IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Due to Digg.com’s recent changes of their website, this tutorial is no longer working for us. Thank you.
After the success of my post about adding a retweet button, I decided to share how to add the Digg button to WordPress.com
The steps are simple, but a little bit longer than the retweet button, so be patient.
First part has to do with opening an account with Digg.com, second part has to do with adding the yellow Digg button to your posts.
Before starting the steps to add the Digg button, your blog post should be already published.
First part; opening a Digg account:
1-Open your account at Digg.com
2-When you finish, click on Submit New on the right top of the page.
3-Go back to your blog post (the one you want to add the Digg button to) and copy the URL (you know the address on top, http://)
4-You go back to Submit New and you paste the URL of your post to where it says “Enter the URL”
5-Then you choose media (in our case it is News Article) and you click continue. (you also have to enter all the other information about description, topic etc..)
6-You wait until they process your information and when the page “Success, your story has been submitted” appears, you copy the URL on top of the web page (because later you are going to paste it to your blog)
Second part; to add the yellow button of Digg to your post:
7-Open your post on your blog to edit it.
8-On top of the text (or anywhere you choose for the Digg button to appear) you write .
Your yellow Digg button should look like that ————————————–>
Now go and try it, and let me know if it works for you.
Good Luck!
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Thanks, Mirella … again! I will have to work my way through the steps to digg your article and add the feature to my own, but I will do it! I did retweet, though.
Jan
Hi Jan, thank you for retweeting:) Good luck!
The way you explain things makes them seem easy. I’m retweeting this for my fellow WordPress peeps!
Hey Holly, good to hear from you.
Digg is a wonderful feature, I discover it this morning and I love it already!!! you should definitely try it! Thanks for the retweet!
Wait…I was expecting an update about your progress towards your running goal and what you have done to meet it…so…I will try the digg thing…but where’s the other update?
LOL LOL, Slpmartin:) it is coming, I already wrote half of it and I will post it tomorrow afternoon. Promise:) when I was writing my post about exercise, I found the Digg thing, so I decided to write about it before I forget:)
Thank you for following my progress, makes my effort worthwhile!
Have a great day!
thanks Mirella, you are so clever. Is it has been as much as I can do just to upload a new blog – technically challenged! I am sure I can do it now that you have talked me through it! love Kerry
LOL LOL, You should try first with the retweet button since you already have a twitter account. It is very easy Kerry.
All you have to do is write this sentence:
tweetmeme source=”yourtwittername” only_single=false
on your post after you finish writing it, and then add your Twitter username to where it says “yourtwittername”
and then close the sentence with brackets [ ]
that’s all!
Let me know if you need help.
This is great!
Kudos!
mirella, i am so loving this social media side of your blog. this weekend it’s all about installing the ‘digg’ button. i’ll let you know how it goes.
Good luck Beverly! you are going to love it!
Let me know how it goes!
Mirella
whoa! This worked for me too! Thanks SO MUCH. Although I do find doing this with every new post kinda cumbersome. Hoping this leads to more hits on my blog. Has it for you?
Yes it does Sabera!
What it does in fact is putting you on top in the search engine.
So people will find your blog faster than other.
Good luck Sabera.
Add a digg button. YOU are the BEST..
Thanks so much.. I’ll subscribe now..
If you ever need a comedy break come on over to
http://atomicgator.wordpress.com
Love the Digg badge, wow just so happy
~Rich
follow me on twitter richramirez1
Thx, Rich
I totally digg your blog:):) Rich.
Look you definitely need to add the retweet button too, to your blog.
http://mirellamccracken.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/how-to-add-a-retweet-button-tweetmeme-for-the-wordpress-com-blogs-for-dummies/
I am sure your Ipad post will have lots of hit today!
Good luck!
Mirella
I am very happy to be following you! in fact I added you before checking your comments, just buy getting your Tweets when I opened my Twitter.
I appreciate the Retweet button and installed that just fine. Thank you! I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. This is the code I’m using (went through steps on Digg to get URL):
[digg=http://digg.com/business_finance/5_Easy_Money_Saving_Office_Tips]
My post just shows up as [digg] Is there any code that would go between this and the Retweet button?
Lots of people have problems with Digg button, not only you. Some of my posts don’t have the digg button because I couldn’t do it.
The URL you send me, up there looks fine, I don’t know why.
Make sure it is the right URL and that you close with brackets.
try to put it far from the retweet button to see.
Or try to ask Digg support team, they are very helpful.
and please don’t hesitate to ask me if you need anymore help!
Good luck
Mirella
I did the same what you have told.I think it may be due to dat title problm…I Will try for another post..
The same problem with me…help….@corporateofficecenters what have you done to rectify it..
Listen: When you copy the link of the blog you want to Digg, take the link from the webpage and NOT FROM the post in “EDITING MODE”
and don’t forget to close with brackets.
For example my Digg button for this post is: [digg=http://digg.com/gadgets/How_to_add_Digg_button_for_dummies_MirellaMcCracken]
Your Digg link should look like it.
If you do all that and still have problems; some times it is the title of your blog, if it has Apostrophe or other signs it doesn’t work, try with your other post.
I figured it out. Thank you so much!
You are most welcome!
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What if you’ve gone past step six? (Stumbled on your site a bit too late!)
6-You wait until they process your information and when the page “Success, your story has been submitted” appears, you copy the URL on top of the web page (because later you are going to paste it to your blog)
http://quixoticzephyr.wordpress.com/
I went on your (wonderful blog) didn’t see the Digg button? what is the problem? do you need help?
Just let me know.
i don’t have the yellow button; i have this: [Digg].
I am sorry there must be something missing in what you did.
How can I help you?
Try to do it again step by step.
Mirella
oh! sorry! i deleted my sorry attempt since it didn’t work. i’ll do it again right now so you can have a little chuckle.
okay, done; it’s on the ’10 things i’ve learned about roosters’ post:
http://kwrites.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=317
I went on your post and yes, all I can see is [Digg]
Sorry to ask this but did you put the link after [Digg=
if not you should take the link from the Digg web site and add it after the equal sign and close the brackets.
yes, i sure did. (and don’t apologize for asking! of course i could have missed a step!) here’s what i put under the posting: [digg=http://kwrites.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=317]
should i then have inserted it as a link, maybe?
nope; that didn’t work either. thanks for trying to help me!
Look most of the digg button start like that:
[digg=http://digg.com/gadgets/ BLABLABAL]
or
[digg=http://digg.com/business_finance/ Blablabla]
I have noticed that yours is starting like that: [digg=http://kwrites.wordpress.com
your dig button should be something like that:
[digg=http://digg.com/ (description)/ the name of your webpage]
For example my Digg button for this post is: [digg=http://digg.com/gadgets/How_to_add_Digg_button_for_dummies_MirellaMcCracken]
So try to do all over again.
Look when you copy the URL, take it from your website not from the editing mode.
Let me know.
I found your problem, you are taking the URL from your editing mode not from the webpage!
try it now.
will do!
[digg=http://kwrites.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/10-things-ive-learned-about-roosters/] taking link from my wordpress website didn’t work. should i take the link from digg?
[digg=http://digg.com/d31OzVY] didn’t work.
thanks for trying. i’ll try again a little later. maybe i need to ‘refresh’ my point of view.
How to add multiple sharing like given in this sites bottom?
http://www.dailytut.com/tips-and-tricks/do-not-disturb-services.html
It could help a lot ….
you are right, I should try to find out how to add the multiple button…
Thanks for the great idea:)
Have a great day.
Mirella
thanks yo for sharing this. i was able to successfully add the digg button. will try retween button in a while. cheers!
As always Mirella, you bring to the blogging world what many others who open a so called “Know How To Blog” site, just to generate traffic, wish they could bring…Reality. You actually KNOW HOW to write a blog, and do. In addition, you love to share what you learn in easy, common understandable terms.
You were one of the very few…if not the ONLY person who read the post that I wrote ” Will the Real Niche Bitch Please Stand Up” before I trashed it.
So you know exactly how I feel about those who create sites to draw traffic to them, by using a Niche that they know draws flies.
The main one to turn me away from ever visiting those sites, is persistent in informing everyone of how great of a writer one must be to become a great blogger.
Not surprisingly, within the first post that I read on their site, I counted at least 5 typos.
I trashed that post, because, I didn’t feel right using the term that I used, Niche Bitch, which, was a bit of a digg, on those of whom I was a little peeved at for giving out that, and other bogus information; ( though some of it of course is helpful).
So, I feel sure that you will not take the term Niche Bitch in anyway personally derogatory, when I say: The rest of you can sit down; Mirella’s Got This!!!
Blog on Girl!!!
Thanks so much Paul, you are making me blush:) you are very sweet and I appreciate all the very valuable comments you leave on my posts.
Take carer!
Mirella
Hey, I mean every word of it. And been here trying to get another wacko post out on my own site for half the day…and right now…food network next food star is on, so ya…
know how that is>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Mirella,
You’re an Attorney, and I don’t know any other way of contacting you…So,I’ll just post it here, and if you want to take it off that’s fine…But, only after you offer me a little free legal advice on the question lol
I found this on Digg…and as a writer, Song Writer Poet etc…do you think I should keep sending stuff to digg?
I know you are probably not a Copyright Attorney, but pretty sure that you have the answer: Thanks in advance:
Quick question about Digg…I was on there and was going to open an acct. but was turned off by the CC0. By submitting to Digg, one loses ALL rights to the work:
The person who associated a work with this document has dedicated the work to the Commons by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law and all related or neighboring legal rights he or she had in the work, to the extent allowable by law.
Works under CC0 do not require attribution. When citing the work, you should not imply endorsement by the author.
Just made me stop and re-think sending my song lyrics there. Any thoughts on this?
Sorry Paul I cannot help you in this, am specialized in criminal law. Sorry:(
Okay , thanks for the quick response anyway.
I think I’m going to cover up the hole that I Dugg, and stop sending them stuff. Somehow, forfeiting any and all rights, while posting to the world just doesn’t sit well with me.
Thanks again, and see you soon.
God Bless you
paul
Probably just me being a little dense, but unlike the tweet button I’ve had a time getting this digg button to work. Seem have got the hang of it now. Thanks Mirella.
Hi! Do you use Twitter? I’d like to follow you if that would be okay. I’m undoubtedly enjoying your blog and look forward to new
updates.