Tweetit.js

Highlight something in the following text to see this plugin in action.

Give your readers the ability to tweet anything in your blog or webpage. When some text is selected, the Tweet it button displays. Clicking on this button allows them to post the selected text in Twitter. You can add your webpage and hashtags to be pusblished with their tweets. Nice eh?

Copy the libraries to your project.

Include the library in the header of your html file:

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Decorate your DOM with some class that you can select for your plugin:

   Some awesome text.

Initiate your plugin:

$('.tweet-it').tweetit();

Optional parameters

1. url : Your website address. If not provided, Tweetit.js will use the current page's url. If don't want to include a url in your tweet, pass a blank string.
2. hashtags : comma separated list of Twitter hashtags. Do not include the # (hash) character
3. via : the Twitter username to refer in the tweet. Do not include the @ (at) character

Example:

$('.tweet-it').tweetit( {
       url : 'example.com', 
       via : 'username', 
       hashtags : 'jquery, plugin' } );

Remarks

You may know that Twitter posts are restricted to 140 characters, including the url, via and hashtag paramters. Tweetit.js will include your parameters and restrict the actual text to comply with that restriction.