Maybe you could add a way for people to easily 'tweet' a wishlist item, like 'Just added <item description> to my wishlist!' and then a link to the wishlist site (configurable by the admin) or even directly to that person's wishlist (if possible) or directly to that item (if possible).
/Kevin
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Oh boy, I knew this would come up. I do not use Twitter and I do not use Facebook, so if someone wants to integrate that and send in a patch, that's cool, I've certainly applied patches before. I won't sign up for Twitter or Facebook to do this though.
Thanks for your feedback!
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I'll take a look at it myself but the odds of it actually getting done (and working) are somewhere between slim and none. :) Maybe someone else will step up. Anyone? Anyone? hehe
/Kevin
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Alright, so I made some progress on this but now I'm stuck. I'm just posting this here in case anyone else comes along and wants to help out (or take over). I'm a network engineer who *dabbles* in this kind of stuff (PHP, etc.) but it's not my thing.
In the meantime, I'm going to keep plugging away at it and see if I can't get something working, and maybe ask some friends who do this kind of stuff if they can give me some pointers. :) But like I said, if someone comes along and reads this and thinks 'hey, Twitter integration with PHP Gift Registry sounds cool', please feel free to jump in.
/Kevin
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Actually, I'm making better progress on this now, so we'll see. It's not going to be as 'cool' as I'd hoped/planned but it's a start! Maybe if I get this working, I can add more functionality later. But I'm not known for following through on things. :D
/Kevin
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Done! :) Not 100% exactly what I'd had in mind but in the end, I think this is even better and more flexible. I'm very happy with it. :) If anyone's interested, let me know. I don't know how to write it as a patch or anything, but… I could explain what I did and what needs to be changed where, etc.
The mechanics of it is, in the same place the URL, picture, note, etc. icons are, there's a new Twitter icon that shows up next to each item if you have put your Twitter username in your profile. If you click on the Twitter icon for that item, it will open up Twitter and fill in the status box with "I just added to my wish list! http://[/" The user can then modify the wording as they see fit, but at least that gives them a template from which to work, with the description already filled in and a link back to the site already there.
I'm sure this could be improved upon, but this meets my needs.
/Kevin](http://of%20wishlist)
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Main page, shows the new Twitter icon next to each item. Note that if the user's 'Twitter username' is not filled in their profile (see next screenshot), the Twitter icon simply won't show up. Once the put in their Twitter username (or actually, anything at all in that field), the icon appears next to each item:
I'm totally not a coder, so for me this is a Huge Accomplishment™. For actual web developers, this probably would have taken an hour tops, whereas it took me probably 6-8 hours spread over several days. :D
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Thanks! :) I feel rather accomplished. haha My wife was much less impressed. ;)
Originally, I had wanted this to be something that would happen after you *added* a new item, not just something you did manually from the list. I might still look into that, but I have a feeling it's over my head. We'll see.
/Kevin
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Maybe you could add a way for people to easily 'tweet' a wishlist item, like 'Just added <item description> to my wishlist!' and then a link to the wishlist site (configurable by the admin) or even directly to that person's wishlist (if possible) or directly to that item (if possible).
/Kevin
Oh boy, I knew this would come up. I do not use Twitter and I do not use Facebook, so if someone wants to integrate that and send in a patch, that's cool, I've certainly applied patches before. I won't sign up for Twitter or Facebook to do this though.
Thanks for your feedback!
I'll take a look at it myself but the odds of it actually getting done (and working) are somewhere between slim and none. :) Maybe someone else will step up. Anyone? Anyone? hehe
/Kevin
Alright, so I made some progress on this but now I'm stuck. I'm just posting this here in case anyone else comes along and wants to help out (or take over). I'm a network engineer who *dabbles* in this kind of stuff (PHP, etc.) but it's not my thing.
In the meantime, I'm going to keep plugging away at it and see if I can't get something working, and maybe ask some friends who do this kind of stuff if they can give me some pointers. :) But like I said, if someone comes along and reads this and thinks 'hey, Twitter integration with PHP Gift Registry sounds cool', please feel free to jump in.
/Kevin
Actually, I'm making better progress on this now, so we'll see. It's not going to be as 'cool' as I'd hoped/planned but it's a start! Maybe if I get this working, I can add more functionality later. But I'm not known for following through on things. :D
/Kevin
Done! :) Not 100% exactly what I'd had in mind but in the end, I think this is even better and more flexible. I'm very happy with it. :) If anyone's interested, let me know. I don't know how to write it as a patch or anything, but… I could explain what I did and what needs to be changed where, etc.
The mechanics of it is, in the same place the URL, picture, note, etc. icons are, there's a new Twitter icon that shows up next to each item if you have put your Twitter username in your profile. If you click on the Twitter icon for that item, it will open up Twitter and fill in the status box with "I just added to my wish list! http://[/" The user can then modify the wording as they see fit, but at least that gives them a template from which to work, with the description already filled in and a link back to the site already there.
I'm sure this could be improved upon, but this meets my needs.
/Kevin](http://of%20wishlist)
That sounds really cool. Can you post a screenshot or something?
Main page, shows the new Twitter icon next to each item. Note that if the user's 'Twitter username' is not filled in their profile (see next screenshot), the Twitter icon simply won't show up. Once the put in their Twitter username (or actually, anything at all in that field), the icon appears next to each item:
<p><img src="http://www.envail.com/index.png"></p>
Here's the profile page with the new 'Twitter username' field:
<p><img src="http://www.envail.com/profile.png"></p>
And this is what it looks like when I click on the Twitter icon next to the first item on my list:
<p><img src="http://www.envail.com/twitter.png"></p>
I'm totally not a coder, so for me this is a Huge Accomplishment™. For actual web developers, this probably would have taken an hour tops, whereas it took me probably 6-8 hours spread over several days. :D
/Kevin
That's an amazing accomplishment for a non-developer! Congratulations.
Thanks! :) I feel rather accomplished. haha My wife was much less impressed. ;)
Originally, I had wanted this to be something that would happen after you *added* a new item, not just something you did manually from the list. I might still look into that, but I have a feeling it's over my head. We'll see.
/Kevin