Can I put an email option on my sidebar?
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There are options for putting an “email” option under each post and page, but I’d like the ability to send an email via a text widget or something, as a link to the website itself. Is this possible?
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You should be able to add a contact form to your sidebar using the shortcode in a Text widget: http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/#shortcode-reference
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Please be aware that posting email addresses in this form in your blog (email visible only to moderators and staff) will result in spam bots who are specifically programmed to harvest email addresses harvesting it and spamming the crap out of your site, and selling it it other spammers. What macmaxx points to ie. a contact form is by far a better choice.
There are simple ways to prevent such spam bots from doing their “dirty work” too but I prefer contact form use. > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/18/eluding-email-address-spam-bots/
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The contact form in the sidebar is a much better solution and as Timethief says, it will keep you from getting flooded with spams.
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Hm… Thanks!!!
One more question.
What about adding an option for the readers themselves to send an email about my blog to their friends? Is that possible? Or would this mean my readers would get spammed… Boy. This internet stuff is spammy.
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There are some Sharing Options that you can enable and one of them is send an email – I forget where the turn them on is but they can be set to show up at the bottom of each Post –
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Oh, thanks! Is there a similar option to the one at the end of every post for the sidebar, though?
[Sorry I’m asking sooooo many questions. I’m just really new to this and trying to get the lowdown before I do something wrong. Good thing I did, though, or I’d be spammed out the wazoo already…]
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By similar option what are you referring to? If you have an account there you can post a Facebook badge in your sidebar. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-badge/ Any other social media sites and social networks you belong to have images. Capture them, upload them, link them to your profile pages on those sites, and display the images in your sidebar in a text widget.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/text-widget-links/I’d like to recommend this step by step tutorial Staff have provided fro learning how to blog here at wordpress.com to you. :) http://learn.wordpress.com/
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