{"id":1177,"date":"2017-09-25T21:40:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T21:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2017-09-25T21:40:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T21:40:44","slug":"how-to-set-up-twitter-notifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/2017\/09\/25\/how-to-set-up-twitter-notifications\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set up Twitter notifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter can be used to receive instant AuroraWatch UK alerts. In the following we describe the steps to get the Twitter alerts set-up on your phone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> If you don&#8217;t have one already, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/signup?lang=en\">create a Twitter account<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Download the Twitter app to your smartphone and log in to your account.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.twitter.android&amp;hl=en_GB\">Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/twitter\/id333903271?mt=8\">iOS (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twitter is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/20175375#\">other devices<\/a> (including Windows Phone and Blackberry) but push notification support is &#8220;sketchy&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aurorawatchuk\">AuroraWatch UK Twitter page<\/a> or search for AuroraWatch UK in your app. We&#8217;re the verified account with the tick mark next to it.<br \/>\n<strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Follow the AuroraWatch UK account.<br \/>\n<strong>Step 5a:<\/strong> If setting up notifications via the web, click on the three vertical dots and then click to Turn on mobile notifications<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1186\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/2017\/09\/25\/how-to-set-up-twitter-notifications\/twitter_screenshot\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/09\/twitter_screenshot.png?fit=941%2C634\" data-orig-size=\"941,634\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"twitter_screenshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/09\/twitter_screenshot.png?fit=700%2C472\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1186\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/09\/twitter_screenshot.png?resize=700%2C472\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/09\/twitter_screenshot.png?w=941 941w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/09\/twitter_screenshot.png?resize=300%2C202 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/09\/twitter_screenshot.png?resize=768%2C517 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Step 5b:<\/strong> Click <a href=\"https:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/20169887#iOS\">here for more instructions<\/a> if setting up notifications on iOS, and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/20169887#Android\">click here for more instructions<\/a> if setting up on Android.<\/p>\n<p>Some mobile networks will also support receiving Twitter notifications as SMS text messages. You will need to link your mobile number to your Twitter account. <a href=\"https:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/20169920#\">More information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter can be used to receive instant AuroraWatch UK alerts. In the following we describe the steps to get the Twitter alerts set-up on your phone. Step 1: If you don&#8217;t have one already, create a Twitter account. Step 2: Download the Twitter app to your smartphone and log in to your account. 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