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github.com/igrigorik/hackernews-button
Async, embeddable submit + vote counter button for Hacker News.
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).Step 1, place the HN link where you want the button appear on the page:
<!-- Auto-detect URL of current page and title if necessary -->
<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/submit" class="hn-share-button">Vote on HN</a>
<!-- Override the URL and Title for the button -->
<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/submit" class="hn-share-button" data-title="Some Title" data-url="http://www.igvita.com/">Vote on HN</a>
Step 2, include the (async) javascript file:
<script src="//hnbutton.appspot.com/static/hn.min.js" async defer></script>
Note: you can safely embed multiple buttons on the same page.
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