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Presently now supports Twitter's OAuth Authentication protocol

Posted by Bhavik Shah on July 23, 2010

Presently users can now use Twitter's OAuth authentication protocol to connect their Presently account with Twitter.

  1. To connect Presently and Twitter using the Twitter's OAuth authentication protocol:
    • Login to your Presently account
    • Go to the Settings page, and click on the Twitter tab.
    • Click the "Sign in with Twitter" button and you will be redirected to Twitter's server for authentication. After you allow Presently access, you will be redirected back to your Presently accounts page.
    • You will see a flash message saying that you have successfully connected to Twitter
  2. To setup the ability to post updates from Twitter directly to your Presently account:
    • Once you connect Presently to Twitter as described above, you will see the following message in you Settings page inside the Twitter tab: "Do you want to post updates to Intridea's Presently Network from your Twitter stream?"
    • You can select:
      • Pull all the updates from my Twitter stream.
      • Pull only updates that contain the #prly hashtag.

Thats it! Go back to your Presently page, and use "t!" command to cross post to the Twitter account you connected. For example: type, "t! Updating my Twitter account from my Presently account!".

To post status updates from Twitter to Presently just update your Twitter status from any Twitter client and use the #prly hastag (if you have set it up using the 2nd option above). For example: type following in your Twitter client: "Updating my Twitter and Presently accounts! #prly"

Happy updating! And as always, we can be reached for any questions.

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Announcing Custom Domain Names for your Presently Microblog

Posted by Bhavik Shah on July 13, 2010

Custom domains allow you to host your Presently application with a URL such as "social.companyname.com" instead of using "companyname.presently.com". This service is free for all accounts on Presently! Here are instructions on how to setup your own custom domain name for your Presently account.

Steps:

  • In your DNS Console, go to Settings
  • Add a new CNAME Record
  • For Host Name, put in the label you wish. We have put "blog" in this example.
  • For Points To host name, put your Presently account url, e.g. youraccount.presently.com
  • For Host Type, select CNAME (Alias)
  • Log in to your Presently account as the admin user
  • Go to account setting panel and put your custom domain in the "Custom Domain" field and save.

Thats it! Now, try going to your microblog account you set up: "social.companyname.com" and you will see your Present.ly microblog. Users going to your company's Presently website "companyname.presently.com" will be redirected to "social.companyname.com". Please contact us if you have any questions about this process!

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