Twitter Problem

(20 posts) (7 voices)

1. 

   rboswe01
   Member

   I am using the twitter feature in the sidebar and sometimes I notice that the feed disappears and show "No public Twitter messages." Is there a fix for this? Please let me know because I really need this feature to work. The website is http://www.shilohbrooklyn.org

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   Ruderic
   Support

   Hi,

   I am not sure about this issue, but maybe it has to do with Twitter's server going down for moments.

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   rboswe01
   Member

   Is this something that happens often with the twitter servers? This problem happens a couple times a day on my site.

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   Ruderic
   Support

   Hi,

   As I said, I am not sure about hits problem. I will flag this thread so the theme developers can take a look at it.

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   Webtreats
   Support

   Hi rboswe01,

   It sounds like you're most likely using up your REST API ’s 150 requests per hour. You can read more about this here:

   http://dev.twitter.com/pages/rate-limiting

   One thing you can try is to increase the cache time of the Twitter feed.

   Open up the following file:
   wp-content/themes/awake/lib/functions/twitter.php

   and find line # 46

   define('MAGPIE_CACHE_AGE', 900);

   Change the 900 to 1800. This will increase the cache time to 30 minutes

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   CricketW
   Member

   Unfortunately that has not solved the issue for me either. :(

   Posted 1 year ago #
7. 

   Elliott
   Support

   Hello Cricket01,

   Is it still not working for you? With twitter it usually takes awhile for stuff to take effect. If you are still experiencing problems then send us a link to your site so we can take a closer look.

   @rboswe01, I checked your site and your tweets were displaying fine. If you are experiencing any other issues then let us know.

   Posted 1 year ago #
8. 

   CricketW
   Member

   It seems to come an go. I am wondering if it is simply hitting the maximum number of inquiries (from traffic to the blog) on Twitter...

   Posted 1 year ago #
9. 

   Elliott
   Support

   If possible CricketW then PM us Wordpress login information, I just wanted to take a quick look at your plugins. We have a new update for both inFocus and Awake coming out soon so we can try that to see if it solves your twitter issue.

   Posted 1 year ago #
10. 

    Tarekith
    Member

    Just wanted to add that I too am having this issue. Sometimes my tweets will show in the sidebar, and othertimes I get the "No public Twitter messages." message as well. I tried the suggested fix mentioned above, but it did not do anything.

    http://tarekith.com/blog/

    Posted 1 year ago #
11. 

    CricketW
    Member

    I look forward to hearing how to solve this since many seem to be having the issue.

    Posted 1 year ago #
12. 

    Webtreats
    Support

    Hi everyone,

    This issue does have to do with Twitter's REST API ’s 150 requests per hour:

    http://dev.twitter.com/pages/rate-limiting

    We're currently researching a workaround for our new theme framework.

    We'll update this thread when we have a resolution.

    Posted 1 year ago #
13. 

    CricketW
    Member

    So very pleased to hear this! : - )

    Posted 1 year ago #
14. 

    CricketW
    Member

    Any word on this yet? :)

    Posted 10 months ago #
15. 

    Webtreats
    Support

    Hi CricketW,

    We believe we've resolved this issue in the latest update to Awake.

    Let me know if you like and I'll get together the files that need to change in order to apply the fix for older versions of Awake.

    Posted 10 months ago #
16. 

    CricketW
    Member

    Sorry, I'm actual referring to inFocus. :)

    Posted 10 months ago #
17. 

    Elliott
    Support

    Hello CricketW,

    Both inFocus and Awake are now using the same twitter code. If you haven't updated yet you can download it from your themeforest downloads page.

    Here is a quick update primer, http://mysitemyway.com/docs/index.php/Updating_Awake_and_inFocus_to_2.0.

    Posted 10 months ago #
18. 

    CricketW
    Member

    Thank you for your help. Is there any chance of just getting the code that needs to be changed instead of doing a full update?

    Posted 10 months ago #
19. 

    Elliott
    Support

    It would be best to upgrade but if your site is too customized then we can try this. I kind of hacked together the twitter code, I'm not sure if it will work for you but we can try.

    1. Delete the following file on your server,

    /wp-content/themes/awake/lib/functions/twitter.php

    2. Download the attached zip file and extract to your desktop, you should see a "twitter.php" file.

    3. Upload the new "twitter.php" file on your desktop into,

    /wp-content/themes/awake/lib/functions/

    4. Clear your browser cache and refresh any caching related plugins.

    It might take a bit before your tweets are refreshed.

    Attachments

    1. twitter.zip (2 KB, 4 downloads) 10 months old

    Posted 10 months ago #
20. 

    toedter_k
    Member

    CricketW,

    if you want to get a better twitter-limit and have your tweets updated in real-time, I recommend the following solutions that works great with my Awake 2.1 based site (still under development) http://toedtercom.de/blog/

    1) Install plugin "Twitter Stream" (uses OAuth even for the feed)
    2) Register your site with Twitter and use the keys you get when registering the application
    3) Use the following additional css for Awake (in General settings) to style the new twitter feed:

    .twitter-stream p {
    background: url("/wp-content/themes/awake/images/shortcodes/sprites/custom_sprite_dddddd.png") no-repeat scroll -538px -80px transparent;
    padding-left: 28px;}

    #footer .small_post_list li
    { padding-left: 28px; background: url("/wp-content/themes/awake/images/shortcodes/sprites/custom_sprite_dddddd.png") no-repeat scroll -622px -2px transparent;
    padding-left: 28px;}

    #footer .mysite_twitter_widget ul li a { padding-left: 28px; }

    Hope this helps

    Kai

    Posted 10 months ago #

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