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Connecting Twitter to Squarespace

Twitter is a social networking platform where users share news, thoughts, and other content in 280 characters or less. Connecting Twitter is a great way to encourage users to engage with you. This guide explores different ways you can use Twitter with Squarespace.

Here's what you can do with this integration:

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Connect your Twitter account

To authorize your account:

  1. In the Home menu, click Settings.
  2. ClickConnected Accounts.
  3. ClickConnect Account.
  4. SelectTwitter from the Social Accounts menu.
  5. Log in using your Twitter username and password.

Add a social icon

To display a social icon:

  1. In the Home menu, click Settings.
  2. Click Social links.
  3. Add your Twitter profile link.
  4. Check Show Social Icon.
  5. ClickSave.

For more detailed steps, visit Adding social links.

After adding your Twitter link, the social icon will automatically display in most templates, but not all of them. You can also add social icons using the social links block.

Add a Share button

To help visitors share your content on Twitter, you can add a Twitter Share button to the following content:

  • Events pages
  • Blog posts
  • Product items
  • Layout pages (Flatiron template only)
  • Gallery pages
  • Album pages

Push content to Twitter automatically

To learn how to push content to Twitter and customize your posts, visit Sharing content on social media.

To troubleshoot the content that appears in your posts, visit How content displays in social posts.

Pull content from Twitter using a block

You can display tweets from your account, a feed of hashtags, mentions by handle, or general search terms using the Twitter Block. This is a great way to embed tweets on a page or blog post without using third-party widgets.

Add a Twitter cover page

You can use a cover page to display tweets and create a landing page, dedicated Twitter page, or single page site. The Echo and Status layouts support Twitter.

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Add Twitter Cards

Twitter Cards attach information, like images and product prices, to tweets, letting users preview content within their feeds. Squarespace Commerce sites are optimized for Twitter Cards.

Note: Twitter cards won't work if you have a password enabled. For help disabling a password, visit Removing a site-wide password and Removing a page password.

For a preview, use Twitter's URL validator:

  1. Open the Twitter Card validator.
  2. Add the URL you want to share, including the https:// at the beginning, and click Preview Card.
  3. A preview of your Twitter Card will appear under Card Preview.

To learn more about Twitter Cards or resolve any issues you see in the validator, visit Twitter's documentation.

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Collect Twitter handles

You can use the form block to collect visitors' Twitter handles.

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