My OperaAdding an Opera Button to WordPress
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 8:10:08 PM
Want to put an Opera banner on your site, but don't know HTML? Here's how to add an Opera button to any WordPress.com or WordPress-powered blog.
Update: I realized there's a much easier way to do this using sidebar widgets.
Note: Depending on your theme, it may show only the text link. I've found that on WordPress.com, the default sidebar will only show the text, but if you go to Presentation / Sidebar Widgets and drag the Links widget onto the sidebar, it will show the button.
*Advanced Option: Log into your account on the My Opera Community first. At the top of the Banners and Buttons page, you'll see something like this:
Update: I realized there's a much easier way to do this using sidebar widgets.
- Log into your WordPress account and go to the admin page.
- Go to Blogroll (wordpress.com) or Links (WordPress 2 or earlier)
- Click on Add Link
- Enter "Opera Web Browser" (or something similar) for the Name ("Link Name" in WP2)
- Enter http://www.opera.com/ for the Address ("URI" in WP2)*
- Click on the + in the Advanced bar so that you can see the Image Address field. (Or just scroll down in WP2)
- Open a new tab and open Choose Opera: Banners and Buttons
- Right-click on the banner you want and choose Copy image address
- Go back to your WordPress admin tab and paste that into Image Address ("Image URI" in WP2)
- Click on the Add Link button.
Note: Depending on your theme, it may show only the text link. I've found that on WordPress.com, the default sidebar will only show the text, but if you go to Presentation / Sidebar Widgets and drag the Links widget onto the sidebar, it will show the button.
*Advanced Option: Log into your account on the My Opera Community first. At the top of the Banners and Buttons page, you'll see something like this:
Copy and that URL and use it instead of http://www.opera.com/ in the Address field. This will get you affiliate points, which you can keep track of on your My Opera preferences page...though I'm not sure if the points are actually used for anything.Link to us using your affiliate url: http://my.opera.com/YOUR_NAME_HERE/affiliate/
Philip Seyfiseifip # Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:10:35 PM
P.S.: You can always download some of my Opera banners from Opera Lover Survival Kit at http://my.opera.com/seifip Personally I prefer Plastic Buttons for blog's sidebar...