1. TWEETSTER FOR OMEKA Kathleen Comeau

2. Tweetser: An Introduction  What is Tweetster?  Tweetster is a plugin for Omeka and WordPress websites that automatically updates your Twitter page with a Tweet of any new addition to your website  Why use Tweetster?  It keeps your Twitter audience updated and “in the know” of any new content added to your website  Helps you bring more users to your website and reach a larger audience  The bit.ly function allows you to track how many page visits you are getting from Twitter

3. Tweetster: An Introduction (cont’d)  How does Tweetster work?  Tweetster automatically sends a tweet to your Twitter page whenever new content is made public on your Omeka page

4. Installing the Plugin  What you need:  Omeka Version 1.0 or higher  Twitter account  Bit.ly account

5. Installing the Plugin (cont’d)  Download Tweetster from Omeka’s website; unzip and upload the Tweetster plugin to WinSCP  Activate the Plugin by clicking “Install” on your Omeka Admin page

6. Configuring the Plugin for Omeka  Click “Configure” on the Omeka Admin site

7. Configuring the Plugin for Omeka (cont’d)  Register your Twitter account  Go to developer.twitter.com and click “Create an App”  Fill form and click “Create your Twitter Application”  You can now get your consumer keys and access tokens

8. Configuring the Plugin for Omeka (cont’d)  Create a Bit.ly account  Go to Bitly.com and create an account  Once logged in, go to http://bit.ly/a/your_api_key to receive your keyhttp://bit.ly/a/your_api_key

9. Configuring the Plugin for Omeka (cont’d)  Enter all data into Tweetster plugin configuration page on Omeka Admin and Save Changes

10. An Example of Tweetster  The plugin is now ready to use  Add an item on Omeka  http://wotan.openlib.org/omeka/kcomeau/admin/ http://wotan.openlib.org/omeka/kcomeau/admin/  Check Twitter page for new Tweet  https://twitter.com/#!/brrgrrz https://twitter.com/#!/brrgrrz  Track page views using bit.ly  https://bitly.com/ https://bitly.com/