The
rapid advancement and development of Social Media and growing interest
of people in social networking sites has given birth to dozens of social
sharing tools and services. Web masters are getting addicted to these
tools because unlike organic traffic from search engines, web traffic
from social channels have overtaken search traffic. Bloggers today
depend largely on networks like Facebook, Google plus and twitter
to drive traffic to their blogs. These tools are good only if they can
attract a visitor to bookmark and share your content. From your website
quality content till your blog design, every single bit counts in
turning a visitor into a follower. To help you with your dream of
increasing fans and readers we bring you "Touch Me".
Its named such due to its appealing look that forces a visitor to roll
hover the cursor over the icons and hit follow! :) This gadget is neatly
structured using buttons from popular services like Google Plus,
Facebook, Twitter and RSS. We have coded it neatly using basic HTML and
some spicy CSS styles. Where should you add it?
Its is standard practice to add social counters inside posts and social sharing buttons in a sidebar. I would therefore advise that you add this widget towards the top right section of your blog above all ads and gadgets.Read my article on How to force a visitor to subscribe in order to understand why this location is the best.
Add it to blogger
I am sharing below the steps for BlogSpot users. If you are a wordpress or Joomla user or running a normal website then you just need to copy and paste the following code inside your templates.Following are the steps for blogger users
- Go To Blogger > Layout
- Choose add a gadget
- Select HTML/JavaScript
- Paste the following code inside it,
<style>Please fill these requirements:
/*--------Touch Me Sharing Widget ------*/
.touchme a {
display:block;
height:50px;
width:50px;
padding:0 4px;
float:left;
background:transparent url(http://mybloggertricks.googlecode.com/files/Sharing%20Touch%20Me.png) no-repeat;
-webkit-transition: ease-in 0.2s all;
-moz-transition: ease-in 0.2s all;
-o-transition: ease-in 0.2s all;
-ms-transition: ease-in 0.2s all;
transition: ease-in 0.2s all;
cursor:pointer;
}
.touchme a.googleplus {
background-position: 0px -58px;
}
.touchme a.googleplus:hover {
background-position: 0px 0px;
}
.touchme a.twitter {
background-position: 0px -290px;
}
.touchme a.twitter:hover {
background-position: 0px -232px;
}
.touchme a.facebook {
background-position: 0px -406px;
}
.touchme a.facebook:hover {
background-position: 0px -348px;
}
.touchme a.rss {
background-position: 0px -174px;
}
.touchme a.rss:hover {
background-position: 0px -116px;
}
</style>
<div class='touchme'>
<!--RSS-->
<a class='rss' href="YOUR RSS LINK" rel='external nofollow' target='_blank'></a>
<!--Google Plus-->
<a class='googleplus' href="YOUR GOOGLE PROFILE LINK" rel='external nofollow' target='_blank'></a>
<!--Facebook-->
<a class='facebook' href="YOUR FACEBOOK LINK" rel='external nofollow' target='_blank'></a>
<!-- Twitter -->
<a class='twitter' href="YOUR TWITTER LINK" rel='external nofollow' target='_blank' ></a>
</div>
- Replace YOUR RSS LINK with your Feed burner link.
- Replace YOUR GOOGLE PROFILE LINK with your Google+ URL
- Replace YOUR FACEBOOK LINK with your Facebook URL
- Replace YOUR TWITTER LINK with your Twitter Profile URL
Visit your blog to see it working just perfectly. Move your cursor over the icons and enjoy playing!
Credits
The icons used in the widget are designed by Umar Irshad from Design Kindle. You are requested to link back to this page if you wish to share this gadget with your audience.
Need help?
The
steps are self explanatory and extremely easy. In case you got yourself
into a trouble then Please let us know and we would love to help.
Please share this widget with your friends by liking us on Facebook or
recommending us on Google+. Peace and blessings pals! :)
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