From 3a02e775bb4e6eb865267f0a1bf918e5101f7a3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 01:48:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add info about twitter cards..

---
 BLOG.md        | 9 +++++++++
 layout/base.j2 | 1 +
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/BLOG.md b/BLOG.md
index 0eaa271..1b0abb4 100644
--- a/BLOG.md
+++ b/BLOG.md
@@ -29,3 +29,12 @@ parent level via:
   some lines
   ````
 ```
+
+If you want to check twitter cards, use the url: https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator
+
+The following additional meta data maybe added:
+twittertitle: Use this instead of title
+image: URL of an image to show along with the post
+imagealt: Alt text for the image
+
+[twitter card reference](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-for-websites/cards/overview/markup)
diff --git a/layout/base.j2 b/layout/base.j2
index f612556..36461a5 100644
--- a/layout/base.j2
+++ b/layout/base.j2
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 {% endif %}
 <meta property="og:description" content="{{ resource.meta.description }}" />
 {% if resource.meta.image %} <meta property="og:image" content="{{ resource.meta.image }}" />{% endif %}
+{% if site.context.tweet_via %} <meta property="twitter:site:id" content="{{ site.context.tweet_via }}" /> {% endif %}
 {% if resource.meta.imagealt %} <meta name="twitter:image:alt" content="{{ resource.meta.imagealt }}" />{% endif %}
 {% if resource.meta.twitterlabel1 %} <meta name="twitter:label1" content="{{ resource.meta.twitterlabel1 }}" />{% endif %}
 {% if resource.meta.twitterlabel2 %} <meta name="twitter:label2" content="{{ resource.meta.twitterlabel2 }}" />{% endif %}