I have been asked how I got my blog to show the Tweetmeme button on normal posts as well as the homepage. This Thesis tutorial explains what needs to be done to achieve this and should not take more than five minutes.
One could install the WordPress Tweetmeme plugin to display the button, but I don’t think it will be shown on your homepage. This post will explain how to achieve the same results and even better using the javascript from their site.
I have used the javascript as I have so many plugins already installed on my blog and I like to use alternate methods if I can.
Tweetmeme button on posts (homepage)
They have actually given you the option of showing the full or the compact button, I have used the full button in this example, but you will be able to see both the buttons below.
Tweetmeme Buttons
Please make a backup of your functions file before trying this change.
Thesis Function
The function must be copied to your custom_functions.php. You can decide if you want the button to float on the left or right hand side.
The functions are tweet_button_left and tweet_button_right, you can decide which one you would like to use. You can see the difference in styling in the div tag, I used a margin to make sure there is a small gap in between the button and post details.
Download:
Thesis Tutorial - Display Tweetmeme button on Posts
The download was made available on 8 December 2009 and is in zip format. The file size is 954 bytes and has currently been downloaded 211 times.
Download the zipped file and get it working on your site in less than 5 minutes.
You might have to play around with the formatting if you would like to enhance it a bit more, the choice is yours in the end.
You could always check out my other Thesis tutorials and news if you want. There might be something you like and would want to implement on your site/blog.
Final Thought
So, this Thesis tutorial was very easy to accomplish and I hope it was easy for you too. Did you implement this on your site? Would you? I would like to hear back from you all, all comments welcomed.
Other Interesting posts that you might want to also look at. I have only listed a few below, so browse some more.
Article by George Serradinho
I am the proud owner of Serradinho.com and have made this my second home. I'm into blogging, downloads, WordPress and the internet in general. I also love meeting and helping others and learning new techniques.
George has written 756 awesome articles.
View all posts by George Serradinho, there might be other posts that interest you.
Subscribe to Serradinho feed and get updates via EMAIL sent directly to your inbox.
This blog is using the Thesis theme & WordPress blogging platform. Customizations on this blog have been done by myself.
I currently freelance as a part-time web designer whereby I offer a variety of web related services. You could alternatively browse through my portfolio for examples of work completed.
Below are a few of many ebook downloads that I have made available. Alternatively, you can view my download posts to see what else I have to offer.
- eBook - 3 Steps To Newbie Success (40)
- eBook - 30 Ways To Get Free Traffic In 30 Minutes Or Less (61)
- eBook - On The Double Product Creation (32)
- eBook - The Ins & Outs of Affiliate Marketing (39)
- eBook - The Basics Of Search Engine Optimization (46)
- eBook - Are JV Giveaway Events Good For You? (44)
- eBook - Offer Free Phone Support To Your Website Visitors (45)
- eBook - Instant Product & Fast Traffic (80)
- eBook - Email Marketing Magician (84)
- eBook - How To Effectively Manage Your Anger (42)
{ 26 comments }
Thanks , i just asked you about it yesterday itself.
Thanks for the help
Ankit @ All About India Blog´s last blog ..Go Goa – the ultimate Indian heaven you MUST visit this Christmas
Hey George..
You must have noticed Blog http://mashable.com/
They are using tweetme, Fbshare and Digg all 3 in vertical alignment on teaser..I think it will give post a good look + quite easy to share of Fb n digg as well.
I was wondering if its possible
Ankit @ All About India Blog´s last blog ..Go Goa – the ultimate Indian heaven you MUST visit this Christmas
@Ankit – I will check when I get home on my local WP installation. I see they use a div tag and then place the other div tags inside for Tweetmeme and Facebook.
thanks for the tutorial this reduces the plugin load on my blog.. will work on this ..
Rajesh Kanuri´s last blog ..Thank Your Commentators with Thank Me Later Plugin
In DiggDigg plugin there is a option of showing Vertical. You can use Digg, Twitter, Facebook, anything else with that plugin.
Sahil Kotak´s last blog ..250+ Thesis Theme Resources
@Sahil – thanks for sharing that, makes things easier for non programmers
I have applied this and not sure were to get the tips, however, it is very useful, thanks
Tinh´s last blog ..Top 3 Christmas Templates for Blogger
@Tinh – what tips are you talking about? I’m confused, explain in more detail.
I means the tip to integrate Facebook and Tweetmeme button on te post like yours, I could not remember where to get it but that tip is also nice. Your tip are unique too. Thanks
Tinh@eblogtip.com´s last blog ..My Most Profitable Revenue Sharing Network in 2009 & Goals for 2010!
@Tinh – thanks a lot, there are so many ways to integrate Facebook and Tweetmeme buttons with plugins.
Nice Tutorail. Thanks for sharing.
Pavan Somu´s last blog ..Install Your Favourite Applications Within A Click
That’s a nice tut George. Thanks for sharing.
steppinout´s last blog ..Download National Geographic’s Wallpapers For Free
Nice tutorial George, yesterday only I added TweetMeMe button and Digg button on my blog, by using DiggDigg plugin but somehow it is not displaying on Home Page, I think I will need to tweak some more in it.
Thanks!
@Sahil – my tutorial is for teaser posts and I see you are using feature posts on homepage. Look at my css file to make teasers full width or go to Thesis Answers.
Really there are lots of features at thesis theme, thank you for the information.
chandan@work at home´s last blog ..Recap of previous posts on work at home and blogging
Hi George. Thesis theme is famous all over the blogosphere. I am not surprised if it has lots of nice features as the Twitter button.
But I guess their affiliate framework is not really clean in an aspect. I’d love to see a landing page of
“http://diythemes.com/thesis/get-thesis/”
rather than
“http://diythemes.com/thesis/get-thesis/?a_aid=4a12a48353xxx&a_bid=0d7c7xxx”
I’d love to promote Thesis on my blog (I’ve registered as an affiliate), but I just couldn’t stand that clunky link, even after GoCodes masking.
@Isaac – I doubt it would look clunky if you use GoCodes, but I’m also sure you can change the link in the affiliate backend. You login the affiliate backend and go to Promotion >> Advanced Tools. You can cloak the link there. Maybe have a look and try it, but I would use GoCodes.
I really like your Tutorials.
Thanks For Nice Tuts.
SmashinGeeks´s last blog ..How to Secure Your Wordpress Login Page Using Wordpress Hacks
Tweetme button will be shown on your homepage if you check box Display the button on the front page (home) on TweetMeme > Settings
See this image:
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/6994/tweetmeme.jpg
minhmeo´s last blog ..Download Google Chrome OS: trải nghiệm HĐH của Google
@mimhmeo – thanks for sharing that, I’m sure other users will appreciate it.
I don’t currently use thesis, but you’ve gotten me to start a resource folder for it just in case.
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..4 Plugin Package – 75% Off!
@Dennis – thats a good idea, you never know when you might need it.
will be waiting for that..
Ankit @ All About India Blog´s last blog ..Pakistani Player will not play IPL Season 3 as well
Even I am using the tweetmeme javascript code. Somehow the tweetmeme wordpress plugin did not work the way I wanted it to.
John Samuel´s last blog ..How to Disable Retweets from a Particular Twitter Profile without unfollowing?
hi i came here from google. first of all thanks for the tutorial. Can you guide me how i can add facebook share button instead of twitter button.
gadgetguide4u´s last blog ..[Temporary Post] Technorati Blog
@gadgetguide4u – just use the Facebook javascript code instead of the tweetmeme one. It should work 100%. You can find the javascript code via a google search.
{ 1 trackback }