Twitter came out with their own Tweet button this week, and a variety of methods to use their buttons, or to create your own. Most of them use javascript or iframes, and are not really useable here.

But.... I seem to have managed to create one that does at least some of what the official ones do with a stripped out HTML version. Just add one of the "birdbrains" to post you want to promote on Twitter.

If you click the birdie, you should be taken to a Twitter sign in page (if you're not already signed in) and then to a shortened URL for the message. Add your own message, and tweet. (I've done everything but the final step, which I'll try on this message.)

Someone who actually knows what they're doing could probably make it do more, but I'm just happy I got it this far. :)

Here's the birdbrain code:

<A class=twitter-share-button href="http://twitter.com/share" target=_blank><IMG alt="Share this on Twitter!" src="http://people.delphiforums.com/CSTAR1/twitterbirdtiny.png" border=0></A>

Just so no one panics, if you put the birdbrain on a message in a limited access folder and click on the link, you get the standard "This message has been deleted" bar. Private forums are accessible only if you know the GAC.

I created a variety of "birdbrains" to use. If you try it and it doesn't work as expected, please let me know!

It does seem to work all the way through the process, though it breaks the right frame out, and it would be better if it didn't. You can't get to the entire forum from any of the links on the right frame, though you can read an entire single discussion.

I still wish it was fully functional, but hey, this is better than nothing. :)

As I said, anyone who *actually* knows what they're doing with coding and can deal with Delphi's restrictions can probably do more.

So we should use the Tweet button you've provided here? Or should we pay close attention to the one you talk about on your blog on this post

http://profiles.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?webtag=dfpcstar1&entry=26

Yep, just put the code in any post. If you're going to use it a lot, I'd prefer you download the image and change that part of the code to your own webspace. Other than that, you don't have to make any modifications.

I haven't tried it in a signature, but it should work. You can test it out by clicking on the button when it's in your sig, then copy/paste the shortened URL into a new browser window.

TY. I am really bad at this stuff but will give it a try.  :)

As ya see, I did something wrong. LOL. The code I used was---