This is an addendum to raincoaster's operation global media domination. I never saw the value in these, since i already have my own del.icio.us button in my browser. but she says they drive 10% of her traffic, so I guess I'm not most people. Here are the icons for the various social bookmarking sites:
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they're all hosted on wordpress.com, so you can use them 'as-is' if your blog is hosted on wordpress.com. if you're running wordpress on your own host, I highly recommend alex king's share this plugin, or the sociable plugin. (in fact, i grabbed the icons from these plugins). If you're not running wordpress, you must not be cool, and therefore, I cannot help you. 
First thing, you'll want to grab the code. it's in this text file:
Social Bookmarking Template
Next, publish your post. Then open up the template in a text editor (Notepad on windows, textedit on mac). You'll want to go to Edit > Replace (or Find and Replace), and replace any instances of xURIx with the address of your post (this is why you had to publish it first).
Now do the same thing, and replace xTITLEx with the title of your post. You'll want to put + signs in place of spaces, though (e.g. social+bookmarks+on+wordpress.com) so that the links work. After that, select everything and copy it.
Now go back to your post and edit it. if you're using the rich text editor, you'll need to switch over to the (scary) code tab. paste all this at the end of your post.
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That makes total sense. Thank you, I’ll start doing it this way from tomorrow onward.
That makes total sense. Thank you, I’ll start doing it this way from tomorrow onward.
on the original post by I placed code that helps automate the process slightly using a bookmark, you may find it helps rather then find an replace process.
http://raincoaster.com/2006/11/27/operation-glo…
and if you want to know what it looks like in action scroll down to the bottom
http://ventureskills.wordpress.com/2006/11/24/f…
By the way the Like what you see links are generated the same way, but using a php script on my computer to create random links.
doh hit enter by mistake…
To add to the above, I do see slight traffic increase with the buttons though it is very slight, however the Like what you see and other article links seem to work very well to keep people on the Blog rather then bouncing.
on the original post by I placed code that helps automate the process slightly using a bookmark, you may find it helps rather then find an replace process.
http://raincoaster.com/2006/11/27/operation-global-media-domination-social-bookmarks#comment-27937
and if you want to know what it looks like in action scroll down to the bottom
http://ventureskills.wordpress.com/2006/11/24/friday-roundup-bug-hunting-ajax-and-gender-checking/
By the way the Like what you see links are generated the same way, but using a php script on my computer to create random links.
doh hit enter by mistake…
To add to the above, I do see slight traffic increase with the buttons though it is very slight, however the Like what you see and other article links seem to work very well to keep people on the Blog rather then bouncing.
that’s definately a more automatic way of doing it. of course, it’s nearly impossible to explain here, because you can’t just post the bookmarklet.
however, there are tons of bookmarklet tutorials, because they’re not specific to wordpress.com. i’m not sure why, but bookmarklets seem to be a geek level above copying/pasting. as a level 7 geek, i find that strange, but i can vaguely remember being scared by the things.
that’s definately a more automatic way of doing it. of course, it’s nearly impossible to explain here, because you can’t just post the bookmarklet.
however, there are tons of bookmarklet tutorials, because they’re not specific to wordpress.com. i’m not sure why, but bookmarklets seem to be a geek level above copying/pasting. as a level 7 geek, i find that strange, but i can vaguely remember being scared by the things.
Okay, after saying ages ago I would use this, I’ve finally gotten around to saving the template in a proper format for me. My copy of Notepad won’t do Replace.
Okay, after saying ages ago I would use this, I’ve finally gotten around to saving the template in a proper format for me. My copy of Notepad won’t do Replace.
that’s totally weird, i didn’t know that was possible. you could also use notepad plus, which also highlights the html.
that’s totally weird, i didn’t know that was possible. you could also use notepad plus, which also highlights the html.
Works like a dream, and brought me about 100 extra readers since I started using your graphic buttons yesterday. Definitely worth it, thanks so much!
Works like a dream, and brought me about 100 extra readers since I started using your graphic buttons yesterday. Definitely worth it, thanks so much!
well, considering that the only one to ever bring me that many hits has been stumbelupon, and that only happened once, i think you’re going to have to take more credit for your own popularity
well, considering that the only one to ever bring me that many hits has been stumbelupon, and that only happened once, i think you’re going to have to take more credit for your own popularity
I have created a very simple autohotkey script using this template (THANKS) at
http://mamado.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/adding-s…
I have created a very simple autohotkey script using this template (THANKS) at
http://mamado.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/adding-social-networks-buttons-to-wordpresscom-posts/
http://socialposter.com – social bookmarking services and community websites submitter
http://socialposter.com – social bookmarking services and community websites submitter
thanks, dan and mamado. that seems pretty easily usable to me, although with all bookmarklets, i’m a little too tech-savvy to be a good example.
thanks, dan and mamado. that seems pretty easily usable to me, although with all bookmarklets, i’m a little too tech-savvy to be a good example.
Thanks for this. It worked a treat.
Thanks for this. It worked a treat.
You’re brilliant, Adam. Now that I’ve done the domain mapping, the next step will be self-hosting. I’d love to hire you to design my blog when the time comes. Thanks for sharing this!
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You’re brilliant, Adam. Now that I’ve done the domain mapping, the next step will be self-hosting. I’d love to hire you to design my blog when the time comes. Thanks for sharing this!
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thanks for the great tip! i have always been wondering how to add those pesky buttons for social bookmarking on my blog. cheers!
thanks for the great tip! i have always been wondering how to add those pesky buttons for social bookmarking on my blog. cheers!
I didn’t understand this part of your post. Can you elaborate please?
Then open up the template in a text editor (Notepad on windows, textedit on mac). You’ll want to go to Edit > Replace (or Find and Replace), and replace any instances of xURIx with the address of your post (this is why you had to publish it first).
I am running my blog on wordpress.com and thus I dont know how I am suposed to open up my template and edit it. Please help.
don’t open your template, open the “Social Bookmarking Template” i linked in the post.
I didn’t understand this part of your post. Can you elaborate please?
Then open up the template in a text editor (Notepad on windows, textedit on mac). You’ll want to go to Edit > Replace (or Find and Replace), and replace any instances of xURIx with the address of your post (this is why you had to publish it first).
I am running my blog on wordpress.com and thus I dont know how I am suposed to open up my template and edit it. Please help.
don’t open your template, open the “Social Bookmarking Template” i linked in the post.
Awesomeness!
I nearly went bonkers trying to figure out how to do all this, and here you have explained in nicely. Just brilliant…
Awesomeness!
I nearly went bonkers trying to figure out how to do all this, and here you have explained in nicely. Just brilliant…
Hmm.. This looks simple enough, but I can’t seem to get it to work. I’ve tried twice and both times the buttons have displayed in two seperate lines with a line of code between the first button and the second. A bit of a mess, really. I must be doing something wrong…. Also I tried the auto “replace” in both Notepad and NoteTab Light and both of them claimed to find no such thing as xURIx .. So I just replaced all the code manually as instructed, but it didn’t work properly both times. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated..
Thanks…
Hmm.. This looks simple enough, but I can’t seem to get it to work. I’ve tried twice and both times the buttons have displayed in two seperate lines with a line of code between the first button and the second. A bit of a mess, really. I must be doing something wrong…. Also I tried the auto “replace” in both Notepad and NoteTab Light and both of them claimed to find no such thing as xURIx .. So I just replaced all the code manually as instructed, but it didn’t work properly both times. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated..
Thanks…
Vanessa – make sure you paste the code into the code tab of the editor.
As far as the find and replace, I don’t know why you’re having trouble. make sure you don’t have any spaces after it? it’s easiest to just copy the first instance of xURIx to your find+replace dialog.
Vanessa – make sure you paste the code into the code tab of the editor.
As far as the find and replace, I don’t know why you’re having trouble. make sure you don’t have any spaces after it? it’s easiest to just copy the first instance of xURIx to your find+replace dialog.
Seriously works like a dream (and easy enough even for me). Thank you!
Seriously works like a dream (and easy enough even for me). Thank you!
Dude. you just saved me hours of headache and frustration. Thank you.
Dude. you just saved me hours of headache and frustration. Thank you.
Hey man used the codes you have on here and created them using the target=”_blank” command…have a look they open in a new window and after bookmarking the blog the new window closes
You saved me loads of headache by getting those codes…Kudos. Social Bookmarking for WordPress in a new window
Hey man used the codes you have on here and created them using the target=”_blank” command…have a look they open in a new window and after bookmarking the blog the new window closes
You saved me loads of headache by getting those codes…Kudos. Social Bookmarking for WordPress in a new window
Hi, I was interested to see that the code produced different results on my two blogs – must be the theme
See here:
http://passingenglish.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/…
And here:
http://paintingsbygina.wordpress.com/2008/01/23…
One got icons, one got words. Also the first time I pressed save on the Paintings blog it didn’t work, it just published the code. I did it again and all was well. Hope this helps someone else
Hi, I was interested to see that the code produced different results on my two blogs – must be the theme
See here:
http://passingenglish.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/the-worlds-dictionary/
And here:
http://paintingsbygina.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/portrait-of-two-teds/
One got icons, one got words. Also the first time I pressed save on the Paintings blog it didn’t work, it just published the code. I did it again and all was well. Hope this helps someone else
Gina – I would try redoing the “portraits of ted” one. if you look at the image locations, they’re pretty messed up.
Gina – I would try redoing the “portraits of ted” one. if you look at the image locations, they’re pretty messed up.
Thanks Adam…I nearly freaked when I saw your post – in my sleepy state I thought you meant the image in the post (Hexcuse ME!!! – I just have redone that drawing thanks! LOL) Was just popping back in to say that the system has been working fine for me since that first attempt, yes I will re-do it (when I get back from a trip). Best wishes. It’s very nice that you offer this help.
Thanks Adam…I nearly freaked when I saw your post – in my sleepy state I thought you meant the image in the post (Hexcuse ME!!! – I just have redone that drawing thanks! LOL) Was just popping back in to say that the system has been working fine for me since that first attempt, yes I will re-do it (when I get back from a trip). Best wishes. It’s very nice that you offer this help.
Hey, thanks for the help. Any way you can update the code to add a button for Facebook as well? Thanks
in general, i’m not maintaining this, since i don’t recommend blogging on wordpress.com at all. but facebook is new since i posted this, and relatively valuable. so it’s been added to the template.
Thanks a ton for the update!
Although I don’t think of myself as an idiot, clearly when it comes to this stuff — I’m an idiot. I have tried and tried to make this work, but still no luck. What’s most discouraging is reading the comments of others saying how easy it is, “thank you!”… I would LOVE to be one of those people but it’s just not in the cards right now.
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