To get content from Twitter, we need to get OAuth information. The OAuth includes: Consumer key, Consumer secret, Access token, Access token secret.

Step 1: create new application

• Login the site: https://dev.twitter.com with your twitter account, if you do not have a twitter account yet, please register one.
• Once you login, access My Application

• Now Click on button: Create a new application

• Add all requred information in this form then creat the twitter application

Step 2: Create my access token

When application is created successfully, open the created application the click on the button Create my access token

Step 3: Get OAuth information

After access token is created, now go to tab: OAuth tool to get the OAuth information that we will add to JA Twitter module to get content from the twitter account

From the back-end of your Joomla site (administration) select Extensions >> Module Manger, then click on module named JA Twitter to go to configuration panel.

Parameter Explanation

• Twitter Screen Name: add your twitter name to the field.
• Show The Twitter Account Info: select to display twitter account info. The info includes:

• Location:
• Web:
• Bio:
• Size Of Avatar: set the size of twitter's avatar (in pixel).

Parameter Explanation

• Show tweets: To choose show tweets info or not.

If user click Yes to show tweets, system will show some info to configure

• Limit Tweets: To specify how many tweets to show in frontend.
• Twitter Avatar: To choose show/ hide Twitter Avatar.

If you choose Show, you can specify the size of avatar in frontend

• Size Of Avatar: To specify the size of avatar

• Display Twitter Username: If set Show , Username will show above Tweets
• Show Tweets Source: To enable/ disable source of Tweets
• Custom Text Heading: If set Show system will show text heading.
• Text for custom heading: You can input text heading here

Parameter Explanation

• Display My Friends: Set Show to show friends, you can configure some parameters
• Size Of Avatar: To specify the size of avatar
• Limit Friends: Input the number of friend that connected to the Twitter page

Parameter Explanation

• Display following button: Set Yes for choosing to display following button or not, you can configure some parameters
• Type of follow button: There are 2 types of button. >>Simple
• Style of follow button:Select style of follow button and see in frontend

>> API Connect - Input API Key to set style of button

In case you don't see the module displaying in front-page, you need to check:

• Is the module published ?

Please make sure that the module is published.


• Is the module assigned to a visible module position ?

There can be many module positions listed for you to select, but make sure that the module position you select is visible in front-page.


• Is the module assigned to a menu ?

When you want to display a module on specific menus, you need to assign it to the menus.