The ShareThis button is placed automatically at the end of each post by default.However, you may change the location of the button, anywhere in your template, by doing the following:
Navigate to the Options page of your wp-admin area and select the ‘ShareThis’ tab
In the “” and/or “ ” drop down(s), change the option to “No”
Copy and paste the following template tag into your WordPress template wherever you want the button to display:
<?php if (function_exists('sharethis_button')) { sharethis_button(); } ?>
ShareThis has been updated to fix the issue where the ShareThis button icon and label text were overlapping. If you had made CSS changes to fix the issue prior to the update, it may have caused additional undesired spacing between the button icon and label text. Removing these CSS changes will correct the spacing issues that may have occurred.
Yes, version 2.1 contains valid XHTML. This version solves the issue of previous versions that contained “&”’s where “&s;” were needed for XHTML strict validation. We’ve also recently changed the generated code by our publisher page to be XHMTL compliant.
*Note: The code displayed within the ShareThis Options Page displays “&”’s rather than “&s;”. This is not indicative of what is in the header of the pages. The code that is output to the head of your pages contains the valid “&” ’s.
Free reporting regarding usage of ShareThis on your blog or website
More social web sites
Post to profile options for user posting to social web profiles
A mashed-up address book created from several web mail sites and social networking sites
Automatic updates to the widget interface when ShareThis adds new services and features where ShareThis Classic does not
ShareThis Classic does, however, have a couple of features that the current version does not:
ShareThis Classic is internationalized and provides a language package for localization. This language pack enables the user to translate the Classic widget and the recipient view of the shared item into any language. The following instructions will guide you how to use the language pack:
Download a localization tool if necessary. We recommend PoEdit, found at http://poedit.net/download.php (It’s free, and the rest of these instructions assume that you use PoEdit)
Select “File” and choose “New catalog from POT file…”
Select “share-this.pot” from the “translations” folder within your “share-this-classic” folder
Input your language and country, and your team name if you choose.
Save your file as “share-this-es_ES.po” (This nomenclature is for Spanish only. The naming convention for WordPress is plugin-language_country. For more information on localization and language-country naming conventions click here. )
Use PoEdit to translate each string in the template file. The upper section lists the strings to be translated. Select a string and type your translations into the lower left text area.
Save the translated catalog. Poedit will produce a .mo file and a .po file. Save the .mo file in the share-this plugin folder and upload to your server. Make sure your installation of Wordpress is configured to use your language. The .mo file will be loaded by Wordpress and the plugin will appear in your language!
ShareThis Classic also has the ability to disable the ShareThis footprint to isolate the widget from the ShareThis service. The following steps will guide you through this process:
Navigate to your WordPress admin area, and change the URL of your browser so that the last two parts read /wp-admin/options.php. For example: http://mysite.com/blog/wp-admin/options.php
In the list of options, select “st_tracking”. It defaults to “yes”
Type in “no” in place of “yes”
Select the “Update Options” button at the bottom of the list.
Visit http://sharethis.com/getbutton and select to download either the classic Share This WordPress plugin or the new, full featured ShareThis WordPress plugin. The new version adds the ability for users to share to contact lists from MySpace, Facebook, AIM and email on the “Send” tab.
If you’ve never used the plugin before, we highly recommend beginning with the new, full featured version. After unzipping the file, installation instructions can be found in the README.txt file.
The new ShareThis plugin provides free reporting regarding usage of ShareThis on your blog or website. In addition to the social web sites supported in the classic Share This plugin, it also gives your users new features such as a mashed-up address book created from several web email sites, MySpace, Facebook, and AIM. The new plugin also has the advantage of automatic updates to the widget interface when ShareThis adds new services and features.
When you configure the new ShareThis WordPress plugin, you’ll be given the option to customize the interface and choose a color scheme. If you’re using the classic Share This plugin, you’ll need to modify your WordPress style.css file to style the plugin. You’ll find more information about styling the classic plugin in the README.txt file included in the download.
