Addtoany offers an easy bookmarklet that creates social bookmarking and email post options for wordpress.com blog posts in just one click!

THIS is like a dream come true! Create social bookmarking and email post options for wordpress.com blog posts in just one click. And there are tons of services included in the list. Just see below!

Instructions
# Add the Share Button for WordPress.com inserter bookmarklet (below) to your browser’s toolbar
# Write a post and click the Publish button
# Click the WP.com Share Button bookmarklet to insert the Share button into your post
# Click the Update Post button

There are even instructions for Internet Explorer!

When you view the post you will see the button published already!

If you would like to use your own hosted button image, you can upload it to your WordPress.com blog then have the button inserter use that one. Just go to Settings > Media > Add New. Upload the image, copy the File URL, and replace/paste the URL into the Button URL box on our WordPress.com inserter page.

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The easiest way to insert “email post” and social bookmarking options under wordpress.com blog posts

ADDTOANY is a service that will allow you to offer both “email post” and social bookmarking options under your wordpress.com blog posts.

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An even easier method is available than the one listed below. Read how you can create social bookmarking and email post options in just one click for wordpress.com blog posts!

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When you choose a button and get it coded (we will get to that in a while!), the visitor is taken to a page that shows a list, like the one below:

Addtoany offers "email a friend" and tons of social bookmarking options for wordpress.com blog posts

Now is the time to learn how to code the button.
Visit Get the button page in the Addtoany website.

Now select the options as shown below:

Customize the Addtoany button code for wordpress.com blog posts

Before you can use the button, you have to publish a post first.

A few things to remember

• You have to choose the Share/Save/Bookmark widget, and NOT the Subscribe widget.
• You can choose any button style you like.
• You should copy and paste the page title in the “Page name” field, although it is optional.
• You must copy the post title and NOT blog title from the address bar of your blog and paste it in the “Page url” field.
• You can choose any language from the list. To do that, first click the link “More options” next to the button that says “Get the button”.
• You can choose the number of services you want in the list.
• Please check the no-script (no drop-down menu option) – or else the button will NOT work in a wordpress.com blog.
• Do NOT choose the option “Menu colors”, because then your button will not work in your wordpress.com blog.
• When everything is taken care of, click the button that says “Get the button” and copy the code produced.
• Come back to the edit mode of the post where you have to put the button and paste it using the HTML editor, and NOT the visual editor.
• Update the post and enjoy the new button!
• If you are going to use Addtoany, consider bookmarking the Get the button page (link already given in this post before). When you want to use it, just open a new tab and access that page from your bookmarks.

It is possible to use Addtoany in other blogging platforms other than wp.com – but that’s beyond the scope of this article.

A time to give back
If you think this post is useful, just give it some link love or please click the button below to promote it!

Email or Bookmark

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How to use Addinto to offer social bookmarking and email post options for wordpress.com blogs

ADDINTO is a service that will enable you to offer both social bookmarking and “email a friend” options under wordpress.com blog posts in just one button. You can call it Sharethis for wordpress.com. You cannot use the available drop-down menu they offer (because wordpress won’t allow you javascript), so it doesn’t open right in your blog like Share-this, but in a new window. But it enables you to get email-post and social bookmarking options in just one button.

Sharethis serves multiple purposes, but there's no workable solution for wordpress.com

Addinto lets you bookmark a post in an online social bookmarking site (e.g.: delicious), or to share it in a social networking site (e.g.: Facebook) or simply email it. The reader only has to choose the right tab (Favourites, Articles or Email) to do that.

Addinto lets the reader bookmark a post in 20 social bookmarking sites.

Under the tab "Articles" 14 more options are available

"Email" option lets the reader open her Gmail/Hotmail/Aol account or use an email client (like Microsoft Outlook) or an email form to email the post

If you want to experience the tabbed bliss just click the link below:

Bookmark, promote or email this post

Now how do you use it for your wordpress.com blog posts? Well, why not read the easy instructions and try it!

Instructions:

1.Get the Addinto bookmarklet for the browser of your choice. (I use Firefox). Get the bookmarklet from here. To get the bookmarklet, choose the yellow star.

* You have to perform step no.1 only once.

Addinto bookmarklet for wordpress.com

2. Publish a blog post and view it. Make sure the address bar of your browser shows the blog post url, and not the blog url! To be extra sure, just click the post title.

3. Click the bookmarklet from your browser (Addinto favourites). A new window will open in your browser.

4. Now click inside the address bar and copy the whole address bar. To do this, use the keyboard shortcuts (ctrl+a) and then (ctrl+c).

5. Go back to the edit mode of your post and choose HTML and not the visual mode. Write “Bookmark, promote or email this post” and click the link tab. Paste the copied url.

6. Save the blog post and view it. Click the link “Bookmark, promote or email this post” and experience the magic!

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Bookmark, promote or email this post

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Question
I want to use a button instead of a text link. How do I do that?

Answer
Well, if you prefer buttons, no problem! You can choose your own button and configure it according to your need by using the Addinto button generator!

The button generator does not generate non-javascript code any more – as pointed out by angelbc in a comment below. So, you can’t use the buttons in wordpressdotcom blogs.

Actually, Angelbc was right, they had deleted the non-javascript option, but they have emailed me where it is available. Also Sam has pointed it out in a comment here. Social bookmarking from Addinto for wordpress.com will let you get the code for wordpress.com. Just follow the instructions below!

Addinto button generator (for wordpress.com)

After you publish a post, click the button generator link given above. (You can bookmark it in your browser for quick access.)

You can choose any button you like.

Be careful about some of the parameters.

• For the “Type” field choose “Favourites” and
• for “Link Type” choose “Simple” (in order to configure a user-friendly social-bookmarking solution that works for wordpress.com).

After you configure the bitton correctly, generate the button code (click the button “GENERATE”) and copy it.

Go back to the “Edit” mode of the blog post and choose the tab “HTML” and not “Visual”. Paste the code at the end of your blog post.

Update the post and view it. Click your new power button and enjoy!!

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How to create social bookmarking text links for (wordpress.com) blog posts using ifeedreader

IFEEDREADERS is a simple tool that will create social bookmarking text links for blog posts for you easily. Choose the services you fancy. Then if you are a wordpress.com blogger, choose “Link List” instead of “Drop Down Menu”. Then choose links for a “Static page” and in the final step enter the post url and post title. You may want to add seperators – which will format the line-up of the links – before you hit the “Create Buttond” link.

The number of social bookmarking services they cover is quite impressive.

Social bookmarking text links are especially useful if you prefer to avoid visual clutter at the bottom of your blog post.

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Further readings

You might also like to try out Social bookmarking tools from Toprankblog to create social bookmarking text links. They offer even more social bookmarking services!

How to use the Addthis button PROPERLY in the side bar of a wordpress.com blog

ADDTHIS is popular with bloggers, as it faciliates multiple social bookmarking options in a blog.

If you are a wordpress.com blogger and you use the Addthis button in your blog, then I suspect your button is linked to http://www.addthis/bookmark.php .

The button is linked in this way in ALL the wordpress.com blogs I have seen so far. This is how I derived at my suspicion.

I also assume that you use the Addthis button to encourage your readers to bookmark the blog post (s)he is currently reading.

Did you know….
that there is 100% chance that the reader will not be able to submit his/her preferred blog post using Addthis in your sidebar?

Why?
Addthis bookmarks ANY url that is present in the address bar of the browser.
And it’s not ALWAYS that the address bar of your blog is occupied with the permalink of a blog post that the reader wants to bookmark!!!

What sort of url’s can occupy the address bar of your blog?
-The home page of your blog
-A search result page (if someone used the search box to look for something)
-A tag page (If a reader clicked a tag)
-A category page (If a reader clicked a category)
-A “Previous entries” page (If a reader clicked a “Previous posts” link under a post)
-A “Next entries” page (If a reader clicked a “Next posts” link under a post)
-An “Archive” page (If a reader clicked a month from the Archives)

You do get the idea, no? If not, why not experiment a bit? Click around your blog in the ways mentioned above. If your blog is configured to show more than one post, you will have at least two posts in the window. Say you want to bookmark a post. What do you do? Click the Addthis button in your side bar, of course.

You will be taken to the Addthis page that has this url in the address bar:
http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php

The peril is not obvious as yet. Choose a social bookmarking site from the list, log in to your account and save the url from your blog. It is NOT the url of a blog POST!!!

My verdict
You should never test the patience of the average web reader. Web readers typically have a short attention span and they are not going to remeber clicking the permalink of a blog post (the only way to make Addthis work for a wordpress.com blog post) in order to save it. They don’t have to do so in non-wordpress.com platforms and therefore they are not habituated with it!

So, what to do?
In my opinion, Addthis in the sidebar can be used only for one purpose – to encourage the reader to bookmark the ENTIRE blog. And how do we ensure that the reader is able to do that? We have to modify the Addthis code.

How to modify the Addthis code for the sidebar of a wordpress.com blog
You must Include your blog url and blog title in the Addthis code.

http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?&url=http://EXAMPLE.wordpress.com&title=BLOG_TITLE

Please copy the above code and make necessary changes. Then link your Addthis button to it.

Is there absolutely no way to make the side bar Addthis button to bookmark an individual blog post?
There is no user-friendly way to use the Addthis button in your side bar to bookmark a blog post. Sorry.

However, if you are really desperate, you can use the Addthis button linked to the original unmodified code. But please be sure that you include an instruction right above or below the button. Something like this maybe:

To bookmark a blog post using any bookmark manager, please click the permalink of the post first and then click this button.

If you are lucky and if your reader is not in a hurry (s)he will take the time to make an extra click to bookmark your post.

A suggestion
If you want Addthis to be able to bookmark a blog post, you should have it under the blog post. But you must first modify the Addthis code to work for that blog post and link the Addthis button to it.

You can learn how to automatically modify Addthis for wordpress.com blog posts. This easy process will enable you to modify the Addthis button in such a way that all that a reader has to do is click the Addthis button and (s)he will be able to bookmark the blog post. Even if the address bar is not occupied with the post permalink.

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