sharing and like buttons do not display on all page
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i am using the Studio theme with a static front page. i have repeatedly checked to make sure i have set up Settings>Sharing as instructed — i have everything selected for the “Show buttons on” setting. currently the like and sharing buttons show up everywhere except a)the static front page and b) the blog index pages. not having sharing on the front page is a big handicap. thanks for your help!
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See here > Likes http://en.support.wordpress.com/likes/#likes-and-your-site
See also > Sharing http://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/
Go to > Settings > Sharing
scroll down to:
Show buttons on
_Front Page, Archive Pages, and Search Results
_Posts
_Pages
_MediaSelect theme all and click “save changes”
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thank you, timethief. as i said i have all boxes selected for the Show buttons on setting. i am really baffled as to why they show on all the other pages but not the front page.
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The front page of the blog by default is the page for all published posts. So edit the post your created and make sure the sharing and like buttons are enabled on it.
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actually i have a static front page. i am getting the buttons on individual posts, but not the blog index pages.
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timethief, my static front page is at http://rcbinstock.com. i have two post index pages, http://rcbinstock.com/category/blog/whats-on-my-mind/ and http://rcbinstock.com/category/blog/whats-happening/.
thanks!
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I’m not clear on what you are doing there so I’m backing out of this thread. Either another Volunteer or Staff will assist you with this.
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Hi there!
Unfortunately, the way our themes work, is that they don’t display share buttons on the homepage if a static front page had been set. Normally, category pages don’t show these as well. Let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks!
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appreciate the information, even if it’s bad news. thank you. can you think of any way around this? i could set up “Share this site!” links to an anchor at the bottom of one of the pages that does have the buttons, but then they won’t be sharing the page they were originally on. is there no way to put it in a widget or hand code it into the page?
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Hello again,
I’ve gone ahead and hand coded a widget for you that includes several sharing links to your blog. Can you check if that works for you? You may find it on the top right corner of your homepage, under the header “Share this blog on”. Thanks!
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wow! thank you so much, that's great. i figured there was a way to do it in a widget, but i didn't know how. i really appreciate it, druesome!
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