It does work if I set the automatic mode, so just the shortcode is what I need help with so I can enable it selectively.
In the Sociable plugin settings there is a place to enable automatic mode. This would put the sociable links on each article. I suppose I should try that. Otherwise if you don’t enable it, the instructions are as follows:
If this is unchecked, you will have to use the shortcode[sociable/] or template tag ?php if( function_exists( do_sociable() ) ){ do_sociable(); }
That’s where I got the format for the code in the original post. I’m not sure what to put between an opening and closing tag because the instructions don’t give that format.