The Sexy Bookmarks range so called as the very first
gadget had the 'Sharing Is Sexy' message is probably the most eye catching Bookmarking Widget available.On Spice Up Your Blog i have covered a few versions and even used the Arrow Messages to create my own unique versions.However in this post i have the complete sexy bookmarks range with the awesome accordion auto hide and all 8 arrow messages.With the accordion effect one row of icons are visible and on hover the page drops to display 48 more sharing options, that's 56 in total.The icons themselves are sprites with a pop up effect, all making for a totally animated look using
jQuery.Best of all by changing just one line in the you can use any of the 8 messages.The message and icons are all transparent so work on any background color.We will be adding the sexy bookmarks gadget directly below all you your posts.
I have 2 demos showing the sexy bookmarks in action, one on a light background and one on a dark background.The demo has all 8 gadgets make sure to hover over the icons to see the drop down for the other icons.
Light Background Sexy Bookmarks DemoDark Background Sexy Bookmarks DemoVery Cool Eh ! This version is the most complete i have seen for Blogger and thanks go to Harish from
Way2Blogging and
Custom Blogger Templates.Harish also works with me on projects in the
Hire Us section of Spice Up Your Blog.
The arrow messages available are Sharing Is Sexy, Sharing Is Caring, Sharing Is Caring With Hearts, Share The Love, Share The Wealth, Share And Enjoy, Share The Knowledge and even an arrow message in German !
The Bookmarking Icons In The Gadget are for Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Stumble Upon, Delicious, Digg, Google Buzz, Blogger, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, Google Bookmarks, Google Reader, Rss, Orkut, Design Bump, Reddit, Design Float, Friend Feed, Dzone, Web Blend, Propeller, Tumblr, Squidoo, Posterous, Technorati, Bebo, Hotmail, Blinklist, Blog Engage, Blog Marks, Box.Net, Current, Diigo, Ekudos, Evernote, Hacker News, Hives, Identica, Jumptags, Email, Meneame, Mister Wong, My Link Vault, Myspace, Netvibes, Netvouz, Newsvine, Ning, Ping FM, Plaxo, Plurk, Print Friendly, Slashdot, Sphinn, Techmeme and Tipd.
OK lets add it to your blog.
Add The V3 Complete Sexy Bookmarks Gadget To Your Blog
Step 1. In Your Blogger Dashboard Click Design > Edit Html > Tick The Expand Widget Templates Box
Step 2. Find the following piece of code in your blogs Html : (Click Ctrl and F for a search bar to help find the code -
More Info)
</head>
Step 3. Copy and Paste the following code directly Above / Before </head>
-If you previously added jQuery to your blog you can remove the line in yellow.
<script src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.0/jquery.min.js'
type='text/javascript' />
<link href='http://bloggerblogwidgets.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/auto-hide-social-bookmarking-way2blogging.css'
rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' />
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
jQuery('.sexy-bookmarks a.external').attr("target", "_blank");
var sexyBaseHeight = jQuery('.sexy-bookmarks').height();
var sexyFullHeight = jQuery('.sexy-bookmarks ul.socials').height();
if (sexyFullHeight > sexyBaseHeight) {
jQuery('.sexy-bookmarks-expand').hover(
function() {
jQuery(this).animate({
height: sexyFullHeight + 15 + 'px'
}, {
duration: 800,
queue: false
});
}, function() {
jQuery(this).animate({
height: sexyBaseHeight + 'px'
}, {
duration: 800,
queue: false
});
});
}
if (jQuery('.sexy-bookmarks-center')) {
var sexyFullWidth = jQuery('.sexy-bookmarks').width();
var sexyBookmarkWidth = jQuery('.sexy-bookmarks:first ul.socials li').width();
var sexyBookmarkCount = jQuery('.sexy-bookmarks:first ul.socials li').length;
var numPerRow = Math.floor(sexyFullWidth / sexyBookmarkWidth);
var sexyRowWidth = Math.min(numPerRow, sexyBookmarkCount) * sexyBookmarkWidth;
var sexyLeftMargin = (sexyFullWidth - sexyRowWidth) / 2;
jQuery('.sexy-bookmarks-center').css('margin-left', sexyLeftMargin + 'px');
}
});
</script>
Find the following piece of code in your blogs Html : (Click Ctrl and F for a search bar to help find the code -
More Info)
<div class='post-footer'>
- If you cant find this use <data:post.body/>
instead.
Step 5. Copy and Paste the following code Directly Below / Under <div class='post-footer'>
<!--start bookmarks sexy-->
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<div id='post-width-w2b' style='
width:550px;'>
<div class='
sexy-bookmarks-bg-sexy sexy-bookmarks sexy-bookmarks-expand sexy-bookmarks-center '>
<ul class='socials'>
<li class='sexy-twitter'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://twitter.com/home?status=" + data:post.title + " -- " + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Tweet This!'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-facebook'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.facebook.com/share.php?v=4&src=bm&u=" + data:post.url + "&t=" + data:post.title ' onclick='window.open(this.href,'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436'); return false;' rel='nofollow' title='Share this on Facebook'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-linkedin'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title + "&summary=&source="' rel='nofollow' title='Share this on LinkedIn'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-stumbleupon'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-delicious'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://delicious.com/post?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Share this on del.icio.us'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-digg'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Digg this!'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-googlebuzz'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.google.com/buzz/post?url=" + data:post.url + "&imageurl="' rel='nofollow' title='Post on Google Buzz'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-blogger'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.blogger.com/blog_this.pyra?t&u=" + data:post.url + "&n=" + data:post.title + "&pli=1"' rel='nofollow' title='Blog this on Blogger'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-yahoomail'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://compose.mail.yahoo.com/?Subject= " + data:post.title + "&body=Link:"+ data:post.url' rel='nofollow' title='Email this via Yahoo! Mail'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-gmail'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&su=" + data:post.title + "&body=Link:" + data:post.url' rel='nofollow' title='Email this via Gmail'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-googlebookmarks'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=add&bkmk=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Add this to Google Bookmarks'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-googlereader'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title + "&srcUrl=" + data:post.url + "&srcTitle=" + data:post.title + "&snippet="' rel='nofollow' title='Add this to Google Reader'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-comfeed'>
<a class='external' expr:href='data:blog.homepageUrl + "feeds/" + data:post.id + "/comments/default?alt=rss"' rel='nofollow' title='Subscribe to the comments for this post?'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-orkut'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://promote.orkut.com/preview?nt=orkut.com&tt=" + data:post.title + "&du=" + data:post.url + "&cn="' rel='nofollow' title='Promote this on Orkut'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-designbump'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://designbump.com/submit?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title + "&body="' rel='nofollow' title='Bump this on DesignBump'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-reddit'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://reddit.com/submit?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Share this on Reddit'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-designfloat'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.designfloat.com/submit.php?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Submit this to DesignFloat'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-friendfeed'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.friendfeed.com/share?title=" + data:post.title + "&link=" + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Share this on FriendFeed'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-dzone'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.dzone.com/links/add.html?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title + "&description="' rel='nofollow' title='Add this to DZone'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-webblend'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://thewebblend.com/submit?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title + "&body="' rel='nofollow' title='Blend this!'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-propeller'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.propeller.com/submit/?url=" + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Submit this story to Propeller'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-tumblr'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.tumblr.com/share?v=3&u=" + data:post.url + "&t=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Share this on Tumblr'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-squidoo'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.squidoo.com/lensmaster/bookmark?" + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Add to a lense on Squidoo'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-posterous'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://posterous.com/share?linkto=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title + "&selection="' rel='nofollow' title='Post this to Posterous'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-technorati'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://technorati.com/faves?add=" + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Share this on Technorati'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-hotmail'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://mail.live.com/?rru=compose?subject=" + data:post.title + "&body=Link: " + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Email this via Hotmail'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-bebo'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.bebo.com/c/share?Url=" + data:post.url + "&Title=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Share this on Bebo'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-blinklist'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.blinklist.com/index.php?Action=Blink/addblink.php&Url=" + data:post.url + "&Title=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Share this on Blinklist'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-blogengage'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.blogengage.com/submit.php?url=" + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Engage with this article!'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-blogmarks'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://blogmarks.net/my/new.php?mini=1&simple=1&url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Mark this on BlogMarks'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-boxnet'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"https://www.box.net/api/1.0/import?url=" + data:post.url + "&name=" + data:post.title + "&description=&import_as=link"' rel='nofollow' title='Add this link to Box.net'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-current'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://current.com/clipper.htm?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Post this to Current'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-diigo'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.diigo.com/post?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title + "&desc="' rel='nofollow' title='Post this on Diigo'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-ekudos'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.ekudos.nl/artikel/nieuw?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title + "&desc="' rel='nofollow' title='Submit this to eKudos'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-evernote'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.evernote.com/clip.action?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Clip this to Evernote'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-hackernews'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://news.ycombinator.com/submitlink?u=" + data:post.url + "&t=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Submit this to Hacker News'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-hyves'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.hyves.nl/profilemanage/add/tips/?name=" + data:post.title + "&text=Text about this site+-+" + data:post.url + "&rating=5"' rel='nofollow' title='Share this on Hyves'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-identica'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://identi.ca//index.php?action=newnotice&status_textarea=Reading:" + data:post.title + "+-+from+" + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Post this to Identica'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-jumptags'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.jumptags.com/add/?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Submit this link to JumpTags'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-mail'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"mailto:?subject=%22" + data:post.title + "%22&body=Link: " + data:post.url + " (sent via Way2blogging) "' rel='nofollow' title='Email this to a friend?'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-meneame'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://meneame.net/submit.php?url=" + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Submit this to Meneame'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-misterwong'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.mister-wong.com/addurl/?bm_url=" + data:post.url + "&bm_description=" + data:post.title + "&plugin=sexybookmarks"' rel='nofollow' title='Add this to Mister Wong'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-mylinkvault'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.mylinkvault.com/link-page.php?u=" + data:post.url + "&n=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Store this link on MyLinkVault'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-myspace'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?u=" + data:post.url + "&t=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Post this to MySpace'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-netvibes'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.netvibes.com/share?title=" + data:post.title + "&url=" + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Submit this to Netvibes'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-netvouz'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.netvouz.com/action/submitBookmark?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title + "&popup=no"' rel='nofollow' title='Submit this to Netvouz'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-newsvine'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.newsvine.com/_tools/seed&save?u=" + data:post.url + "&h=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Seed this on Newsvine'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-ning'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://bookmarks.ning.com/addItem.php?url=" + data:post.url + "&T=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Add this to Ning'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-pingfm'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://ping.fm/ref/?link=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title + "&body="' rel='nofollow' title='Ping this on Ping.fm'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-plaxo'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.plaxo.com/?share_link=" + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Share this on Plaxo'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-plurk'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.plurk.com/m?content=9+beautiful+web+forms+for+free+download+-+" + data:post.url + "&qualifier=shares"' rel='nofollow' title='Share this on Plurk'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-printfriendly'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=" + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Send this page to Print Friendly'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-slashdot'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://slashdot.org/bookmark.pl?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title ' rel='nofollow' title='Submit this to SlashDot'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-sphinn'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://sphinn.com/index.php?c=post&m=submit&link=" + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Sphinn this on Sphinn'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-techmeme'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://twitter.com/home/?status=Tip+@Techmeme+" + data:post.url + "--" + data:post.title + "&source=Way2blogging"' rel='nofollow' title='Tip this to TechMeme'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-tipd'>
<a class='external' expr:href='"http://tipd.com/submit.php?url=" + data:post.url ' rel='nofollow' title='Share this on Tipd'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-way2blogging'>
<a class='external' href='http://way2blogging.blogspot.com' rel='follow' title='Grab this Widget'/>
</li>
<li class='sexy-way2blogging'>
<a class='external' href='http://www.spiceupyourblog.com' rel='follow' title='Social Bookmarking Gadgets'/>
</li>
</ul>
<div class='sexy-link'>
Widget for blogger by <a href='http://way2blogging.blogspot.com/2010/12/add-sexy-auto-hide-social-bookmarking.html' rel='follow' title='Grab this Widget'>Way2Blogging</a> | Via <a href='http://www.spiceupyourblog.com/2011/05/awesome-complete-animated-sexy-social.html' rel='follow' title='Blogger Bookmarking Gadgets'>Spice Up Your Blog Gadgets</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</b:if>
<!--end bookmarks-->
The Options
The line in red at the top sets the gadget to only be displayed on full posts pages not on the home page.To display the gadget on your home page also remove the line in red and
Important if you look the the bottom of the code you will see </b:if> in red, this is the closing tag so remove this also.
The width is highlighted in blue at 550px and can be changed to suit your blog.
Change The Arrow MessageTo change the arrow message simple change the line highlighted in yellow above with one of the lines below.Currently the message is Sharing Is Sexy.
sexy-bookmarks-bg-sexy
sexy-bookmarks-bg-caring
sexy-bookmarks-bg-caring-old
sexy-bookmarks-bg-love
sexy-bookmarks-bg-wealth
sexy-bookmarks-bg-enjoy
sexy-bookmarks-bg-knowledge
sexy-bookmarks-bg-german
How about a different message every day ?
And that the awesome Sexy Bookmarks with all the options.Once again all thanks go to
Way2Blogging make sure to check out Harish's Blog.Also if you use Wordpress check out the original Wordpress Plugin by
Shareaholic.Here on SUYB we have lots more
Social Bookmarking Gadgets including my unique versions of
Sexy Bookmarks.
Drop Your Comments And Questions Below.
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