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AddThis

Follow, share, and recommend from your website

AddThis.com

• A free tool that allows you to layer follow, share, and recommend function to your website

Step 1

• Hover over “Get Code” to reveal menu

Step 2

• Select “Smart Layers”

Step 3

• Follow? – If you have Facebook, Twitter, etc., paste in the

page URL – If not, turn the feature off

Step 4

• Share buttons – How many options do you want to add? – Users can always find more using the “More” plus

sign button – Which side of the screen is best?

• Current county websites: right

Step 5

• “What’s Next” option: turn on or off

Step 6

• “Recommended for you” option: turn on or off

Step 7

• Select background color for layers

Step 8

• Click “Generate the Code,” click “Grab it”

Step 9

• Go to your homepage, login as administrator • Click on “List/Edit Pages”

Step 10

• Click on “County Links” – this is Drupal layer that will allow you to seamlessly blend the AddThis buttons to every page on your website

Step 11

• Click “Edit” • Click “Disable rich-text”

Step 12

• Scroll to the bottom of the code and paste in the copied code from AddThis after the text

Step 13

• Click “Save” • The AddThis buttons should appear