Registering Your Twitter Account with IRM Newsroom

Twitter is one of the distribution channels set up in Newsroom to post your announcements via social media.
All you need to do is connect your Twitter account to Newsroom for a seamless process, as detailed in the instructions below.

To register your Twitter account with IRM Newsroom, navigate to the "Settings" option under the "IRM Newsroom" module in HQi.

On the right-hand side you will see the below options:

To register your Twitter account please select “LOG IN WITH TWITTER (AUTH 1.0A) AND LOG IN WITH TWITTER (AUTH 2.0)” under the Twitter logo.

1. one is to enable image posts (LOG IN WITH TWITTER (AUTH 1.0A))
2. the other one is to allow text posts. LOG IN WITH TWITTER (AUTH 2.0)

Note: We would like to bring to your attention an important update regarding Twitter’s recent policy change. Twitter has made adjustments to its token expiry time, reducing it from 90 days to 2 hours. This means that our app users will now have to log in to their Twitter account more frequently to post content.

Next, you will be asked to log into your Twitter account via the following screen. Enter your details and select the "Authorise app" button to continue.

After logging in successfully, you will see the following screen. Notice that the red cross under the Twitter logo has turned into a green check mark.

To enable Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin on Newsroom Distribution Channels, follow the steps below:

Under "IRM Newsroom," tap the "Distribution Channels" tab from the HQi menu.
 

Tap the main heading under "Type" for the announcement group you would like to set up or amend.
 

Using the "Website", "Email", "Facebook", "LinkedIn" and "Twitter" tabs, you'll be able to select which channel you would like to change the settings for.

Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter: Here you can toggle between sharing the announcement to the various social media networks.

You can tick the button next to "Yes" or "No" for each of the social networks on each of their specific tabs.
 

To save changes, hit the "Save" button.

To check the approval process and where you have appointed each of your announcements to be released, you can return to the "Distribution Channels" main page.