Installing Follow Buttons on WordPress

You will need to access your Shareaholic.com account to create a unique code like this one to insert in your site's template -

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  1. Login to your Shareaholic account.
  2. Select a Site Profile from the My Sites dropdown at the top of the page.
  3. Under Apps Social Follow Buttons, click New In-page App.

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    This will bring up a window where you can configure the appearance and settings of your Follow Buttons. You will be able to see a live preview of the Follow Buttons on the right-hand side of the window.
  4. In the Layout tab, enter the name of the location where the follow buttons will appear (e.g. Right Sidebar). Optional: Entering a Headline Text will add customized text above the Follow Buttons (e.g. Follow me!).

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  5. Use the settings in the Design section to customize the theme, size, position, layout, alignment, and color of the buttons to best fit your website's theme.

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  6. In the Accounts section, enter the username for each service you want as a button, and use the toggle buttons to enable/disable those icons.

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  7. Click Save.
  8. Go to the Code tab to get the code you need to place in your site's template for your Follow Buttons.

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