Add Mixx to the Wordpress Sociable 2.0 Plugin
November 29th, 2007 by Mack
You can add a Mixx icon to your Wordpress Sociable plugin in less than 5 minutes. I will provide both manual edits and modified files. Either way it should be a very simple modification for anyone. Check out an interview with the founder of Mixx: Chris McGill, for the latest buzz on this new social network.
Install Sociable 2.0 if you have not already
I assume you already have the latest version of Sociable installed, but if you don't then you can download it from here. Once, you have it installed you can move on to the next step.
Download Pre-Modified Files
This download includes the modified version of sociable.php and the new Mixx image. This is not the full install.
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Manual Edits (Not required if you downloaded the pre-modified file above)
Add Mixx Icon
Download the Mixx icon and upload to wp-content/plugins/sociable/images
(right click image to save as or click here to download)
Edits for sociable.php
Open wp-content/plugins/sociable/sociable.php
Find around line 208
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'favicon' => 'misterwong.gif',
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'url' => 'http://www.mister-wong.com/addurl/?bm_url=PERMALINK&bm_description=TITLE&plugin=soc',
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),
On a new line below add
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'favicon' => 'mixx.png',
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'url' => 'http://www.mixx.com/submit?page_url=PERMALINK',
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),
Find around line 409
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'images/misterwong.gif',
On a line below add
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'images/mixx.png',
Upload to wp-content/plugins/sociable/ and replace the old one.
Activate the Mixx Icon
Go to WP Admin » Options » Sociable and check mark the Mixx Icon.
Now save changes and your done.
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By Ian N on Nov 30, 2007 | Reply
Well, I just got sociable today and was gutted to see Mixx wasn't included. A 5 second search on Google led me to Sphinn which lead me here!
Nice work. Thank you very much!
Ian
By Mack on Nov 30, 2007 | Reply
Glad it helped. I think Mixx is going to work out great and glad to help others out.
If you have any other problems/suggestions for sociable let me know.
By Cory OBrien on Dec 11, 2007 | Reply
Thanks for this! I was going to try and figure this out on my own, but a simple Google was all I needed to find this very helpful walkthrough.
By Matthew Peters on Dec 16, 2007 | Reply
Does anyone know if there is a Facebook addition for Sociable yet? It's the only site left that I want (now that I have mixx). Any help would be appreciated.
By Mack on Dec 16, 2007 | Reply
I will have to look into that. Where can I find the code for facebook?
By Auto Bookmarking on Dec 17, 2007 | Reply
Hi
I am your regular reader You have nice approach.
By Web Design Belfast on Mar 19, 2008 | Reply
Just what I was searching for. Thanks.