The other day, while blog surfing, I happened to notice that a few different sites had a ‘Share This’ link with the same little icon. At first, I thought it was just another Digg or del.icio.us clone that had popped up, but after clicking it, I realized that it was actually a WordPress plugin by Alex King. The plugin (called ‘Share This’ ironically enough) places a single link and an icon on each of your blog posts. The link enables readers to share the page on many of the popular social bookmarking sites, or email the link straight to a friend.
By default, the link is placed at the bottom of the post, but as described in the READ ME, this can be changed. When the link is clicked, a box opens with two tabs - one with the social bookmarking icons, and one with an email form. (Click the link at the bottom of this post to see what I’m talking about). If Javascript is disabled, you’ll go to another page with the same functionality and a link back to the post you are sharing. Kudos to Alex for degrading gracefully for those without Javascript enabled.
You may have noticed that I previously had an ‘Email This Page’ link (as detailed in my ‘Creating an ‘Email This Page’ Link in WordPress‘ post), as well as links to Technorati and Digg, but I removed all of them because I like this much better. It takes up less space and best of all, it’s dead simple to add to your blog. Great job Alex.
Be sure to check out the rest of plugins on Alex’s site while you are there. Although I haven’t tried any others yet, there are a few more that look promising.
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this plugin is great it makes it easier for the user to bookmark your site, especially if the user is not at their main computer with the third party buttons
Mon 16 Jul, 2007 @ 11:10 am
I use “share this” too, it’s a great plugin. But I use “add this”, let the people choice.
Thanks by the tip.
Sat 07 Jun, 2008 @ 4:20 pm