Tweet Display Back comes with options that allow you to choose how much or how little info you want to display on your site.

The images on this screen represent the options for the 2.1 release as viewed in the Joomla! 1.7 edit screen.  Joomla! 1.5 is grouped similarly using spacers versus separate groups.  All parameters from the 2.0 release series have carried over to 2.1 with the addition of new settings as well.

Version Information

New to the 2.1 release is a version check.  This space displays the version that you have installed, and as applicable, informs you of a new version.

Version Information panel in Tweet Display Back 2.1

Twitter Information

• Type of feed - Select the type of feed to display
• Twitter Username - The username of the Twitter user who's feed you want to display
• List Name - The name of the list from the selected user to display if rendering a list feed
• # of Tweets - The number of tweets you want to display, limited to 3,200 for users and 20 for lists

Twitter Information panel in Tweet Display Back 2.1

Template Settings

• Style - Choose which template you want to display
• Widget Type - If the Widget feed is selected, choose the type of widget to display
• CSS3 Styling - Display the module with CSS3 elements in browsers that support it

Template Settings panel in Tweet Display Back 2.1

Widget Settings

• Poll for New Results - If enabled, the widget will poll Twitter for any new data and display it in the widget
• Include Scrollbar - Include the scrollbar in the widget
• Loading Behavior - Choose whether to load all tweets at once or load each tweet individually at a timed interval
• Tweet Interval - If loading tweets at an interval, specify the time in seconds between loading each tweet
• Loop Results - If loading tweets at an interval, choose whether to loop the tweets in the widget (continually reload/re-display tweets at the top of the widget)
• Show Avatar - Choose to display the user avatar with tweets
• Show Timestamp - Choose to display the tweet's timestamp
• Show Hashtags - Choose whether to display hashtags in tweets
• Show Top Tweets - When using the Search Widget, choose whether to include Top Tweets
• Search Terms - Terms to search when using the Search Widget

Widget Settings panel in Tweet Display Back 2.1

Widget Appearance

• Widget Title - The title to display in the widget; not used with Profile Widgets
• Widget Subject - A subject line to display in the widget; not used with Profile Widgets
• Widget Shell Background - Select a background color to use for the widget shell (outer area)
• Widget Text Color - Select a text color to use for the widget shell (outer area)
• Tweet Background Color - Select a background color to use for the tweet stream (inner area)
• Tweet Text Color - Select a text color to use for the tweet stream (inner area)
• Tweet Link Color - Select a color to use for links in the tweet stream (inner area)
• Widget Width - The width of the widget
• Widget Height - The height of the widget

Widget Appearance panel in Tweet Display Back 2.1

Header Display Settings

• Show User Information - Choose whether or not you want to display the user header (Note: if this is set to no, then the items in this panel will not display regardless of setting)
• Header Class Suffix - An optional CSS Class suffix to further customize the module's output, specific to the header
• Show Name - Show the name of the user who's tweets you are displaying in the header
• Username or Real Name - Choose to display the user's real name or their Twitter username
• Show Header Avatar - Choose whether or not to display the user's avatar in the header
• Header Avatar Alignment - Choose to align the user's avatar to the left or right of the user info
• Show Bio - Choose to display the user's bio from Twitter
• Show URL - Choose to display the user's web site from Twitter
• Show Location - Choose to display the user's location from Twitter

Header Display Settings panel in Tweet Display Back 2.1

Tweet Display Settings

• Tweet Class Suffix - An optional CSS Class suffix to further customize the module's output, specific to the tweet feed
• Show Tweet Avatar - Choose to display the user's avatar in front of each tweet (Note: this item is not displayed in the avatar template regardless of setting)
• Tweet Alignment - Align the tweet (and avatar) to the left or right
• Show Tweet Username - Choose to display the username of the person who made the tweet
• Username Separator - A set of characters to display between the username and the tweet text
• Show Created Date - Choose whether or not to display the time the tweet was created
• Relative Time - Choose to display the created time in a relative time (# hours ago) versus the actual creation time
• Show Twitter Actions - Choose to display links which will allow a user to reply to, retweet, or favorite a tweet
• Show Retweet Count - Choose to display the number of times the tweet has been retweeted
• Show Tweet Source - Choose to display the source used to create the tweet
• Show Tweet Location - If the tweet includes a location it was made from, choose to display it or not
• Show Retweets - Choose whether or not you want to display tweets the user retweeted (With this option enabled, the tweet displays with the retweeted user's avatar and username, if turned on, and displays "Retweeted" in front of the time)
• Link # and @ Tags - Choose whether you want to display hash (#) and user (@) tags as links or not

Tweet Display Settings panel in Tweet Display Back 2.1

Filter Settings

• Show user mentions - Choose whether to display tweets which contain @mentions in them; this option will NOT filter retweets with @mentions or @replies
• Show @replies - Choose whether to display tweets which are @replies to other users; this option will NOT filter retweets which were originally @replies or tweets where the reply is the only @mention
• Define number of tweets to scan - Choose to override the module's logic to determine how many tweets to retreive from Twitter to scan; useful for situations where you are not receiving the number of tweets you are expecting with filtering enabled
• # of Tweets to Scan - If the above field is set, this field overrides the "# of Tweets" field in the Twitter Settings panel to determine the number of tweets to retreive from Twitter; this is the number of tweets that are retrieved from the API and bypasses additional module logic to determine a number of tweets to filter (in testing, this is occasionally needed when a low number of tweets (less than 3) are selected for display)

Filter Settings panel in Tweet Display Back 2.1

Footer Display Settings

• Show "Follow me" link - Choose whether you want to display a "Follow me" link at the bottom of the feed
• "Follow me" image or text? - Choose whether to display the "Follow me" as text or an image
• "Follow me" Background Color - Choose which of the three Twitter buttons you want to display
• "Follow me" or "Follow us" image - Choose whether to display "Follow me" or "Follow us" on the follow image
• "Follow me" text - Customize the text for your "Follow me" link
• Show "Powered by Tweet Display Back" link - Choose whether you want to display a "Powered by" link that links back to this site

Footer Display Settings panel in Tweet Display Back 2.1

Advanced Options

• Enable Caching - Choose whether or not to enable caching of the retrieved tweets; if enabled, the site will not reach out to Twitter on each page load with the module and retrieve the latest tweets, but instead do so at the specified time interval (useful for large traffic sites due to a limit placed by Twitter on the number of retrievals per hour)
• Cache Time - Time in seconds before the cache is refreshed
• Module Class Suffix - An optional CSS Class suffix to further customize the module's output, which applies to all aspects of the module to include the title

Advanced Settings panel in Tweet Display Back 2.1