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How to add a “Pin It” button to your iPhone or iPad

February 22, 2012 by geekmummy 203 Comments

Have you played with Pinterest at all yet? It’s a graphical bookmarking site. You bookmark images by “pinning” them, and you can organise those images into “boards”. And of course it has a social element, so you can see whatever your friends have “pinned” as well. All great fun. I quite enjoy it, but I’ve not been using it as much as I could do because most of my web browsing is done via my iPad or iPhone, and there is no easy way to “pin” items from those devices. Or so I thought…

A little bit of Googling today, and I found an entry on the Pinterest blog (which seems to now have been deleted) which details how to create your own “Pin it” button in Safari on the iPad or iPhone. It’s written in a not very detailed kind of way, so having got it working for myself today I thought I would create a more “step by step” guide to help others wanting to do the same thing.

First of all, before you start following the steps below, you need to do one thing. On your iPhone or iPad highlight the code snippet below and choose the “Copy” option. Make sure you highlight accurately – you need all the text, but no extra bits!

javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');
e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');
e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');
e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?
r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());

OK, now you’re ready. Follow these step by step instructions:

 

In the “Settings” app of your device, go into the Safari section, and ensure that “Javascript” is set to “on” (near the bottom of the page)
In Safari on your iPhone or iPad, head over to pinterest.com and ensure you are looking at the full version of the site, not the mobile version.You can tell if you are on the mobile version because the address showing in the address bar of your browser will be m.pinterest.com as shown here.To revert to the full version of the site, press the little arrow next to your picture in the top right corner of the site, and choose the “full site” option.
In Safari on your iPhone or iPad, press the “Add bookmark” button. You can do this on any page, it doesn’t matter at all.
In the “Add bookmark” dialogue that opens change the text to read something meaningful (like “Pin It”) rather than the name of the page you’ve bookmarked, and then press the “save” button.
Now go into your bookmarks menu (by pressing the little “open book” icon), and press the “Edit” button at the top of the list that opens
Find your “Pin it” bookmark in the list, and click on it to edit it (note click on the text that says “Pin It”, not the little red “delete” icon or the three lines on the right hand side!)
Delete all the text that’s in the “address” section, and then past in the code that you copied previously.Then press the “Bookmarks” button to return to the bookmarks list, and then “Done” at the top of the list to save your changes.

And that’s it. Now as you browse the web from your iPhone or iPad if you come across something you want to pin you just need to go into your bookmarks menu and choose your “Pin It” bookmark.

To make life even easier on your iPad you can add the “Pin It” bookmark to your bookmark bar, and then it’s visible on your browser at all times, removing the need to open a menu to “pin” something. Note that if you haven’t done so already you’ll probably want to go into the “Settings” app on your iPad and select “Always show bookmarks bar” in the Safari settings. (Note this option is not available on the iPhone).

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Filed Under: iPad, iPhone, Tutorials Tagged With: add, bookmark, button, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, pin, pin it, pinterest

Comments

  1. Tania Tirraoro says

    February 27, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    Wow, great tip! I’m definitely going to do this on my iPad!

    Reply
  2. Pinkoddy says

    February 27, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    I feel so dumb I don’t even know how to select it as I can only select a word or the whole page

    Reply
  3. geekmummy says

    February 27, 2012 at 10:23 pm

    When you select a single word you should see little blue circles appear at the start and end of the word. Drag these to expand the region selected.

    Reply
  4. Lauren says

    March 1, 2012 at 4:35 am

    Thank you!!!

    Reply
  5. S.O. says

    March 8, 2012 at 6:45 am

    Thank you for the easy step by step instructions with pictorials. It worked!!!

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      March 8, 2012 at 11:20 am

      Glad to hear that it worked 🙂

      Reply
  6. Carry says

    March 19, 2012 at 3:52 am

    Thank you for the information. Unfortunately I am still having problems. When I paste the java script it changes it. I even tried inputting it directly by hand and it still altered the java script. Do you have any suggestions?

    Reply
  7. Ms Bee says

    March 27, 2012 at 9:16 am

    Thank you soooo much geek mummy ! It works! I did it and can now pin on my ipad2!

    Reply
  8. Monica says

    March 29, 2012 at 4:33 am

    OMG!!!! Finally a great step by step!!! Love it thank you thank you!!! I pinned it to my pinterest!!!

    Reply
  9. Mt says

    April 8, 2012 at 2:04 pm

    For some reason I do not have the extra ‘address’ field when I edit my bookmark. Any guess as to why?

    Reply
  10. Priscilla says

    April 10, 2012 at 2:17 am

    You’re like the best everrrrrrr!!! Only info on the web that was clear easy and actually worked for iPad, not just safari!!

    Reply
  11. Lisa W says

    April 18, 2012 at 3:44 am

    Worked like a charm! Thanks!!!

    Reply
  12. Karl Max says

    April 19, 2012 at 9:15 am

    Here is a much easier way to this without the javascript voodoo cutting and pasting http://goo.gl/7QTr2

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      April 19, 2012 at 9:41 am

      Easier yes, but only works if (a) you are a Mac user and (b) you sync your bookmarks over iCloud. This way works for everyone (and despite what the author of that article says, there are a lot of non-Mac users around still!)

      Reply
      • Mike jo says

        April 19, 2012 at 9:48 am

        Geekmummy, I believe that was just a hint of humor from the author but this can be done without a mac as well by downloading the iCloud control panel for windows and installing Safari for windows. Chances are, if you own an iPad you have an iCloud account… This way Mac and PC users can benefit

        Reply
        • geekmummy says

          April 19, 2012 at 2:35 pm

          I see your point, but speaking as a PC user I personally found it easier to do this all directly on the iPad than to mess around installing a new web browser on my PC and then setting it up. It’s always nice to know the options though 🙂

          Reply
  13. Beks says

    April 22, 2012 at 2:24 am

    Love it!

    Very easy to set up and works like a charm.

    Reply
  14. Mary says

    April 22, 2012 at 2:37 pm

    Thank you so much for the clear, easy to follow instructions! It works! Yay!

    Reply
  15. Not a Notting HIll Mum says

    April 22, 2012 at 9:53 pm

    Your in depth knowledge is scary – but shall come back another day when I have actually looked at pinterest. See you at Britmums!?

    Reply
  16. Coombemill - Fiona says

    April 23, 2012 at 4:07 am

    Wow, now I just need to upgrade my netbook to an i pad and my blackberry to an i-phone – dreams on! I hope you do more of these great tecky tip posts

    Reply
  17. Jen says

    April 23, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    Thanks! It worked for me too.

    Reply
  18. Sunna says

    April 24, 2012 at 10:43 pm

    I’m having problems editing my bookmarks.. They don’t appear in the bookmarks menu. Do you know why that is?

    Reply
  19. Sunna says

    April 24, 2012 at 10:45 pm

    Never mind, i figured it out! Thank you for these great instructions!

    Reply
  20. Kylah says

    April 25, 2012 at 12:20 am

    Excellent post thank you, step by step instructions were super helpful and easy to follow 🙂 I didn’t know how to get a bookmark onto the bookmark bar, so perhaps you could add that into your post (had to google it separately). Other than that – love your work!

    Reply
  21. Carolyn says

    April 25, 2012 at 2:06 am

    Hello. Thank ou so much for your step instructions. Ive had pinterest for 6 months now and could only use via camera. After trying different instructions you were my last try and it worked! Thank you so much. C x

    Reply
  22. Allison says

    April 25, 2012 at 3:38 am

    Thank you for the info. It worked for me! One question, how do I put the pin it button on the bookmark bar?

    Reply
  23. Allison says

    April 25, 2012 at 3:42 am

    I figured it out. Thanks!

    Reply
  24. Allie says

    April 29, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    Thanks for the great instructions!! I’ve been wishing I had this for the last 6 months!!

    Reply
  25. Diana says

    April 30, 2012 at 10:38 am

    Thank you so much for this!!! I got an iPad yesterday and I don’t think it could live without my pin it button!

    Reply
  26. Kava says

    May 3, 2012 at 1:31 am

    I had no problem creating the bookmark, but when I try to pin something, it opens up the Pinterest app, and then gives an error.

    Reply
  27. Sarah says

    May 13, 2012 at 9:07 pm

    Thanks so much, adding the pin it button worked like a dream, thanks to your straightforward instructions! Sarah

    Reply
  28. Natalie says

    May 17, 2012 at 12:22 am

    Thank you thank you thank you!!! I’ve read tutorials on three other blogs and NONE have worked. You rock!

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      May 17, 2012 at 8:10 am

      So pleased it worked for you – thanks for letting me know 🙂

      Reply
  29. Adriana says

    May 17, 2012 at 6:34 pm

    Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  30. Mary Ann says

    May 18, 2012 at 2:39 am

    Geek Mummy, you are the wind beneath my wings – thank you so much!

    Reply
  31. Laura says

    May 18, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    Thank you!! I just did this successfully. I am no longer a loser who can only repin, thanks to you!

    Reply
  32. Kristy says

    May 19, 2012 at 10:02 pm

    Thank you so much!!!

    Reply
  33. Barbara says

    May 21, 2012 at 6:16 pm

    It worked perfectly on my iPad! Thank you so much!

    Reply
  34. Rishona says

    May 25, 2012 at 1:40 am

    Thank you very much for posting this helpful information. I’ve been trying to figure out how to save the bookmark for the last week and it was very frustrating. With your blog advice, I had the pin it up and running in minutes. Thanks again. Rishona

    Reply
  35. Andrew Lloyd Hughes says

    May 25, 2012 at 7:24 am

    Like everyone else above, great tip, so simple to follow, a big thank you. When copying the code on iphone4 though, it may not allow you to select the code when holding the phone in portrait. Turn the phone to landscape and then you can select the whole of the code!

    Reply
  36. Amrita says

    May 31, 2012 at 6:51 am

    I don’t usually leave comments on any post, but yours was just so helpful – and clearly described – that I had to say thank you 🙂

    Reply
  37. Priyanka says

    June 3, 2012 at 9:30 am

    Thanks so much for this…I spent a lot of time just trying to drag the pin it icon on the bookmark bar of safari :p and it never happened.. Can we drag things on an iPad???

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      June 14, 2012 at 11:03 am

      Sadly not, would be nice if we could, wouldn’t it?

      Reply
      • Priyanka says

        June 14, 2012 at 5:53 pm

        Yes it would..

        Reply
  38. skudra says

    June 10, 2012 at 5:18 pm

    thank you very much! this tip saved me from throwing my ipad out the window and my boyfriend from getting premature grey hair from me bitching about this new gadget i have recently purchased and have so many troubles with!!!!

    Reply
  39. Denise says

    June 13, 2012 at 3:39 am

    Help! I don’t understand what code we are supposed to copy and paste into address bar when it’s time to edit. Thanks!

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      June 14, 2012 at 11:02 am

      Hi Denise. The code is the text in the grey box up near the top of this article. It starts with “javascript”.

      Reply
  40. Robin says

    June 16, 2012 at 1:47 pm

    Thank you! After staring at countless other “instructions” your version got me there. Appreciate your time

    Reply
  41. Rosie says

    June 17, 2012 at 8:57 am

    You’re good. Tried using other instructions and they didn’t make sense to this layman. I am now pinning on my iPad. Keep up the good work

    Reply
  42. Jessica says

    June 17, 2012 at 7:30 pm

    Problem: I don’t think I can highlight the entire code on my iPhone. I used the blue dot things to drag it but it didn’t work, then I turned my iPhone sideways & it worked better, but I think some of the code is cut off from the page. 🙁

    Reply
  43. Jen N says

    June 19, 2012 at 6:00 pm

    I have an ipod and how do I ‘copy’ the javascript? Do I take a picture of it?

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      June 21, 2012 at 3:44 pm

      You need to use your iPods Copy/Paste functionality. Use your finger to press the screen somewhere in the text – hold it to the screen until you see little grab handles appear. then drag the handles to the start and end of the text block so that the whole area is covered in blue. You’ll get a “copy” option appear on the screen – press that, and then you have copied the text.

      Reply
  44. Tara says

    June 21, 2012 at 1:17 am

    I love you sooooooooo much. Have been trying to figure this out for weeks!!! Happy pinning.

    Reply
  45. Amanda says

    June 21, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    Thanks for the tutorial. It worked perfectly thank you!

    Reply
  46. JihanNoor says

    June 25, 2012 at 9:55 pm

    Worked like a charm. Now how do you upload pics from your gallery onto pinterest.?

    Reply
  47. Nat says

    June 26, 2012 at 4:12 pm

    Thank you! Thank you! You are perfect! All is clear, finally i’ve got my PIN button!

    Reply
  48. Denaige says

    June 29, 2012 at 4:16 am

    I can only get it to open back up to pinterest like the lady a few entries before?? So frustrating!

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      June 29, 2012 at 7:23 am

      Have you got the Pinterest app installed on your iPad? My experience with that was when I pressed my “pin in” button it would switch to the Pinterest app, but if I went back to Safari I could continue pinning from there. Make sure you’re logged in to Pinterest through Safari before you start.

      To be honest after a short time I removed the Pinterest app from my iPad because it was frustrating me when it kept switching whenever I pinned anything, and because I think Pinterest is perfectly useable through Safari on the iPad

      Reply
  49. Paula says

    July 5, 2012 at 6:05 pm

    Thanks for the great tip….followed the directions and it worked like charm!

    Reply
  50. Sherrie says

    July 7, 2012 at 8:38 pm

    Great post. It worked like a charm! Thank you for the “step by step” instructions!

    Reply
  51. Crystal says

    July 10, 2012 at 9:45 pm

    Thank you soo much!,,

    Reply
  52. Belinda-Jane says

    July 11, 2012 at 3:49 pm

    Thank you so much….has made things so much easier!

    Reply
  53. NZ says

    July 20, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    Thank you. Brilliant instructions. All done on iPad and iPhone in 5 mins.

    Reply
  54. Amy says

    July 20, 2012 at 9:05 pm

    Thanks so very much! Was very easy to follow these instructions and it worked great.

    Reply
  55. Jimmie says

    July 21, 2012 at 12:36 am

    Thank you! I am thrilled to be able to pin from my iPad. And you also helped me understand what bookmark bar is. Feel silly now, but glad you mentioned it.

    Reply
  56. Leslie says

    July 26, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    Wow, exactly what I needed! Thanks for the helpful step by step with pictures, this was great!!

    Reply
  57. Tereza says

    August 1, 2012 at 8:22 am

    Finalmente! Grazie, grazie, grazie!

    Reply
  58. Cammy says

    August 5, 2012 at 4:16 am

    Hello! I can’t do it. My problem is that I don’t have the “Edit” button on my Bookmarks. What can I do?

    Reply
  59. Joey says

    August 6, 2012 at 11:13 am

    Thank you so much for this guide!!!!

    Reply
  60. Sue says

    August 8, 2012 at 6:31 pm

    HUGE thank you for this!!!

    Reply
  61. Shawn says

    August 10, 2012 at 3:25 am

    So easy…with your help. Thanks!

    Reply
  62. Mercedes says

    August 12, 2012 at 2:04 pm

    Thank you SO much for this! Your directions were awesome!

    Reply
  63. Sarah says

    August 17, 2012 at 7:56 pm

    Thank you sooooooo much! I’ve been trying to do this forever! And none of the ways they said to do it worked at all! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 🙂

    Reply
  64. Jess says

    August 18, 2012 at 9:42 pm

    Thank you SO much! Only directions I understood with regards to getting Pin It for myself!!

    Reply
  65. Lee Oliveira says

    August 23, 2012 at 1:14 pm

    Thank you, you made it so easy.

    Lee
    x

    Reply
  66. Nur Azera says

    August 24, 2012 at 7:53 am

    Thanks for the tips..Really helps…was about to give up on Pinning on ipad then stumbled across your website..so let’s start pinning shall we…THanks again 🙂

    Reply
  67. Heidifer says

    August 28, 2012 at 6:13 am

    I read directions from 2 other sites, but yours was the only one I could make sense of. Success! Thank you!

    Reply
  68. Matthew says

    August 29, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    Thank you for the amazing article – I managed to get it working first time on my iPad, but I wondered if you were aware of a way of installing the button for Chrome for iPad – I tried a bit but don’t think that it will work through the bookmarks, as it doesn’t pop up as a menu over the page you’re browsing, but instead leads you to a completely different page where the bookmarks are displayed. If you know of any way to Do this that would be great 🙂

    Reply
  69. Chantal says

    August 30, 2012 at 12:26 pm

    Wow, thank you so much, it worked perfectly!

    Reply
  70. Sheleena says

    August 31, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    Woohoo! Fantastic!! Worked perfectly and I have already pinned some things to verify it’s functionality. Plus, I learned some great tips for the finer techy points of my new iPad! You totally rock MummyGeek! Thank you!

    Reply
  71. Mon says

    September 4, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    Thank you for this help. I want to add a similar bookmark in Safari for MyRegistry but can’t locate the javascript. Does anyone know if there’s a way to find it?

    Reply
  72. Caroline hunter says

    September 8, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    Thanks that is brilliant. Took a few times but got there…perhaps helpful if you explain about saving the pasted code into the pin it tab in a bit more detail as first time did not understand how to save it in there. Really appreciate your post and will pin it to my pinterest 🙂

    Reply
  73. Rudelle Jade says

    September 29, 2012 at 5:39 pm

    Thank you so much for this insightful post! I’d never have worked out that HTML! This pin it button is really useful for my blog!

    Reply
  74. Marcia says

    October 2, 2012 at 10:17 am

    I too would like to know if there is a way to install the button in Chrome on the iPad? Any ideas?

    Reply
  75. Farrah says

    October 3, 2012 at 7:31 am

    Best Tutorial EVER !!!!! THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!! Do you do any other super cool tutorials for iPad. iPhone ?????

    Reply
  76. Wendy says

    October 3, 2012 at 10:48 pm

    Thanks for this very easy and useful tip. This will make pinning much easier.

    Reply
  77. Eveline de Wilde says

    October 7, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    Superb!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!

    Reply
  78. Lisa Elliott says

    October 14, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    You Rock!

    Reply
  79. Lynn says

    October 14, 2012 at 5:57 pm

    This worked on my iPad and iPhone. Thanks very much!

    Reply
  80. Jaclyn says

    October 17, 2012 at 8:26 pm

    This is great! Was having a nightmare with a third party app trying to pin stuff. Only problem I am finding is that it only seems to work when I’m connected to wireless. The pinning page does nothing if I’m connected via to net via 3G. Any thoughts? Or am I going completely bonkers?!

    Reply
  81. Laura says

    October 26, 2012 at 5:26 am

    Worked perfectly and it was so easy! Thank you!

    Reply
  82. elisa says

    November 5, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    Grazieeee! your post has been so helpfull!! I ❤ it!!!

    Reply
  83. Emma says

    November 12, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    Thankyou SO much for sharing! :)) I’ve been wanting to do this for ages!

    Reply
  84. Anne says

    November 18, 2012 at 11:55 pm

    Thank you so much! I’ve been hoping to do this forever! I love Pinterest!

    Reply
  85. Tiffany says

    November 22, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    I have tried and tried to get the pin it on my ipad and only your post worked!!!!! i am soooo grateful and tried to go to that voting site, but I am not a techy mom and cannot find a thumbs up or voting button. Help ? 🙂

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      November 23, 2012 at 12:02 pm

      Awww, thanks for trying. Voting closed a couple of days ago, which is why you couldn’t find the thumbs up button any more. I just hadn’t got around to removing the button from this post yet.

      Reply
  86. Tamara says

    December 3, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    Awesome!!! Thanks for showing how to do this!

    Reply
  87. Laura says

    December 8, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    Thanks so much for the help. I was thinking something was wrong with me since I couldn’t figure this out!

    Reply
  88. Orx says

    December 11, 2012 at 6:25 pm

    Wowereit, it worked. Thanx so much
    & greetings from Berlin.

    Reply
  89. Me says

    December 16, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    I appreciate this guide. Thank you!

    Reply
  90. Lisa Warner says

    December 17, 2012 at 6:18 pm

    Worked a treat first time. Thanks for sharing your guide.

    Reply
  91. Julia Lopes says

    December 25, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    Thank you very much!!

    Reply
  92. Mrs Duck says

    December 27, 2012 at 2:59 pm

    Brilliant. Clear step by step instructions that worked! Thank you so much!

    Reply
  93. laurel says

    December 28, 2012 at 8:02 pm

    IT WORKED!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH : )

    Reply
  94. JD says

    December 29, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    Thanks so much for the tip!

    Reply
  95. Alphones says

    December 29, 2012 at 4:04 pm

    Geek Monkey, you’re a peach!
    It works!!!!
    Thanks for such clear and
    complete direction.

    Reply
  96. Mb says

    December 30, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    Thx this works

    Reply
  97. Mb says

    December 30, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    Thanks this works

    Reply
  98. Danielle says

    December 30, 2012 at 6:35 pm

    PERFECT DIRECTIONS!!! Thank u!

    Reply
  99. Erica says

    December 31, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    Great instructions! I did it!

    Reply
  100. Lesli Joe says

    January 5, 2013 at 6:13 am

    Awesome! Great instructions – it worked the first time. Thank you so much! I have been wanting to do this forever!

    Reply
  101. Kristine says

    January 9, 2013 at 6:21 pm

    This worked great. Thank u!!!

    Reply
  102. Dianna Agzour says

    January 9, 2013 at 11:46 pm

    That was easy!! It works! Thanks for the super easy instructions.

    Reply
  103. Rebeca says

    January 12, 2013 at 9:07 pm

    I love you! Thanks for this geekmummy. So much easier than other instructions I tried.

    Reply
  104. Analiese says

    January 17, 2013 at 8:52 pm

    This is amazing! Thank you so much! I was hesitant at first, but the really works!

    Reply
  105. Vanessa says

    January 21, 2013 at 2:17 pm

    Thanks, it works!!!

    Reply
  106. Lee says

    January 22, 2013 at 7:25 pm

    I followed the directions and was able to create “pin it” button but not pinning. I clicked it bright up pics to use for pin so I thought it was working but once I select pic, it just goes to another screens the website I’m on and never pins anything. Any idea why?? Thanks. Ps. I am logged in on safari and on my app

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      January 28, 2013 at 8:45 pm

      If you’ve already checked that you’re logged in to Pinterest, my next thought would be that maybe the code didn’t copy and paste properly. Be really careful when you copy the code that you’ve highlighted it all, without including any space at the beginning or end.

      Reply
      • Lee Ann says

        January 28, 2013 at 10:31 pm

        I decided to copy and paste into my NOTE PAD to see what pasted. Looks like there is extra space when I highlighted text. Did it each time I tried. So I backspaces and recopied. Well it worked perfect on my iPhone. Hope I can get it to work on my mil iPad. Now if iPhone could let us see the actual bookmark bar in safari on iPhone. Instead of hitting bookmark “book”. Thanks for help!!

        Reply
        • geekmummy says

          January 28, 2013 at 10:40 pm

          Glad you got it working, thanks for letting me know 🙂

          Reply
  107. Bibsey Mama says

    January 25, 2013 at 9:43 am

    Brilliant. Thanks.

    Reply
  108. Kitkat says

    January 26, 2013 at 12:07 pm

    OMG, you are brilliant! I have been desperately wanting a pin it button on my iPhone for ages. Thank you soooo much for taking the time to put this on the web for me to find.

    Reply
  109. Niki says

    January 26, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    Thank you! Best instructions I found.

    Reply
  110. Steph says

    January 26, 2013 at 2:49 pm

    Yay managed to do it, amazing. Thank you.xxx

    Reply
  111. Mademoiselle Wa says

    January 26, 2013 at 3:36 pm

    That is JUST GREAT !!!!! My frustration is at an end !!!! Thanks a lit !!!! <3

    Reply
  112. Ismene says

    January 26, 2013 at 6:09 pm

    Awesome!
    Thanks a lot!

    Reply
  113. Rachel says

    January 28, 2013 at 6:04 pm

    Wow! Thank you! I have wanted this function for a while. I appreciate the step by step instructions. Thanks again!

    Reply
  114. Merry says

    January 30, 2013 at 2:34 am

    Thanks so much for the awesome info….I now can pin, from my IPAD! You’re the best!
    Merry

    Reply
  115. Adi says

    February 1, 2013 at 7:28 am

    Thank you so much! I was beginning to think it couldn’t be done. The YouTube video I watched showed an ‘add bookmarklet’ button in the account settings on the actual Pinterest app, which wasn’t on my app at all.

    Reply
  116. Tatyana says

    February 6, 2013 at 3:54 am

    Thank you! It worked!

    Reply
  117. Lori Ann says

    February 7, 2013 at 5:56 pm

    You are my rock star hero. This is the only place I found a solution to my problem. Thank you!!!

    Reply
  118. Anastasia says

    February 13, 2013 at 2:19 am

    HUGE THANKS!!! Very clear, easy to follow instructions. Worked beautifully!

    Reply
  119. Becky says

    February 15, 2013 at 11:42 pm

    This is perfect! I’ve just done it and it works great. Thank you!

    Reply
  120. Jenny says

    February 18, 2013 at 1:04 am

    Thanks for taking the time to do this! Sooooo helpful : )

    Reply
  121. Phil says

    February 18, 2013 at 11:08 pm

    Worked like a dream on my iPhone – awesome thanks so much. Phil x

    Reply
  122. Go Kid Yourself says

    February 19, 2013 at 12:23 am

    Yay, it worked….. Thank you so much!!!

    Reply
  123. Melany Lowen says

    February 19, 2013 at 2:45 pm

    I followed the instructions exactly as posted and its working great! I was intimidated by all the steps, but everything was there and worked as promised. Thank you so much!

    Reply
  124. simone says

    February 21, 2013 at 1:25 pm

    This was very very helpful! Thank you so much (o:

    Reply
  125. kara says

    February 21, 2013 at 6:29 pm

    It worked…but, when I pin something, it will not allow me to use the dropdown menu to change the board. Any suggestions? Thanks!

    Reply
  126. Theresa O'Sullivan says

    February 27, 2013 at 3:36 am

    Hi, I have done everything as you said and it appears to be working but at the last minute a message comes up that says “Safari cannot open the page because it is a local file”. It happens on all of the pages I try to pin. Not sure what I did wrong..

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      February 28, 2013 at 4:00 pm

      At first guess it sounds like you didn’t quite copy all the text in the text box. I would say try again and make sure you get all the text but no space at the start or end. Let me know if that works.

      Reply
      • Theresa O'Sullivan says

        February 28, 2013 at 11:07 pm

        Hello again. I had copied all of the text but had left the http: in front of it. I corrected this however when I try to pin something now, it brings up a pic to choose from, a text box to choose the folder to pin it and the discription text box but it won’t actually let me choose a folder or write a description. Not sure if I explained that correctly. sorry.

        Reply
        • geekmummy says

          March 2, 2013 at 8:13 pm

          OK, it now sounds like the code for the button is right, so start by going to pinterest.com and logging in, and then navigate to the page you want to pin from and try.

          Reply
          • Theresa O'Sullivan says

            March 5, 2013 at 1:16 am

            Still having the same problem,when I try to pin something, it brings up a pic to choose from, a text box to choose the folder to pin it and the discription text box but it won’t actually let me choose a folder or write a description or press the pin it button.

  127. Jean says

    February 28, 2013 at 1:39 am

    Thanks for sharing this info, so very helpful and I used it right away!

    Reply
  128. hannelie says

    March 2, 2013 at 1:05 pm

    thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!

    Reply
  129. CaribeAzul says

    March 5, 2013 at 9:44 pm

    Love it! Thank you!

    Reply
  130. Desiree says

    March 6, 2013 at 1:33 pm

    It worked! Thank you so much!!

    Reply
  131. Banbananna says

    March 13, 2013 at 5:33 am

    Thank you so much!!!

    Reply
  132. Gatherings! says

    March 15, 2013 at 5:59 am

    Thank you so much! I have been dying to know how to do this, and you spelled it out so easily, step by step. It is soooooo appreciated!

    Reply
  133. elyse says

    March 20, 2013 at 1:42 am

    thank you so much! i just switched to a mac and couldn’t figure out how to add the pin it button to my browser. this worked perfectly!

    Reply
  134. K. Brumsey says

    April 3, 2013 at 6:14 am

    Yay! Super quick and easy, thank you!

    Reply
  135. Dale says

    April 11, 2013 at 9:25 pm

    You are the best. I did not know how to do this! Thank you.

    Reply
  136. Bianca says

    April 20, 2013 at 10:47 pm

    Tank you so much – easy when knowing! Tanks for sharing.

    Reply
  137. Joy@aVintageGreen says

    April 26, 2013 at 6:15 am

    Wow, am I every happy I found your post on adding Pin It to an ipad (mini) – it worked. Whew. I added your blog to my blogroll so I can come back and learn something else new.

    Reply
  138. Nedda says

    May 1, 2013 at 6:21 pm

    You are great!
    First time it worked!
    Thankyou

    Reply
  139. She says

    May 3, 2013 at 2:39 am

    Didn’t work . Uug what am I doing wrong??

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      May 3, 2013 at 8:05 pm

      Most problems are either as a result of not copying the code above correctly (you really need to make sure you have all the code highlighted with no blank space either at the beginning or the end), or due to not being logged in to Pinterest before trying to pin something. Try again, being really careful with the code, and see if it works.

      Reply
  140. Facebook application development says

    May 14, 2013 at 6:41 am

    Thanks a ton for sharing the stuff guys… I was having issues with bookmarks too!

    Reply
  141. Carole says

    May 18, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    Thank you – it worked!!!!!! Been wanting to do that for ages!

    Reply
  142. Amber G. says

    May 26, 2013 at 4:10 pm

    Thank you so much for doing this!!! So helpful and “to the point” 🙂 just what I needed and “Pin it” is now working flawlessly on my iPhone! Thanks again! -amber

    Reply
  143. Jeannine says

    May 31, 2013 at 4:09 am

    I’m feeling not too smart here, as I’ve tried to copy the code snippet above, but can’t seem to get it to copy?? Do you know what I’m doing wrong?

    Thanks

    Reply
    • Jeannine says

      May 31, 2013 at 4:15 am

      I got it!! Just trying to get it without spaces. Thanks for the great information & such detailed instructions!!

      ☺

      Reply
      • geekmummy says

        May 31, 2013 at 10:44 am

        Glad you got it working in the end 🙂

        Reply
  144. Melanie says

    May 31, 2013 at 12:52 pm

    Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been wondering how to do this for ages!

    Reply
  145. iphone developers says

    June 12, 2013 at 11:17 am

    That’s great I was also searching for this information about to add the pin it button. Thanks

    Reply
  146. Leah says

    July 14, 2013 at 1:28 am

    I am trying to do this on my iPhone and am having no luck. I’m pretty techni-savvy and in stumped. Please help? When I am on a website I want to pin, I go into my bookmarks and hit my “pin it” and absolutely nothing happens.

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      July 14, 2013 at 10:54 pm

      Usually the cause of this is that you aren’t logged in to your Pinterest account. In Safari on your iPhone go to Pinterest.com, and log in. Then go to the page you want to pin and see if it will work.

      Also check other pages – some web sites have pinning disabled.

      Reply
  147. Ashton P says

    July 18, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this. It was easy to fallow along even for me I am new to the whole apple family! Thanks again

    Reply
  148. Wendy says

    July 19, 2013 at 12:28 am

    Thank you. Worked like a charm.

    Reply
  149. Diane says

    August 5, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    I followed instructions similar to these a while back and have been pinning happily away until it just stopped working. Now whenever I try to log in from my iPhone, I get a forbidden 403 message. Any way to install a pin it button through chrome?

    Reply
  150. Ann says

    August 24, 2013 at 4:27 pm

    Thank you for the step by step instructions – the instructions on Pinterest were horrible.

    Reply
  151. Linda says

    August 28, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for this great tip on pinning. You have made my life so much easier and saved me countless hours!!!!!

    Reply
  152. Tallblackchick@yahoo.ca says

    September 7, 2013 at 3:31 pm

    Thanks so much. It worked! Now how do I pin items from my camera roll? Hummm

    Reply
  153. Karen says

    September 22, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    Your instructions were 1000% clearer than Pinterest. I even in encouraged them to visit your site to see how their instructions should be written. Thank you.

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      September 22, 2013 at 8:09 pm

      THank you, glad my instructions were useful 🙂

      Reply
  154. Mary says

    September 27, 2013 at 5:49 am

    Okay I am feeling the mom brain right now… When I make the initial bookmark, what website am I supposed to be making it of?? I keep trying this but it is not clicking so to speak.

    Reply
  155. Jo says

    October 2, 2013 at 3:00 am

    Trying to create pinit button for pinterest on iPad. Not working…do not get option to paste address….any ideas

    Reply
    • Jo says

      October 2, 2013 at 3:22 am

      Disregard my comment….got it to work!! Thanks for the instructions…

      Reply
      • geekmummy says

        October 2, 2013 at 8:03 am

        Glad you got it working 🙂

        Reply
  156. Bev pound says

    October 14, 2013 at 11:03 pm

    Was just about to give up on Pinterest when I found your web site

    So easy when you know how !

    So easy to understand
    Thanks so much

    Reply
  157. April says

    October 17, 2013 at 11:37 am

    Thank you!!!

    Reply
  158. Felicia says

    November 7, 2013 at 5:28 am

    Tried with the new ios7 and could not figure it out…

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      November 7, 2013 at 11:17 pm

      It does work with the new iOS 7, but some of the menus and options have moved around a bit. I will write an updated guide as soon as I can. I’ve been meaning to record a video as well, perhaps this could be my motivation 🙂

      Reply
  159. Cathy says

    November 24, 2013 at 11:27 pm

    I am trying to figure out how to PIN things to PINTERST from FACEBOOK. I did get the pin button put on my mini ipad( it is a bit different from a regular i pad) but now I cannot figure out how to use it on Facebook. Can you help me?

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      November 24, 2013 at 11:35 pm

      Hi Cathy, Facebook is set up to deliberately prevent images being pinned from there I’m afraid. Whilst a quick Google will show a few ways to work around this on a PC or Mac, I haven’t seen any information on how to work around it on the iPad. I must confess it’s something I haven’t looked into in any detail because I’ve never felt the need.

      Reply
  160. Ann says

    December 7, 2013 at 12:34 pm

    I just did this and it worked like a charm…and believe me I am NO PC geek!
    I feel if I can do it any one can. I’ve pinned 3 test pins all with perfection!
    Thanks for the detailed instructions!

    Reply
  161. Janice says

    January 24, 2014 at 5:42 am

    It worked!!! Thanks so much, your the best.

    Reply
  162. Michelle says

    February 12, 2014 at 12:57 am

    This still works and is exactly what I was working for. Thank you so much for sharing. I have even pinned this in case I need again one day.

    Reply
  163. Jeri says

    February 27, 2014 at 10:23 pm

    Very clear and concise article. Great

    Reply
  164. Lesley Arabella says

    February 28, 2014 at 11:19 am

    Best advice…it works!!! Thanks!!

    Reply
  165. Eli says

    March 23, 2014 at 5:39 am

    Yay, it worked! Many thanks!

    Reply
  166. Janey says

    June 2, 2014 at 9:53 am

    Brilliant!
    After 6 attempts finally got there….trouble was that after an upgrade my iPad is nothing like yours. Some things have moved, most now look different and some things just aren’t there anymore.
    Anyway I can now Pin happily from my iPad so many thanks.
    Janey

    Reply
    • geekmummy says

      June 2, 2014 at 10:43 am

      Yes, I want to write an updated version of this to match the iOS changes – it’s on the “to do” list! Glad you still managed to get it working anyway 🙂

      Reply
  167. SunSpott says

    June 5, 2014 at 6:19 am

    Thanks very much! Your instructions worked like a charm, and gave me just what I was looking for. 🙂

    Reply
  168. Ozgul says

    July 17, 2014 at 3:00 pm

    That is great:) Thank you very much for your detailed instructions. I’ve done it easliy:) This is the thng that I looking for for the months:)

    Reply
  169. Angela Vincent says

    October 14, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    Thanks you so much!! Followed the directions successfully and I can now pin on my iPad 2 running iOS 7. x x

    Reply
  170. Vivian says

    October 27, 2014 at 9:33 pm

    You are a genius! Thank you so much.

    Reply
  171. Fidelia says

    October 10, 2015 at 5:47 am

    Brilliant!! 😀

    Reply
  172. Stephen W. says

    April 9, 2017 at 3:21 am

    Interesting article but am I missing something? The iPhone Pinterest app for iOS has been around for a number of years and I see comments about this method dated as recent as late 2015. I’m working on my 4th iPhone and there’s always been a Pinterest app that I’ve used. If you have the Pinterest app installed, then the Pin It option appears automatically in the row of options for any article or image you view. It appears if you are working from within the Pinterest app and it also appears if you are using Safari to browse the internet and see something you want to pin. It also works just fine, if not better, if you are using the Pinterest web site and want to repin. I even use it from within the New York Times app to pin articles I read. Do the steps outlined above do any of this better? Thanks.

    Reply

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