Add a retweet button to your sNews CMS articles and pages

Notice those little twitter "retweet" badges popping up all over? Pssst... look to the right for an example. Face it, Twitter is here to stay and can be a useful tool if used correctly.

I wanted to add this to all my posts, but I didn't have any desire to edit every article and insert them, so I've written a dead simple little hack to add a badge on the articles and pages of my sNews CMS installation. You can read more about the badge and service at Tweetmeme.

All you need to do is open your snews.php file, look for;

} else {
    $shorten = 9999000;
}

and then stick the tweetmeme button code within, as below. Make sure to change the url shortener if you like, and put your twitter username in as the RT source;

} else {
    // BEGIN NEW CODE
    if (strpos($text,'<!-- NOBADGE -->') === false) {
    $tweet = '<span class="retweet"><script type="text/javascript">
        tweetmeme_service = \'bit.ly\';  // the url shortener
        tweetmeme_source = \'twittername\'; // the @username who is tweeted
        tweetmeme_style = \'\'; // use compact for small badge
        </script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"></script></span>';
        $text = $tweet.$text;
    }
    // END NEW CODE
    $shorten = 9999000;
}

Now add the style to your stylesheet;

.retweet {
  float: left;
  margin: 10px 10px 0 0;
}

What if I don't want the badge on an article or page? Simple, just insert the HTML comment <!-- NOBADGE --> anywhere within the article or page text, and voilá , no more badge.

Tip... this code can also be used to insert digg, delicious.com, and any other kind of badge you like.