I just added a new feature to Sympoze called an External Vote Button, and I’m hoping that Sympoze users and philosophy bloggers will help me start testing it.
This should make submitting and voting up philosophy blog posts way easier and more efficient for Sympoze users. You can see it just under the title of this post.
You’ve probably read blogs that have these for Digg and Reddit. Bloggers can embed external vote buttons for Digg and Reddit making it super-easy for Digg and Reddit users to vote up the blog post they’re reading. We now have that for Sympoze.
Sympoze users, please help me test this by voting this post up from within the post here at Wide Scope. Note that you should be logged into to Sympoze first. (I also recommend setting up your browser so that it keeps you always logged in to Sympoze, if you haven’t already.)
I also hope some of you with philosophy blogs will help me test this widget by placing it in your blog template. You can do this, even if you’re not a Sympoze user. Instructions are below.
Philosophy Bloggers: Place the External Vote Button on Your Site
Installing the Sympoze External Vote Button Widget in your Post Template is a great way to get more readers by making it easy for Sympoze users to submit and vote up your posts.
ONE EASY STEP
Find the code for your blogging platform (WordPress, Blogger, or Typepad) Copy and paste that into your blog template for posts. Don’t paste it into the HTML for a single post. Paste it into the template where you would like the button to appear (e.g., under the TITLE or at the END of the blog post)
<script type="text/javascript"> url_site = '<?php the_permalink(); ?>'; </script> <script src="http://www.sympoze.com/modules/drigg_external/js/button.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
UPDATE: The blogger code below only works with the old ‘Classic’ Template. I just figured out how to get it working in the New Blogger Layout mode. If you use that template, I’ll have some instructions for you soon.
<script type="text/javascript"> url_site = '<$BlogItemPermalinkURL$>'; </script> <script src="http://www.sympoze.com/modules/drigg_external/js/button.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
url_site = '<$MTEntryPermalink$>';
</script>
<script src="http://www.sympoze.com/modules/drigg_external/js/button.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
First time I click the button, it gets me to log in.
Then I direct my browser back and click a second time, and am redirected to here with the error message:
“Access denied
You are not authorized to access this page”
Then, third time lucky!
I can’t get the Blogger code to work. Error message: “Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly. XML error message: The content of elements must consist of well-formed character data or markup.”
Richard,
I’ll check it out on my blogger test page.
I got it working here – http://andytestground.blogspot.com/
It may have something to do with where you are pasting it in the template or maybe you didn’t get all of the code.
I’ll paste exactly what I did in just a minute.
Regarding the third time success. I have Firefox setup so that I am always logged into Sympoze until I clear my private data.
I just logged out and tried to vote, and I experienced the same thing. At least it works on the third time, and it should work seamlessly as long as you are antecedently logged into Sympoze before you click a vote up button.
Okay, let me know where to paste it… (Does your test site use ‘layouts’ or ‘classic’ style template? I can’t view it because you’ve restricted access…)
I just noticed that. It’s unrestricted now. I use classic style. I also just sent you an email. Before I post it, I want to see if that fixes the problem.
I’m getting the same error message. I’m really bad at editing the HTML, so if you know now specifically where to paste the code I’ll give it another shot. (I’ll keep trying even if you don’t tell me but I doubt I’ll get it right on my own.)