WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Adding a pinterest follow button on blog

sl1k on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

sl1k — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:32:14 +0000

@ahsing

Hi

is it possible to add pinterest as a sharing service as well. So readers can pin our blog post to pinterest?

Yes it's possible to add the Pinterest button for sharing

You'll need to go to Settings → Sharing - then drag the pinterest button to the below section then click save changes here is a screen capture displaying step by step instructions → http://i.minus.com/iCKKx2JMyaO71.png

shadabiitr on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

shadabiitr — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:50:51 +0000

If your blog hosted on blogger then you can use the code, mention in http://goo.gl/45Tgz

a232griffith on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

a232griffith — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:44:19 +0000

Thanks - really helpful

maayotte on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

maayotte — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:30:18 +0000

Did it. thanks!

52brandnew on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

52brandnew — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:58:48 +0000

Thanks jaw501! It worked for me too! WordPress really needs to update the Widgets though. Pinterest is a major social media tool now.

naturallyfundays on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

naturallyfundays — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:40:09 +0000

Thanks jaw501 it worked!

elsmama on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

elsmama — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:43:39 +0000

@naomiburton You rock so hard!! While cumbersome, your procedure works beautifully! It should be fine until wordpress.com adds it as a follow button like facebook, twitter or stumbleupon. Thank you!

airodyssey on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

airodyssey — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:50:50 +0000

@somethingsweet...: Jaw501 may not have been clear about this, but if you are copying the entire HTML code on Pinterest's website, you need to use a text widget. Could you try with a text widget please?

somethingsweetsomethingsalty on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

somethingsweetsomethingsalty — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:02:23 +0000

I followed the directions here on the forums by jaw501 and timethief. Thanks!

airodyssey on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

airodyssey — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:02:21 +0000

@somethingsweet...: "The directions" is not very specific. What directions did you follow? Where did you find them? Here on the forums or on Pinterest's website?

somethingsweetsomethingsalty on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

somethingsweetsomethingsalty — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:12:07 +0000

Hello. Thank you for your post. I have been attempting to add the Pinterest button as well as add other widgets on my blog and can't seem to get them to save. I followed the directions....opened my widgets, dragged the text box to Sidebar two (I also tried sidebar 1), pasted the "Follow Me On Pinterest" image code and pressed save and closed the widget. When I go back to view my page, it is not on there; also when I open my widgets again, the text box is no longer in my sidebar. Has any one else struggled with this issue? I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. Thanks so much for your help!

seeyourselfinfocus on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

seeyourselfinfocus — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:39:27 +0000

perfect thanks!

jaw501 on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

jaw501 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:29:44 +0000

naomiburton - Hooray for you, and for posting it. I've never seen a description of how to offer followers a Pin It button on your WP site. That's something we're all looking for. Thank you very much.

IMPORTANT NOTE: What Noamaburton is describing how to do is completely different than putting a Follow Me On Pinterest button in the widget on your sidebar. How to insert the Follow Me button is also described in this Forum post.

timethief on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

timethief — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:25:42 +0000

You can put the code for the Pinterest follow button in a text widget.

1. Go to this site, choose which one of the red Follow Me images you want, and copy the code for it. http://pinterest.com/about/goodies/

2. Then, go to your widgets > Appearance > Widgets and select a text widget.http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/

3. Paste the Pinterest follow button code into the text widget, "save" the widget, "close" the widget and place it where you want it to display in your sidebar.

naomiburton on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

naomiburton — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:22:54 +0000

After a lot of work and some test trials, I figured out a semi-easy way to insert a pin it! button into my wordpress.com blog. I wrote a post about it that gives step by step directions. Hope this helps my fellow wordpress.com-ers!

http://betweenheandshe.com/2012/01/10/how-to-add-the-pin-it-button-for-wordpress-com-blogs/

airodyssey on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

airodyssey — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:17:53 +0000

@jaynaoldatheart: The "Pin it" button cannot be inserted at the moment because it contains code that is not accepted by WordPress.com, sorry.

As for your question re: Facebook, that's off-topic but I'll leave you the link this time :-)
http://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-integration/#facebook-like-button

jaynaoldatheart on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

jaynaoldatheart — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:14:40 +0000

jaw501: thank you! so helpful!

Another question:
Can you add the "Pin it" button under each post? (it's looks just like the facebook like button, but it pins and individual post onto pintrest)

Also, can you add the facebook like button for each post?

Thanks!

ahsing on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

ahsing — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:29:16 +0000

is it possible to add pinterest as a sharing service as well. So readers can pin our blog post to pinterest?

gtothe4thpower on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

gtothe4thpower — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:54:26 +0000

Thanks, jaw501!

lorlee1 on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

lorlee1 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:16:11 +0000

Thanks!

patiotopeaks on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

patiotopeaks — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:41:34 +0000

Thank you jaw501! That was super easy!

jaw501 on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

jaw501 — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:32:20 +0000

Hi Patiopeaks: It's easy.

Pinterest has HTML code for the button.

Go to this site, choose which one of the red Follow Me images you want, and copy it. http://pinterest.com/about/goodies/

Then, go to your widgets and pick Text/HTML. (arbitrary text or html)
Paste the code into the widget, save the widget, close the widget and put it where you want in your sidebar (only works in sidebar).

It should look like this one on the sidebar of my blog (or a version of it from the Pinterest site) http://sketchesandjottings.wordpress.com

timethief on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

timethief — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:39:17 +0000

You cannot use the widget but you can capture an image of the button, link it to your profile page at Pinterest and post it in an image widget or text widget in your sidebar on your blog. http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/pinterest

patiotopeaks on "Adding a pinterest follow button on blog"

patiotopeaks — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:31:00 +0000

I am new to blogging and want to add a Pinterest button so readers can follow my Pinterest boards. I was able to add the button, but how do I link it to my Pinterest account?