Facebook like box for blogger
Facebook is undoubtedly the most popular social media network in the world today. It is boasting close to 2 billion registered users with at least 800 million logging into their dashboards each day. As a Blogger this gives you a great way to interact with your audience, especially if you can link your blogs fan page and your blog itself in such a way that it is almost interlinked.
One way of achieving this is by using the official facebook like-box gadget for blogger. The facebook like box is directly linked to your facebook fan page and makes it possible for people to like your facebook page without ever stepping foot of your blog.
How to install facebook like box in blogger
Before you can install the facebook like box on your blog you have to install the blogger shortcode plugin.
What is Blogger Shortcode?
Blogger shortcode is a macrocode or a single line of code that contains a set of instructions which lets you implement certain objects with no effort at all. Shortcodes can help you embed files or create objects in BlogSpot blogs with a single line of code that would normally require a lot of complex coding.
Implementing the Blogger Shortcode
From your blogger dashboard, click template and select edit html
Click somewhere in the coding
Press cntr+f to open up search
Search for
Now paste the following code just above it
Search for
Paste the following code just below it.
You can now save your template and if everything was done right you should have successfully added the blogger shortcode plugin to your blogger template
Now to add the Facebook like box.
Once again from your Blogger Dashboard Select template and click edit Html
Search for
Copy the below code just below it
//(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));//]]>
Click save template
Now go to your blogger dashboard select layout and the click add gadget
Select Html/java script
Type the below shortcode in the bottom box that appears.Replace Blogatron-1747328085507122 with your own facebook page ID
Hit save and view your blog. If everything went as planned you should now have a facebook like box on your blog similar to the one displayed at the start of this post.
And thats it your blog now has its own facebook like box.
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