Not all Twitter clients show the "from application" text, so it's probably a better idea to just enter the link with the status (and no, you can't modify the "from web" link when posting from the twitter.com interface).
—— Chris Thomson http://twitter.com/chris24 On 20-Nov-08, at 1:05 PM, scottjgo wrote: > > Hi. > > I want to add a "tweet this" link to my website. The idea is that you > would click the button, and it would prepopulate the message field on > twitter with a link. Ideally, you would authenticate through > twitter.com so I can avoid handling passwords. > > I understand you can use a link like: > http://twitter.com/home?status=Putyourmessagehere > but is it possible to replace the "from web" with a link to my > website? Without that, it sort of eliminates the cool viral > advertising. Is the only alternative to use the real api (and handle > passwords)? > > Thanks. > -sjg >
