how can I get a Facebook SHARE button for posts, instead of a LIKE button?

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  deborahbeddoe · Member · Feb 21, 2014 at 5:52 pm

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  I want to add a Facebook share button to posts. Right now, it offers only LIKE.

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Feb 25, 2014 at 6:07 pm

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  Hi Deborah,

  We removed the count from the Share button as the Like button is being heavily recommended by Facebook for use going forward. However, if you would still like to create your own Facebook Share button, you can do so through these steps:

  1) Go to Settings > Sharing in your Dashboard

  2) You will see “Available Services”. Click “Add a new service”

  3) Please type this in to the respective fields:

  • Service Name: Facebook
  • Sharing URL: http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=%post_url%
  • Icon URL: http://cdn1.iconfinder.net/data/icons/Classy_Social_Media_Icons/16/facebook.png

  4) Click “Create Share”

  5) Drag your Facebook SHARE button to the “Enabled Services” module.

  Then you should be set! It will look like this:

  

  Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!