/craft-tweet-helper

A Craft Docs extension to help you write tweets in limit.

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Twitter Helper Craft Extension

A Craft Docs extension to help you write tweets in limit


Say goodbye to checking the character count manually and then deleting and rewriting your tweet! This extension shows you a character counter and provides a visual indicator of how many characters you have left to write your tweet in.

[Do THIS FIRST] Enable Craft eXtensions

  1. Open Craft
  2. Enable eXtensions in the settings
    • Mac: At the top left of the app, click your avatar, select Preferences, click Advanced. Under Craft eXtensions, click the dropdown, and select Enabled. Mac
    • Web: At the top left of the web app, click your avatar, select Craft eXtensions, toggle Craft eXtensions on. Web
  3. At the bottom of the right side bar, the eXtensions logo is now visible. Click it to open the eXtensions panel. Extension

Installation

Install from release

  1. Download the latest release build file named tweet-helper.craftx from here.
  2. Click the eXtensions logo at the bottom of the right side bar of Craft page to open the eXtensions panel.
  3. Click the + sign, select the tweet-helper.craftx file you just downloaded and click Open.
  4. Click Install.

Build from source

  1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/thepushkarp/craft-tweet-helper.git
  1. Build the extension
zip -vr tweet-helper.craftx icon.png index.html manifest.json

A file named tweet-helper.craftx will be created.

  1. Install the extension
  • Click the eXtensions logo at the bottom of the right side bar of Craft page to open the eXtensions panel.
  • Click the + sign, select the tweet-helper.craftx file created in the last step and click Open.
  • Click Install.

Usage

  1. Open a new Craft document or open an existing document.
  2. Select the text you want to tweet. Please note that the text should be in a single block to be identified correctly. Selected Text
  3. Click the eXtensions logo at the bottom of the right side bar of Craft page to open the eXtensions panel and click the Tweet Helper extension.
  4. The extension will show you a visual indicator of how many characters you have left to write your tweet in. Extension

Acknowledgements

License

MIT


Made with ❤️ by Pushkar Patel