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New Feature: Show users league position

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:22:21 +0000

This is just a small update to say that I have implemented a couple of changed including the new feature shown in the title.

Firstly I have made the XHTML generated by the embed code fully compliant and accessible (once the javascript is printed).

The new feature allows you show the position of the user in the league table. To do this there is now a new option on the “Edit League” screen (shown below). All you need to do is check the new box and update the leagues details.

Once you have done that the league will have an extra column with the users position.

Let me know what you think.

Ollie

PS Thanks to @dorsetforyou for asking me to add the new positions option into the league settings

TwitterLeague does not store Twitter usernames or passwords

admin — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:40:09 +0000

After all the confusion about sites storing Twitter usernames and passwords and using them maliciously (twply specifically). I thought I would show proof that TwitterLeague does not store usernames or passwords. I literally give your username and password to the Twitter API to confirm that you are who you say you are at the login stage, then they are then never used again (until you login next). I don’t even store usernames, literally just your user ID which is a unique number Twitter (and TwitterLeague) uses.

To prove it I have a screenshot of the first few records from the TwitterLeague database:

I know that people still get concerned and this isn’t trying to convince you I just wanted to keep all my work open and honest. If you have any questions please contact me and I will help.

Thanks

Ollie

Out of beta!

admin — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:37:55 +0000

TwitterLeague has been tested enough and fixed a few bugs so now you don’t need an invite code. Just enter your Twitter credentials to signup/login. Then create your leagues.

If you have no idea what TwitterLeague is then please read the TechCrunch article that was written about me and the application itself. Then just visit TwitterLeague.com and create a league! An example TwitterLeague is below:

Please check it out and let me know what you think by commenting below

Invites disappearing soon!

admin — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:55:43 +0000

This is just a note to show that the invite code system will soon be disappearing and the site will be open to all. This means that all you need to sign up with is a Twitter account.

Let me know what you think!

Ollie

twitter.com/ollieparsley

TwitterLeague is a top creative Twitter creation!

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:26:07 +0000

Ok that might be a little misleading. But according to Paddy Donnelly TwitterLeague is in the top 25 Twitter creations. Which I thinks is great that someone uses Twitter and has spread the word about the service. Plus being in the same list as other great apps like Twitteriffic, Qwitter and TwitPic is awesome.

Please have a look at the article and let me know what you think by commenting below.

Olliw

Follower Count Updates Fixed

admin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:06:58 +0000

The cron job that updates the follower counts of all users in TwitterLeagues has been fixed. The hosting company has fixed the problem with the cron job. The error wasn’t my code, onstead it was something on their system.

So all updates are working again. If you notice any problems using the contact form.

Follower count update problems

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:10:15 +0000

The hosting company that TwitterLeague is hosted with is having some problems with the cron job that runs every hour to update the follower counts for the leagues.

I will be changing hosting company in the next week or so and the updates should be restored. Until then I have to run the updates manually.

Sorry for any inconvenience. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me using the contact form.

Add TwitterLeagues to iGoogle

admin — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:01:03 +0000

On top of the WordPress plugin announced earlier there is now the option to all any TwitterLeague to your iGoogle page with the click of a couple of button. Just follow these instructions.

Create a TwitterLeague, or find a league you want to put on your blog
Clicke on “view” in your account, or the “view league” page for any TwitterLeague
Click the add to iGoogle button

There are still some other plugins in the pipeline. But again, if you have any suggestions please let me know by using the contact form.

WordPress Plugin 0.1

admin — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:28:15 +0000

If you were struggling to add a TwitterLeague to your WordPress blog then you can now download the WordPress plugin for self-hosted WordPress blogs. An example of this in use is on the right side of this page.

Check it out at the new Plugins section on the main site.

There are more plugins for different services on the way!

Twitter API whitelisting approval

admin — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:07:07 +0000

A week after applying to Twitter to add TwitterLeague to their whitelist it has been approved.

The problem that occurred with the login script was that it sends your username and password to Twitter to check them and then send us a true or false value back. Twitter only allows 100 of these requests per hour and TwitterLeague kept going over this limit.

Twitter API whitelisting alls you to make a lot more requests and this is what I was waiting on. So now all the follower counts will be updated every 60 minutes.

If you have any questions about this process please post a comment below.