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EChirp is a yii widget wrapping for Chirp.js.

Chirp.js is a lightweight templating JavaScript library that enables you to display tweets on your website. Client-side caching is available; and you can set if you’d like to show retweets and replies, too.

Requirements ¶

• Yii 1.1 or above (built and tested on 1.1.12)

Installation ¶

1. Download EChirp or Clone the files
2. Extract into extensions folder

Usage ¶

$this->widget('ext.echirp.EChirp',array('options'=>array('user'=>'nucreativa','max'=>10,'target'=>'tweet')));

List options : - user — string Twitter username - max — number The maximum number of tweets to show - count — number The maximum number of tweets to retrieve - retweets — true|false Show or don't show retweets - replies — true|false Show or don't show at-replies - cacheExpire — number Number of milliseconds to cache tweets (localstorage on the client). - list — string Name of the list from the user to pull tweets from - target — string Id of a target DOM object you'd like the tweets to get added to. - success — function(json) A callback function called when tweets are successfully retrieved. The json data is the argument. - error — function A callback function called when tweet retrieval errors. - templates — json object A json collection with both the base and tweet templates. Example:

templates: {
  base:'<ul class="chirp">{{tweets}}</ul>',
  tweet: '<li><img src="{{user.profile_image_url}}"> {{html}}</li>'
}

Resources ¶

• Project page
• Try out a demo