New "Share Blog" Buttons For Blogger Blogs

Blogger wants bloggers to participate in social networking. They have encouraged this, for a long time, using the "Email Post Links" icon. Until now, though, anything more would be installed as custom code.

Now, Blogger offers us a set of Share Blog buttons. Our readers can have the option to easily share our posts using Email, Blog This!, Twitter, Facebook, and Google Buzz.

Share Blog is another option, selected as "Show Share Buttons", from the "Blog Posts" wizard in "the dashboard Layout wizard".

(Update 7/23): The "Share Blog" buttons require an updated post template. Older templates may not offer this option, immediately.

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