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Mashable Like Templates And Widgets

Posted by Aakash Doshi On Monday, January 16, 2012



Being a Big fan of Mashable.com for their fantastic work,I have collected some great alternatives of their look-alike design available around the web.This post consist of
  1. Mashable Subscribe Box
  2. Mashable Bottom Page Slide
  3. Mashable Template
  4. Mashable Share buttons

1.Mashable Subscribe Box
Create a Mashable look alike subscribe widget for Blogger and Wordpress
A still from Mashable
For Wordpress : Easy Mashable Social Bar Plugin

For Blogger : 

  1. Goto Design
  2. Add Widget
  3. HTML/Javascript widget
  4. Copy Paste the entire code below
  5. Make changes to the RED FONT shown in code
P.S The Code is very long.But it wont affect your page loading time.Believe me it looks awesome.

<style> 
/* Social Widget */ 
#MBT-mashable-bar { 
    border: 0; 
    margin-bottom: 10px; 
    margin: 0 auto; 
        width:300px; 
} 
.fb-likebox { 
    background: #fff; 
    padding: 10px 10px 0 10px; 
    border: 1px solid #D8E6EB; 
    margin-top: -2px; 
        height:80px; 
} 
.googleplus { 
    background: #F5FCFE; 
    border-top: 1px solid #FFF; 
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ebebeb; 
    border-right: 1px solid #D8E6EB; 
    border-left: 1px solid #D8E6EB; 
    border-image: initial; 
    font-size: .90em; 
    font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif; 
    color: #000; 
    padding: 9px 11px; 
    line-height: 1px;} 
.googleplus span { 
    color: #000; 
    font-size: 11px; 
    position: absolute; 
    display:inline-block; 
    margin: 9px 70px;} 
.g-plusone {    float: left;} 
.twitter { 
    background: #EEF9FD; 
    padding: 10px; 
    border: 1px solid #C7DBE2; 
    border-top: 0;} 
#mashable { 
    background: #EBEBEB; 
    border: 1px solid #CCC; 
    border-top: 1px solid white; 
    padding: 2px 8px 2px 3px; 
    text-align: right; 
    border-image: initial;} 
#mashable .author-credit {} 
#mashable .author-credit a { 
    font-size: 10px; 
    font-weight: bold; 
    text-shadow: 1px 1px white; 
    color: #1E598E; 
    text-decoration:none;} 
#email-news-subscribe .email-box{ 
    padding: 5px 10px; 
    font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif; 
    border-top: 0; 
    border-right: 1px solid #C7DBE2; 
    border-left: 1px solid #C7DBE2; 
    border-image: initial; 
   height:35px;} 
#email-news-subscribe .email-box input.email{ 
    background:#FFFFFF; 
    border: 1px solid #dedede; 
    color: #999; 
    padding: 7px 10px 8px 10px; 
    -moz-border-radius: 3px; 
    -webkit-border-radius: 3px; 
    -o-border-radius: 3px; 
    -ms-border-radius: 3px; 
    -khtml-border-radius: 3px; 
    border-radius: 3px; 
    border-image: initial; 
    font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif;}    
#email-news-subscribe .email-box input.email:focus{color:#333}    
#email-news-subscribe .email-box input.subscribe{ 
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top,#FFCA00 0,#FF9B00 100%); 
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,color-stop(0,#FFCA00),color-stop(1,#FF9B00)); 
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top,#FFCA00 0,#FF9B00 100%); 
    -pie-background: linear-gradient(270deg,#ffca00,#ff9b00); 
    font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif; 
    border-radius:3px; 
    -moz-border-radius:3px; 
    -webkit-border-radius:3px; 
    border:1px solid #cc7c00; 
    color:white; 
    text-shadow:#d08d00 1px 1px 0; 
    padding:7px 14px; 
    margin-left:3px; 
    font-weight:bold; 
    font-size:12px; 
    cursor:pointer; 
    border-image: initial;} 
#email-news-subscribe .email-box input.subscribe:hover{ 
    background: #ff9b00; 
    background-image:-moz-linear-gradient(top,#ffda4d,#ff9b00); 
    background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,from(#ffda4d),to(#ff9b00)); 
    filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(startColorStr=#ffffff,endColorStr=#ebebeb); 
    outline:0;-moz-box-shadow:0 0 3px #999; 
    -webkit-box-shadow:0 0 3px #999; 
    box-shadow:0 0 3px #999 
    background:-webkit-gradient(linear,left top,left bottom,color-stop(0,#ffda4d),color-stop(1,#ff9b00)); 
    background:-moz-linear-gradient(center top,#ffda4d 0,#ff9b00 100%); 
    -pie-background:linear-gradient(270deg,#ffda4d,#ff9b00); 
    border-radius:3px; 
    -moz-border-radius:3px; 
    -webkit-border-radius:3px; 
    border:1px solid #cc7c00; 
    color:#FFFFFF; 
    text-shadow:#d08d00 1px 1px 0}    
#other-social-bar { 
    background-color: #D8E6EB; 
    box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #FFFFFF inset; 
    padding: 0px; 
    font-family: "Arial","Helvetica",sans-serif; 
    font-weight:bold; 
    overflow: hidden; 
    border: 1px solid #B6D0DA; 
       height:37px; 
} 
#other-social-bar ul {list-style: none outside none; padding-left: 4px;} 
#other-social-bar .other-follow { 
    float: left; 
    color:#1E598E; 
    overflow: hidden; 
    height:20px; 
    padding:5px; 
    width: 270px;} 
#other-social-bar .other-follow ul { 
    list-style: none outside none; 
    padding-left: 4px;} 
#other-social-bar .other-follow ul li { 
    font-size: 12px; 
    font-weight: bold; 
    display:inline; 
    border:0; 
    text-shadow: 1px 1px white;}    
#other-social-bar .other-follow ul li a { 
    font-size: 12px; 
    color:#1E598E; 
    font-weight: bold; 
    display:inline; 
    text-shadow: 1px 1px white;} 
#other-social-bar .other-follow li { 
    font-size: 12px; 
    font-weight: bold; 
    display:inline; 
    border:0; 
    text-shadow: 1px 1px white;} 
#other-social-bar .other-follow li a { 
    font-size: 12px; 
    color:#1E598E; 
    font-weight: bold; 
    display:inline; 
    text-shadow: 1px 1px white;} 
#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-rss { 
    background: url('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMvXdy07rTE6jgRTd4f3P-kEmMAPPVoQY4YHGfPDMefHCIfcvoHM0WYoad__MTEbJGOKAvtpV5_aJFIUJWnNtEziT4pwr3F71Fh6A8EkRnXcirbLdf8_S7vlTTLXP1a69okWOx_k0fYk/s400/rss-16x16.png') no-repeat transparent; 
    line-height: 1; 
    padding: 0px 3px 1px 20px; 
    width: 60px; 
    margin-bottom:0px; 
        margin-left:5px;}
#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-rss a, #other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-linkedin a, #other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-gplus a{ 
text-decoration:none; 
}
#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-rss a:hover, #other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-linkedin a:hover, #other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-gplus a:hover{ 
text-decoration:underline; 
}
#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-linkedin { 
    background: url('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQB47faatAKWoDK2V2p_cZpOREZSXd8mXLUNn55kNZe8naMzMp6UcPi11r1KZreg51OLvD17VMWg88yiL3-6TJoEZu9vZ04gae7Z-nTNnHYb39s5nvXOihqRNjaXY97i2TrGKjZzZcw0/s400/linkedin-16x16.png') no-repeat transparent; 
    line-height: 1; 
    padding: 0px 3px 1px 20px; 
    width: 60px; 
    margin-bottom:0px;} 
#other-social-bar .other-follow li.my-gplus { 
    background: url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1K2VgzEo5ryT1ZSjh06AXLUv-JlcIH0SzLfpG1rA-GQbMk9MBzVQ-X35zpW0gNm0L1rB_67Uun7iPbt02WLvDvz6vzXMBtQECVCeTvBIEvtVWw6yPqrU_l30UPesCl1NmLH8hK8JPo8k/s400/gplus-16x16.png) no-repeat transparent; 
    line-height: 1; 
    width: 60px; 
    padding: 0px 3px 1px 20px; 
    margin-bottom:0px;}

</style>

<!--[if IE]>
<style> 
#email-news-subscribe .email-box input.subscribe{ 
    background: #FFCA00; 
    } 
</style>
<![endif]-->
 
<!--begin of social widget--> <div style="margin-bottom:10px;"> <div id="MBT-mashable-bar" > <!-- Begin Widget --> <div class="fb-likebox"> <!-- Facebook --> <iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://facebook.com/FACEBOOK_USERNAME&amp;send=false&amp;layout=standard&amp; width=200px&amp;show_faces=true&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;
font&amp;height=100px&amp;appId=234513819928295" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; "></iframe> </div> <div class="googleplus"> <!-- Google --> <span>Recommend us on Google!</span><div class="g-plusone" data-size="medium"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script> </div> <div class="twitter"> <!-- Twitter --> <iframe title="" style="width: 300px; height: 20px;" class="twitter-follow-button" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/follow_button.html#_=1319978796351&amp;
align=&amp;button=blue&amp;id=twitter_tweet_button_0&amp;
lang=en&amp;link_color=&amp;screen_name=TWITTER_USERNAME&amp;show_count=&amp;
show_screen_name=&amp;text_color=" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </div> <div id="email-news-subscribe"> <!-- Email Subscribe --> <div class="email-box">
<form action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify" method="post" target="popupwindow" onsubmit="window.open('http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=FEEDBURNER_URL', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true">    
        <input class="email" type="text" style="width: 150px; font-size: 12px;" id="email" name="email" value="Enter Your Email here.." onfocus="if(this.value==this.defaultValue)this.value=&#39;&#39;;" onblur="if(this.value==&#39;&#39;)this.value=this.defaultValue;" />        
        <input type="hidden" value="FEEDBURNER_URL" name="uri" /> 
        <input type="hidden" name="loc" value="en_US" /> 
        <input class="subscribe" name="commit" type="submit" value="Subscribe" />    
    </form> 
</div> </div> <div id="other-social-bar"> <!-- Other Social Bar --> <ul class="other-follow"> <li class="my-rss"> <a rel="nofollow" title="RSS" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/tntbystc" target="_blank">RSS Feed</a> </li> <li class="my-linkedin"> <a rel="nofollow" title="linkedin" rel="author" href="LINKEDIN PROFILE LINK" target="_blank">linkedin</a> </li> <li class="my-gplus"> <a rel="nofollow" title="Google Plus" rel="author" href="http://plus.google.com/44448117245314564536" target="_blank">Google Plus</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="mashable" style="background: #EBEBEB;border: 1px solid #CCC;border-top: 1px solid white;padding: 1px 8px 1px 3px;text-align: right;border-image: initial;font-size:10px;font-family: "arial","helvetica",sans-serif;"> <span class="author-credit" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazingthings.in" target="_blank" >Amazingthings »</a></span></div></div>
<!-- End Widget --> </div> <!--end of social widget-->

2.Mashable Bottom Page Slide
Curious to have a Mashable Like slide box??Check out below :-)
Check out the DEMO and DOWNLOAD
Full Article : Bottom Page Jquery Slider
A Still from erikvandeven
Original Article : End of page slide out jquery CODROPS


Bad news for Blogger's : If you are a good html coder then you can manually implement it on each individual post o.O!


Alternative : Simplereach , it Recommend the most relevant content Increase pageviews and time on site.Free and easy-to-install


Platforms : Almost works on all well known blog platform :-)
A still from amazingthings dashboard
3.Mashable Look-alike Template Theme


A must look DEMO

ThemesDesk a WordPress theme provider has released an awesome looking Magazine Theme which exactly look like Mashable’s present theme design.
Premium : 79$ :-(
But If you are ready to spent some money on your blog then , Magazine theme is worth buying :-)

And yet again,not available for blogger :-(

Alternative : MASH 2 is an Mashable inspired template for blogger by FranlinManuel

Homepage : Mash 2 Template

4.Mashable Sharing Bar for every post
If you have read an article from Mashable you will come across a sharebar with multiple options to share it on social sites.A screenshot is shown below

A still from Mashable post
ShareThis offers the most innovative sharing platform with a different button styles,one of which is similar to the picture shown above.

Sharethis is available for following platforms


Thats all Folk's : Comment if you have any queries

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