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Twitter share box url parameter won't show up

I'm trying to dynamically generate my own custom tweet button using this line of php.

echo "<li><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"javascript:
popitup('https://twitter.com/share?text=Check%20out%20{$items[$i]
['name']}%20at%20&url=cmplt.st/item/{$items[$i]
['item_id']}&via=cmpltst&counturl=completeset.us/items/{$items[$i]['item_id']}')\"
class=\"twitter\">T</a></li>";

The problem is that the URL parameter isn't showing up in the share box. I'm trying to get the share box to display Check out {item name} at cmplt.st/item/{item'item_id} where cmplt.st/item/{item'item_id} links to completeset.us/items/{item_id}, but it only displays Check out {item name} at. How can I get the url to actually show up in the tweet?

EDIT:

Here's the popitup function. All it does it pop up the share box in a separate window.

//Function to pop up a new window
function popitup(url) {
   newwindow=window.open(url,'name','height=300,width=500');
   if (window.focus) {newwindow.focus()}
   return false;
}
Solution

  • The problem with the URL not showing up was simply that I didn't have an http:// on the front. For some reason Twitter despises naked domains. I believe that the code they use to parse URLs doesn't recognize addresses that don't have http(s):// on the front. I've found that whenever I'm having a problem with twitter, checking the URLs is a good place to start.