Sunday 7 October 2012

Add Pinterest Pin It Button With Counter To Blogger

Add Pinterest Pin It Button With Counter To Blogger
In case you are unfamiliar, Pinterest is an online pinboard that allows users to share images they find over the web -by “pinning” them on their boards. The pinned image is linked to the original webpage or blog post location, giving users the chance to visit the source directly.

A Pin It button is what Like button is to Facebook or Tweet button is to Twitter, as it allows users to share your posts without having to leave your blog. It also displays how many times a blog post has been shared.

Now let's see how to add this Printerest Pin It button to blogger.

How To Add Pinterest Pin It Button With Counter To Blogger?

1. Go to Blogger Dashboard > Template > Edit HTML.
2. Back up your template.
3. Check the Expand Widget Templates checkbox.
4. Search (Ctrl + F) for the following code tag in your HTML.

<data:post.body/>

Note:
There are two instances of the tag present in your template. Locate the the first (from top) one.

5. Copy and paste the following code immediately below/after it:

<!-- Pinterest Button Start -->
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<div id='pin-wrapper' style='margin:5px 10px 5px 0; text-align: left;'>
<a class='pin-it-button' count-layout='horizontal' expr:href='&quot;http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=&quot; + data:post.url'>Pin It</a>
<a href='javascript:void(run_pinmarklet())' style='margin-left:-93px; width:43px; height:20px; display:inline-block;'/>
</div> 
<script src='http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js' type='text/javascript'/>
<script type='text/javascript'>
function run_pinmarklet() {
    var e=document.createElement(&#39;script&#39;);
    e.setAttribute(&#39;type&#39;,&#39;text/javascript&#39;);
    e.setAttribute(&#39;charset&#39;,&#39;UTF-8&#39;);
    e.setAttribute(&#39;src&#39;,&#39;http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r=&#39; + Math.random()*99999999);
    document.body.appendChild(e);
}
</script>  
</b:if> 
<!-- Pinterest Button End -->

6. Save.

Button configuration:
  • You can customize the layout of Pin It button & counter by changing the value of count-layout attribute in step 5. Refer to the table below for the available types and their settings.


Button type

count-layout value

margin-left (in line 5) value
pinterest pin-it button vertical
vertical

-46px
pinterest pin-it button horizontal
horizontal

-93px
pinterest pin-it button no count
none

-46px

Button repositioning:

The steps above positioned the button on bottom left of each post. You can change the position if you wish:
  • Position it on top of post
  • Place the button code before <data:post.body/>, instead of after.
  • Position it on the right
  • Change the float in the code from left to right.

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