In this article, we will be going over how to embed third party sharethis social media share buttons:
How to Receive the Code
To embed sharethis share buttons on web pages, first, navigate to https://sharethis.com/
Then click on Start with Share Buttons:
Choose from the sharing button options and click on Next:
Important Note:
Before clicking Next, customize the share buttons further by clicking "Customize your share buttons":
Drag and order these buttons:
Add or remove buttons:
It is even possible to further customize the design and settings:
After customizing these buttons and clicking Next, it will ask to specify the platform, now choose the HTML option and click Next:
Now either login or signup to receive the code and click on Get The Code:
Which will display the installation guide for HTML.
How to Embed the Code On Static Pages
To embed the code on static pages, copy the first code:
And paste it on the websites Additional HEAD Code section which is under Settings >> Design Settings >> Custom CSS/HEAD tab:
Then copy the second code:
Navigate to Toolbox >> Widget Manager >> Click on New Widget:
And create the new widget with the given code:
Copy the new widget Shortcode:
Now with the shortcode of the widget, call these buttons on any page under Content >> Edit Web Pages >> Click Edit on a existing page or click on New Web Page to create a new web page:
And simply paste the code in the text editor section:
The buttons will appear on the front-end page immediately:
