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Hi,
Wondering if the ExpressionEngine folks or somebody else knows how to “Ping” Twitter from EE automatically, just as with XML RPC ping sites?

Is there a proxy or something one can use?

J

I wonder if perhaps Leevi Graham’s LG Twitter plugin would help at all?

Best wishes,

Mark

Does not look like it’s the right thing? If I have to add fields to my weblogs, this seems wrong. What I really want is to automatically post links to new stories on my site - just like I add updates to a RSS file (but more instant to the end user).

The end result would be something like the EE twitter account (but probably with slightly more exciting content/titles 😉 )

Is there a proxy or something one can use?

There are third-party sites that use the Twitter API to send RSS to Twitter.

I have used http://twitterfeed.com/.

Ah! That’s more like it, but do you know if they have a XMLRPC Ping url as well? There is not much info on their site.

J

Ah! That’s more like it, but do you know if they have a XMLRPC Ping url as well? There is not much info on their site.

I do not know that. I barely know what XMLRPC is. (I’m assuming it means something like “eXcellent Mage-Like Role-Playing Character”.) 😉

OK. XML-RPC is just a XML standard. It’s used to set up services that receive a Ping from a site when it is updated. If your site has an RSS feed, you can let the world know of new content automatically by pinging these servers.

You can find the options for this in the EE Control Panel under:
Admin -> Weblog Administration -> Default Ping Servers

All you do is add the URL of the XML-RPC service and EE will provide the required XML and ping these servers. Makes updates even easier 😊

J

I made a plugin that’ll do the trick 😊