Social media sites have helped boost one’s website so placing them in your website is very essential. Nowadays, various sites have embedded these social networking sites on its place and definitely put its mark as one of the most important prerequisite to gain more audience.

One of the social media sites that are very important to include is Twitter. By now, most of you know how it works, but for starters, Twitter allows you to have great interaction with your followers especially with the use of hashtags, etc. Twitter has its own default widget which you can use and easy to embed the feeds, however, this featured tutorial will guide you on how to create your own and enable it to incorporate in your site absolutely.

Daniel Pataki of Smashing Magazine teaches you how to make a Twitter widget that can be added to your site’s widgetized sidebar. It will show the user’s details on top and latest items from his/her feed.

Since you will be making a customized widget, you have the authority to control the elements to be shown. But make sure to read Twitter’s Developer Display Requirements as noted by Pataki so you will know what is needed to be displayed. Follow these requirements or you might run the risk of having your account ID being banned. Getting banned means your widget will not show your tweets.

Now to get started, check out web developer Daniel Pataki’s awesome tutorial here.