How-To: Custom Twitter Badge with URL replacement

So I am in the process of setting up my blog and wanted my Twitter badge displayed. Simple right?

Not quite… The problem is that you cant really customize it and it’s URLs aren’t clickable links. On top of that, I use a huge font for my badge so it doesn’t handle wrapping very well. Even a tinyurl would burst out of the boundaries of my Twitter box.

How to fix this? [Read more]