Facebook Like Button For WordPress
Posted by Mitch Mitchell on Aug 6, 2010
In my continuing quest to work on spreading my influence, I figured I may as well add another thing to help figure out just what kind of influence I have, at least through this blog.
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Back in June, before really thinking much about this project, I added Topsy, which allows people to retweet my blog posts if they like them without having to sign up for a service like TweetMeMe. This time I’ve installed the plugin called fbLikeButton. You have to put it in just like that, because there are a lot of plugins for the like button for Facebook. However, this one was the highest rated by people who have tried others, and I know why. It was the only one that didn’t require me to go to Facebook and set up a script to use it.
You’ll notice at the end of the post that the “like” button shows up just under my copyright notice. You have the choice of having it at the top or bottom or in both places, but I chose the bottom because it interfered with my “listen” button, and I figured having it at the end of the post make it easier for anyone who liked it and didn’t want to go back to the top. Of course, it would be nice if my Topsy allowed me to do that as well, but I think I like it just the same. You can also make it wider or thicker, so to speak, and you can select “recommend” instead of “like”; I stuck with the regular one. And if people click on it, their names and image will show at the end of your post as well; you get to determine if you want faces to show, and I decided to go that route for now.
What the like button does… heck, let’s just show what Facebook says it does:
“When the user clicks the Like button on your site, a story appears in the user’s friends’ News Feed with a link back to your website.”
And there you are. I hope you “like” this post.
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Interesting, I see the Like button but do not see any copyright notice.
Mitch Reply:
August 6th, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Scott Thomas Reply:
August 6th, 2010 at 1:30 PM
I see the copyright now…didn’t earlier.
Mitch Reply:
August 6th, 2010 at 2:27 PM
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August 6th, 2010 at 11:20 AM
Kissie Reply:
August 6th, 2010 at 10:58 PM
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August 6th, 2010 at 11:00 PM
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August 6th, 2010 at 11:57 PM
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August 6th, 2010 at 11:57 PM
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August 7th, 2010 at 3:30 PM
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August 8th, 2010 at 8:30 AM
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August 8th, 2010 at 10:12 PM
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August 10th, 2010 at 1:22 AM
Mitch Reply:
August 10th, 2010 at 9:32 AM
Thanks for the heads-up on this plugin. I’ve tested several and none of them worked the way I wanted.
I just deactivated the one I was using, installed fbLikeButton, activated it and chose the settings I wanted, and it’s working like a charm.
I now have Like buttons before and after each post and not stuck over in the right column.
The good news is that all of the Likes are preserved and show. I didn’t know if I’d lose them or not. I guess Facebook is doing a good job of storing them for us. (Must be a massive database.)
I clicked your Like button for this post (because I liked it!) and you’re getting two nofollow links (one for the post, one for the blog) on my Facebook profile.
Working great.
(Also, I’m not shy about clicking my own Like button on things I write that I like. My granddaughter says that’s like trying to high-five yourself in public, but I don’t mind looking silly.)
All the best,
JD
Mitch Reply:
August 12th, 2010 at 9:40 AM