Adding Google +1 To My Site
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This may seem like a silly question, but I had my site designed by a third party and I don't know how to find this info.
I want to add Google +1 button to my site. I've already added the script that makes it work in my , but don't know how to add the to the part of my site I'd like the icon to appear.
If you take a look at my site, http://www.youdrivethesuccess.com/, you will see the twitter and facebook icons that follow you around the site in the top right of the page. I'd like to drop in the +1 right next to them, but I don't know how to get to it.
How do I access this on the server? What section of my FTP do these lil icons live? A folder? Any direction is greatly appreciated...thanks.
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I have written what I hope you will find to be a helpful guide to adding +1 to a website. There are some links there with some in-depth Google +1 information that can help.
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thanks...i found the +1 in one of my current plugins!
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This is the section where the social networks are :
<ul class="aff-social"><li class="aff-twit"><a title="Follow Us On Twitter" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/growyourcareer">Follow Me On Twittera>li><li class="aff-fb"><a title="Find Us On Facebook" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/realestatecareers">Find me on Facebooka>li>ul>Your would addbefore the and add a class aff-plusone to the CSS stylesheet 'style.css'.But it depends on how these pages are served, as to whether you can edit this page directly or it is coming from a virtual page in a database which is most likely for a wordpress site. If in doubt, ask the designer where you can edit the site content.
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When I design a website, I create php pages for any code which will be re-used on multiple pages. Some examples are header.php, footer.php, social.php. Those php pages (really code snippets) are then included into other pages in the appropriate location. This is a common practice.
When I needed to add Google +1, it was a simple matter of adding the single line of code to the social.php code. If your site is professionally designed, you should have a similar process. The challenges are that web pages can be offered in many languages, with many web server setups, and with many forms of a CMS. The process will be different based on these factors and there is no generic answer.
EDIT: I took a look at your site and realized you use WordPress. I have recently installed WP for the first time and have not used it as of yet. I would suggest doing a WP search and you will probably find this question has already been asked and answered.
EDIT2: Here is a link to a simple WP plugin for Google +1. http://ottopress.com/2011/adding-googles-1-button-to-wordpress-sites/
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