Quite often, you will see the Google+ share button. But did you know Google gives us away to customize the way the link looks when its shared? In fact, it is very simple. The code is basic. Add it to the <head> tags.
<html itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article">
<meta itemprop="name" content="Title">
<meta itemprop="description" content="My Description">
<meta itemprop="image" content="image URL">
It is also easy to create a share button. Here's the code:
<script src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>
<g:plus action="share"></g:plus>
You can make the share button load without any additional loading time to your page with this code:
<script type="text/javascript">
(function() {
var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true;
po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);
})();
</script>
Of course, you can add a +1 button to your site and it will enable sharing:
<!-- Place this tag where you want the +1 button to render. -->
<div class="g-plusone" data-annotation="inline" data-width="300" data-href="URL to +1"></div>
<!-- Place this tag after the last +1 button tag. -->
<script type="text/javascript">
(function() {
var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true;
po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);
})();
</script>
You can do all sorts of things with the Google+ platform, and integrate your site very well with the plugin page. I recommend you check it out.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Add Comments to your site using Facebook
Comments are used on blog posts and websites all over the web. They can be very useful for getting feedback from users. One of the most popular and easiest ways is by using Facebook for your commenting. First, navigate to http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/comments/ and enter the URL of the page you wish the comments to appear on. There are some basic customization options. Click "Get Code" and you will see two boxes of
code. The first you should copy and paste right after the <body> tag of your webpage. I got this code:
<div id="fb-root"></div>
<script>(function(d, s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1";
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>
The other code is pasted where you want the comment box and comments to appear. You can moderate these comments. To do so simply paste this code into the <head> of your page. <meta property="fb:admins" content="{YOUR_FACEBOOK_USER_ID}"/> As you can see, its really very simple. And its a wonderful and useful way of communication. Facebook might not be the best social network, but it certainly provides one of the best ways to add comments to a page. Google+ fans, you can't help but admit that this is a very useful thing.
<div id="fb-root"></div>
<script>(function(d, s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1";
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>
The other code is pasted where you want the comment box and comments to appear. You can moderate these comments. To do so simply paste this code into the <head> of your page. <meta property="fb:admins" content="{YOUR_FACEBOOK_USER_ID}"/> As you can see, its really very simple. And its a wonderful and useful way of communication. Facebook might not be the best social network, but it certainly provides one of the best ways to add comments to a page. Google+ fans, you can't help but admit that this is a very useful thing.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Displaying webpages with iFrames
Iframes were once popular to hide content from the Search Spiders, a form of Blackhat SEO. Now that these spiders can see through iframes, I don't recommend using them for that purpose; it could get your site banned. However, they can be useful for displaying other sites in your webpages for various purposed. The basic code is:
<iframe src="URL" width="200" height="200">
Sorry, there was a problem loading this site. Maybe we typed the URL wrong or you can get a new browser <a href="http://www.opera.com">Here</a></iframe>
This iframe displayed fireburst.webs.com in a width and height of 500. It was simple to create. iFrames can be very useful for a webmaster, as long as you don't use them for hiding content.
<iframe src="URL" width="200" height="200">
Sorry, there was a problem loading this site. Maybe we typed the URL wrong or you can get a new browser <a href="http://www.opera.com">Here</a></iframe>
This iframe displayed fireburst.webs.com in a width and height of 500. It was simple to create. iFrames can be very useful for a webmaster, as long as you don't use them for hiding content.
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