The Montclair State Social Feed plugin provides a simple and efficient way for pages to display content from Twitter and Facebook.
Using the plugin gives us a couple of benefits over using the standard Twitter and Facebook widgets:
- Faster pages. Our server takes care of retrieving data from each feed and turning it into HTML – saving time and resources for users on mobile devices.
- Fault tolerance. Our server caches the data it retrieves, making it able to keep displaying feed data when the services have outages.
- Mobile compatibility. The feeds are output using our site’s native styles, making them much better at adapting to mobile devices than the standard Facebook and Twitter widgets.
- Accessibility. Since the browser only receives regular-old HTML in the end we can guarantee our social media feeds remain highly accessible for users with disabilities.
Montclair State on Twitter
Attributes
| Name | Possible Values | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| maxtweets | a number | No | How many tweets to show (up to 20) |
| user | text | Yes | Twitter username (without the @ sign) |
Code Sample
[twitterfeed user='montclairstateu' maxtweets='5' compact='false']
Montclair State Admissions on Facebook
Attributes
| Name | Possible Values | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| columns | a number | No | Default: 3 |
| maxitems | The maximum number of posts to show | No | If you have fewer than the max, it’ll display as much as is available. |
| pageid | A facebook Page ID | Yes | You can retrieve your page ID from your page’s About screen |
Code Sample
<h2>Montclair State Admissions on Facebook</h2> [facebookfeed pageid="129707890918" maxitems="6" columns="3"]