[lhridley]

ok, for those who want to post thread replies and new threads to twitter -- I think I figured this out.

1. Use the following to create a string for new threads (modify to suite you, but leave the datestamp portion in) -- keep the rest of the provided plugin code as is:

PHP Code:

$tweet = '';
    if (isset($newpost['prefixid']) && $newpost['prefixid'] != '') {
        $tweet .= date("YMj g:i:s a") . ' ' . $vbphrase['prefix_'.$newpost['prefixid'].'_title_plain'].' ';
    }
    $tweet .= date("Ydj g:i:s a") . ' ' .$newpost['title'].' '.$shortUrl;
    $tweet .= ' new thread #mysearchterm'; //replace #mysearchterm with something related to your forum 


2. Hook at newthread_post_complete

3. Use the following plugin code for replies:

PHP Code:

// The array below are the ids of non-public forums, update these to be your admin forum ids or anything non-public by default
$excludedForums = array();

// If you are having trouble getting bitly URL shortening to work... disable it!
$useBitly = true;

if (!in_array($threadinfo[forumid], $excludedForums)) {
    $shortUrl = 'http://www.myforumdomainname.co/showthread.php?t='.$threadinfo[threadid];

    if ($useBitly) {
      // http://classes.verkoyen.eu/bitly
      require_once 'bitly.php';
      $bitly = new Bitly('mybitlyaccountid', 'mybitlykey');
      $shortUrl = $bitly->shorten($shortUrl);
    }

    $tweet = '';
    $tweet .= date("YMj g:i:s a") . ' ' . $vbphrase['prefix_'.$threadinfo['prefixid'].'_title_plain'].' ';
    $tweet .= $threadinfo['title'].' '.$shortUrl;
    $tweet .= ' new reply #keyword'; //again, use a #keyword related to your forum
    // http://classes.verkoyen.eu/twitter/
    require_once 'twitter.php';
    $twitter = new Twitter('mytwitteraccount','mypassword');
    $twitter->updateStatus($tweet);
} 


4. Use the following "two" hooks for the above code snippet:

newreply_post_ajax
newreply_post_complete

It looks like vBulletin triggers one or the other upon posting a new reply, but not both (and, most new posts will go through 'newreply_post_ajax'). vBulletin plugins are a new thing for me -- took a bit to figure this one out.

You can see a working feed at http://www.twitter.com/mediawikiusers