Feature request: custom 'official_format'

Resolved yitwail
(@yitwail)

9 years, 11 months ago
Would it be possible to add something like the snippet below to rotatingtweets.php? This would allow developers to rearrange things, alter text, substitute screen_name for name, etc. I think the plugin is terrific, but I had to hack it and add this snippet so I could format the tweets the way the user requested it. It drops through to case ‘0’ unless functions.php contains a function named override_rotating_tweets_meta.

Thanks.
```
# Now for the meta text
switch ($args['official_format']) {
case 'custom':
	if (function_exists('override_rotating_tweets_meta')) {
		$result .= override_rotating_tweets_meta(
			$args, $user, $main_text, $twitter_object, $twitterlocale, $targetvalue);
		break;
	}
```
https://wordpress.org/plugins/rotatingtweets/

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Plugin Author Martin Tod
(@mpntod)

9 years, 11 months ago
What a brilliant idea! I’ve included it in the development version.

I’ve adjusted it a bit to add in other possible display variables:
```
case 'custom':
	# This first option lets you use your own function to display tweets
	if (function_exists('rotatingtweets_display_override')) {
		$result .= rotatingtweets_display_override(
			$args, $tweetuser, $main_text, $twitter_object, $twitterlocale, $targetvalue, $retweeter = array(), $show_media='', $nextprev='' );
		break;
	}
```
I’ve also changed the function name to be slightly more consistent with other RT functions.

The one thing that may be different vs. your version is how retweets are handled. To get an ‘old style’ retweet, you will need some code like:
```
if(isset($retweeter)):
	$main_text = "RT @".$tweetuser['screen_name'] . " " . $main_text;
	$tweetuser = $retweeter;
endif;
```
to convert back to that format of display.
Thread Starter yitwail
(@yitwail)

9 years, 11 months ago

Martin,

that’s kind of you. I’ll try the development version shortly.

thanks,
John
Thread Starter yitwail
(@yitwail)

9 years, 11 months ago
Martin,

Your new code eliminates the nextprev links, among other things. I think it should look something like this:
```
if (function_exists('rotatingtweets_display_override')) {
	$retweeter = isset($retweeter)? $retweeter : array();
	$show_media = isset($show_media)? $show_media : '';
	$nextprev = isset($nextprev)? $nextprev : '';
	$result .= rotatingtweets_display_override(
		$args, $tweetuser, $main_text, $twitter_object, $twitterlocale, $targetvalue, $retweeter, $show_media, $nextprev );
```
Otherwise, it works fine.
Plugin Author Martin Tod
(@mpntod)

9 years, 11 months ago
Good stuff – although it shouldn’t have been resetting the values – just setting default argument values.

It should all be fine now – and I’ve also (in theory) added it as an option to the widget! (Does this work?)

Incidentally, the old-style retweet should probably be:
```
if(isset($retweeter)):
	$main_text = "RT " . rotatingtweets_user_intent($tweetuser,$twitterlocale,'screen_name',$targetvalue) . " " . $main_text;
	$tweetuser = $retweeter;
endif;
```

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