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Social Bookmarks Version 3

A new version of the Social Bookmarks WordPress plugin is now available. The generated HTML is now is XHTML compliant and the number of supported social bookmarking sites has increased to 24.

Furthermore, the new version adds a page in the WordPress admin section that lets you personalize it. You can select which sites are displayed, whether the links will open in a new window or in the current page. Also, you can change the heading that appears above the links. If you have pages in your site then you can select a sub-set of them (or even all of them) where the links won’t appear. You can also specify to display the links in one or two lines.

The plugin is now using an external stylesheet (social_bookmarks.css) which you can modify to integrate it further with your theme.

You can download the new version from the Social Bookmarks page.

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22 responses

Hi there, I love the idea of the social bookmarks, have

Jeff McNeillNo Gravatar | October 15, 2006

Hi there,

I love the idea of the social bookmarks, have installed and configured inside the admin control panels. However, do I need to write any code into any pages? This doesn’t seem to be working for me just yet.

Ideally, I would like this to work at the level of each individual entry, as well as the site level.

Cheers,
Jeff McNeill

Hi Jeff, No, you should not need to modify any files

ApostolosNo Gravatar | October 15, 2006

Hi Jeff,

No, you should not need to modify any files to get it to work. Do you have the plugin currently activated on your site?

> Ideally, I would like this to work at the level of each individual entry, as well as the > site level.

That’s how it should behave. I have send you an email to look into the problem

Apostolos

Hi Apostolos Great plugin, thanks fro the hard work,

WillNo Gravatar | October 21, 2006

Hi Apostolos

Great plugin, thanks fro the hard work, one simple question I hope how can I loose teh blue background around the icons? I just want them on a plain white background?Look forward to y9our replyWill

Hi Will, the blue background is created from your theme. The

ApostolosNo Gravatar | October 21, 2006

Hi Will,

the blue background is created from your theme. The plugin uses its own stylesheet within the plugin directory. Open the stylesheet and add styles for a:link, a:active a:visited, a:hover for the .social_bookmark class.

Thanks for that, I'm not too great at this so

Hi ApostolosNo Gravatar | October 27, 2006

Thanks for that, I’m not too great at this so could you please tell me if im doing it right ; ) I thought this is what you meant, I added it too the social bookmarks css in the plugins dir. /* The stylesheet for the Social Bookmarks plugin */

.social_bookmark
{
padding:5px;
display:block;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
text-align:center;
a:link:color:#FFFFFF;
a:active:color:#FFFFFF;
a:visited:color:#FFFFFF;
a:hover:color:#FFFFFF
}

.social_img
{
padding:0px;
}I just want to loose the blue background, any help would be really appreciated.Thanks Will

Hi Will, try appending the following to the stylesheet: a.social_bookmark:link{text-decoration: none;} a.social_bookmark:active{text-decoration: none;} a.social_bookmark:visited{text-decoration:

ApostolosNo Gravatar | October 31, 2006

Hi Will,

try appending the following to the stylesheet:

a.social_bookmark:link{text-decoration: none;}
a.social_bookmark:active{text-decoration: none;}
a.social_bookmark:visited{text-decoration: none;}
a.social_bookmark:hover{text-decoration: none;}

The a:link, a:active a:visited, a:hover should not be inside .social_bookmark

Apostolos

Hi, What's the easiest way to left or right justify the

ColinNo Gravatar | November 8, 2006

Hi,

What’s the easiest way to left or right justify the whole thing (text & images), instead of it all being centered with the post?

Thanks,
colin

Hello, Thanks for a great plugin. There's a problem though, that

BobNo Gravatar | November 12, 2006

Hello,

Thanks for a great plugin. There’s a problem though, that I can’t seem to fix. I tried changing the “Bookmark to:” title via the admin panel as instructed, but to no avail. Also, I couldn’t de-italize it. Can you please help?

Thanks and regards,
Bob

Opps sorry, I forgot. Another question. How do I prevent

BobNo Gravatar | November 12, 2006

Opps sorry, I forgot. Another question. How do I prevent it from appearing in the index page, below every short excerpt of the posts?

Thanks again,
Bob

I am with Bob, I am really happy with it,

CharlesNo Gravatar | November 14, 2006

I am with Bob, I am really happy with it, except I need it not to appear on the index page (root) where I have only post excepts…

Thanks!

@Bob & @Charles: Then you are going to love version

ApostolosNo Gravatar | November 17, 2006

@Bob & @Charles: Then you are going to love version 3.1 :-)

G'day Apostolos Great plugin! I've ditched the css file and made the

SkipdaddyoNo Gravatar | November 19, 2006

G’day Apostolos

Great plugin!

I’ve ditched the css file and made the following mods to mine.


line 195 $site_img = "plugin_dir.$settings['img'].”" title=”$site_name” alt=”$site_name” border=”0″ align=”top” />\n”;
$site_img = “plugin_dir.$settings['img'].”" title=”$site_name” alt=”$site_name” border=”0″ align=”top” />\n”;
line 367 $target_img = “plugin_dir.$settings['img'].”" title=”$target_desc” alt=”$target_desc” border=”0″ vspace=”1″ hspace=”1″ />”;
$target_img = “plugin_dir.$settings['img'].”" title=”$target_desc” alt=”$target_desc” />”;
line 371 $target_url = “$target_img“;
$target_url = “$target_img“;
line 375 $target_url = “$target_img“;
$target_url = “$target_img“;
line 406 $html .= “”;
$html .= “”;
line 409 $html .= “{$this->current_settings['sbb_label']}”;
$html .= “{$this->current_settings['sbb_label']}“;

Line 406 could be modded to align=”right” to place the links on the right.

is required to make it display on your pages

Hope I didn’t steal your thunder Apostolos - just thought I’d pass on a few little tweaks I’d made :o)

Proper list of mods here... SB Mods

SkipdaddyoNo Gravatar | November 19, 2006

Proper list of mods here…

SB Mods

HI Skipdaddyo, I welcome any modifications/improvements that you guys do. I

ApostolosNo Gravatar | November 19, 2006

HI Skipdaddyo,

I welcome any modifications/improvements that you guys do. I simply hope that my code is clear and easy to understand as I do not provide a technical documentation.

Was there a specific reason why you did not want the CSS? I introduced it in version 3 as you do not need to mess with PHP to change the appearance of the plugin.

Apostolos

To cut a long story short - no matter what

SkipdaddyoNo Gravatar | November 19, 2006

To cut a long story short - no matter what I did to the css to get rid of the outline on the images it wouldn’t work… (yes, my brain had well and truly exploded)

I also wanted to get rid of the italics.

The line refs are for the 3.1 code… obviously I commented in the wrong post - it’s been one of those days LOL

I’m about to do a bit more modding… will give you a shout when it’s done (it’s not a secret project, but I’m not sure if I can do it, so when I discover that it’s too hard I can make something else up hehehe)

Reason #3 - since getting WP for the first time

SkipdaddyoNo Gravatar | November 19, 2006

Reason #3 - since getting WP for the first time a week ago and making my own template - poking around the code and hacking scripts has become my new addiction LOL

Man I wish I’d discovered drugs not puters…

Hey Apostolos, mod complete - Taa daa - click a bookmark

SkipdaddyoNo Gravatar | November 21, 2006

Hey Apostolos,

mod complete - Taa daa - click a bookmark link - jscript required…

Can I email you? Got a Q about the code

Cheers

Skipdaddyo

@ Colin, Edit the social_bookmarks.css and delete the following lines: display:block; margin-left:auto !important; margin-right:auto

ApostolosNo Gravatar | November 25, 2006

@ Colin,

Edit the social_bookmarks.css and delete the following lines:

display:block;
margin-left:auto !important;
margin-right:auto !important;
text-align:center !important;

That should left align the plugin

Perfect plugin : but an option would be great :

RodNo Gravatar | January 13, 2007

Perfect plugin : but an option would be great : have the possibility to use a function to put the bookmarks where we want, and not only on the bottom of the post (a check radio, for example with : “bottom (by default”) or “copy/paste the below code to use it anywhere”)

Futhermore, about CSS ... to prevent from have some troubles

RodNo Gravatar | January 13, 2007

Futhermore, about CSS … to prevent from have some troubles with themes, I think the best solution is not to complicate “CSS” as actually but by using the class DIV like this :

.social_bookmark {padding:5px;display:block;margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important;clear : both;}
.social_bookmark:after { content: “.”; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; visibility: hidden; }
/* Hides from IE-mac \*/ * html .social_bookmark {height: 1%;} .social_bookmark { display: block; } /* End hide from IE-mac */
.social_bookmark a { padding : 0; float : left; padding : 0; margin : 0; margin-right : 2px; margin-bottom : 2px; }
.social_bookmark a img { border : 0; padding : 0; margin : 0; }

Best lisibity, and don’t need to use hacks about the theme used.

Great WP plugin. I've used it on a number of

Leo PlawNo Gravatar | May 10, 2007

Great WP plugin. I’ve used it on a number of WP installs now.

One thing however, I would like to modify it, to change where it is placed with the post. Currently your plugin places it inside the div.entry. However this is causing problems with my my styling. Now maybe I’m putting the horse before the cart however I’ve tinkered with the CSS endless, and still have an unsatisfactory result. Here is the blog: http://beinart.org/info/art-news.php

You will notice that the side nav floats to the right. You will also notice the the social book marks appear after the bottom of the side nav regardless of how short it is.

Now the problem is, that when I float it, any image in the post that is longer than the text content and floated will extend below the bookmarks.

Suggestions?

Hey Apostolos, Your plugin is great! Thanks for all of

CoreyNo Gravatar | July 11, 2007

Hey Apostolos,

Your plugin is great! Thanks for all of the hard work!

I am having a problem getting the plugin to center in my posts. Presently it is left-justified — despite the default settings in the CSS file. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?

Please see http://www.coreygallon.com for examples.

Thanks!

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