I’ve added 2 new functions to the plugin, these are my_share_links() and my_follow_links(). They do a really simple job which is to show the icons that you have setup in the admin screen inside the theme.
Simply put my_share_links() shows the share icons you have configured, and my_follow_links() shows the follow links. Both of these functions work by directly placing them into a theme. i.e.
<?php my_share_links() ?>
Let me know if you have any issues
regards
Andy
I’m setting up my new site now and LOVE this! Thank you! The follow widget rocks!
The share this is what I’m having probs with. Please go look at my test posts. It shows up as text, not icons. I’ve tried the img instead of CSS. No luck. Help?
Hey Shelle,
It’s most likely that on the homepage you have only the_except() that gets the information. When there is no except written for a page it gets it from the content. If that happens, it will also call the share and follow icons and display them as text. There are three options for you.
1. write an excerpt for each page/post
2. turn off the display of the share icons on the homepage in the share and follow admin page
3. transfer to using the_content() and <!–more–> in your theme.
Obviously its easiest to turn off the share and follow icons in the homepage or write an excerpt as this requires no programming experience.
All the best
Andy
Hi Andy –
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply.
So, it appears that this plug-in doesn’t work with my theme without some sort of work around then?
I really don’t want to write an excerpt for each blog post. And I want the Share This feature available under each post. And I know too little to figure out what you mean by the coding…
Ah well, I guess I’ll have to let this one go. Bless you again for taking the time to respond. You’ve got a GREAT plug-in.
Andy – Just a FYI. I was able to keep your plug-in so I could retain the Follow Me portion of it. I found another plug-in that allowed me to add the Share This feature at the bottom of my posts. It’s not as pretty as yours but it works.
Thanks!
sorry, where to download the new release?
Ok, I got that, sorry.
This is lovely plugin but why when I use Google Chrome and click on share link nothinh happen. The link doesn’t work.
Hey Sweetpotato,
I expect the bit you are talking about is the Bookmark item/icon. On chrome google have stopped this activity from happening as it is possible for anybody without morals to programatically add the bookmark into the browser using javascript when any user accesses your site. Google have decided that this is too dangerous as it can leave the back door open for other “illegal” activity. So I am sorry to say that there is nothing I can do about this. Well there is one thing I shall be doing in time, I shall be setting up a browser detection script to test if google chrome and then not show the bookmark icon.
All the best
Andy