Identi.ca From BeTwittered - New Beta Gadget Available
July 27, 2008 – 10:28 amI made a blog post over on http://robert.arlesnet.com, and Evan of Identi.ca pointed out to me that I did not link to the new beta version of BeTwittered. This beta version connects to Identi.ca rather than Twitter.com. I’ve checked the google directory this morning, and they have still not published it yet, so it’s still not searchable.
The instructions below are no longer needed! :-) Please see the update below.
For anyone wishing to add the Beta version BeTwittered-Identi.ca gadget now, here are some instructions:
1) click “Add Stuff” on your iGoogle page.
2) click “Add feed or gadget” on the bottom left.
3) paste in the gadget address -> http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/106092714974714025177/IdenticaGadget.xml
Please be patient, as a couple of the gadget features are not working yet. Identi.ca is still working to expand their feature set, and I’ve not removed some things, like the favorites and direct message tabs. They (for now) give a false error message. Identi.ca is NOT causing an error, BeTwittered-Identi.ca IS asking Identi.ca for stuff that doesn’t exist!
Thanks!
Robert
UPDATE: BETA VERSION is now available on iGoogle at this link. The screenshot is still for a twitter gadget, and there are two useless tabs (favorites and directs) that I’ve just not taken out, but the gadget is working.
10 Responses to “Identi.ca From BeTwittered - New Beta Gadget Available”
In the mean time Betwittered for Twitter is still suffering from the login Failure. I’ve tried clearing Cache etc and the problem remains. Any idea what’s going on?
By Freelance Guru on Aug 2, 2008
Hi Freelance Guru,
If you are getting the 401 logon error but already seeing the text area and “tweet!” button, you should be able to go into settings, logout, and log back in OK. If that doesn’t work, please do send me an email at codemonkey “at” 32hours.com. I’ll help you get it working again.
thanks,
Robert
By robert on Aug 2, 2008
Hey !
Could you submit your widget to Netvibes too ? Just go here: http://eco.netvibes.com/widgets and click on the big green “submit my widget” button
Thanks !!
By Aurélien Bompard on Sep 29, 2008
Hi Aurélien
I just gave it a shot, hoping it would work easily. Unfortunately, no luck. I’ll look into what is required to create a UWA compliant widget, it is more restrictive than the iGoogle gadgets, I believe. thanks very much for the suggestion, though. I may still have a bit of luck and find I can create a simple “wrapper” that makes it work.
Thanks,
Robert
By robert on Sep 29, 2008
Hi Robert,
I’m a brazilian user of BeTwittered and I’ve experienced some errors with accented characters in the beta version. They work just fine in the previous version and on Twitter itself.
Thanks for improving it, anyway. As soon as it’s fixed, it will be perfect.
Cheers,
R
By R on Nov 3, 2008
Hi R,
Thanks for the note. I’ll have to go back into the code and look for the spot where I broke the character support. I really appreciate the help. Thanks!
Robert
By robert on Nov 3, 2008
It seems to be working now. Cool
Thanks Robert, and keep up the good work.
By R on Nov 20, 2008
Thanks!
It’s also now on NetVibes. There is a bunch of stuff (100+) if you search just for “twitter”, but a search for BeTwittered will find it right away.
By robert on Nov 20, 2008
Have you been experiencing issues with BeTwittered today? I haven’t been able to loging for about the last 8 hours.
By Justin on Nov 20, 2008
Hi Justin,
Yes, but it should be OK now. There was a huge server load this morning due to some minor bugs in the update I deployed. They caused excessive logging on the server.
Do let me know, though, if you are still having trouble.
Thanks,
Robert
By robert on Nov 20, 2008