How do I add social media buttons to my website?

[jeiss]

I read that having social media buttons on a webpage is good and is a added advantage for increasing activity on it. Social media buttons like the Tweet Button, Follow Button, FaceBook Like Button, etc could also help in boosting traffic to a website.

Can anyone kindly explain how I can embed different social media buttons on my website?

Thanks in advance.

 

[ron13315]

Hi mate, do you use any CMS or wordpress? if yes, there is a lot of available plugins there. just google it.

you can also check this for facebook like buttons https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/like-button

 

[jeiss]

Thanks for your quick response.

I'm currently using WordPress. I plan to create a proper website soon though.

 

[vishwa]

vishwa

Since you are using WordPress, you can use plugins like Social warfare for add social sharing buttons to your blog posts, home page and pages as well. I personally using this plugin for my blog and I really like it. Just give it a try

 

[Rob Whisonant]

Go over to the Wordpress site and click on plugins. Search on "social"... Lot's of plugins are available that will add the buttons where you want them.

 

[jeiss]

Thanks a lot. I really need to get a hang of how things work on WordPress. I believe in a matter of time, I'd more knowledgeable on things like this.

 

[Marc van Leeuwen]

I read that having social media buttons on a webpage is good and is a added advantage for increasing activity on it. Social media buttons like the Tweet Button, Follow Button, FaceBook Like Button, etc could also help in boosting traffic to a website.

Can anyone kindly explain how I can embed different social media buttons on my website?

Thanks in advance.

As some people mentioned in this thread, you have 4 ways to add social networks button to your website
- Using a plugin (if you use Wordpress)
- Using sharing codes from social networks which they are providing you.
Twitter: https://dev.twitter.com/web/tweet-button
Google: https://developers.google.com/+/web/share/
Linkedin: https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins/share#
Facbeook: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/share-button
- Using a script to install on your website like addthis or sharethis
- Using Javascript and creating your own social share buttons, it can need to use their API to count number of shares and sharing URLs to social networks.

For me, I like to use social buttons which are provided by social networks.
It is easy and convenient to integrate to any place on my site if needed.

 

[jeiss]

jeiss

Wow! This is really helpful. I guess I'd rather use the codes provided by individual social networks. I believe applying them will be straight forward and easy.

I would also check to see if I could incorporated them into web apps. The internet has got it covered really.