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Is there a recommended and consistent way of adding social buttons?

Drupal (CMS): When adding things like buttons and widgets (like one that sends you back to the top of a page) is it best to integrate these into the page template as markup or create node blocks that sit in regions? Is it ever wrong to use the tpl files in this way?

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    Depends on your usage of the button/widget. If the widget is, say, 'login/register', you should go with a region/block (depending on drupal 6/7 and the theme engine). If the widget is content type specific or node specific, include it in the tpl files. Depending on how generic the element is, you may have to go deeper. However, tpl files are meant to provide such themeing power.

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The best way is to build those element in a custom module and assign/display on pages. If you do on a template, and if there are multiple templates on your site, you will need to add those widgets on all the pages.

Bhavin Joshi

Totally dependent on your usage of the button or the widet you are using. It also depends on  the theme engine (Drupal 6/7/8), you shoould go with a region/Block if the widget says login/register. Manager http://www.markupbox.com/

Aaron Singleton

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