Days ago, Twitter launched their new Follow button. The new Follow Twitter button gives the opportunity to all Twitter users to connect with their favorite brands and websites.
Same as the Facebook Like button, the Follow button from Twitter will allow your to follow your websites Twitter profile just with one click.
(image from Twitter Blog)
Before, all the websites and blogs used widgets or direct links to their Twitter profile in order to gain followers and that meant the opening of a completely new window in order to complete the process of following. But with the new Follow button all is completed with just one click.
How to install the Twitter Follow button in blogger blogs?
Visit the Twitter Follow button page by clicking here. First enter your Twitter account username, select the background color and choose if you want to show your followers number. For any change you make, you will see the preview of your Follow button. After customizing it just copy the code.
After copying the code, login to your blogger account and go to Design.
Under the Page Elements Section go to Add a Gadget.
From the given list find and choose HTML/JavaScript.
Paste the code in the new window and click Save. Go back to your blog and preview it, you will notice that the new Twitter Follow button has appeared.
How to install the Twitter Follow button in WordPress blogs?
Copy the code of your Twitter Follow button, login to your WordPress account and at the Dashboard go to Appearance and click at Widgets.
At the Widgets section in WordPress you will see the currently available widgets. Find the Text widget, drag and drop it to the desired widget area which is located on the right side. After that just paste the code and click Save and you completed adding the button.
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Any idea how to customize the button for blogger so that the number of followers can be placed underneath the button? My sidebar is not wide enough to display the number of followers next to the button, but I would still like to be able to use it!
Hi Jon!
We tried to customize the button with CSS in order the followers number to appear underneath the button, but for now without result. Because here is late night now, we will try tomorrow, so if we find some other ways of doing it, you will be informed.
Happy blogging!
Hey, thanks for trying! I’ll check back later and see if you’ve had any success…I’m guessing there are lots of other people in the same situation! Thanks
Any luck?
Thanks!
Hi Jon!
I feel very sorry, because I didnt succeed to help you fix that. So I gave this job to a friend, a programmer and he is looking after it. But I could not get in contact with him these days, maybe he is busy. I hope you forgive us for not being able to respond you quickly. Meantime I suggest you to visit this blog http://www.shoutmeloud.com/twitter-launches-follow-button-photosharing-service.html
The owner is an Indian guy, a very successful blogger and programmer, so feel free to ask him, maybe he could help you.
Sorry again Jon!
If I find some solution, be sure I will contact you at your blog!
Greetings!
Hi Reegon, thanks for trying! I did just find a work around. In the code for the button you can add a data-show-screen-name=”false” so the screen name doesn’t show, which then allows enough room for the follower count. Works well for my blog!