Ok, I have just been through all the directions to manually add the Facebook Like button to my posts. Ick! That’s a lot of work! I was a little stuck, but planned to blog the directions in an easy to understand way soon as I figured it out… Then, I heard there was a plugin. Turns out, lots of plugins.
The first one I tried only put the button at the bottom of the post, and I could hardly find it myself, so I tried another one which seemed to be popular. And, it was soooo easy to set up!!
Download from the WordPress Theme Directory:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook-like-button-plugin/
Author Home Page:
http://martinj.net/wordpress-plugins/facebook-like-button/
Just install and activate, then look under Tools/Facebook Like Button for the settings!
Have you installed the Like button?
I tried to manually add it as well and no luck! The good old plugin it is!
Andrew
Hi Erica! Thanks for sharing this information. I'll give it a try.
I followed a thread on the Thesis support forum which showed you how to add a couple of lines of code to the simple menu and the button appeared at the top of all posts. Then I discovered the plugin! Staying with the original code for the time being to see how in pans out.
I downloaded and activated the plugin but it's not showing up in my posts… I can't figure out what went wrong… help!
Craziness, wasn't it? Even some of the plugins required a lot of work, setting up a Facebook app, etc. I was appalled. Especially when I saw this plugin and how easy it is.
Let me know if you need help!
Thanks for stopping by. It's always fun to see someone else with the name Evelyn. That's my middle name.
Yea, let me know how that works. I often wonder if the hard coded things make for quicker load time than all these plugins we add… Maybe I just got a bad set of directions, I don't know, but I could not get the manual setup to work.
Mine didn't show up either will I want to Tools/Facebook Like in my dashboard and updated the settings.
I downloaded and installed this last week and could not find it on the plugins page. I logged out of admin, logged back in and there it was.
How strange! No disappearing act here. I just had to look twice to find the settings under Tools instead of Settings where most plugins reside.
That was my grandmother's name!
Thank you for all that you share, all that you do and for being a wonderful person!
Here's the WordPress plugin:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/like
Thanks for the link to yet another great plugin for Facebook Like buttons!
Aww, you've just made my day! Thanks, Courtney!