Planet Drupal TV

Using three contributed modules (Shorten, Short URL and Tweet) I show you how to create short urls for your Drupal site that are easily shared on Twitter.

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Gigya Socialize provides a single API that aggregates authentication and social APIs from Facebook Connect, MySpace ID, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, and AOL. The new Socialize module for Drupal is fully configurable and installs in minutes with no programming. With the Socalize module for Drupal, your visitors can authenticate on your site via leading social APIs, increasing site registrations and streamlining the process of creating and sharing user profiles. Most importantly, you’ll improve your visitors’ user experience, eliminating barriers to community participation on your sites.

“Twitter me this, twitter me that,” can anyone listen to or read any Internet media news and not hear about Twitter? Not likely these days. It seems that celebrity and competition has driven Twitter to become that latest Internet fad.

On this week's podcast, Bob shows a simple module that offers great social networking integration to your website. It's the Twitter module and is easy for anyone to setup and integrate onto their site.