<div class=”fb-like” data-send=”true” data-layout=”button_count” data-width=”450″ data-show-faces=”false”></div>
I took a look and the reason the count didn’t show was probably because the width of the button was set less than the space needed if adding the count to it.
I added the info on how to add the fb count to the button in the codex page. I would put it here so you didn’t have to go look but it contains an iframe reference which can’t go into a forum post.
http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/faq/problem-with-post-edit-buttonow-to/problem-with-post-edit-buttonow-to-add-twitter-facebook-plus-one-or-other-buttons/
I am also looking for the Facebook Share button as opposed to the like button. I’m kind of surprised it’s not already available. Above it was mention that it would be a pretty busy system if every topic got sent to facebook but that is not the way you would do. Yes that would be a great option too but people just generally share your contect once in a while not every single time and differenct people share to different walls and shares. wpmu has the ultimage facebook plugin and now there is a new wp plugin that was actually developed with participation of Facebook. You can’t have a forum these days with our being able to share your content to FB and twitter.
The Like Me button is enough, we need Share this content button. Thanks Listening.
I know this is on the ‘to be done’ list but Steve (Mr Papa) is more up to date with that side of things than me (Facebook and Twitter I mean!) so hopefully he can add a comment…
Many/Most of my users will be coming from facebook and they do a lot of sharing, and I think they’d be shocked to read forum posts and not be able to share it. Plus, sharing is a very important part of marketing a forum on FB so any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
I wish is was as easy as putting a like button on every topic, but there’s a bit more to it.
it shouldnt be much harder… slightly different code/js…
see:
http://diythemes.com/thesis/rtfm/facebook-share-button/
just be sure to change the share url to the post permalink… from the codex page for the like button, of course…