Add Social Sharing Widget built with Font Awesome 4.2.0
add post Sharing Widget built with Font Awesome 4.2.0
Though social sharing widget is useful to increase the
connectivity with blog post. Modern blog user use Font Awesome instead of the
icons. So I have used Font Awesome 4.2.0 feature. This feature will display the social
media icons instead of image. Remember that if you are using Font Awesome 4.2.0
then you don't have to add Font Awesome 4.2.0 file in your blog header section.
So skip the Step 4. just follow the below steps-
Step 1 Log in to your Blogger account and Go to
your Blogger Dashboard
Step 2 Click on -> Template -> Edit HTML
Step 3 Now Find this code <head> by
pressing Ctrl+F
Step 4 Paste the below code below/after <head>
<link href='//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.2.0/css/font-awesome.css' rel='stylesheet'/>
Step 5 Now again Find this code ]]></b:skin> by
pressing Ctrl+F
Step 6 Paste the below code Before/above ]]></b:skin>
/*Social Sharing Widget by http://www.bloggerspice.com/ */
.sotontroshare li {
float: left;
margin-right: 1.2%;
list-style-type: none;
}
.sotontroshare li .fa:before {
margin-right: 5px;
}
.sotontroshare li{width:17.6%;border:1px solid #EEE;padding:0}
.sotontroshare li a{padding:10px 0;background-color:#aaa;color:#FFF;display:block;border-radius:2px;}
.sotontroshare{overflow: hidden;
text-align: center;
margin: 20px 0;
padding-bottom: 15px;
}
.sotontroshare li a:hover{opacity:1}
.sotontroshare li .twitter{background-color:#55acee}
.sotontroshare li .facebook{background-color:#3b5998}
.sotontroshare li .gplus{background-color:#dd4b39}
.sotontroshare li .pinterest{background-color:#cc2127}
.sotontroshare li .linkedin{background-color:#0976b4}
Step 7 Now again Find this code <data:post.body/> or <div
class='post-footer'> by pressing Ctrl+F
Step 8 Paste the below code below/after <data:post.body/>
or <div class='post-footer'>
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<div class='sotontroshare'>
<ul>
<li><a class='twitter' data-via='BloggerSpiceDotCom' expr:href='"http://twitter.com/home?status=" + data:post.title + "-" + data:post.url' rel='nofollow' target='_blank' title='Twitter Tweet'><i class='fa fa-twitter'/>Tweet</a></li>
<li><a class='facebook' expr:href='"http://www.facebook.com/share.php?v=4&u=" + data:post.url + "&t=" + data:post.title' onclick='window.open(this.href,'sharer', 'toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436'); return false;' rel='nofollow' target='_blank' title='Facebook Share'><i class='fa fa-facebook'/>Share</a></li>
<li><a class='gplus' expr:href='"https://plus.google.com/share?url=" + data:post.url' rel='nofollow' target='_blank' title='Google Plus Share'><i class='fa fa-google-plus'/>Share</a></li>
<li><a class='linkedin' expr:href='"http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title + "&summary=" + data:post.snippets' target='_blank'><i class='fa fa-linkedin'/>Share</a></li>
<li><a class='pinterest' expr:href='"http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=" + data:post.url + "&media=" + data:post.thumbnailUrl + "&description= + data:post.title"' target='_blank'><i class='fa fa-pinterest'/>Share</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</b:if>
Step 9 Now hit the Save template button.
After go through all the above steps check your
blog post. This widget will appear at the end of every blog post. And now your
blog readers will able to share your blog post easily. Thanks.
Hi Mohammed, is really great, the only problem I have is that it does not work the color change effects when I press the buttons. Is there any idea?
thanks
Hi Evaggelos I didn't use any color changing effect in this widget. I have used Image opacity that means when you mouse over on widget then it will become bright. If you wish you can change the widget button color by changing color value--
.twitter{background-color:#55acee}
.facebook{background-color:#3b5998}
.gplus{background-color:#dd4b39}
.pinterest{background-color:#cc2127}
.linkedin{background-color:#0976b4}