Google button on the top rotating menu in the theme "Bold News?"

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  marisalavalette · Member · Jan 30, 2013 at 10:02 pm

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  I am using the theme Bold News and already love the buttons I have for people to follow the blog on FB, Twitter, StumbleUpon, etc.

  Now I also want to include a small square button up on the top rotating menu for Google+. I already have a Google+ share box at the end of each post; now I want one at the very top of my blog.

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

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  richardmtl · Member · Jan 31, 2013 at 4:02 pm

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  Hi Marisa, do you mean where it says “Follow #SavvyCitiZen at:”? Your theme does not have an option to add a Google+ box there, but it might be possible to do so with a Text Widget in your sidebar (similar to like you did with the “Worldette” box). Would that work for you?

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  marisalavalette · Member · Feb 1, 2013 at 10:54 pm

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  Hi Richard,

  Thanks for replying. So far this isn’t working for me. Your suggestion made sense, but every time I paste the “codes” that I copied from the Google help site, all the html shows up on the homepage of my blog, and no button.

  I appreciate your help.

  Marisa

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  richardmtl · Member · Feb 2, 2013 at 2:52 am

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  Hi Marisa,

  If the code includes an iframe, then you won’t be able to include it in your widget, for security reasons. You can see what kind of code is allowed, here:

  Add Code to Your Site

  Can you point me to the site from which you are getting the code? I’ll have a look at it. Thanks!

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  marisalavalette · Member · Feb 3, 2013 at 3:10 am

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  Hi Richard,

  I have been trying from this page:

  https://developers.google.com/+/plugins/+1button/

  What do you think?

  Thanks again so much for your help!

  Marisa

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  richardmtl · Member · Feb 4, 2013 at 4:00 am

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  I’m sorry Marisa, but that’s javascript, and we don’t allow javascript either.

  There is an alternative that other users came up with that you can try if you’d like, for a static button:

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/google-publisher-code-with-badge-and-1-button?replies=26

  Also, you can include a G+ button on every post, from your sharing settings:

  Sharing

  I hope that helps. Let me know if I can help you with anything else.

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  marisalavalette · Member · Feb 4, 2013 at 5:49 pm

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  Hi Richard,

  Your assistance has been incredible thus far– I am making progress.

  I have been fiddling around and have come up with the following two widgets:

  http://marisalavalette.com/

  However, they are just images now (not clickable).

  I haven’t been able to figure out where to paste in the numbers from my Google+ profile. 104503788046333730591

  Once I figure out which part of the code to paste that in to, I think I will be set.

  Can you point me in the right direction?

  Thanks again!
  Marisa

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  richardmtl · Member · Feb 4, 2013 at 6:18 pm

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  Hi!

  I modified your code a bit, as per this comment; basically, I wrapped your images in a link. I tried both of them, and they work, they bring my to your profile.

  Hope that’s satisfactory for you!

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  marisalavalette · Member · Feb 4, 2013 at 6:23 pm

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  Thanks Richard. That’s incredible– that’s exactly what I wanted!

  Thank you oh so much.

  Marisa