Tweet this topic

Requested by andrew55 in this topic, this snippet allows you to tweet this topic. If you are not logged in when you click the link, simply log in and you will be redirected with the tweet still in tact.

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viewtopic.php
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    // Send vars to template  

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    $hashtag        = ' #phpBB #6StringMODs'; 

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       'WARN_IMG'         => $user->img('icon_user_warn', 'WARN_USER'),

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       'TWEET_TOPIC'      => urlencode('Read This: ') . generate_board_url() . "/viewtopic.$phpEx?f=$forum_id%26t=$topic_id" . htmlspecialchars(urlencode($hashtag)),

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language/en/viewtopic.php
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       'SUBMIT_VOTE'         => 'Submit vote',

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       'TWEET_TOPIC'         => 'Tweet this topic',

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styles/prosilver/template/viewtopic_body.html
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    </h2>

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     <span class="tweet-link"><a href="http://twitter.com/home?status={TWEET_TOPIC}" class="tweet-link" title="{L_TWEET_TOPIC}"></a></span>

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styles/prosilver/theme/colours.css
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    a.right:hover {
       color: #5E7BAA;
    }

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    .tweet-link a {
       float: left;
       background-image: url("{T_THEME_PATH}/images/twitter-logo.png");
       padding-left:18px;
       height: 18px;
       background-repeat: no-repeat;
       position: absolute;
    }

Place this image in your ./styles/STYLE_NAME/theme/images/ folder