Latest Tweet
About
Latest Tweet is a PHP script to take the RSS feed for a Twitter account and output the latest entry.
There is also CSS to make the result look like a speech bubble.
Please Note: The script will only if the updates are public; if you protect them, the script will not be allowed to access them...
Example
@richardwinskill Hehe they also give you free space for posting why you love it to Twitter. It's true, though I think it's great.
Using
After uploading the CSS file and the PHP script to the server, you need to add the URL for your RSS feed to the PHP script. The line is labelled, and the RSS feed is accessible from the bottom of your Twitter page. The script will not work with the Atom feed; it must be the RSS.
Then use
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="latesttweet.css" />
in the <head> to include the CSS, and use
<?php include 'latesttweet.php'; ?>
where you want the output to appear.
Please Note: Although the script should still work if there are multiple occurrences on the same page, it will no longer be valid HTML. The CSS uses IDs, which must be unique; if the script is used multiple times on the same page, the IDs will no longer be unique...
Styling
The appearance is controlled by the CSS. If you want to change the background colour, make sure you change it on the paragraph and the arrow section, otherwise the box and arrow will be two different colours...
Download
To download the Latest Tweet script and the Latest Tweet CSS just right-click and choose "Save As" (or the equivalent for your Operating System/Web Browser).
The current version is Alpha (2008-05-23) - No changelog.
There's now an RSS feed for easy notification of the infrequent updates to all 6 times 9 projects.
Feedback
I'd like to hear what you have to say about this; I've only been able to test it in IE, Firefox, and Opera in Windows - I have no idea if it'll work on a Mac, for example...
If you have any comments, compliments, or suggestions feel free to email me and let me know.