Effective social marketing is essential for your Website’s growth and success. The great news is that adding social networking buttons to your site, such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, is super easy these days. In this post, I will take you through the steps of adding a Facebook Like button to your Website or Blog. It’s easy so following along to gain valuable traffic and fans of your Website.
There are two options to add a Facebook Like button to your Website.
Option 1 – iFrame
Grab the following iFrame code and paste it into the code of your site wherever you want the Facebook Like widget to appear:
<iframe src=”http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.YOUR URL&layout=standard&show_faces=false&width=450&action=like&font&colorscheme=light&height=35″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″ style=”border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:35px;” allowTransparency=”true”></iframe>
Important Note: You must replace “YOUR URL” with your Web address. Here is the sample result (click if you like this tutorial):
Option 2 – XFBML
Grab the following XFBML code and paste it into the code of your site wherever you want the Facebook Like widget to appear:
<script src=”http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1″></script><fb:like href=”http://www.YOUR URL” show_faces=”false” width=”450″ font=””></fb:like>
Important Note: You must replace “YOUR URL” with your Web address. Here is the sample result using the XFBML version:
Click the “Like” button above to see how it works. As you can see it’s as easy as copying and pasting the right code. Now you can watch your likes go up and your traffic too.
Stay tuned for more tips and tutorials from Xpancom Website Support Experts
By Mitch Moccia
