Few days ago, we have added “Share on Facebook” at the bottom of each post. It is important to get social. “Share on Facebook” link could help readers to share your website story easily, and probably increase the page views. If you also have WordPress blog, you can also add this. It’s much better than adding “Share This” widget which provides too much options for users. The following tutorial is tested with the latest version of WordPress 2.8.3.
Step 1. Login to the WordPress admin panel. Choose “Plugins” > “Add New”. Search for “Share on Facebook”.
Step 2. Choose the plugin “Share on Facebook” produced by David Goldstein. Click “Install” link on the right.
Step 3. Even it may said the plugin is not tested with your current version of WordPress, just click “Install Now” to install.
Step 4. “Activate plugin” after installation.
Step 5. You will discover “Share on Facebook” on the left bar under “Settings”. You can now set the “link type”. In winandmac, we choose “Link and Icon”. If you choose “Share button”, it will display a small and nice button with Facebook icon and “Share” as the text. I recommend to choose “Template” as insertion type so that you have the flexibilty to choose where to display the “Share on Facebook”.
Step 6. If you choose “auto” as insertion type, you can skip this step. The “Share on Facebook” link should now be available on your blog. Otherwise, edit your theme by choosing “Appearance” > “Editor” on the left in WordPress admin panel. Add the following code to the place where you want to display “Share on Facebook”.
<?php if(function_exists(shareonfacebook)) : shareonfacebook(); endif;?>
Where can we see this in action on your blog? I looked but didn’t find it. ;-(
Did I miss it?
Oh… I see you installed it on your home page (index.php?) but not on the single post page. Looks good! Thanks for the great post. Diane
Diane,
I have just put the link on every single post. Thanks for the comments
I’ve just shared it on Facebook from this sinple post and it worked great!
Thanks again.