Use Twitter module - not Twitter Block

Submitted by Vyoma on Fri, 01/23/2009 - 06:02

Yes, you are right. I am asking you to shift to using Twitter module instead of Twitter Block that I developed.

The reason is simple - Twitter module does a lot more than provide a Twitter block. It allows you to post directly to Twitter from your Drupal site. Just note that to use Twitter module as a Twitter block, you will need to install and activate Views and Views UI module.

It may seem like complicating things, but if you need flexibility and reliablity of a large team of Open Source enthusiasts, you should opt for the one that gets more effort put into.

You may not notice any change on my homepage sidebar, but I have shifted to using the Twitter module and it looks as my custom module with minimal change to the CSS. (I just changed the class to id supplied by the View).

Perhaps, I will write some basic documentation of what I got using the Twitter module.

Comments

Rajasekharan (not verified)

Thu, 06/25/2009 - 09:29

But most people are not looking for the marginal benefit of reliability provided by a team of open source enthusiasts. The 'flexibility' as you say is a myth in such projects.The twitter module is a .. feature bloat..

Oh you want that? Sure.. You want this? Ok here you go.. What about that? Ok now that too..

Most modules seem to be made for other module developers and to basically "look good" in front of others with least concern for how easy it is to use.

Most people who will want to use a twitter block won't have the patience to hunt down instructions to find out how to create a twitter block (which is backed by the flexibility and reliability of os developers). They'd rather give $20 to a developer to find any bugs in your twitter block module.

With Regards,

Raja Sekharan.

Vyoma

Fri, 06/26/2009 - 19:44

... who gets paid for fixing such bugs. That is my choice.

Indeed, what you say, does open up opportunities for that market, but I am yet to see such a market out there.

Andrew Pennebaker (not verified)

Sun, 07/19/2009 - 19:13

Your TwitterBlock module is great. It only needs one piece of information, the Twitter account name. But the semi-official Twitter Module requires too much configuration. I watched the GotDrupal installation video and followed its instructions, but the darn thing never appeared on my site! The module tries to do too much. As a result it fails.

Vyoma

Mon, 07/20/2009 - 15:54

... still remains the official Drupal Twitter module.

Reason being, the pattern and implementiation details (even to configure), while elaborate, is the way D7 is going to work. The good thing about it is that, D7 will have it all inbuilt and the module developer can leverage that.

Unfortunately, for now, I do not have time to work on my module (hence, it is unsupported). That said, currently you can look at the above commeter's (Rajsekhar) solution.

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