How to Add Facebook Like to Blogger

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Article Edit Discuss View History Tweet The like button alongside the share buttonFacebook has recently added the ability for its users to "Like" just about any content on the web and have that activity posted to the users' walls. This facility lets you share content more readily and also gives you an idea of how some of your readership traffic is responding to your content.

This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to add the "Like" button to your Blogger (BlogSpot) blog, one of the more commonly used blogging services.



edit Steps1Go to the "Facebook Developers" page: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like.


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2 Set the options you want. Specifically, select whether you want a "Like" or a "Recommend" button. The sample button on the page will automatically update to reflect your selections.3 Leave the "URL to Like" field blank. You will be replacing that soon.4 Click "Get Code". You will see something that looks like this:




5Replace the following text:
src= above with:
expr:src='
http%253A%252F%252Fexample.com%252Fpage%252Fto%252Flike&layout part with:
" + data:post.url + "&layout
light" with:
light"'
-- notice the new trailing apostropheheight:px with:
height:35px
-- otherwise, Firefox will make the iframe really big.Leave a copy of the final code somewhere accessible for you to transfer to Blogger.6 Go to your Blogger Dashboard.7Open your blog's layout and click Edit HTML.


8Back up your template! Do this by clicking Download Full Template.


9Check Expand Widget Templates.


10Find a place to put the Facebook "Like" code into your HTML layout. A good location is directly after or below:



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