The Google Blogger.com template system is flexible and somewhat programmable. However getting to learn its idiosyncrasies and mastering the template language it are close to impossible.
I wanted to integrate Google+, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest sharing markup into my template. It took me the better part of a day to battle it and force all the relevant data to show up where I liked it to.
To save you the same headache I want to share with you how to do it. Below is a link to a how-to document I put up on GitHub that describes what needs to be done:
Validators
- Google+: https://developers.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/
- Facebook: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/
- Twitter: https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator
- Pinterest: https://developers.pinterest.com/tools/rich-pins/validator/
Ah, now wasn't that easy :)
This article is also available on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/integrating-social-media-markup-google-blogger-sverrir-sigmundarson
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