Guide to Add LinkedIn Share Button to Blogger Blogs

In this guide check out how to Add LinkedIn Share Button to Blogger Blogs that you have.

You might have come across a number of business blogs and websites that insert LinkedIn share button for adding some sort of much needed flexibility. Corporate and business owners, consumers and visitors find it easier to share your blog on their respective LinkedIn accounts and pages which will result in an improved visibility.

LinkedIn Share Button to Blogger

Of course, a few people in the blogging industry are still unknown the to the process of adding this very LinkedIn share button on the page, which will further provide you with excellent shares count option and customizing alternatives.

You will know here how to add share button for LinkedIn on the blogs.

• To start with, the user is required to open Gmail account which is related to the blogger website account.
• After logging in, you will have to visit Blogger.com > your site > Templates > Edit HTML and find <data:post.body/> tag.
• When you have successfully found out the above mentioned tag, you are required to paste the appropriate code either below or above the tag as per your interest.
  • Below Posts – If the blogger is interested in showing the share button in the last of page, code should be pasted below the tag <data:post.body/>.
  • Above Posts – However, if you want the Linkedin share button option at the start of your posts, you must paste the genuine code above the <data:post.body/> tag.

Code:

<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType == “item”‘>
<div style=’float:right;margin-left:10px;’> <script src=’http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js’ type=’text/javascript’/><script data-counter=’BUTTON-TYPE’ expr:data-url=’data:post.url’ type=’in/share’/>
</div>
</b:if>

You must remember that various kinds of blogging themes have got multiple tags in the name of <data:post.body/> which means you should paste your code above or below the right tag. Simply strike out the code if specific tag does not work your way.

Button design

For choosing the most appropriate button design, you should see which one suits best to your website content and theme. LinkedIn will offer the blogger with Horizontal, without counter and Vertical button designs. It should be accomplished by replacing ‘BUTTON-TYPE’ from the code with appropriate code like –

• Top – full tall button along with counter
• Right – small button along with counter
• Eliminate data-counter for getting no counts

After doing all this, you just hit at ‘Save Template’ option, located at the top of the page and leave assured of getting a new LinkedIn Share Button on your blog.