Wednesday, July 18, 2012

How to Grab Someone’s Button and Not Get Arrested

All right, Scarlett, you say (after reading How to Make a Blog Button and Remain Sane).  I’ve got my Xanax and Pepto in hand and I’m ready to do some code-kicking.  How do I grab someone’s button and not get into all sorts of trouble? 
Stop fretting. Take your attorney’s number off speed-dial.
It’s easy…and legal to grab a blog button.   Swapping buttons, amongst bloggers, is actually a sign of respect and support.   Here’s how you do it. Most bloggers put their buttons (and code) on their Home page, in one of the sidebars.   Look for something like this:



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Just copy the code from the scroll box, paste it into an HTML/JavaScript Gadget (in RTF mode), or paste it into a Post (in HTML, not Compose mode) and there you go.  One blog button, and no time served for misbehavior. 
If you’d like to have a column of buttons in your sidebar, you can add more buttons to your gadget as you go.  Just open your gadget, make sure the setting is on Rich Text Format, and add the code to as many buttons as you’d like, beneath the original code.  Check out the example below.





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10 comments:

  1. Got the button and didn't get arrested! Leaving my link, which I hope I don't get arrested for either. Hope this works this time, Scarlett, the HTML gods seem to be against us !!
    http://aecurzon.wordpress.com/

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    1. That linking thing is a pain in the patooty! We'll figure it all out someday, right? :)

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  2. Thanks for this post! I haven't really understood the whole button fad that I've seen happening, but it's good to see them getting promoted to help us all connect up together :D I don't have one yet :( but it's on my to-do list xD

    -Anya @ About The Story

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    1. If I can help you in any way, Anya, let me know.

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  3. WOW! That is something that I can't seem to do on my blog... I have a few buttons that I would love to grab and have on my sidebar. I will try this and hopefully we will see it happen!

    Chrissychatter.blogspot.ca

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  4. So does the blogger receive notification that I grabbed her blog?(in hopes she will return to grab mine)

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    1. Now, Kathy, you can't grab her blog...just her blog button. :) He/she won't know unless you leave them a comment and ask them to reciprocate.

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  5. Thank you so much! I have been trying to figure this out, didn't know anything about the html vs. compose mode.
    Faye @ libler.blogspot.ca

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Scarlett