Add a Stylish Custom Backtype Tweetcount Retweet Widget to your Blog

OK Its official the Tweetmeme has a potential competitor now! Backtype releases a Tweetmeme Retweet Button and trust me I'm now changing my allies and heading towards backtype. Number 1 reason is it is powered by backtweets and you can search your tweets related to your blog post with ease.( update- It looks like tweetmeme also allows to change the source of the tweets). Hit the retweet button and try this out!!

For wordpress installation please scroll down.

For Blogger Installation follow the given procedure.

Please login into your Blogger Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML and check the "Expand Widget Templates" option.

Now as a precautionary measure please download your template so that you have an emergency backup if in case you create any errors :)

Show the number of times your posts have been linked on Twitter and let readers retweet



This widget uses BackTypeConnect to find all the links your posts receive on Twitter. It shows the number of tweets your blog post has, and lets users retweet it with ease.

This is the simplest way to display this widget:

Firstly Locate this code in your blogger template.

<data:post.body/>

And then copy and paste the below code just above the data:post.body tag

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.backtype.com/tweetcount.js"></script>

You can also customise it using various parameters:

tweetcount_url	Current URL	The URL to measure tweets for
tweetcount_title	Title of current page	The title of the page for retweets
tweetcount_src		Leading text for retweets
tweetcount_via	true	If tweets contain '(via @BackType)'
tweetcount_links	false	If links should be opened in new windows
tweetcount_size	"large"	Size of button ("large" or "small")
tweetcount_background		Button background color (e.g. 'FFFFFF')
tweetcount_border		Button border color (e.g. 'CCCCCC')
tweetcount_api_key		Awe.sm API Key for custom URL shortener

For example you can have a look at the code below

Instead of the above set of codes, paste the following for compact version.

<script type="text/javascript">
tweetcount_url = 'http://chethstudios.blogspot.com/2009/05/100-incredible-twitter-backgrounds.html/';
tweetcount_title = '100 Incredible Twitter Backgrounds';
tweetcount_src = 'RT @cheth:';
tweetcount_via = false;
tweetcount_links = true;
tweetcount_size = 'small';
tweetcount_background = 'FFFFFF';
tweetcount_border = 'CCCCCC';
tweetcount_api_key = '5c3bba3f5d77a46a13453091e36dc1cde4335e9299a1edeeaa3c31d193b33fda';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.backtype.com/tweetcount.js"></script>

Tutorial -Add a Tweetememe Retweet Button to your Blog

FOR WORDPRESS USERS:

Tweetcount Wordpress Plugin
Note: Backup your database before installing

1. Download the plugin
2. Unzip the plugin and upload the backtype-connect directory to /wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
4. Configure the plugin through the 'Settings' > 'BackType Connect' menu option
5. Click the 'Enable' button to start importing comments

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