Back in April of this year, Facebook introduced more plugins that is proving to be a huge help with social media marketing. I especially like the new “Like” button that can be added to blogs (go ahead and like this article and give it a try ). With these plugins, you can bring the power of Facebook to your website and users will never have to leave your site to “Like” or “Recommend” your content to their friends via their wall! Neat, eh?

You can find these new plugins on the Facebook Developers site along with notes on how to add the code to your website.

However, I’ve found through my own research that there are several ways to add the plugins to your site. For instance, if you have WordPress, you can search for “Facebook Like” plugins and simply use it that way. I like the FBLike Plugin as it is working well for me.

Other options include:

• Hacking your WordPress code yourself by going to your single.php file. Look for the_content(). Paste the code you see below either before or after the_content().
  • <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.com%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:60px"></iframe>
  • The above code will add the Like code on one page of your site. But what if you have a WordPress blog? That code won’t work. You’ll have to make the following adjustments:

Replace the following code
[…]like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.com%2F
with
[…]like.php?href=<?php echo urlencode(get_permalink($post->ID)); ?>

• Optional Settings
  • If you don’t want to show the faces of your friends, change “show_faces=true” to “show_faces=false”
  • If you want to show the label of the button as “Recommend” instead of “Like”, change “action=like” to “action=recommend”

• In case you use some caching plugin, clear the cache, refresh your page, and watch the magic happen!

Pretty cool eh! Do you like this post? Yes, no, maybe?  Click on “Like” then

I found this fascinating quote today:

Here is a great list of WordPress Plugins every blogger should have. These are the most useful and widely used plug ins for WordPress. Enjoy the list and pump up your sites!themelib.com, Top 10 Must- Have WordPress Plugins, Jan 2010

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