WordPress.com Forums » Topic: WAY better Pinterest buttons! http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/way-better-pinterest-buttons WordPress.com Forums » Topic: WAY better Pinterest buttons! en Wed, 22 May 2013 09:29:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "WAY better Pinterest buttons!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/way-better-pinterest-buttons#post-1126228 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:17:34 +0000 timethief 1126228@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @mance
Sorry I offended. As for plugins they are a no go as we free hosted bloggers don't have FTP access only VIP bloggers do.

]]> mance on "WAY better Pinterest buttons!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/way-better-pinterest-buttons#post-1126225 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:13:54 +0000 mance 1126225@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Cheers timethief

]]> mance on "WAY better Pinterest buttons!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/way-better-pinterest-buttons#post-1126224 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:13:36 +0000 mance 1126224@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Ha ha - Pianogurrl88 - My wife and I are also LDS

]]> timethief on "WAY better Pinterest buttons!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/way-better-pinterest-buttons#post-1126223 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:13:23 +0000 timethief 1126223@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Sorry about that. I just wanted you to be crystal clear on the fact that we cannot use JavaScript. Best wishes with your quest.

]]> pianogurrl88 on "WAY better Pinterest buttons!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/way-better-pinterest-buttons#post-1126220 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:11:22 +0000 pianogurrl88 1126220@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks mance! I was thinking the same thing. I already have several pin-it buttons, but this one seems SO much better and more user-friendly for readers!

]]> mance on "WAY better Pinterest buttons!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/way-better-pinterest-buttons#post-1126218 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:09:41 +0000 mance 1126218@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Timethief - you keep posting this info to Pinterest threads that have nothing to do with wanting a Pinterest follow button. Please don't just copy and paste a generic answer to a specific question.

]]> timethief on "WAY better Pinterest buttons!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/way-better-pinterest-buttons#post-1126213 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:06:23 +0000 timethief 1126213@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can use any widget that has pure HTML but you cannot use any widgets that contain restricted codes like iframes or JavaScript widgets.

In the case of Pinterest, you cannot use the Pin-it Javascript code on a WordPress.com blog. http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

But 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.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/text-widget-links/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/#adding-an-image

4. Please see here for enabling sharing buttons including Pinterest on your blog. http://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/

]]> pianogurrl88 on "WAY better Pinterest buttons!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/way-better-pinterest-buttons#post-1126210 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:04:59 +0000 pianogurrl88 1126210@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I agree! I've been thinking I'll start self-hosting once my blog reaches a certain number of views.

]]> mance on "WAY better Pinterest buttons!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/way-better-pinterest-buttons#post-1126038 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:27:24 +0000 mance 1126038@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I wish it was possible. The limitations of WordPress.com sites are really getting to me and unless they open up things a bit I will definitely move to a self-hosted WordPress install. The Pinterest limitation alone is enough to make we want to move.

]]> pianogurrl88 on "WAY better Pinterest buttons!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/way-better-pinterest-buttons#post-1125158 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:09:13 +0000 pianogurrl88 1125158@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Sorry, the link didn't work for some reason, it's http://www.kevinandamanda.com/whatsnew/tutorials/add-a-pinterest-mouseover-button-to-your-blog-images.html

]]> pianogurrl88 on "WAY better Pinterest buttons!" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/way-better-pinterest-buttons#post-1125156 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:08:43 +0000 pianogurrl88 1125156@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ There's an amazing plugin for self-hosted wordpress that's not available for us subdomain users! It displays a pin it button ON a picture on your blog whenever someone mouses over it! It makes it so much easier for readers to pin your images and can drive so much more traffic to your blog! There's a blog post about how it works and the download here: I wish we could have a plugin like this available to us! Anyone know how to make it possible?!

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