In this tutorial, we will see how we can add a similar share button on Blogger with a really cool hover effect and 4 social media icons with links to share the current page on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest. However, we can replace these social networks later with any other just by changing the links below.
Demo:
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Creating A CSS Animated Share Button
Step 1. From your Blogger dashboard > go to "Template" > click on the "Edit HTML" button.
Step 2. Click anywhere inside the code area and press the Ctrl + F keys to open the blogger search box. Type or paste the ]]></b:skin> tag and hit Enter to find it.
Step 3. Just above ]]></b:skin> add this CSS:
.share_button {
width: 300px;
height: 50px;
margin: 10px auto;
}
.share_button ul {
width: 50%;
height: inherit;
float: left;
list-style: none;
margin: 0 !important;
padding: 0 !important;
}
.share_button ul h1 {
margin-top: 9%;
overflow: hidden;
width: 100%;
color: #4889F0;
font-size: 18px;
text-shadow:2px 2px 2px #fff;
}
.share_button ul li {
position: absolute;
height: inherit;
width: 150px;
margin: 0 !important;
padding: 0 !important;
background: #EEEEEE;
-webkit-transition: all 600ms;
-moz-transition: all 600ms;
-o-transition: all 600ms;
-ms-transition: all 600ms;
transition: all 600ms;
text-align: center;
}
.share_button ul li h2 {
display: inline-block;
width: 32%;
height: 40px;
overflow: hidden;
margin-top: 5%;
cursor: pointer;
border: 0 !important;
}
.share_button ul:first-child li:first-child{
text-align: right;
}
.share_button ul:last-child li:first-child{
text-align: left;
}
.share_button ul:first-child li:last-child,
.share_button:hover ul:first-child li:first-child {
-webkit-transform: rotateY(90deg);
-moz-transform: rotateY(90deg);
-o-transform: rotateY(90deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(90deg);
transform: rotateY(90deg);
}
.share_button ul:last-child li:last-child,
.share_button:hover ul:last-child li:first-child {
-webkit-transform: rotateY(-90deg);
-moz-transform: rotateY(-90deg);
-o-transform: rotateY(-90deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(-90deg);
transform: rotateY(-90deg);
}
.share_button:hover ul:first-child li:last-child,
.share_button:hover ul:last-child li:last-child {
-webkit-transform: rotateY(0deg);
-moz-transform: rotateY(0deg);
-o-transform: rotateY(0deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(0deg);
transform: rotateY(0deg);
}
Step 5. Now let's go ahead and insert the HTML button in the template. The most common place would be just after <div class='post-footer'> - find the second <div class='post-footer'> and paste the following code just above it:
<div class='share_button'>
<ul>
<li><h1>
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</h1></li>
<li><h2>
<a expr:href='"http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=" + data:post.canonicalUrl + "&t=" + data:post.title ' title='Share on Facebook'><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadWYuz0pfIdQkTyN2siogas5RcvDyJrU3MihWfgQTW8mHY2znoMaZVzGhyewaGqHMHD5iAAFLWcCZOJsexDlCCDmM3-CBz_nbm2DkXW5N_iKZ8Rr7RgUskcLmuG7ueVcOfgLbcdLiniwT/s1600/Facebook.png"/></a></h2>
<h2><a expr:href='"http://twitter.com/home?status=" + data:post.title + " " + data:post.canonicalUrl ' title='Share on Twitter'><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09I02nDOPfjPEV_hQXfZVP7SO_NLYjlTV0n_qhz9-35ZTi5-1ewQpp7tyfkgQIyNER29XJC_XYJctk67J919hvhQuoQXrTY-vC3WcIrPLH0QDBuTSyJBN9xAeFd9Kbzm_EwW21IXp5Yqv/s1600/Twitter.png"/></a></h2>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><h1>his page</h1></li>
<li>
<h2><a expr:href='"https://plus.google.com/share?url=" + data:post.canonicalUrl ' title='Share on Google Plus'><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3bpePwRFYecjsO5xR-iO3WyLF4CtPAxO45LW3TcSguJnqu1RI5XbLiltoOutOVFJE5p0aeD-mDmThz8iF77RTV6LGHiUf1SdJeOVIK2AfRcyDTn50vtLdbAisyGPvj17WdlZwM7cpRfH/s1600/Google-plus.png"/></a></h2>
<h2>
<a href='javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());' title='Share on Pinterest'><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24p6QntsOZKQUjfzkrhMCrZ5H8L9eafBYxhs04wjNnY8-n3M6EUS90-EVAy1uXgepOYgYQVZR0dvWnEBc47F7KKbZAoi5HJJUW_5nvCNdZKAMv9M1NUNx__APiXzpQF0eSBi7oVHOzuhc/s1600/Pinterest.png"/></a>
</h2>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
Note: if you want to change the icons, replace the URLs in blue.
Step 5. Click on the "Save template" button and we're done! Enjoy ;)
