Adding Pinterest button

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  pinkcountryhome123 · Member · Aug 30, 2011 at 10:28 pm

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  Hi,
  I am trying to add the Pinterest button and have joined, etc. Following their directions, but it’s not working. Please advise. TIA
  Paula

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  airodyssey · Member · Aug 30, 2011 at 10:39 pm

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  Hi Paula. Please copy and paste the entire code you tried to insert. For the purpose of these forums only, please insert the code between backticks ( ` ) (not apostrophes!) otherwise we won’t be able to see the code.

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  pinkcountryhome123 · Member · Aug 30, 2011 at 11:44 pm

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  (<img src=”http://d3io1k5o0zdpqr.cloudfront.net/images/pinterest-button.png” width=”78″ height=”26″ alt=”Follow Me on Pinterest” />)

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  pinkcountryhome123 · Member · Aug 30, 2011 at 11:46 pm

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  <a href="http://pinterest.com/USERNAME/"><img src="http://d3io1k5o0zdpqr.cloudfront.net/images/pinterest-button.png" width="78" height="26" alt="Follow Me on Pinterest" /></a>

  Okay, there we go. Where do I go from here?
  Thanks so much,
  Paula

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  airodyssey · Member · Aug 30, 2011 at 11:54 pm

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  That looks like a pretty straightforward code. You can put it in a text widget.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/
  Where were you trying to copy-paste it?

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  pinkcountryhome123 · Member · Aug 31, 2011 at 12:08 am

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  Hi,
  I was trying to put it up above my categories section. No matter where I try to put my cursor it doesn’t show on the screen while trying to do this. ???

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  pinkcountryhome123 · Member · Aug 31, 2011 at 12:12 am

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  It did it!! Yay!! Thanks so much for all your help. Can you tell that I am a total newbie at blogging or anything with computers off my beaten path? No, of course not. Right?
  Haha. Thanks again.
  Paula

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  airodyssey · Member · Aug 31, 2011 at 1:49 am

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  You’re welcome :-)

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  mamatong · Member · Sep 15, 2011 at 9:30 pm

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  PinkCountryhome123, can you provide the steps of how you did it? I just want to add a “pin it” button on my page. I’m stuck at the widgets part. Which widget should I use?

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  dribblingpensioner · Member · Sep 15, 2011 at 10:03 pm

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  @ mamatong, use the text widget.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 15, 2011 at 11:25 pm

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  @mamatong
  You can use either an image widgetor a text widget.

  Here’s how to link your username to your blog in your blog Dashboard -> Users -> Personal Settings -> then scroll down to Account Details. Then scroll down to where it says ‘Website‘ select the URL for your primary wordpress.com blog and then save changes.

  Now every time you sign into the forum we can all click on your username and your blog will be linked to it. And every time you leave a comment on a blog your username can be likewise clicked and your blog can be instantly located.

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  pinkcountryhome123 · Member · Sep 16, 2011 at 1:58 am

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  @ mamatong, I am definitely not the one to ask. Follow what timethief said.
  Thanks to all who helped me. Good luck mamatong.

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  momslifeponderings · Member · Sep 19, 2011 at 2:36 am

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  Hello,
  I am trying to add a Pin It widget to my blog. Below is the code
  Pin It<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js”></script>

  I see that I need to put it in a Text widget. It seems that it is only pinning pictures (images) and not the actual post. Is that how it works? I wanted the entire recipe to go with the image. Can you help? Thanks! Dana

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  timethief · Member · Sep 19, 2011 at 2:41 am

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  I’m sorry but adding that pinterest widget isn’t possible as the software removes JavaScript by default for security reasons. The others have posted the pinterest button.