Digg This O’ Mine
Just like most of us here, I love WordPress, and I like Digg.
And as you may know, Digg allows us to integrate the “Digg This” button into virtually any web page. Yes, this naturally includes my WordPress posts. Yay!
The integration is dead simple. To display a “Digg This” button in my post, I only need to place this code somewhere:
<script type="text/javascript">
digg_url = "My post's permalink";
</script>
<script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Or, in case I want to customize the button a bit:
<script type="text/javascript">
digg_url = "My post's permalink";
digg_title = "My post's title";
// The background color *around* the button
digg_bgcolor = "#ff9900";
// The "skin" of the button. "Compact" means that tiny icon.
digg_skin = "compact";
// Clicking on the button will open the Digg link in a new tab/window
digg_window = "new";
</script>
<script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Can’t be simpler right? But I’m not satisfied with this… Firstly, I’m lazy and it bores me to death to copy and paste the scripts above into every new post. Second, if I change the permalink of my post, I’ll have to edit it to update the URL or the button will be in trouble. And third, it will be hell if someday I decide to change the layout of the buttons in all posts, or if Digg changes something in its integration code.
So I was thinking about a “Digg This” plugin that can automate everything for me. And it beat me to see that there’s none, or at least I couldn’t find any.
Then I decided to write one myself. By the way, this is my first attempt to write a plugin for WordPress - I’ve hacked plenty though, like WP-Syntax, All In One SEO Pack etc. It took me one day and lot of headache, but finally I managed to get my Digg This O’ Mine working smoothly, and I’m using it right now.
/*
Plugin Name: Digg This O' Mine
Plugin URI: http://www.phoenixheart.net/2008/10/digg-this-o-mine
Description: Place a "Digg This" button at the end of your posts, pages, or anywhere at your choice.
Version: 1.0
Author: Phoenixheart
Author URI: http://www.phoenixheart.net
*/
It can be downloaded here. Just like any other plugin, just unzip and upload it into your wp-content/plugins folder, activate it through the “Plugins” panel, and it will work out of the box. If you want more power, head to Settings->Digg This O’ Mine to configure some options:
(The numbers and shading effect are added using Photoshop).
The (background) color picker was implemented using the fantastic Farbtastic jQuery plugin.
Feel free to download, use, and maybe extend this plugin, as it’s licensed under GPL. Comments and bug reports are always welcomed!
As the final line: I attempted to add this plugin into WordPress repository, but somehow I’ve not received any email from them. I would appreciate a lot if someone could guide me through the plugin adding process, as I’m now totally stuck. I’ve managed to add it to WordPress. Now it’s an “official” plugin there.
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Reece Conrad
29 Oct, 2008
Looks awesome. I’ll have to check it out.
detoam
5 Nov, 2008
Hi!
I have installed the plug-in, but it isn’t showing me any settings.
Here is a screenshot of the settings. http://www.imagetoshare.com/images/dpt0f7qv0v6tun4jymg.png
What can I do?
Thanks.
phoenix.heart
5 Nov, 2008
Hello detoam!
Are you installing the latest version here http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/digg-this-o-mine/?
Stefanie
17 Nov, 2008
Is there a way to add this to individual posts and not site-wide? Like a quicktags button option?
phoenix.heart
17 Nov, 2008
Hi Stefanie, currently there’s no such an option, but there *will* be in the next version which is coming very, very soon. Stay tuned
!
Skidka
11 Jan, 2009
How to translate all this staff to other languages?
phoenix.heart
12 Jan, 2009
Skidka,
The texts on the Digg This button is provided by Digg.com itself, and honestly I don’t know how to change it.
therrold
23 Jan, 2009
Hey there. I installed your plugin on wordpress 7 and seem to have the same problem as detoam with no settings showing. i see on the plugin page that it is compatible up to 6.3 so maybe it’s that. I have diggclick but I don’t like the antiquated graphic and the lack of count. . yours is much nicer. could the error be a conflict with my template or some other plugin? the dig button shows fine in the UI but i was hoping there was a setting to determine where it displays. . i’d like to to display at the top left of the post, like i have now with diggclick. anyway, looking forward to your next version. .
phoenix.heart
23 Jan, 2009
Therrold, I’m personally using the plugin on this site (2.7), so I suggest it’s a conflict. Do you suspect on any other plugin? Mine use jQuery, if that matters.
And yes, you can place a tag where you want the button to be shown.
Michael Erb
14 Apr, 2009
I am also not seeing the settings. Instead I see a page very similar to what detoam has described…
Digg This O’ Mine Options
2
* You will have to manually add this Digg This O’ Mine template tag into your theme if these settings are set to “no”:
And then a line of php code.
Michael Erb
14 Apr, 2009
By the way, this is with 1.0.2 of the plugin and WP 2.7.1, using the Flexx theme by iThemes.
Michael Erb
14 Apr, 2009
I’ve actually just reverted back to the default WP theme and this plugin still doesn’t show any options panel, just what I described in my earlier comment. Bummer. The only other plugins I have installed are cForms, Robots Meta, WP-spamfree. Through a process of elimination I have determined that there is a conflict between this plugin and Robots Meta plugin. Disabling Robots Meta plugin enables your plugins settings to display properly.
So the question is, which plugin is at fault, yours or Robots Meta ?
Cupnoodle
11 Jul, 2009
it does not work, i am only seeing drop downfields and text boxes in my setting option screen. i do not even know what setting each of these dropdown field does.
waking111
30 Sep, 2009
Hi there… good plugin, but no matter what I do, adding Digg to my pages throws an error in IE(6 at least) and causes page loading to go at a snail’s pace.
Any ideas how I can fix this? I have now tried 3 digg plugins… all same thing.
for example: http://www.faxthegovernment.ca/send-fax-email-bill-c-6/
thanks
phoenix.heart
30 Sep, 2009
Hello,
It’s not a problem with the plugins, it’s from Digg itself. I didn’t notice about the error on IE6, but the snail space is explainable: the Digg badges are loaded from Digg as iframes, so the more they are, the slower your page should be.
waking111
30 Sep, 2009
ok… thanks
That’s weird that Digg would have such unfriendly code. Going with a makeshift solution for time being!
peace
Ally
7 Oct, 2009
Hi - I’ve installed Dig o’mine and really like it. However, I can’t change any of the settings because I can only see drop down boxes…I have no idea what I’m saying yes or no to.
Please can you give a screengrab of the full options page, so I can see what the drop downs relate to?
phoenix.heart
7 Oct, 2009
Ally, I have the screenshots right in this post… Didn’t you even take a look?
Ally
7 Oct, 2009
I did…but they don’t match with what I see in my options screen…so I assumed it was from a previous version. The options page I have seems to be quite long.
phoenix.heart
7 Oct, 2009
Ally, would you mind uploading your screenshot somewhere so that I can take a look?
Ally
7 Oct, 2009
No problem…thanks for taking the time to look at this
I’ve uploaded it to here:
http://www.twitpic.com/kl0gg
phoenix.heart
7 Oct, 2009
Ally, there was a problem with your installation - maybe some plugin conflicts. The options shown are not from Digg This O’ Mine.
I would disable one by one to see which plugin cause the conflict.
Gregory Schultz
6 Nov, 2009
How do I edit the width of the plugin? It uses <iframe> and I can’t edit the width using the .adom on the css. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Adam
14 Feb, 2010
How can a adjust where the button is placed? By default it seems to be the bottom left?
I would like it to Float in the top left of each post.
Leigh
10 Mar, 2010
I also would like to know if there is an easy way to adjust the location of the Digg button. I already have a tweetmeme button appearing at the top right of my posts and would like to add the Digg button below it on the top right as well. Cheers.
robert
22 Apr, 2010
Yes I also want to learn how to reposition the button… please advise
Dat Tai
2 May, 2010
Great
Thanks a lot
Rafal
28 Jun, 2010
Is it possible if digg button refers to homepage not to latest post?