Twitter (X) SmartBlocks include a real-time image of your selected feed in your emails or on your website. Readers can click-through directly from the SmartBlock. For example, you might want to include your feed in your email signature.
Learn more in 5 Ideas for using dynamic content in your email signature (blog).
Setup
Go to Content > SmartBlocks.
Select the Twitter tab.
Select CREATE SMARTBLOCK.
Hover over the layout you want for your SmartBlock, then select CREATE.
Configure properties
Once you have created your SmartBlock, you can select the Properties tab to configure it.
Enter a name for your SmartBlock.
Optionally, add tags to group this SmartBlock with others of your choice.
For SmartBlock management and reporting purposes.Enter the ID for the feed you want to show, for example, BBCNews.
Enter the number of posts you want the SmartBlock to display.
Optionally, enter a hashtag to filter posts displayed to only those using the specified hashtag.
This only applies to posts from the feed ID you have set, not all posts with the hashtag.Select the check boxes to choose whether to display Title, Images and Retweets.
Expand the URLs in Tweets drop-down menu and select how you want to display URLs in your SmartBlock:
No URLs
Short (t.co) URLs
Original URLs
Optionally, if you have selected to show Title, enter the title you want to display.
Leave blank to display the account name as the title.Enter a redirect URL for when a visitor clicks on the feed.
Leave blank to default to the Twitter (X) account page.Enter the UTM tags —
utm_source
,utm_campaign
andutm_medium
— you want to use to track clicks on this SmartBlock.Enter any merge parameters that you want to allow in the Slot query string.
Once you’re happy with the configuration of your SmartBlock, select:
PUBLISH AND EXIT
To save your changes and exit to the SmartBlocks page.PUBLISH AND USE
To save your changes and be directed to the Use page for the SmartBlock.PUBLISH
To save your changes and continue editing.