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Twittering the first lines of books so you don't have to!
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Adding a TwitterLit widget to your site
There are a number of different widgets available for adding to your site. One of them should suit your space and design needs.
1. The Google Gadget: First, I created a Google gadget that you can add to your web site or Google home page. To add the gadget to your iGoogle page, see the links in the subscription box in the sidebar. To start customizing the gadget for your own site, click the appropriate link: US version -- UK version -- CA version.
2. The Widgetbox Blidget: The second is a "blidget" powered by Widgetbox. With just a few clicks you can add a TwitterLit blidget to your blog or MySpace page, Facebook profile, NetVibes page, or anywhere else a Widgetbox blidget will work. The blidget comes in US, UK, and CA versions. Here's a working example of the US blidget. You'll be able to customize the blidget before adding it to your own site:
3. The RapidFeeds widget:
NOTE 1/3/08: The RapidFeeds widget has now added advertisements to the bottom of their non-paid versions. I haven't updated to the Pro version of the widget, so any RapidFeeds widgets will now have ads on the bottom, which make them rather less attractive than they appear below.
The third type of TwitterLit widget is powered by RapidFeeds, and it is even more customizable. To start customizing one for your site, click on one of these links: US version -- CA version -- UK version.
If, however, you'd like one pre-customized to match the TwitterLit color scheme, you've come to the right place. To add either the 200px-wide or 260px-wide widget to your site, select the text in the appropriate text field below and insert it into your site where you'd like the widget to appear. You'll need to make one small alteration to the script. Near the bottom you'll see mysite_id=XXXX. Replace this with one of the following, depending on which version of the widget you'd like to display:
US version (links to Amazon.com): mysite_id=6320
CA version (links to Amazon.ca): mysite_id=6396
UK version (links to Amazon.co.uk): mysite_id=6395
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Subscribe     There are three versions of TwitterLit -- US, UK, and Canadian:
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1598 first lines posted and counting!
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 Got an iPhone or iPod Touch?
Add an iPhone-friendly version of TwitterLit to your home screen: twitterlit.com/iphone |
Add TwitterLit to  :
1. In your Gmail account, click the green Gmail Labs bottle at the top right of the screen. Scroll down to "Add any gadget by URL," click enable, and save changes. 2. Now go into your settings--which is right next to the green Gmail Labs bottle. Click the "Gadgets" link. And in the input box under "Add a gadget by its URL" add this address: |
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Bookmarklet!
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Google Gadgets
Add TwitterLit to your personalized Google homepage:
(The UK and CA versions of TwitterLit feature the same first lines but link to Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca respectively.) |
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TwitterLit Widgets
Click here for directions on adding a customizable TwitterLit widget to your site. |
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Suggest a First Line!
Have a great first line you'd like to see on TwitterLit? Click here to suggest it. |
