Showing posts with label TwitThis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TwitThis. Show all posts

Sunday, 11 January 2009

Twit This

Let's get back to our blogging roots. It is all about connecting and sharing. Twitter is a master at doing just that. I found a great way at woork to get a TwitThis button in each post. When a reader Twits a post, it is shared with their Twitter network and traffic to your blog will increase!



Here is how to install it in your posts. I added to woork's tutorial...sorta filling in the blanks to make it easier for my readers to follow.

Go to your Dashboard | Layout | Edit HTML | check 'Expand Widget Templates'. Then add the following code to your CSS style sheet.
.share-twitthis{
background:url(http://tinyurl.com/ay2jsc) 10px top no-repeat;
padding-left:42px;
font-size:11px;
line-height:18px;
}
Now scroll down further till you find this:
<div class='post-footer'>
Add this code right after that line:
<div class='share-twitthis'>
<a expr:href='&quot;http://twitthis.com/twit?url=&quot; + data:post.url + &quot;&amp;title=&quot; + data:post.title'>Twit This!</a></div>
He also included this sweet little graphic to use. Thanks to Antonio for such a great post!

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