Want to add a Facebook Like Button but have no clue how!?!? Help!

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  bullybabiesofnc · Member · Jul 31, 2011 at 7:24 pm

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  I have tried to add the Facebook ‘Like’ box but it didn’t work for whatever reason. I tried doing it through Facebook and it won’t let me (saying I’m not an authorized developer even though I am. I also tried it through the Facebook Like box widget and it gave me an error message. It said the href id was incorrect or something…..

  I figured out how to get the Facebook error message off my page, but still can’t figure out how to add the like button….I want it on my main homepage (post page).

  Please help! I’m a 23 year old blonde with no website or programming knowledge.

  http://www.BullyBabiesofNC.com

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  mmadfan · Member · Jul 31, 2011 at 7:46 pm

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  You can only link a Facebook Like box widget to a Facebook page (that’s a bit like a facebook group — it’s not the same as your profile), not to an individual facebook account. If you’re trying to link it to your FB profile/wall/individual account, it won’t work.

  If you have or create a Facebook page, you can then add the likebox widget. If you don’t have a FB page, then you can still use the like/share buttons on your individual posts and wp.com pages.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2011 at 7:53 pm

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  @bullybabiesofnc
  The Facebook like box widget is only for fan pages. Alternatively you can use RSS Grafitti http://www.facebook.com/RSS.Graffiti for posting to Facebook fan pages or walls of your choice.

  You can post a Facebook badge in your sidebar. http://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-badge/

  You can also enable sharing buttons on your posts, pages and index pages.
  Also note the “like” button. http://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/

  You can have Facebook like & share buttons on your posts.
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/its-possible-facebook-share-and-like-buttonsat-the-same-time?replies=90

  You can use a Twitter widget > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/twitter-widget/

  You can post a twitter follow button > http://en.support.wordpress.com/twitter-follow-button/

  You can set up Publicize and publish to your Facebook profile page http://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/

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  bullybabiesofnc · Member · Jul 31, 2011 at 7:53 pm

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  I want to add the like button to my wordpress blog site so that when people read it and like it they can click the like box and then it shows up on their news feeds.

  I would also like to link my site to my facebook page, but that’s second on the list. The first being the like button.

  If it matters, I have a facebook page as well as a wordpress site.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2011 at 7:54 pm

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  What I have posted above is all that’s possible on a free hosted WordPress.com blog.