

I need ssl?

Milad

07-10-2009, 12:36 AM

Yes I've forgotten to mention that you need support for SSL.

Regards

MissKalunji

07-10-2009, 12:53 AM

ah i see thank you

MissKalunji

07-10-2009, 02:27 AM

by support you mean i need to buy a certificate?

BusterHymens

07-10-2009, 04:25 AM

Yeah I want to know the answer to this also .

rouvio

07-10-2009, 04:29 AM

Thank you for a wonderful mod.
Works like a charm.

:)

Milad

07-10-2009, 06:59 AM

by support you mean i need to buy a certificate?

Yeah I want to know the answer to this also .

No, simply you need to have OpenSSL complied to your PHP installation, ask your host to do it for you.

Regards

MissKalunji

07-10-2009, 11:55 AM

Oh :) perfect thanks...let you know how that goes

energetic

07-10-2009, 02:26 PM

I got this error:

Can't reach twitter, either the port 443 is closed by a firewall, or you didn't enter the correct Consumer Key and Consumer Secret values.

Milad

07-10-2009, 03:34 PM

Look to the 5-6 posts above!

MissKalunji

07-10-2009, 04:39 PM

ok well i've tried it all open ssl is installed i tried using WITH and WIth the firewall disabled. Host checked it out and nothing is working.

I'm running out of ideas :(

marshal_ramdev

07-11-2009, 07:08 AM

thank you

MissKalunji

07-12-2009, 02:07 AM

So verdict? my host doesn't seem to know what's going on are you positive it IS the 443 port?

wolfstream

07-12-2009, 02:29 AM

There is bound to be some better error log to define your problem. If you've got an up to date server, with up to date apps (php5, mysql5, etc), then you won't have a problem. Most likely, you're getting this issue because you've blocked their server due to too many connections (ie: ddos/etc), which happens frequently.

Have your server admin take a look at the system, they should be able to tell you exactly what's blocked where. Your "host" won't do it for you because you're on a ded server. Even 'managed server providers' tend to lack in that respect.

If you STILL can't get it working and are having the same error , drop me a PM and I'll look at it for you if you like, but it'll be couple days as my PC is in parts and I'm dealing with a laptop that is too small for my hands (heh), so it's very uncomfortable to do any major work or investigation.

redlabour

07-13-2009, 02:28 PM

Should it not the first or the last Icon like at your Screenshots? At this Time it places itselft between other Icons.

??

Any Updates on this and the Phrases?

redlabour

07-14-2009, 08:09 PM

Clicked uninstall now!

MissKalunji

07-16-2009, 01:01 AM

anyone has a little time to help me?

icarusforde

07-16-2009, 07:10 AM

Sat there for a good couple of hours trying to get this thing to work... No joy at all. :(

Big-Pete

07-17-2009, 02:30 PM

Not sure whats up but this was working fine on my forum, but now whenever i click on the Tweet me icon it just opens another window that contains the same page/thread that im trying to tweet, i've unistalled and reinstalled and athorized the app again but its still opening another page up..???

Milad

07-19-2009, 12:58 PM

I think you have a javascript error, make sure you've uploaded all files.

Milad

07-19-2009, 01:03 PM

Kalleklorin - no, only one.

Anyone know how I can take "HOT:" out of the tweet. It is already assumed that what is being tweeted is "HOT:" anyway. That's 5 characters that could be used elsewhere.

The 'HOT:' prefix has been moved to a phrase, so you can empty that phrase if you don't want it.

RedPoint

07-19-2009, 07:21 PM

The 'HOT:' prefix has been moved to a phrase, so you can empty that phrase if you don't want it.

hmm, i use your last update, but this phrase dont exist in my vBulletin - i wanna delete this too :(