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Movie Ratings is now compatible with Firefox 3.6.

Update it through Firefox or download it here.

A minor change in 1.2.3:

• Fixed issue with special characters.

http://www.ronakpatel.net/2009/04/05/twitter-widget-that-streams-multiple-accounts/

I’ve made a small update to the Movie Ratings extension to get by a limitation in how Rotten Tomatoes handles non-word characters (thanks Eric).

Update it through Firefox or download it here.

The widget has gone through a lot of under the hood changes in 1.2.2:

• Completely rewritten. Should make the widget load faster.
• Handle errors more gracefully.
• Filter by multiple hashtags.
• As of this version the widget is under the LGPL v3 License.

http://www.ronakpatel.net/2009/04/05/twitter-widget-that-streams-multiple-accounts/

Fixed a bug with characters not being escaped. Thanks Jeff (@jeff_uprising).

http://www.ronakpatel.net/2009/04/05/twitter-widget-that-streams-multiple-accounts/

The Twitter Widget now caches tweets using the PEAR package Cache_Lite. Follow the instructions in the link below.

http://www.ronakpatel.net/2009/04/05/twitter-widget-that-streams-multiple-accounts/

Many people have noted that for the past week HTML code is displayed instead of movie ratings. This is because RottenTomatoes.com made a slight modification to their layout which threw off my parser. I have fixed the issue and the next version (1.4.7) is going through Mozilla’s approval process. It should hopefully be up soon. Thanks for your patience.

In the meantime you can install the fixed version without going through Firefox’s add-on updates.

Steps:

1. Download Movie Ratings 1.4.6 with Hot Fix.
2. Uninstall your current version of Movie Ratings from the Add-Ons window.
3. Drag the downloaded file on to the Add-Ons window to install it.
4. Restart Firefox.

Version 1.4.7 was approved by Mozilla. If you already have Movie Ratings you will receive a notification for an update. If not, download it here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9279.

I updated my javascript Twitter Widget to give you the option to display user images and also fixed the bug where an error is thrown if the html or user attributes are missing.

http://www.ronakpatel.net/2009/04/05/twitter-widget-that-streams-multiple-accounts/

Version 1.4.5 of Movie Ratings has been released. The only change in this update is a fix for text appearing white in certain Personas themes. Many people have requested IMDB ratings so I’ve started some preliminary work on it, but my life has been busy lately so I can’t give an eta on when it will be finished. Rest assured, it’s coming.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9279

I created a PHP/JavaScript widget that will stream multiple Twitter accounts for a friends website (see it in action at Brown Girl Magazine). It’s simple to setup. As of version 1.2.2 you will need to setup the widget again.

Requirements

• PHP 5.0
• PEAR – Cache_Lite v1.53 (It might work with newer or older versions but I haven’t tested it.)
• Javascript turned on

Instructions

1. Install the PEAR package Cache_Lite. Most web hosts have an easy way of installing new PEAR packages. If you have issues with PEAR, create a directory called Cache within the directory you create in step 4, download Cache_Lite and put the contents (Lite.php and Lite directory) of Cache_Lite in it. Post any questions in the comments.
2. Download TwitterWidget_1_2_3.zip. Unzip the contents to a temporary directory.
3. Open Config.php and edit the configuration parameters. There is an explanation for each parameter.
4. Create a directory where ever you like on your web server and upload all the files.
5. Copy the following html and javascript into your website right before where the body tag (</body>) is closed.

   <script type="text/javascript"><!--
    var RPNetTwitterAttrs = {
     url: 'http://localhost/TwitterWidget/reboot/TwitterWidget.php'
    };
   // --></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="TwitterWidget.js"></script>

   Update the url attribute to the path where you uploaded TwitterWidget.php.

   You will also need to update the src=”TwitterWidget.js” attribute to point to where you uploaded the javascript file. For example, src=”http://yourwebsite.com/uploads/TwitterWidget.js”.

6. Copy the following html into your website where you would like the widget to appear.

   <div id='rpnetTWContainer'></div>

Editing the Look and Feel

There are two ways to change how the widget looks. The first is to add the CSS ids below to your stylesheet. The outline of the widget is as follows:

<div id="rpnetTWContainer">
 <div id="rpnetTW">
  <h2 id="rpnetTWTitle"></h2>
  <ul id="rpnetTWList"></ul>
 </div>
</div>

The second way is to go into the createWidget() function in the RPNetTWView class in TwitterWidget.php and edit the html of the widget. Post any questions in the comments.

Remember

If you make changes to how the widget looks or you modify the Config.php after setting up the widget you will either need to wait until the cache expires or you will need to go into your cache directory and delete the cache file for changes to take effect.

Upgade Instructions

From 1.2.1 to 1.2.2.

1. Record the changes made to Config.php.
2. Start with Step 2 of the 1.2.2 instructions.

From 1.2.2 to 1.2.3.

1. Overwrite all PHP, JavaScript, and text files except Config.php.

What it will not do

This widget will not worked on locked Twitter accounts.

Below is a screen shot of the widget with no formatting and with the Arthemia Wordpress theme. If using Wordpress the widget will conform to whatever theme you have unless you modify the CSS.  Enjoy!

Change Log

Version 1.2.3

• Fixed issue with special characters.

Version 1.2.2

• Completely rewritten. Should make the widget load faster.
• Handle errors more gracefully.
• Filter by multiple hashtags.
• As of this version the widget is under the LGPL v3 License.

Version 1.2.1

• Fixed bug with unescaped characters.

Version 1.2

• Tweets are now cached.

Version 1.1

• Added an option for displaying user images.

Version 1.0

• Displays list of tweets from multiple users.

Old Versions

• Version 1.1 (Download) (Instructions)
• Version 1.2.1 (Download) (Instructions)
• Version 1.2.2 (Download) (Instructions are the same as on this page.)