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Author: Appointy.com

The Facebook Share (new) button easily allows your blog to be shared. The button also provides a current count of how many times your story has been shared throughout Facebook.

Facebook has just released this new share button and you might have seen this on http://Mashable.com as they were one of the lucky Beta testers of Facebook share.

Tested upto 2.9.1

Functionality

• New - Facebook Share button which shows the number of times your post has been shared on Facebook. Integrates the ability to share your post with one click.

Integration

• AUTOMATIC: Position it Before, After, Before/After on post or page. Also, works with your RSS feeds.

• SHORT CODE:You can also place the shortcode [fbshare] anywhere in your post or page. It will automatically render with the post or page. [Does not require access to the code. Just place while writing post or page]

• MANUAL: Manually position it anywhere in the code. if (function_exists('fbshare_manual')) echo fbshare_manual(); [Good for developers]

Analysis

From your admin area analyze share clicks, count clicks, like clicks or comment clicks for your post through out the Facebook network.

Latest Bug Fix

Incorrect URL posting to facebook. (Status: Fixed - Thanks to Deji Abraham - Web Developer at webfixion.com for pointing out the bug and the fix) Wordpress 2.9 not showing Facebook Share button (Status: Fixed)