azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins: Add Twitter Cards

ClassicPress PluginsThis is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins series which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

The plugin I am going to cover in this post, is a brand new one written specially for ClassicPress; Add Twitter Cards.

Functionality

Use Add Twitter Cards to attach rich photos to Tweets, helping to drive traffic to your website.

Options allow:

  • Card Types of Summary or Summary With Images.
  • Excerpt or first 200 characters of post added to card.
  • Thumbnail or first post image will be added to card.
  • Integrate with [Floating Featured Images](https:/development.azurecurve.co.uk/classicpress-plugins/floating-featured-image/) for card image.

Demo

You can see this plugin in action by Tweeting this, or any other post, using the available sharing buttons.

Download

The plugin can be downloaded via my Development site.

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How to Add a Dependency to a Windows Service

Windows ServerWhile I was blogging about implementing SmartConnect, I mentioned that the service account should be either set as delayed start or have a dependency added.

The former option, making it delayed start, can be done through the Services control panel applet, you can’t add a dependency this way. Instead the dependency can be added via a command.

The service can be changed by using the sc.exe which is a component of Windows. To use the command we need to know the Service name of both the service we want to add the dependency to and also the service name of the service it will be dependent on.

In my example, I am adding a dependency to the eOne SmartConnect Service; to find the Service name, open Services from the Control Panel, rich-click the service and locate the Service name:

eOne SmartConnect Service Properties

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