What is this?

The RSSmeme widget allows you to let your visitors know how many times a link was shared and allow them to share it directly from your site.

How do I install it?

  1. Place this line of code somewhere between <head> and </head>:

    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://media.rssmeme.com/widget.js"></script>

  2. Anywhere you want the widget to find the number of shares just put this:

    <a class="rssmeme" href="PERMALINK"></a>

    Where PERMALINK is the link as it will appear if a visitor clicked through in an RSS reader. Note: do not worry if you use FeedBurner, RSSmeme is smart enough to figure that out and find your actual permalinks in the database.

    How you get your permalink depends on what kind of blog you have. If you are using Wordpress you can use <?php get_permalink()>? to get the permalink. If you are using Blogger you can use <$BlogItemPermalinkUrl$> to get the permalink.

Can I see an example?

It is running on my blog. Here is a great example with multiple shares.

What about a FeedBurner FeedFlare?

  1. Log into your FeedBurner account.

  2. Go to your feed's optimize tab and click on FeedFlare.

  3. Paste this link into the "Add New Flare" box:

    http://media.rssmeme.com/flare.xml

    Click on the "Add New Flare" button and then check the box to enable it on your feed.

  4. Scroll to the bottom and click on "Save".

One more thing

This is new and experimental; which means it will change and evolve. Currently it will display nothing if that permalink has never been shared. In the next version of the widget I plan on allowing someone to share the link even if it has never been shared before.