Twitter Helper Craft Extension

A Craft Docs extension to help you write tweets in limit

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Say goodbye to checking the character count manually and then deleting and rewriting your tweet! This extension shows you a character counter and provides a visual indicator of how many characters you have left to write your tweet in.

Table of Contents

• (DO THIS FIRST) Enable Craft eXtensions
• Installation
  • Install from release
  • Build from source and install
• Usage
• Acknowledgements
• License

(DO THIS FIRST) Enable Craft eXtensions

1. Open Craft

2. Enable eXtensions in the settings

   • Mac: At the top left of the app, click your avatar, select Preferences, click Advanced. Under Craft eXtensions, click the dropdown, and select Enabled.

     

   • Web: At the top left of the web app, click your avatar, select Craft eXtensions, toggle Craft eXtensions on.

     

3. At the bottom of the right side bar, the eXtensions logo is now visible. Click it to open the eXtensions panel.

   

Installation

Install from release

1. Download the latest release build file named tweet-helper.craftx from here.
2. Click the eXtensions logo at the bottom of the right side bar of Craft page to open the eXtensions panel.
3. Click the + sign, select the tweet-helper.craftx file you just downloaded and click Open.
4. Click Install.

Build from source and install

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/thepushkarp/craft-tweet-helper.git

2. Build the extension

zip -vr tweet-helper.craftx icon.png index.html manifest.json

A file named tweet-helper.craftx will be created.

3. Install the extension

• Click the eXtensions logo at the bottom of the right side bar of Craft page to open the eXtensions panel.
• Click the + sign, select the tweet-helper.craftx file created in the last step and click Open.
• Click Install.

Usage

1. Open a new Craft document or open an existing document.

2. Select the text you want to tweet. Please note that the text should be in a single block to be identified correctly.

   

3. Click the eXtensions logo at the bottom of the right side bar of Craft page to open the eXtensions panel and click the Tweet Helper extension.

4. The extension will show you a visual indicator of how many characters you have left to write your tweet in.

   

Acknowledgements

• Twitter Logo from Twitter Brand Guidelines
• Craft Extension Guide

License

MIT

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Made with ❤️ by Pushkar Patel