Can we make a button code and grab box?

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  barbarah · Member · Jan 31, 2012 at 7:27 pm

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  I am hosting a reading challenge at my blog starting tomorrow, and I created a little button for it, at the bottom of this post:
  http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/announcing-a-laura-ingalls-wilder-reading-challenge/

  I’d like to display the code so that participants can use the button in their posts. I’ve tried using instructions both here (http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/2007/11/on-several-blog/) and here (http://bloggingwithamy.com/how-to-make-a-blog-button/). The latter did actually show up as a box on my blog, but when I took the code and then tried to display the button, it didn’t work. A friend even made a code for me and it didn’t work.

  Even without the box, scroll bar, etc., if I just copy the code for the button itself in html mode and then paste it in Rich Editor mode, it alters it somehow so that when I try to take that code and paste it somewhere else to display the button, it doesn’t work.

  I am told that WordPress may strip out the code. Is there any way to display a code that others can then copy and use on a WordPress.com blog?

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jan 31, 2012 at 8:03 pm

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  You need to convert it into the HTML entities that will make it show up instead of working. You can do that here:
  http://www.plus2net.com/html_tutorial/tags-page.php
  Then you’ll paste the result in a Text widget, if you want it in your sidebar. You might need a scrollbox; if so, see here:

  Codes useful for text widgets

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  timethief · Member · Jan 31, 2012 at 9:49 pm

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  @barbarah

  I am told that WordPress may strip out the code. Is there any way to display a code that others can then copy and use on a WordPress.com blog?

  I am told that WordPress may strip out the code. Is there any way to display a code that others can then copy and use on a WordPress.com blog?

  The grab my button codes that work on Blogger blogs do not work on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. However, devblog created a grab my button generator for those of us who have free hosted WordPress.com blogs.
  tutorial here > http://csswiz.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/grab-my-button/
  grab my button code generator here > http://www.mycoolrealm.com/sandbox/gbgen/

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  barbarah · Member · Feb 1, 2012 at 6:03 am

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  Thanks so much, timethief. That worked perfectly.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 1, 2012 at 6:06 am

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  I see it on your blog! You’re welcome. :)