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The AutoTweet product series posts title, text, images and url for new/edited Joomla articles, forum posts etc. automatically as status messages to Twitter, Facebook, E-Mail accounts and other social channels. All AutoTweet extensions are under GPLv2 or later and there is a free and a pro version.

The Pro version and all plugins are available on a subscription base. Additional information about the subscription and how you can get the Pro version you will find here. The free version is limited in some points (see chapter "Restrictions/Limitations of the free version" in this document). Also not all plugins are available for free.

Features

• All plugins are customizable: account, category/section to post for, link position, show section/category, post for modified articles, exclude sections/categories, use title or text for message, additional static text, hashtags, usage of metakey information and much more.
• Automatic support for short URLs. Supported short url service providers: is.gd, tinyurl.com, bit.ly (also with bit.ly Pro and custom short domain), Yourls (use your own url shortener).
• Works with most SEF extensions. Tested with: sh404sef, JoomSEF, AceSEF and - of course - Joomla! embedded SEF support.
• Automatic message resending: AutoTweet NG resends the status message automatically if there is an error on api/server side.
• AutoTweet NG posts also later published or republished articles.
• AutoTweet NG comes with a backend component. The component logs all posted messages and you can manage and resend the messages in the components backend.
• AutoTweet NG supports articles with present publish date. (This articles are posted automatically when published by Joomla.)
• Autopublish feature: AutoTweet has an autopublish feature. For each channel and plugin you can select if the messages should be autopublished or approved before sending.
• Multichannel architecture: You can add new channels and so you can post to multiple Twitter, Facebook, Mail accounts etc. Also you can post to a Facebook profile, page, group or event for the same account. With the rules engine you can select channels to post for by category, author or text terms (post article from cat 1/term 1 to twitter, cat 2/term 2 to facebook, ...).
• Use your own app/api key to show your own branding instead the AutoTweet logo/text: You can use your own app/api key instead the AutoTweet standard app (works for Twitter and Facebook).
• Support for cron jobs: Post your messages by a cronjob and avoid performance issues on your site (especially when you post to many channels or/and there is a high volume of posts).
• Support for multi language sites (AutoTweet can handle most situations with multi language sites).
• Support for direct messages: Enter a message manually in AutoTweet backend and post it directly to the selected channels.

AutoTweet NG works now hand in hand with Feed Gator feed aggregator/article generator v 2.3+. See here for more information about the AutoTweet Feed Gator integration.

Restrictions/Limitations of the free version

• Channels are limited to 2 channels. So you can create 2 channles only.
• Only Twitter and Facebook are supported. No support for other channels.
• No support for "Use own App/API"-Feature.
• No support for Yourls.
• No cronjob support.
• No support for direct messages.
• Only the Content-Extension plugin is available for free (All other plugins are included in the subscription for the Pro version).

Additional information you will find in the documentation and the FAQ. Please have also a look in the support forum and the bugtracker.

Requirements

• PHP 5 (PHP 5.2+ is recommended)
• PHP cURL support (with ssl extension for https)
• Joomla 1.5.4+, Joomla 1.6, Joomla 1.7, Joomla 2.5
• MySQL 4.1.2+ (MySQL 5 recommended)
• PHP JSON extension (bundled and compiled into PHP sine PHP 5.2)
• For AutoTweet Cron mode and Unicode-based encodings: PHP mbstring extension (non-default extension)

If you use AutoTweet NG, please post a rating and a review at the Joomla! Extensions Directory.