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Twitter Widget

Asked by: singleton

In http://happyhippoeducation.com/ I have included a Twitter Widget in the sidebar, and for some reason the yellow background is coming through for Happpy Hippo in SL (right above the link slhappyhippo) [yes I know Happy has too many letters), and the tweet "Set up twitter account 22 hours ago reply" Also gets yellow bleeding through. According to twitter the background should be white.

I tried
.twitter {
width:210px; background: #ff0000;
}

in the styles section

and

<div id="twitter">
<script src="http://widgets.twimg.com/j/1/widget.js"></script>
<link href="http://widgets.twimg.com/j/1/widget.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
<script>
new TWTR.Widget({
profile: true,
id: 'twtr-profile-widget',
loop: false,
width: 190,
height: 300,
theme: {
shell: {
background: '#3082af',
color: '#ffffff'
},
tweets: {
background: '#ffffff',
color: '#444444',
links: '#1985b5'
}
}
}).render().setProfile('slhappyhippo').start();
</script>
</div>

I added the
<div id="twitter">
and the
</div>

I thought that would put it in a 210px box with a red baclground, but I dont see any such box

If there is a better way to fix the Widget that is fine, but why did my attempt not get a box?

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Asked On: 2009-09-23 at 14:36:24ID24756686
Topic: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Participating Experts: 1
Points: 500
Comments: 11

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by: pavyPosted on 2009-09-23 at 22:34:37ID: 25410322

This isn't working because your "twitter" div is the container. All the divs inside of it have background colors set already. Try adding background colors directly to the existing divs of the Twitter widget.

I am able to change the color of the main div's background. See attached code.

Also, you cannot have a <link href="..." /> in the middle of your document as you do. It must be in the <head> of an X/HTML document.

#twtr-profile-widget .twtr-new-results, #twtr-profile-widget .twtr-results-inner, #twtr-profile-widget .twtr-timeline {
    background:#FF0000;
}

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by: singletonPosted on 2009-09-24 at 17:20:25ID: 25419229

Where should that go? In http://happyhippoeducation.com/ I put it at the top
<style type="text/css">
#twtr-profile-widget .twtr-new-results, #twtr-profile-widget .twtr-results-inner, #twtr-profile-widget .twtr-timeline {
background:#FF0000;
}
h1 { text-align: center;
}


</style><!--[if IE]>

And it did not have an effect. And that is what I was trying to do, put a container around the twitter code, to provide a separation beteen my background and the twitter widget. I also hoped to be able to put a margin or padding in my box to move the twitter widget ti the right a little (it is flush left in my sidebar

by: pavyPosted on 2009-09-24 at 19:35:53ID: 25419718

Ok, the problem is that the CSS controlling the widget is getting embedded further down in the document. Without seeing the source, I'm not completely sure how this is happening. But, this code is in there:

<script src="http://widgets.twimg.com/j/1/widget.js"></script>
<link href="http://widgets.twimg.com/j/1/widget.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
<script>
new TWTR.Widget({
profile: true,
id: 'twtr-profile-widget',
loop: false,
width: 190,
height: 300,
theme: {
shell: {
background: '#3082af',
color: '#ffffff'
},
tweets: {
background: '#ffffff',
color: '#444444',
links: '#1985b5'
}
}
}).render().setProfile('slhappyhippo').start();
</script>

You'll see the <link> that holds the CSS for the widget. I would recommend download that CSS file and putting it (hosting it) on your own site, and then remove the <link> from the widget embed. Then, you can modify the CSS all you want.

You can directly access the CSS (to download) here:
- http://widgets.twimg.com/j/1/widget.css

As long as you can remove the <link> that's part of the embed code, then you'll be good to go. I can be more specific if you post your source code, if what I've put here doesn't make sense.

by: singletonPosted on 2009-09-24 at 19:50:19ID: 25419761

It is very compressed css; I have got it in a someone readable position, but can you explain why what I tried did not work.

AFAIK I put a container around their widget. Why did their code not move if I moved my container, and if my container established a background, how did they reach past my container to the background under it?

by: pavyPosted on 2009-09-24 at 20:39:22ID: 25419882

Your container was underneath their containers, and their containers all have background colors set, so no colors you specify will show through. The other issue is, your CSS code is getting loaded before their CSS code. The last loaded CSS code takes priority. So, their CSS is getting loaded in the middle of the document, which overrides any CSS which is called in above. Since their CSS is minified, you may want to just include their CSS in the <head> of your page. Then underneath that, include the CSS to modify the containers they're using. You may want to use Firefox with the plugin Firebug to more easily explore the HTML that is being added to your page for the widget.

by: singletonPosted on 2009-09-25 at 07:18:37ID: 25423200

I realize they have background colors set. My problem is that my yellow background was showing through. If their background had prevailed over my yellow, I would have been happy. I was trying to put my container underneath theirs so that if there was some area they did not have a background color for, the background of my special container would have prevailed over my yellow background of the side nav bar.

by: pavyPosted on 2009-09-25 at 11:14:25ID: 25425623

Well, again, I think the best solution would be to just download their CSS and host it on your site, then you can modify the CSS all you want.

If you don't want the yellow to show through, why not just get rid of it?

The reason the yellow background is showing, is because you have the this set:
.twoColHybLtHdr #sidebar1 h3, .twoColHybLtHdr #sidebar1 p {
background-color:#FFFF33;
}

I don't see anything else on the page using this, so can you just remove it? Or, if you do need this set, then don't do it for all p and h3. Instead make a class for p and h3 that will set the background color when you need it.

Or, if you can host their widget.css file on your own site, you can add in a background color to the p's and h3's that are part of the widget, which will override the color you've set. The reason it's showing up is because you have a background color set for all p's and all h3's in the #sidebar div (which is in the .twoColHybLtHdr div).

by: singletonPosted on 2009-09-25 at 13:22:38ID: 25426901

I will do that, I am just trying to understand what happened first.

I set the background color for my sidebar, but how does that override what they did in their widget. Did they not set p and h3 background.

And when I put a container around their widget why did it not override the rest of my side bar and set up a special background color just for them.

If I want their widget to be centered in my side bar, or have a margin or padding pushing it away from the left edge do I have to do that in their css code? Is there something I could have done with my container around their code I failed to do that would have moved their widget to the right a little, and maybe set a background color for them.

by: pavyPosted on 2009-09-25 at 22:27:10ID: 25428849

The background color, no. They don't have one set on their p and h3, so that's why yours showed.

For positioning, it's hard to say without seeing the raw source. I don't know how that widget is being drawn in. I was able to edit the code live using Firebug and wrapping it in a div, I was able to apply padding to move it over. I would think this would work, if you wrap the proper items in a div, give the div a width, and then pad it as you wish.

by: singletonPosted on 2009-09-25 at 23:45:59ID: 25428994

But my wrapper had one. Maybe not for p and h3, but I thought it would override everything. I see now why my p and h3 overrode.

do you still have your wrapper?

by: pavyPosted on 2009-09-26 at 00:14:16ID: 25429058

Ok, take a look at this code. I just simply wrapped the empty div twtr-profile-widget inside a new div twitter_wrapper. Then apply CSS styles to the new wrapper div. Note that I did these styles inline, but you could add them to your stylesheet or in the head of the document.

<div class="twitter_wrapper" style="width:190px;padding:0 0 0 20px;">
	<div id="twtr-profile-widget"></div>
</div>
<script src="http://widgets.twimg.com/j/1/widget.js"></script>
<link href="http://widgets.twimg.com/j/1/widget.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">
<script>
new TWTR.Widget({
  profile: true,
  id: 'twtr-profile-widget',
  loop: false,
  width: 190,
  height: 300,
  theme: {
    shell: {
      background: '#3082af',
      color: '#ffffff'
    },
    tweets: {
      background: '#ffffff',
      color: '#444444',
      links: '#1985b5'
    }
  }
}).render().setProfile('slhappyhippo').start();
</script>

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