{"id":5115,"date":"2010-02-16T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=5115"},"modified":"2010-02-16T08:52:31","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T14:52:31","slug":"add-a-buzz-this-button-to-your-wordpress-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/add-a-buzz-this-button-to-your-wordpress-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Add a Buzz This button to your WordPress blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last week Google released Buzz to the masses — with mixed reviews.<\/p>\n

Love it or leave it, it’s another avenue to help share your content with others.
\n
\nYou can add a simple “Buzz This” link to your blog (WordPress or not — as long as it runs on PHP) with a simple code addition to the preferred spot in your template:<\/p>\n


\n<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/link?url=<?php echo get_permalink() ?>&title=<?php the_title();?>&snippet=<?php the_excerpt(); ?>&srcURL=<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>" Title="Share this via Google Reader">Buzz This<\/a>
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

I’ve added the link to the mixture of “share this” links below each post. These appear on both my main page, single.php and several others pages throughout the site.<\/p>\n

And of course if you want to get really fancy, you can create a graphic to go in place of “Buzz This” text.<\/p>\n

So the code would look something like this:<\/p>\n


\n<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/link?url=<?php echo get_permalink() ?>&title=<?php the_title();?>&snippet=<?php the_excerpt(); ?>&srcURL=<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>" Title="Share this via Google Reader"><img src="mybuzzthisbutton.jpg" alt="Buzz This" \/><\/a>
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

A caveat about this, is it’s not truly a link for Buzz. It’s actually a link to share a post in Google Reader (so the user must be a Google Reader user as well) but if Reader is linked to Buzz it will show up in both places for their social network to see.<\/p>\n

To find out how I’ve added other “share this” links — without plugins read: Social media hacks for your website<\/a><\/p>\n

HT to TechLifeWeb<\/a> for the code.<\/p>\n

And BTW – if you like this post…. Buzz it! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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