31Posts: Twitter Channel Setup

1. Register your site as an application on Twitter’s application registration page

• If you’re not currently logged in to Twitter, log-in to the account you want associated with this site
• Your application name cannot include the word “Twitter.”
• Your Application Description can be anything.
• The WebSite and Callback URL should be http://yoursitename.31posts.com
• Agree to the Twitter Developer Agreement and continue.

2. Switch to the “Permissions” tab in Twitter apps

• Make sure your the application Type is set to “Read and Write”   –  If not change it and
• Update the application settings

3. If not already done, in a New Window, login to your 31Posts instance as an administrator.

• Go to Admin Tools, select Channel Table Maintenance
• Select Add a new channel, and for each field  enter information as follows:

  • ID	Auto field. no need to enter anything
    Name	Enter a short descriptive name for the channel:  ie:  Twitter( @twittername )  or @twittername
    Description:	Enter a longer description of the channel
    Channel API	Select Twitter
    Channel View Link	URL for twitter.  ie:  https://twitter.com/twittername
    Active	Yes
    Comments	Open Optional data field

3. In the Twitter Window,   Switch to the Keys and Access Tokens tab

• From the “Applications Settings Section“:
  • Regenerate your consumer key and secret
  • Copy your API key    to the Consumerkey  field in 31Posts
  • Copy your API secret to the Secretkey  field in 31Posts
• From the “Your Access Token” section:
  • Create your access token.
  • Copy your Access token  to the Access token  field in 31Posts
  • Copy your Access token secret to the Access token secret field in 31Posts