After writing my first post about TweetSuite and TweetBacks, I noticed that the graphics were not showing up.  To get the graphics to show on my blog I had to make a few changes to the TweetSuite.php file.

I changed the following lines:

$rt_this = WP_CONTENT_URL.’/plugins/’.plugin_basename(dirname(__FILE__)).’/rt_this.gif’;

to

$rt_this = ‘http://www.blogzentih.com/wp-content/plugins/TweetSuite/rt_this.gif’;

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(file_exists(WP_CONTENT_URL.’/plugins/’.plugin_basename(dirname(__FILE__)).’/’.$fn)) {

to

(file_exists(wp-content.’/plugins/’.plugin_basename(dirname(__FILE__)).’/’.$fn)) {

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$src=WP_CONTENT_URL.’/plugins/’.plugin_basename(dirname(__FILE__)).’/’.$fn;

to

$src=wp-content.’/plugins/’.plugin_basename(dirname(__FILE__)).’/’.$fn;

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$src = WP_CONTENT_URL.’/plugins/’.plugin_basename(dirname(__FILE__)).”/rt-gif.php?count=$count”

to

$src = “http://www.blogzenith.com/wp-content/plugins/TweetSuite/rt-gif.php?count=$count”;

And then finally the graphic appeared on my site.  I am still looking into if I need to make more changes to the file.

I have been using Twitter since November of 2007.  I have not been as consistent as I like with it, but have found it useful.  Now, I have found a new WordPress Plugin – TweetBacks.  TweetBacks are similar to Trackbacks.  Instead of listing the blogs that list to a post, it lists the Tweets to a post.

You can include this line of code from Dan Zarella, the developer:

<script src=”http://danzarrella.com/tb.js”></script>

You can style how the list appears with CSS like this:

#tweetbacks {
font-size:12px;
}
#tweetbacks li {
padding-bottom:5px;
}

Or, you can install his new TweetSuite Plugin. The plugin includes the following features:

* Server-side (no-JS or remote calls) TweetBacks
* ReTweet-This buttons for each TweetBack
* A digg-like Tweet-This Button
* Automatic Tweeting of new posts
* A Most-Tweeted Widget
* A Recently-Tweeted Widget
* A My-Last-Tweets Widget
* A My-Favorited-Tweets Widget

Unzip the plugin and then copy the folder to your wp-content directory on your server.  Activate the plugin and then click on TweetSuite under settings.  This is where you can customize your TweetSuite Settings.  You can see the items that I checked:

Next, head on over to your Design tab and add the Widgets you want on your side bar.  I have added Recently Tweeted and My Tweets to my sidebar.

Go ahead, Tweet this post and see if it appears in the TweetBacks!

I recently signed up for a FREE course from Caroline Middlebrook – Traffic Rush.  This course includes ten lessons (with 12 videos) that teach you how to drive traffic to your site using StumbleUpon.  Topics included in the lessons include:

• How to create content that gets stumbled
• Mechanics and ethics of StumbleUpon submission
• How to pimp out your profile!
• How to get more thumbs up votes
• The basics of networking on StumbleUpon
• Traffic boosting tips
• How you can correct mistakes

I have already started using these methods and I am definitely seeing more traffic.  What have you got to lose – it is FREE!

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