What do y'all think about adding a shortcode that allows us to embed tweets, and/or facebook posts? I was thinking it might be a useful feature since its seems like we're doing a fair bit of tweeting around here and because alot happens on twitter and direct embedding might be easier than screenshots and links. I found this SMF plugin/mod:
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=3837
It allows you to use the tweet's id number to embed like so:
[tweet]824062114541113344[/tweet]
Twitter also gives you "embed" code in blockquotes like this:
but when I bracket it with the embed brackets the forum just shows the HTML:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a> please reroute pipelines to protect important water sources & the environment <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/realleadership?src=hash">#realleadership</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/listentothepeople?src=hash">#listentothepeople</a> <a href="https://t.co/FUIRRLNss7">pic.twitter.com/FUIRRLNss7</a></p>— Seamas (@seamascass) <a href="https://twitter.com/seamascass/status/824062114541113344">January 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Facebook provides similar embed code for its posts. Maybe there's a way to extend the functionality of the existing embed brackets?
Does anyone else think a feature like this might be useful? It might just make the forum noisier, I'm not sure...
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=3837
It allows you to use the tweet's id number to embed like so:
[tweet]824062114541113344[/tweet]
Twitter also gives you "embed" code in blockquotes like this:
Code:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a> please reroute pipelines to protect important water sources & the environment <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/realleadership?src=hash">#realleadership</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/listentothepeople?src=hash">#listentothepeople</a> <a href="https://t.co/FUIRRLNss7">pic.twitter.com/FUIRRLNss7</a></p>— Seamas (@seamascass) <a href="https://twitter.com/seamascass/status/824062114541113344">January 25, 2017</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>but when I bracket it with the embed brackets the forum just shows the HTML:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</a> please reroute pipelines to protect important water sources & the environment <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/realleadership?src=hash">#realleadership</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/listentothepeople?src=hash">#listentothepeople</a> <a href="https://t.co/FUIRRLNss7">pic.twitter.com/FUIRRLNss7</a></p>— Seamas (@seamascass) <a href="https://twitter.com/seamascass/status/824062114541113344">January 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Facebook provides similar embed code for its posts. Maybe there's a way to extend the functionality of the existing embed brackets?
Does anyone else think a feature like this might be useful? It might just make the forum noisier, I'm not sure...
