Add a Stylish Custom Backtype Tweetcount Retweet Widget to your Blog
OK Its official the Tweetmeme has a potential competitor now! Backtype releases a Tweetmeme Retweet Button and trust me I’m now changing my allies and heading towards backtype. Number 1 reason is it is powered by backtweets and you can search your tweets related to your blog post with ease.( update- It looks like tweetmeme also allows to change the source of the tweets). Hit the retweet button and try this out!!
For wordpress installation please scroll down.
For Blogger Installation follow the given procedure.
Please login into your Blogger Dashboard > Layout > Edit HTML and check the “Expand Widget Templates” option.
Now as a precautionary measure please download your template so that you have an emergency backup if in case you create any errors 
Show the number of times your posts have been linked on Twitter and let readers retweet
This widget uses BackTypeConnect to find all the links your posts receive on Twitter. It shows the number of tweets your blog post has, and lets users retweet it with ease.
This is the simplest way to display this widget:
Firstly Locate this code in your blogger template.
<data:post.body/>
And then copy and paste the below code just above the data:post.body tag
You can also customise it using various parameters:
tweetcount_url |
Current URL | The URL to measure tweets for |
|---|---|---|
tweetcount_title |
Title of current page | The title of the page for retweets |
tweetcount_src |
Leading text for retweets | |
tweetcount_via |
true |
If tweets contain ‘(via @BackType)’ |
tweetcount_links |
false |
If links should be opened in new windows |
tweetcount_size |
"large" |
Size of button (“large” or “small”) |
tweetcount_background |
Button background color (e.g. ‘FFFFFF’) | |
tweetcount_border |
Button border color (e.g. ‘CCCCCC’) | |
tweetcount_api_key |
Awe.sm API Key for custom URL shortener |
For example you can have a look at the code below
Instead of the above set of codes, paste the following for compact version.
tweetcount_url = ‘http://chethstudios.blogspot.com/2009/05/100-incredible-twitter-backgrounds.html/’;
tweetcount_title = ’100 Incredible Twitter Backgrounds’;
tweetcount_src = ‘RT @cheth:’;
tweetcount_via = false;
tweetcount_links = true;
tweetcount_size = ‘small’;
tweetcount_background = ‘FFFFFF’;
tweetcount_border = ‘CCCCCC’;
tweetcount_api_key = ’5c3bba3f5d77a46a13453091e36dc1cde4335e9299a1edeeaa3c31d193b33fda’;
</script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://widgets.backtype.com/tweetcount.js”></script>
Tutorial -Add a Tweetememe Retweet Button to your Blog
FOR WORDPRESS USERS:
Tweetcount WordPress Plugin
Note: Backup your database before installing
1. Download the plugin
2. Unzip the plugin and upload the backtype-connect directory to /wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
4. Configure the plugin through the ‘Settings’ > ‘BackType Connect’ menu option
5. Click the ‘Enable’ button to start importing comments
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Markandey
07.06.2009
kool
Sudha
07.07.2009
Yeah I prefer RT @myusername than RT @tweetmeme.. and a nice as well easy to understand tutorial for blogger's blog and also for wordpress users *cheers*
SEO Audit
07.07.2009
Love this I will add it to my SEO blog and see what I think. Thanks for the article. Keep up the good work.
Sarah
07.08.2009
There appear to be a lot of misunderstanding here in this post. I hope I can help clear some of that up for you. The tweetmeme button no longer includes via @tweetmeme or @tweetmeme just set your source in the button to your twitter account either in the wordpress settings area of the plugin or in the source code for the embedded button.
Also TweetMeme and Backtype both work in the same way regarding looking at all URL's from Twitter search so in that sense there is no difference.
Let us know if there are any other features other than colour options that you want in TweetMeme in terms of both the website and the button! And keep an eye on http://blog.tweetmeme.com for the latest news and updates about our site and button!
cheth
07.08.2009
@Sarah
I would ask you to read the tutorial properly.
No misunderstandings as such. I think I edited the portion with an update yesterday saying that "( update- It looks like tweetmeme also allows to change the source of the tweets)" thanks for the comment I really appreciate the work behind tweetmeme!
Shivam
07.08.2009
Yea cheth Its in the 6th line maybe sarah didnt read that.
Ramakanth
07.09.2009
I like this new retweet button than tweetmeme i can change colors yay!!!! thanks chethstudios
gautam hans
07.09.2009
best thing about backtype it counts all the tweets having the links. I sawa it a week ago and i liked it but i will still continue tweetmeme because of it's popularity
cheth
07.14.2009
Yea Gautam that is the only thing tweetmeme is lacking.. I too love tweetmeme.. but it started showing me button failed so i had to replace it with this one.
Dinesh
07.14.2009
Good Tricks
Anonymous
07.20.2009
I can't seem to get rid of @tweetmeme in twitter. How can I change this to my username??
This is what I am doing at the moment.
tweetcount_src = 'RT @myusername:';
Shripriya
07.23.2009
What do you use for the rest of the buttons at the bottom of your post?
cheth
07.23.2009
use this http://chethstudios.blogspot.com/2008/12/big-social-bookmarking-icon-widget-for.html
Crystal P
08.27.2009
Thank you!! This one worked for me, some tutorials never said to expand the widgets and I was having trouble finding the right code because of it.
Much appreciation!
Johan Ronnestam
09.13.2009
I'm trying the Backtype button out but would like it to be hidden on pages. Any clue?
Mike Montano
09.13.2009
Hi Johan, you can set the button location to manual and then echo backtype_tweetcount() anywhere in your template/theme that you want it displayed. See http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backtype-tweetcount/faq for a bit more, or contact me at support [at] backtype if I can be of further assistance.
hanum
11.04.2009
backtype is the best comment search engine which ever I found, cool. Nice info sharing, so informatif posting. Thank's..
Trudy
01.09.2010
Is there any RT button that does NOT count # of RTs. I had the tweetmeme button but it erased my count history to 0 when I changed to a custom blog domain. I rather just a retweet option for people without the count. Does this exist anywhere. Searched for an hour and came up with nothing.
cheth
01.09.2010
@Trudy
Try the button by Louisgray it doesn't show the # of retweets check out this page *
http://www.chethstudios.net/2009/03/useful-twitter-retweet-button-scripts.html
Geekyard
09.03.2010
Cool retweet buddy … My blog looks sool with this button
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