Image by Darren Barefoot
I’ve had a few questions recently about Twitter badges that I thought I’d try to answer here. If you’re new to Twitter badges – there is nothing special about them. A badge is just a picture — just like those images you put up of your scary cat. You could make your own Twitter badge if you wanted to. Like this one.
(Side note: If you really want people to click on something, make it ugly. Ugly is eye-catching. Kind of like a train wreck.)
Where to get Twitter badges
- If you heart Twitter (or other social media sites), you might like these.
- Try these if you like the tried, true, and trendy.
- These are good if you like glassy texture.
- If you want some animation on your badge, get these.
- If you’re into Web 2.0, these might trot your horse (hey, I’m running out of witty sayings, okay?).
- If you’re looking for something more like a business card, try a Twitter card
- Or seriously, make your own. It seems there’s not many really cool ones. Tell you what. I’ll make you one right now.
Download: Large (shown) | Medium (180px wide) | Small (120px wide)
There. Now that we’ve got that over with…
How to post your Twitter badge
This part is really easy. Or really hard, depending on who you’re talking to.
- Upload your badge to your server (or SmugMug or wherever you host your images)
- Copy the badge’s URL (web address where the image is located)
- If you’re in WordPress or any other blogging or content managing system, make sure you’re in HTML mode and not “Visual” mode.
- Insert the following code into your HTML:
<a href=”http://twitter.com/yourtwittername”><img src=”http://www.yourbadgeurl.com” /></a>
That’s it. Easy as pie. Right?
P.S. I’m upgrading to WordPress 2.7 today, so things might be wonky here for a while.
