Manually Add the TweetMeme Submit Button to Wordpress

Manually Add the TweetMeme Submit Button to WordPress

11 November, 2009 - 07:00 AM - 13 Comments

I enjoy using TweetMeme on my blogs, it is highly recognizable but the plug-in itself allows little control over placement on where you want the submit button. You can choose top, bottom, left and right, or update the location on specific posts, but I wanted to be able to set it inside a table and make it sit next to my other social submit buttons.

I found this information over on the TweetMeme forums and thought it would be nice to share it with my blog readers.allows me to deactivate the TweetMeme plugin and use this simple code instead to place the TweetMeme plug-in exactly where I want on my wordpress posts.

Disclaimer: Make sure you take a backup of your cs_functions.php and single.php before making any changes. You will also want to make sure you have ftp or file access to your site, in case your wordpress crashes, you may need to have ftp or file access (ssh or telnet) to restore the backup file.

First, open your functions.php file and paste this code directly above the closing ?> tag at the end of the file:

function tweetmeme(){
?>
<div style=”float: right; margin: 5px 0 15px 15px;”>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
tweetmeme_url = ‘<?php the_permalink(); ?>’;
</script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js”></script>
</div>
<?php
}

Next, paste this simple tag into your single.php or page.php template file, at the place you wish the button to appear:

<?php tweetmeme(); ?>

This information was posted by Shawn Hesketh from WordPress 101, who left this comment on the Tweetmeme forums.

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Mitchell Allen

Hmm, I was going to check out the format of your retweet via TweetMeme, but now I just see the "official" Twitter button.

Did you see my Tweet and how my Twitter ID is missing?

Cheers,

Mitch

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Justin Germino

I don't use Tweetmeme button any longer, even though I liked that it used Bit.ly I prefer the official Twitter button. The code is easier to manipulate and button loads faster.

But send me an email to contactme[at]dragonblogger[dot]com and I will send you the code that should append the RT @ username to the tweets. This code calls the script on Tweetmeme site, so maybe something new is needed.

Justin, this was great. I recently installed both TweetMeme and SexyBookmarks plugins for Wordpress. My sexy bookmarks only showed up after I deactivated all other plugins. After a bit of testing, I traced the conflict to TweetMeme. I needed to find out how to fix it. Guess what? You were number one on Google for this BROAD search:

tweetmeme sexybookmarks conflict

That took me to another post on your blog. The related posts brought me here to this gem.

Now, I'm going to have to seriously consider more manual insertions :)

Thanks!

dragonblogger

Since it is so easy to get code snippet from websites, and equally as easy to just insert them into your single.php or index.php right before or after content. I always prefer to do things manually than use a plugin if possible. Glad you found this site via Google search.

el7cosmos@eL Abee

Well...thats great!!

i manually add the HTML to the template, without wrapping it in function
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Shahab khan

Nice share, got it working!
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Dennis Edell

Sweet! As I just mentioned on John's meme button post, this is a keeper. I haven't used the plugin yet and now I can install it manually! Maybe...lol
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Michael Aulia

I just wish there is a plug-in that displays all the widgets. I know there are heaps of them already, but none displays them with the counts, etc
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I know, I dislike having to do all of these manually, I wish a nice little box, I like the little social feed box on huffingtonpost.com wish I could design something similar.

I just sent you an email as you requested below. However, I just happened upon this particular comment you made.

The manual issue is a huge one for me, as I described in the email. The biggest concern, beside documenting cutomizations and ensuring porting from theme to theme, is simply forgetting that something HAS been customized. I never uninstalled TweetMeme, so I was scratching my head and making assumptions about how the retweet button was shoing up! LOL (I blamed it on Twitter Tools, but could find no reference to it in TT docs or on its setup page.)

I'll probably experiment with plugins a bit, since I'm less likely to screw them up, down the line.

Thanks for all your help!!

Extreme John

Great tutorial I never even thought to write a post explaining how to do this for people, I insert mine manually as well. Offers much more control.
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Heather Kephart

Cool, Justin! Thanks for sharing the information. I use Thesis now and it apparently doesn't have a single.php, which has become the bane of my existence. I would like to do a nice table like that someday, too. Eventually!
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