Post update: 07 July, 2010
You can add the “Share on Facebook” button in a wordpress.com blog post in an even simpler method than the one described in this post.
Read the following tutorial:
How to add a “Share on Facebook” button in a wordpress.com blog post in ONE click
FACEBOOK is one of the most hip and happening social networking sites out there. If you are a blogger and if you are serious about blog promotion, then sharing your posts in Facebook is a good idea. So how do we offer “Share on Facebook” under blog posts?
That’s easy (provided you use Firefox). And the solution will work for any blogging platform (and even wordpress.com) that will allow you to paste a bit of Html code.
Ready for the tutorial? Good! You will need to click on the following link.
Share on Facebook bookmarklet for wordpress.com and grab the “Share on Facebook” bookmarklet.
Now…
- View a published post in Firefox. Make sure you see the permalink of the post in the adress bar, and not the blog url.
- Now click the Share on Facebook bookmarklet. A new url will be generated in the address bar. This is the url that you will need.
- Copy the url from the address bar. (The url automatically turns into the “log-in” url of Facebook, which is useless for this project and so please log in to your Facebook account before pressing the bookmarklet!)
- Go to the admin area of your blog post and link the url to a Facebook icon or the words “Share on Facebook”.
- Save changes and view the post.
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you dont seem to have a facebook account?
anyway this is another great tip!
Just loved your site and yes selecting the best from your posts is tough!
I do have a Facebook account.
A very late thank you for visiting my site!
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I visited the diy forums (see the trackback just above) and figured that the solutions provided are completely unsuitable for wordpress-dot-com users, since they don’t have access to php files. The solution provided in this post is the only solution I know of that works for wordpresscom. It is not at all complicated once you get the hang of it.
what is notepad?
Wow,
I have a doctor in my blog!
Well, a notepad is a simple text editor for windows. Are you using windows? If yes, I will continue. If not, please specify which operating system you use and I will continue accordingly.
good info , tx !
Thanks!
Can you help me?
It’s doesn’t work :S
I fixed it (:
I am glad you made it!
The Word document linked to in the instructions crashed my browser on opening. I guess the coding in the document was understood by Avast! as a threat and it shut down the downloader – and firefox as well. Caveat emptor.
Perlita labs has a code maker that makes the code for each page. You just paste the code into the page itself, and bingo!
http://www.perlitalabs.com/Social_Bookmark_Builder_1_2/Link_Builder.php
Sorry to hear about that. Maybe you should change the setting so that it can tell good from bad.
That programme is cool!
woaw. nice one dude.
i was also able to put a “share on facebook” and “retweet button” for my worpress.com blog.
Check this guys
Thanks
http://akosiniko.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/shareonfacebookandretweetbuttons/
Way to go!
didn’t work for me….
Did you try it right? This is a fool-proof method.
Please follow the instructions.
thanx guys , when I read this blog page I getting better .. good luck !
Kelebek
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it was very interesting to read and look through your post, i did not know anything about this before.
this was a really quality post. In theory I’d like to write like this also – taking time and real effort to make a good article. Really what I needed. Thanks I have been looking for this sort of info for a long time.
Thanks much! You have just inspired me to do so much more!
Pls help! I’m stuck on nr4… where’s my admin area? and where’s the fb icon to link to?
The admin area is your cock pit. When you are logged in to your blog, you will find your post admin part when you click a post title and press a link that says “Edit”.
This is the url where you will find the image:
http://shongjog.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/share-on-facebook.gif
Try this tutorial instead, it takes fewer steps:
How to add a “Share on Facebook” button in a wordpress.com blog post in ONE click
I tried this, but when I try to post to Facebook, the thumbnail never shows up and it won’t allow me to post it.
Did you try it in a wordpress.com blog? It works flawlessly in a wordpress.com blog. I don’t know if it works elsewhere.
Yes, it’s a WordPress blog, but it’s just not working.
It is supposed to work in wordpress.COM blogs. If yours is one then I need more info before I can help. Exactly where are you stuck? Were you able to add the bookmarklet in your browser? Were you able to launch the button using the bookmarklet? Etc etc…
I was able to add the bookmarklet in my browser, and it worked. Everything works as advertised until I try to post it to Facebook. It shows the share button and everything, but the loading icon for the thumbnails never stops loading, and it won’t allow me to share until it finishes.
I realized it might be easier for you to see it yourself, here’s a link to my site. I don’t have many posts with the Facebook link cause its not working for me yet.
http://wiredabyss.wordpress.com/
I can’t figure out why it is happening in your blog. I have just tested the FB button in my blog fearing it’s not working and I don’t have this problem. I will let you know if I can figure out a way.
Nice information to all beginners in facebook.
WordPress.com has added Sharing feature. Do you know how to add Facebook Share button with add new service option?