O Twitter está ampliando suas funcionalidades para a rede mundial de computadores. Tudo começou com o botão oficial de tweet, depois com a plataforma Twitter Anywhere e, recentemente, com o novo botão oficial de seguir do Twitter. Você deve estar se perguntando o que diabos é esse botão de seguir do Twitter? Qual é a diferença entre o botão de seguir do Twitter e o botão de seguir inteligente? Não se preocupe, neste artigo abordaremos o que é o botão de seguir do Twitter e como você pode adicioná-lo ao seu site WordPress.
O que é o botão Seguir do Twitter?
O botão de seguir do Twitter é um pequeno widget que permite que os usuários sigam facilmente sua conta do Twitter (ou qualquer conta do Twitter) em qualquer site. O botão Seguir usa o mesmo modelo de implementação que o botão oficial de tweet e é muito simples de integrar. Você pode ver a demonstração do botão Seguir no canto superior esquerdo da imagem abaixo. Quando você clica no botão seguir, uma janela é aberta com mais informações sobre o usuário.
Você deve estar se perguntando qual é a diferença em relação ao botão Smart Follow abaixo.
Bem, o botão Smart Follow exige que você faça toda a integração com o Twitter Anywhere. Ele também não permite que você mostre a contagem de seguidores ou faça qualquer personalização. Já o botão de seguir do Twitter permite que você mostre a contagem e é muito fácil de integrar. Confira o exemplo ao vivo abaixo (não se esqueça de clicar em seguir para ver o que ele faz):
Como adicionar o botão oficial de seguir do Twitter no WordPress
Você pode ir até a página do botão Seguir e gerar um código para você. Ou você pode simplesmente copiar o código abaixo:
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P.S. Certifique-se de alterar o nome de usuário para o seu.
Se você estiver usando o botão oficial de tweet, não precisará colar o script duas vezes. Portanto, seu código será parecido com este:
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Agora você pode colar o código em qualquer lugar que desejar em seu tema do WordPress. A maioria das pessoas colocará esse código no arquivo sidebar.php. Entretanto, se você não se sentir à vontade para editar um arquivo de tema, também poderá utilizar os widgets de tema do WordPress. Todos os bons temas vêm com barras laterais prontas para widgets. Portanto, tudo o que você precisa fazer é ir para a guia Appearence ” Widgets. Em seguida, adicione um widget de texto à barra lateral apropriada. Por fim, cole o código acima e pronto. Veja o exemplo na captura de tela abaixo:
Realmente não há necessidade de adicionar um plug-in para fazer algo tão simples como isso.
Personalização avançada
Esta seção é para designers e desenvolvedores que desejam personalizar ainda mais esse botão para combinar com o esquema de cores do site etc. O Twitter permite que você personalize a cor do botão, a cor do texto, a cor do link, o idioma, o widget e o alinhamento do plug-in.
Variáveis disponíveis na versão JavaScript que estamos usando:
- data-show-count(verdadeiro ou falso)
- data-button(azul ou cinza)
- data-text-color (código hexadecimal)
- data-link-color (código hexadecimal)
- data-lang (en, fr, de, es) – usa o código de idioma ISO-639-1 de duas letras
- data-width – (300px)
- data-align – (direita)
Se você quiser especificá-lo no código a, ele terá a seguinte aparência:
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Recursos:
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Biodun says
Hi,
I tried to increase the width with the “data-width=300px” option but its not working.
Pj Germain says
SWEET! I didn’t wanna install yet another plug-in and this worked like a champ! I know it’s an old post, but hey, you nailed it!!!
Thanks a bunch!
Verity says
Hi there, thanks for the info. I’ve added this on to my HTML page but the link is coming up just with text (ie my twitter name) and not the official Twitter button. Any advice? Thanks in advance.
Si Sai says
Hi
what if i have multiple authors on my blog and i want individual authors twitter follow button to be displayed for the posts they have submitted ?
Chris Q says
This is great! Thanks.
I’ve built my blog from scratch with zero previous knowledge, and resources like yours have proved invaluable along the way.
I have a question though: is there anyway to hide or remove the counter? It’s half obscured by an image so thought I’d just get rid. I tried deleting what I thought was the obvious piece of code but it’s still there.
Nadia says
I got the button to post just fine and it links and everything but I don’t know how to change the location its in. I posted it in my header but I want the button to show up right next to my FB icon and right now its being half covered up by another picture in the header. Suggestions??
Nadia says
Never mind, GOT IT!!! Woot woot
Nadia says
For anyone else having this problem-
I had posted the link provided on this page into my header section. To edit the location, you need to go to the style section. I used this code:
.twitter-follow-button{
display:block;
position:absolute;
top:60px;
right:-170px;
width:32px;
height:32px;
Judy Hochberg says
I installed it in a text widget, and it looks fine on my blog, but I don’t understand how it works. When a user clicks on it, what happens? How does WordPress or Twitter know who the would-be subscriber is?
When I try clicking on it I get a pop-up message that says something like “You are now subscribed to @my_twitter_handle.” The message is the same whether or not I’m logged into the website. So how is my identity known?
Punit Bhalodiya says
nice post for WP-beginners thanks..!!!!!!
Pritam Patil says
You are the real wp rockstart man !! its working ..and lets hope i get more followers
Gemma says
Hi,
I followed the instructions and it did work–the button appears and when I tested it, it links to my twitter. However, the widget also shows the html code underneath the follow button on my blog. Is there any way to hide the code and just have the button?
Thanks
Editorial Staff says
Sounds like a copy/paste error because the widget shouldn’t show any html code.
Administrador
David M. Perkins says
Okay, unfortunately that didn’t work. Any other place I can go for help?
Editorial Staff says
Which part didn’t work? What error does it show?
Administrador
David M. Perkins says
The instructions above didn’t help at all–but fortunately I found another way through the plug-ins (after some *hours* I’ll never get back). You have to remember that this is called “WPBeginner”–emphasis on the “Beginner,” and telling someone to post code willy-nilly and not laying out *all* the steps: do this first, then click on that, which will show you this, etc. (some of us “beginners” are complete digital diplodoci, you know), is not helpful.
In any case, I got it done–but *not* by following the instructions above.
Editorial Staff says
Hi David,
The reason why we say paste it anywhere in your theme is because we do not know where you want to add it. It could be in the header, sidebar, footer, after each post etc. Those are all different locations. Furthermore, we did mention that you can go to Appearance » Widgets and add it in the text widget. You can put the text widget in the appropriate widget areas (supported by your theme). Some have widget areas in the footer, but most have it in the sidebar.
David M. Perkins says
@ Editorial Staff said ~
“The reason why we say paste it anywhere in your theme is because we do not know where you want to add it. It could be in the header, sidebar, footer, after each post etc. Those are all different locations.”
My point was that the directions could have said: “If you want to put it in your sidebar, go *here,* click on *here,* which will show you *this,* and then you paste the text *there.* If you want to have it appear at the bottom of your post, go *here,* click on *here,* which will show you *this,* etc.” I’ve still got the code, which did not make the button appear, pasted *somewhere* on my dashboard page–but the goddesses only know where it is at the moment.
Again–some of us *are* beginners here–and digital diplodoci–and beginners sometimes need a gentle, kind, *guiding* hand to get where we want to go, n’est–ce pas?
Editorial Staff says
Hello David,
While we understand exactly what you are saying, it is harder than it sounds. Each WordPress theme is coded differently (general theme, child themes based on various frameworks etc). On top of that, we can’t possibly cover every single spot a human brain can think of displaying the button. This is the reason why we covered the most basic spot (Appearance > Widgets). Depending on the theme, you will have widgets for your the sidebar, header, footer, etc.
We have a detailed overview of widgets in our free videos here: http://videos.wpbeginner.com/
eggtartbox says
I tried it and links to my twitter, but as regular text…would that be because I’m on a wordpress.com blog?
Alyssa says
I have the same problem. It links it to my twitter but does not show the button. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Gorn says
@wpbeginner Actually, neither. It’s a WordPress faciltiiy hosted by CIX at blog.cix.co.uk.
I have now got it to work, but by using the “old-style” twitter buttons at http://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons – couldn’t either the “script” form or the shortcode form to work. Any ideas why that is?
wpbeginner says
@Gorn Are you doing this on WordPress.com blog or a self-hosted blog?
Gorn says
Thanks for this. It doesn’t work for me, though. When I save the Text widget, the script element gets stripped out, and I end up with just a text link in my sidebar. Any ideas?
TheNerdyNurse says
nice addition. Feel my site loads too slow as it is. Worried that will be just one more thing to slow it down. I really need to figure out what it causing the drag in loading.
jasonfox_me says
Thanks for the tip. i took the code from Twitter and it it looked good (bad me for not testing) the other day my friend tells me he tried to follow me and got user does not exist. For some reason it left my old handle in the code….just a heads up.
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wpbeginner says
@likewpcom which in most cases would not be necessary.
likewpcom says
Another way to add twitter button is to install a WordPress plugin like http://goo.gl/EHyex
AlbertAlbs says
Yes. I did already. Got too many followers after adding that twitter follow button.