PopRule has a submit button and link for publishers of political content. You can see the “Pop It!” button in action at the bottom of this post. You can submit a story directly from the source and track the votes in real time. The button starts out blue. If and when the story is made popular, it turns red.
Currently, these are available as simple scripts:
Pop It! Button: The Pop It! Button lets readers submit stories right from your site, pop stories that have already submitted, and view how many pops the story has received. To add the button, just copy the following code and replace YOUR_URL with the URL of the story you want people to pop.
<script type="text/javascript">
url_site = 'YOUR_URL‘;
</script>
<script src=”http://www.poprule.com/tools/PopIt.js” type=”text/javascript”></script>
Simple Pop It! Link: If you just want to provide an HTML link to your users, we suggest the following code, but you are welcome to modify it to fit the look and feel of your site. Again, replace YOUR_URL with the URL you want popped.
<img src="http://www.poprule.com/tools/poprule.png" /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.poprule.com/submit?url=YOUR_URL“>Pop It!</a>
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If I add the script to my post template, will I have to manually edit the code for the direct link to the post?
Hi Roger,
I’m glad you are considering putting the submit button on your site! If you are using WordPress, you can simply change that part of the code to:
url_site = '<?php the_permalink(); ?>';This will insert a link to that particular post automatically.
If you are using something other than WordPress, you can do something similar. Just find the template code for getting the URL of the current post and copy it in place of ‘YOUR_URL’.
Contact me through http://poprule.com/contact if you have any further questions.
Best,
Andrew
PopRule