How do I add my own twitter timeline onto my web site?
Christine Cahoon Thu 17 Sep 2015 updated: Thu 15 Oct 2015
All you need to do is log into your twitter account and go to: https://twitter.com/settings/widgets/new. See screenshot, Create Twitter widget.
By default, the page displays the 'User timeline'. There's several options you can choose like whether you'd like a light or dark background but usually the default settings are sufficient.
Select the button 'Create widget' and it'll generate the HTML displayed in a separate textbox which you will need to copy into your clipboard of your machine. See screenshot, Copy the generated HTML.
Now go to your web site and log in as administrator and go to the section you want the twitter timeline displayed. In this example, it's to be displayed on a home page sidebar, see screenshot Select HTML icon in the sidebar editor window:
- select the HTML icon (1)
- paste in the HTML that's in the clipboard and select 'Submit' (2)
- select 'Insert' (update if there's been content in the sidebar already) (3)
You'll now see the Twitter timeline on the web page sidebar, see screenshot Home page showing Twitter timeline in sidebar. Also see how this is in use on: Active Feet Podiatry's home page and Platypus Consultancy's news page.
For more details, go to Twitter's own resource at: https://dev.twitter.com/web/embedded-timelines