Want Twitter RSS but don’t want posts to show on blog

tryingtobegreener · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:27 pm
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I currently have my Twitter RSS feed showing on my blog. How do I keep it but not actually show what I’m saying? I’d like it to just have the RSS link and say something like “Follow me on Twitter”.

Thank you!
thesacredpath · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:29 pm
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Edit that widget and change the number of posts to 0 and see if that does it.
thesacredpath · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:30 pm
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You can edit the title of the RSS widget to say, “follow me on twitter” if you wish.
tryingtobegreener · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:30 pm
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I’ve tried but it seems that the least amount of posts you can have is “1”.
justjennifer · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:31 pm
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Or just put a regular HTML link in a text widget, like “Follow me on Twitter” with appropriate link.
justjennifer · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:31 pm
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MUST REMEMBER TO REFRESH! LOL
thesacredpath · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:33 pm
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Based on his reply to me, you have the correct answer.

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thesacredpath · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:33 pm
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Why did I say his? I don’t know if they are a he or a she.
justjennifer · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:42 pm
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Well, the whole point of an RSS feed/widget is to display something from the feed. If you don’t want the display, don’t use the feed. :)
tryingtobegreener · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:48 pm
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I’d like the link for my readers to have but I don’t want the posts to show because if I comment to someone else’s twitter post, it shows and I just think it looks strange for readers to see a post that wouldn’t make sense. You know what I mean?

Oh ya, and I’m a “she”.
tryingtobegreener · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:53 pm
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JustJennifer,
How do I just put “regular HTML link in a text widget, like “Follow me on Twitter” with appropriate link”? Is the “appropriate link” my RSS feed link? Sorry for sounding stupid for asking.

Thank you!
justjennifer · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:53 pm
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It may look strange, but readers may be more likely to click on your feed. :D There is also a certain amount of lag time before your latest tweet shows up on your feed.
justjennifer · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:58 pm
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I’m not having much luck posting code in the forums (rolleyes), but, yes, it’s the same feed you had to enter into the WordPress.com RSS widget. Just write it as a regular HTML link and put that in a text widget.
tryingtobegreener · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 6:58 pm
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OK, I’ll leave it as it is. Thanks for your help justjennifer. You too thesacredpath!
thesacredpath · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 7:05 pm
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You’re welcome from me.
raincoaster · Member · Sep 2, 2008 at 9:32 pm
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The appropriate link is http://twitter.com/username like mine is http://twitter.com/raincoaster. They can click on that and then follow you there. You can also put it in your Blogroll if you want.
tryingtobegreener · Member · Sep 15, 2008 at 4:40 pm
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OK, I know I’m totally obsessing about this but I just can’t get it right. What I’d really like is a widget to simply say:

Twittering… (as the title)
Follow me (this needs to be click-able as a link)

How do I get the “Follow me” to be a link and not just the html code line? If you can help, simple step-by-step instructions would be greatly appreciated because I’m still new at this.

Thank you!
vivianpaige · Member · Sep 15, 2008 at 5:30 pm
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The instructions are in the FAQ http://faq.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/how-to-write-links/
tryingtobegreener · Member · Sep 15, 2008 at 7:36 pm
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Thanks vivianpaige – problem is now solved!

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