Dare To Think Different!

Creativity has always been the reason behind every invention & innovation that leads mankind to greater lengths of civilization since the dawn of time. Inspired to explore the universe that is within us, even in the modern technological day, captivates a great mind to excel in what he or she creates; which is termed gifted by many. The electronic media has provided an all together different play ground for these avant-garde artists striving to leave a mark with what they create.

In early days of the internet not much visual creativity was required to lure in visitors as it was information driven industry. The web has come a long way since its birth and now it’s at a point where technological excellence and creative brilliance have merged collectively to craft a launching pad for further breakthroughs in the field and challenge the creative aspect of designers. Currently, Web 2.0 allows the designers to use various tools that significantly accelerate the whole user experience. Creative Web Design can never accomplish what is required of it, if they cannot ensure its smooth functionality for the purpose it was built for on the first place which enables the visitor to use it without giving it a second thought.
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Unless you have been hiding under a rock you will have already or will have plans to enter the twitterverse. If you are using Wordpress then there is good news as there are plenty of tools to help you promote your twitter profile, manage your tweets and generally promote your tweetdom in a bid to gain more followers.

In fact if you search the Wordpress Plugin archive you will find there are over 200 plugins listed that are Twitter related. It would take you several days to review them all. I know because I have done it, thereby saving you the time and effort.

This article is a round-up of the best of the best Twitter Plugins and Widgets for Wordpress. Anyone with a Wordpress blog and a Twitter account will want to use at least one of these applications to enhance your Twitter profile on your blog. I have tested all these widgets and know them to work with the current version of Wordpress.

Twitter friendly Posts

The plugin creates a shorter link for every blog post, so instead of having:
http://webdesignlessons.com/wordpress/plugins/twitter-friendly-links/ you can use http://webdesignlessons.com/554
This will not replace your original URL’s but will provide you aditional new URL’s that you can use. When you publish a post you will be presented with a new option in the Edit Post page in your Wordpress backend. That is “Tweet this Post” This abbreviates your headline and appends your short URL and allows it to post it as a tweet.
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