Monday 9 December 2013

How to add Social plugins to your Blogger blog

A blog can be used for two purposes, either for business or personal. No matter what is your purpose of writing a blog, you will need to take the help of social media. Social media is the virtual mouth of word. Social media sites provide you with a platform to share your content, writing, thoughts and everything else. So, why would you like to miss the chance of sharing your blog with your social network? Also, it will increase your blog traffic and It will improve the reach of your blog. It will also increase the popularity of your social pages if you have a business page and you connect it with your blog. In this post, we will discuss some very commonly used social plugins and how to use them on your blog.


Facebook Plugin

facebook plugin

Through a Facebook social plugin, you can add your own personalized Facebook block on your blog/website. It may be your business page or your personal page to motivate your blog visitor to like your Facebook page. Below is the step-by-step process.

Step1: Go to https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
Step2: In the left sidebar, you will see some options out of which you can choose the one you want for your blog. I prefer the "Like Box".
Step3: When you click on it, a page will open with some fields.
Step4: Add your Facebook page URL, preferred width, height and color scheme. Check the options below as needed.
Step5: When you click on "Get Code" option, a box will open with two different codes.
Step6: Copy the first code (JavaScript code) and paste it in the <body> section of your page. Copy the second code (Facebook button code) and paste it into an HTML widget on your blog wherever you want to place the Facebook plugin.
Step7: Paste the code into the content section of the widget and save it.
Step8: Your Facebook widget is ready and you can see it on your blog.

Google Plus Plugin

Google plus plugin
For this plugin, you need not to import any external code. You can find this in the widget menu. Just click on Add a gadget and choose Google+ badge. Here, you can change the title of the widget, can select the Google+ profile to display, and can customize the options. When you are done, click on the Save button and your Google+ widget is ready.

Twitter Plugin

You can find the code for Twitter follow button on many websites, but you should prefer this from the official website here: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/follow-button

twitter plugin

On the above link, you will find the code for Twitter follow plugin. You can optimize the code as you want. You can find here many options for optimization. You will find two different codes here, one for follow button and other one for javascript. Copy both the codes and paste it on your blog by creating a separate HTML widget. Save the widget and you Twitter follow button is ready.

Pinterest Follow Plugin

pinterest plugin

Visit the URL: http://business.pinterest.com/widget-builder/
Here, you will find 5 types of different widget. Choose the one you want for your website. If you are looking for a Pinterest follow button, click on the second option.
Now enter your Pinterest page address and name in the fields and click on "Buid it" button.
You will get two different codes, first for JavaScript and second one for button.
Copy both the codes and paste them into a separate widget on your blog. Name this widget as "Pinterest Follow".
Your blog's Pinterest follow widget is ready.

We will talk about the rest of social widgets in following blogs. Stay in touch and Keep sharing.
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