Comments on: Big Fat Tweets http://gothick.org.uk/2008/07/02/big-fat-tweets/ Matt Gibson Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:44:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matt http://gothick.org.uk/2008/07/02/big-fat-tweets/comment-page-1/#comment-2052 Matt Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:54:18 +0000 http://www.gadflymind.com/?p=86#comment-2052 Hi Emer, In normal Twitter feeds, the username is pre-stitched in to the "title" and "description" elements that Twitter sends us. With search feeds, the username is in a separate element, "author". You'll need to edit the "Display the Article" macro patch, and grab the author out (probably by using a combination of Structure Key Member and Structure Index Member patches, as the author is in a sub-structure in the article structure) then concatenate it with the article text, using something like the String Printer. It shouldn't be too much work. Have a look at the Display the Article patch overall and figure out how it's working, and debug what's going on with the article structure by running the composition and looking at what each bit of Display the Article does. That'll probably give you enough to go on. Cheers, Matt Hi Emer,

In normal Twitter feeds, the username is pre-stitched in to the “title” and “description” elements that Twitter sends us. With search feeds, the username is in a separate element, “author”.

You’ll need to edit the “Display the Article” macro patch, and grab the author out (probably by using a combination of Structure Key Member and Structure Index Member patches, as the author is in a sub-structure in the article structure) then concatenate it with the article text, using something like the String Printer. It shouldn’t be too much work.

Have a look at the Display the Article patch overall and figure out how it’s working, and debug what’s going on with the article structure by running the composition and looking at what each bit of Display the Article does. That’ll probably give you enough to go on.

Cheers,

Matt

]]> By: Emer http://gothick.org.uk/2008/07/02/big-fat-tweets/comment-page-1/#comment-2036 Emer Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:02:46 +0000 http://www.gadflymind.com/?p=86#comment-2036 Do you know how to change your quartz file that it shows username in the beginning when using twitter search rss? It works well with your script but dont show usernames in the beginning. Do you know how to change your quartz file that it shows username in the beginning when using twitter search rss?
It works well with your script but dont show usernames in the beginning.

]]> By: gothick http://gothick.org.uk/2008/07/02/big-fat-tweets/comment-page-1/#comment-984 gothick Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:10:19 +0000 http://www.gadflymind.com/?p=86#comment-984 Hi Frank, I've just tried with the standard Apple "RSS Visualizer" screen saver in Leopard, and if I put my own feed in ("http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/804607.rss") then my tweets show up fine. I also tried plugging my feed into my custom "Big Fat Tweets" screen saver, and it still seems to work fine. Maybe there's something odd going on with your system, or some temporary glitch in Twitter (it has been known!) Keep trying! Matt Hi Frank,

I’ve just tried with the standard Apple “RSS Visualizer” screen saver in Leopard, and if I put my own feed in (“http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/804607.rss”) then my tweets show up fine. I also tried plugging my feed into my custom “Big Fat Tweets” screen saver, and it still seems to work fine.

Maybe there’s something odd going on with your system, or some temporary glitch in Twitter (it has been known!) Keep trying!

Matt

]]> By: Frank Engelen http://gothick.org.uk/2008/07/02/big-fat-tweets/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Frank Engelen Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:22:43 +0000 http://www.gadflymind.com/?p=86#comment-982 I'm probably doing something wrong but I can't seem too get this too work. I point too my RSS link on my twitter page but somehow it does'nt work. Neither in the default Apple screensaver and yours also nothing! I’m probably doing something wrong but I can’t seem too get this too work. I point too my RSS link on my twitter page but somehow it does’nt work. Neither in the default Apple screensaver and yours also nothing!

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