Pinterest button on home page to link to my Pinterest account

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  jciriello · Member · Oct 17, 2012 at 7:26 pm

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  How can I display a button for readers to see my Pinterest account ?

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  jciriello · Member · Oct 17, 2012 at 10:44 pm

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  any responses on this ?
  i want readers to be able to follow me on pinterest …

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  thebluntmom420 · Member · Oct 29, 2012 at 5:49 pm

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  I noticed on your blog JCiriello, that you found a way to put a pinterest button and “follow me on Pinterest”…could you please tell me how you did it?
  Thanks.
  MJ

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  timethief · Member · Oct 29, 2012 at 6:01 pm

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  Hello there,
  You can use any widget that has pure HTML but you cannot use any widgets that contain restricted codes like iframes or JavaScript widgets. In the case of Pinterest, you cannot use the Pin-it Javascript code on a WordPress.com blog. http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

  But you can put the code for the Pinterest follow button in a text widget.
  1. Go to this site, choose which one of the red Follow Me images you want, and copy the code for it. http://pinterest.com/about/goodies/

  2. Then, go to your widgets > Appearance > Widgets and select a text widget.http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/

  3. Paste the Pinterest follow button code into the text widget, “save” the widget, “close” the widget and place it where you want it to display in your sidebar.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/text-widget-links/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/#adding-an-image

  4. Please see here for enabling sharing buttons including Pinterest on your blog. http://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/