Why Does WordPress Shorten My Code for a Text Widget?

offtheeatenpathclt · Member · Apr 24, 2013 at 1:51 am
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Hi,

I am trying to enter a button for Pinterest (other word press blogs have it). When I add the code in the ext widget (Follow Me on Pinterest!) it shortens it to (Follow Me on Pinterest!) so the link works but there is no button.

I’d really like a button. Please help!

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justpi · Member · Apr 24, 2013 at 2:28 am
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To display code here you need to enclose it in backticks (see the note on “allowed markup”).
offtheeatenpathclt · Member · Apr 24, 2013 at 2:33 am
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Sorry I’m new. Where could I find that note?

Thanks!
justpi · Member · Apr 24, 2013 at 2:41 am
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To the left of the reply field.
offtheeatenpathclt · Member · Apr 24, 2013 at 10:19 pm
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Sorry one more question. Could you please write out how it would look? I tried to enclose in backticks as you suggested and it is still not working.

Follow Me on Pinterest!
justpi · Member · Apr 25, 2013 at 2:41 am
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“To display code here” meant here in the forum, so we can see the code and tell you what’s going on with it.
offtheeatenpathclt · Member · Apr 25, 2013 at 12:02 pm
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Woops. Here:

<a data-pin-do="buttonFollow" href="http://pinterest.com/chrissiebeth5/">Follow Me on Pinterest!</a>
justpi · Member · Apr 25, 2013 at 12:25 pm
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“data-pin-do” isn’t a recognized HTML attribute: it’s probably associated with a javascript script (which we’re not allowed to use on wordpress.com), so it’s meaningless by itself and it’s stripped out.

If you want a Pinterest button in your sidebar, you can copy a Pinterest logo to your computer, upload it to your blog, and use it in an Image widget or a Text widget.
If you want a Pin It button under your posts, you can do it in Settings > Sharing.

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