How do I make the ShareThis widget appear in a popup window?
This is achieved by adding “&popup=true” at the end of the ShareThis widget code. For example:
<script= “http://w.sharethis.com …&popup=true”></script>
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How do I allow embedded objects to be visible while the ShareThis widget is loaded?
In order to allow embedded elements to be visible, the “embeds” JavaScript element must be set to true.
This JavaScript element (embeds) defaults to false due to possible display problems where flash will sometimes display through the widget. If you set “embeds” to true but encounter problems with Flash, another alternative is to use the the “popup” JavaScript element where the ShareThis widget will instead display in a new popup window. This is done by adding “&embeds=true” to the end of the ShareThis widget code:
<script=”http://w.sharethis.com …&embeds=true”></script>
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How do I change the positioning of the ShareThis widget in relation to the ShareThis button link?
The ShareThis widget is defaulted to appear at the bottom-right of the ShareThis button link. This positioning can be changed by assigning integer values to the “offsetLeft” and “offsetTop” JavaScript Elements. The integer values assigned to these JavaScript Elements are relative to the default location of the top-left corner of the ShareThis widget. For example, for the widget to appear at the bottom-left of the ShareThis button link, assign the following values within the widget code:
<script= “http://w.sharethis.com…&offsetTop=10&offsetLeft=-349″></script>
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How do I add the Post tab to my ShareThis widget?
You can add the post tab to your ShareThis widget with the widget configuration tool. Navigate to http://sharethis.com/getbutton and choose which version of ShareThis that best suits your needs. The tab selection options are in Step 2.
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How do I add MySpace to my ShareThis widget?
MySpace has recently added a new API that is now being utilized by the ShareThis social web tab. Users can now post to their MySpace pages or send as a bulletin to everyone in their MySpace network with ShareThis. In order to add the MySpace social web link to your ShareThis widget:
- Visit the ShareThis configuration tool for Blogger, TypePad, WordPress or the ShareThis API
- Sign into your ShareThis account
- In Step 2 of the configuration tool, choose “Default” or “Manual” (If you choose “Manual”, select the MySpace checkbox)
- Follow through the rest of the configuration instructions to place the ShareThis widget on your page
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What is the Post tab on the ShareThis widget?
The Post tab contains links that enable users to post content to their profiles on the selected service(s). The current posting options are Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, and WordPress.
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How do I add Wordpress, Twitter, and TypePad to my ShareThis Widget?
Twitter, Blogger, and TypePad are on the Post tab. You can add the post tab to your ShareThis widget with the publisher configuration tool. Navigate to http://sharethis.com/getbutton and choose which version of ShareThis that best suits your needs. Follow through each of the steps to customize your widget. The tab selection options are in Step 2.
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How do I submit a social web service to be added to the ShareThis widget?
You can submit social web services here. We choose which services to add based on popularity and number of users. Each submission will be considered for placement in the ShareThis widget.
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What are the options I can configure for my ShareThis button?
When you create your ShareThis button or configure your ShareThis WordPress plugin, you will be given the option to customize it to fit the needs and style of your site. Here are the currently customizable options:
- The button icon — you have a choice between a static ShareThis icon and a rotating gif with the ShareThis icon and several social web site icons - which is handy for indicating that you haven’t really gotten rid of all those social web buttons cluttering your site.
- The tabs — you can choose whether to show an Email tab, a Social Web tab, or both, and the order in which they’ll display on your site.
- Social Web sites — you can choose which social web services will be shown on your Social Web tab.
- Colors — you can set the colors for all parts of the sharing interface.
If you are using the classic WordPress plugin, you’ll need to modify the Share This WordPress plugin by hand in the plugins section of your WordPress admin site, if you need to customize it. Of course, we recommend upgrading to the new ShareThis WordPress plugin.
For a standard website: http://www.sharethis.com/publisher
For the WordPress Plugin: http://www.sharethis.com/publisher?type=wpplugin
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How do I add/remove social web sites?
Once you’ve installed the button script in the header on your site, you’ll have to modify that script to add or remove social web sites. The easiest way to do that is to generate a new button that has the options you want on our button configuration page. If you’ve signed up for tracking, you’ll need to login at the button configuration page before you generate a new button so that your button will continue to be tracked under the same account.
Once you’ve generated a new button script in the configuration tool, just replace the script on your site with it.
These steps will also work if you are using our new ShareThis WordPress plugin. Just replace your current button code in the Options > ShareThis admin menu in WordPress.
If you’re using our classic Share This WordPress plugin, you can add or remove social sites by editing the share-this.php file. Use {url} and {title} in the URL to represent your post URL and title as you see done in the examples.
For a standard website: http://www.sharethis.com/publisher
For the WordPress Plugin: http://www.sharethis.com/publisher?type=wpplugin
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