Why is it that How to add Sphere It function based on number of words in post is the closest I seem to get to a simple wordpress plugin that adds a “sphere it” link to the bottom of each post?
I should think this is quite an easy plugin to develop. Now do I wait for someone to put out a plugin or should I write it myself? The Sphere folks should have put out a plugin for this already!!! Instead all they have is a contact form to get some advanced thingy going. Contact forms scare me, and a lot of others too, I suppose. All I want is a simple plugin that adds a link to the sphereit search results!
Update: There is a plugin now!
5 responses so far ↓
TDavid // Jan 2, 2007 at 12:58 pm
You don’t need a plugin to do what you want and the page you linked (thank you for the linkage) tells you everything you need to know using a Wordpress blog.
This is the line in particular you paste into your single.php template (I removed the less than greater than signs so the comment form wouldn’t eat them:
a href=“http://www.sphere.com/search?q=sphereit:
TDavid // Jan 2, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Argh, that sucked. If you visit the link at my website hopefully you can find the code I was referring to. That’s really all you need.
Happy blogging to you
Orderer // Jan 2, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Hi David,
Thank you for the comment.
I probably should have been clearer
I was looking for a plugin that would add the link, no matter what theme I am using. I have not yet decided what theme to stick with, and it would be nice if there was a link, like the link to the comments that always appears.
For an example of a plugin that does this, the sociable plugin adds links to a whole lot of websites, and so does the ultimate tag warrior plugin.
Modifying my theme is a hack, a plugin is a plugin - easier to play with
I hope my needs are clear now - I am a techie, but for a minute lets think like non-techies 
TDavid // Jan 2, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Have you contacted the Sphere folks directly to ask if they have what you are looking for?
Drop back by our blog if you roll that yourself. Personally, that seems like extra overhead to me (plugin) to put one line of code in your template that ends up being a static link at the end of the day.
And for future reference the name is TDavid or TD for short if you please
Brian // Feb 6, 2007 at 8:57 am
There is a plugin for WordPress, but you need to get in touch with Sphere to get it as it is still going through some testing.
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