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Philosophy Bloggers:

The Sympoze External Vote Button is an excellent way to have your posts get promoted and exposed to the audience you want to reach.

Follow the instructions to insert this widget in your blog post template, and you make it very easy for Sympoze users to submit and vote up your posts on Sympoze. The more votes your posts get, the more likely it is that more philosophers will read it.

Here's an example of what it looks like on my blog. Here's another example of what it looks like on John Basl's blog, Normal Science.

You don't even need to have a Sympoze User Account to do this.

There are two simple steps.

Copy Your Code

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>

<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>

Paste Code in Your Blog Template

Make sure you post it in the template for your posts. Below are some simple instructions for having the widget appear just below the title. You can play around with and get it to appear at the bottom of the post too.

These instructions are kind of quick and dirty. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.

Wordpress (Your Own Install)
Paste code right above - div class="entry-content" (edit both Main Index and Single Post)

Wordpress(freely hosted at wordpress.com)
Unfortunately, I don't see an easy option for this one because users of free wordpress.com blogs cannot edit their post template without upgrading and paying.

Blogger (Classic Template)
Paste code right above - $BlogItemBody$ - near the end of the template

Blogger (New Layout View)
We've got this figured out. I'm having a hard time pasting the code, so here's a link to a text file with the instructions. It's fairly simple.

TypePad
It looks like you must have an account with TypePad that gives you access to Advanced Templates. With an Advanced Template you can paste code into the HTML for your posts (however, I'm looking into where that would go...) More information coming soon.

More Detailed Instructions

This is basically a social bookmark button. If you follow the instructions for manually inserting a social bookmark button in your blog template, but substitute the above script - you'll get our button on your blog posts. Here's one good set of instructions.