How to Embed sharethis Share Buttons

Link: https://support.brilliantdirectories.com/support/solutions/articles/12000059410-how-to-embed-sharethis-share-buttons

In this article, we will be going over how to embed third party sharethis social media share buttons:




How to Receive the Code


To embed sharethis share buttons on web pages, first, navigate to https://sharethis.com/


Then click on Start with Share Buttons:




Choose from the sharing button options and click on Next:



Important Note: 


Before clicking Next, customize the share buttons further by clicking "Customize your share buttons":




Drag and order these buttons:





Add or remove buttons:






It is even possible to further customize the design and settings:




After customizing these buttons and clicking Next, it will ask to specify the platform, now choose the HTML option and click Next:




Now either login or signup to receive the code and click on Get The Code:




Which will display the installation guide for HTML.






How to Embed the Code On Static Pages


To embed the code on static pages, copy the first code:




And paste it on the websites Additional HEAD Code section which is under Settings >> Design Settings >> Custom CSS/HEAD tab:




Then copy the second code:




Navigate to Toolbox >> Widget Manager >> Click on New Widget:




And create the new widget with the given code:




Copy the new widget Shortcode:




Now with the shortcode of the widget, call these buttons on any page under Content >> Edit Web Pages >> Click Edit on a existing page or click on New Web Page to create a new web page:




And simply paste the code in the text editor section:




The buttons will appear on the front-end page immediately: