Connecting to Twitter

Do you have a Twitter account? If you do, you will want to read all of this, especially the How to Get Started section below.

On Beader's Showcase you can now send posts to Twitter right from your profile page. You can also have the Status posts you make here automatically posted to Twitter at the same time.

No more having to open a new browser window to log in to Twitter just to send a post. You can do it all from your Beader's Showcase profile page, and in fact any members profile page.

You may already have noticed a checkbox with a Twitter logo next to it below the Status update at the top of your profile page. If this is checked when you post a Status update the post will also be sent to your linked Twitter account/s.

At many places throughout Beader's Showcase you will notice the Twitter logo and a link for sharing content from our site with your Twitter readers. By using these links you can more easily post about something interesting on Beader's Showcase directly to your Twitter account/s. Simply click on any of these links to pop up a small box for making your post. Edit the text that is entered by default if you wish, or just post it as it is.

Below everyone's profile photo, and in fact anywhere you find a Twitter link, you can post about something totally unrelated to the current page. All you have to do is simply delete any default text and enter whatever it is you want to post to Twitter.

The funny links you will find entered by default are simply a short version so the post will better fit within the character limits of Twitter, leaving you more characters for your post.

You can copy any Beader's Showcase page url from your browser, such as to a photo or forum discussion, and paste it into a Twitter post, as long as the character limit is maintained. The number of characters remaining for your post is shown on the pop up box.

To have your Beader's Showcase account link to your Twitter account/s follow these steps -

1. Click on Settings at the top of the right column and then My Page in the left column
2. In the middle of the My Page Settings page you will see a button titled Connect to Twitter. Click this to open a page so you can log in to Twitter.
3. Log in to Twitter as normal and the connection will be made. You should then be redirected back to Beader's Showcase.

Please note, if you were already logged in to Twitter in another browser tab the connection will be made automatically without you having to sign in.

Back on Beader's Showcase, on your My Page Settings page you will now see that your Twitter account is listed as a linked account. The account is shown as a link and this link will remove your account if you wish.

You will also notice an Add new account link so you can link to other Twitter accounts if you have more accounts that you wish to post to at the same time.

4. If you want to link to another Twitter account click on the link titled Add new account and follow the same process
5. You will notice a checkbox titled Post my Status updates to Twitter by default on this page. If this is checked, the Twitter checkbox below the Status update box on your profile page will always be set. This means that, by default, your Status updates will be posted to your linked Twitter accounts. For each Status update you can uncheck the box if you don't want a particular post to go to Twitter. If you want this checkbox unchecked by default, simply uncheck it here.

If you are always looking for items of interest to post to your Twitter account/s then now you can very easily post about almost any content here on Beader's Showcase.

While browsing Beader's Showcase, if you suddenly think of something you want to post about on Twitter you no longer have to open another tab/window for Twitter, you can send that post directly to Twitter from here, and make a Status update here at the same time.

We hope you enjoy.