I have icons (custom branded facebook, twitter, pinterest etc.) on a website and I would like it to be easy for visitors to talk about blogposts on these various social media.
To do so, I have created a server-side function that outputs links that look like this:
<a target="_blank" href=http://rest.sharethis.com/share/sharer.php?destination=facebook&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsite.mydevelopmentserver.com&title=postname&pub_key=123456&access_key=123456"/>FACEBOOK LINK</a>
with equivalent links for the other social media links.
I do not load any sharethis scripts or interact with the sharethis api in any other way on my site, and this method seems to be working fine (the jury is still out on analytics)
My questions are:
a. Is there anything wrong with using sharethis in this way?
b.Is there a better way to do this that does not require me to have my access key visible in my links?
I think the answer to my questions are:
a. Yes, there is something wrong with using sharethis in this manner. Your access key will be visible to everyone.
b. Yes, there is a better way to do this. There is no need to access the API directly at all to customize your sharethis buttons. Just insert the normal sharethis script that you can generate here: http://sharethis.com/publishers/get-sharing-tools, then change the buttons' classes to st_[service]_custom (where service is the service you would like to access).
That is, put I put this in my header:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher: "1234"});</script>
and this in the body:
<span class="st_pinterest_custom">Pinterest</span>
<span class="st_twitter_custom">Twitter</span>
<span class="st_facebook_custom">Facebook</span>
<span class="st_googleplus_custom">Google</span>
<span class="st_stumbleupon_custom">Stumble</span>
Then I just style the buttons using my own CSS.
Works like a charm, thanks sharethis!
Also, if anybody needs general help making things more complicated than they need to be, ask me -- I can do it for you in a jiffy!
I think the answers to my questions are:
a. Yes, there is something wrong with using sharethis in this manner. My access key will be visible to everyone.
b. Yes, there is a better way to do this. There is no need to access the API directly at all to customize your sharethis buttons. Just insert the normal sharethis script that you can generate here: http://sharethis.com/publishers/get-sharing-tools, then change the buttons' classes to st_[service]_custom (where service is the service you would like to access).
That is, put I put this in my header:
stLight.options({publisher: "1234"});
and this in the body:
Pinterest
Twitter
Facebook
Google
Stumble
Related
I'm wanting to know how to make a redirect a simple way.
I know nothing about code (Sorry for my ignorance) but I want to learn.
So I want to make a website that only redirects, so when someone opens it will get redirected to another website.
The tricky thing here is that I want the website to select a random link in a list I will provide, so I thought I could do it on a free website creator (wix.com) and I wanted to know if someone could help me do the code for me.
Thank you a lot.
You will need Javascript and HTML for do this.
HTML just do static things, so you will need create a list with Javascript and then modify the link on html page.
Just add this to the Head on your HTML file:
<script>
window.location.replace('http://www.reddit.com')
</script>
That will redirect to Reddit as soon as you open your html file.
I recommend that you use the "IF / Else" or "for" function to redirect to different websites each time you open your web page, because you said that you are learning, so go slow. Just study Javascript or Dart and you can do whatever you want on your site.
I am trying to add following code in blogger temlate (blogger.com). but failed
<a expr:href='"whatsapp://send?text="data:post.title - data:post.canonicalUrl"'>Share of Whatsapp</a>
I want to make like this for whatsapp sharing without using any script.
e.g.
<a href='whatsapp://send?text=Google - http://www.google.com'>Share of Whatsapp</a>
Try:
Share
With JavaScript it would be a lot easier, because the parameters need to be url encoded. You could use encodeURIComponent() to encode your strings.
If you still don't want to use JavaScript, there are plenty of free urlencoder online.
So if you want to share your problem for this page it should look like this:
Help me with my problem http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30252484/whatsapp-sharing-button-for-blogspot-blogger-without-javascript
<a href='whatsapp://send?text=Help%20me%20with%20my%20problem%20http%3A%2F%2Fstackoverflow.com%2Fquestions%2F30252484%2Fwhatsapp-sharing-button-for-blogspot-blogger-without-javascript'>Share the problem</a>
I am trying to find a way to embed a share/+1 link for Google+ in a Newsletter, much like the Facebook share and tweeter tweet links can be embedded in a newsletter, which can be achieved with the following two urls:
https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=[URL]&t=[TEXT]
http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?source=sharethiscom&text=[TEXT]&url=[URL]
Is there a similar functionality available for Google Plus?
All I could find on my own, is the Google+ button, which unfortunately uses JavaScript and thus it cannot be used in an email newsletter. I would expect Google to provide a static url fallback, but I cannot find it anywhere.
https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com
You can share the link on Google+ with the official Google+ share link.
Replace the url parameter with the URL encoded link you want to share.
This one works fine for me :
https://plus.google.com/share?url=your-page-url
The share link allows you to do this. It will work in an email, but it's not quite the same as the +1 button.
To use the share link, add a link element to your email that complies with the Google+ Buttons policy. Set the href attribute to https://plus.google.com/share?url={url encoded share target}
For example, linking to https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com will allow you to share example.com on Google+: (yes, that is a working demo).
Check out the official docs for more info.
If you use this approach please be aware of the fact that it is not a direct replacement for the +1 button. The link shares the target URL on Google+, but it does not actually +1 the target page. Only the +1 button can +1 a page.
Solution for those who needs custom title, description and image. You should make following changes to target URL:
Step1. add itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/LocalBusiness" into <html> tag. It will look like <html itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/LocalBusiness">. More itemtypes here
Step2. Place the follwing meta tags into <head>, change content attributes according your needs:
<meta itemprop="name" content="{Custom title goes here}">
<meta itemprop="description" content="{Custom description goes here}">
<meta itemprop="image" content="{http://www.your_url.com/your_image.png}">
Step3. Add the following link to your newsletter or anywhere you want:
Share it
Tip. To check how google sees your page, you can use this tool http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets. Probably you'll be interested in section Extracted rich snippet data from the page
Good luck, Lauris
I'm using the following.. :)
https://m.google.com/app/plus/x/?v=compose&content=[TEXT]%20[URL]
I personally suggest Google Plus Interactive Posts button
https://developers.google.com/+/web/share/interactive
to use in your apps/websites.Here Google Plus allows many customizations to do according to the requirement. I have used it in my app. Its a better option than Share button.
Maybe this helps. It works (partially) for me.
http://www.stateofsearch.com/share-on-google-plus-any-website/
There has got to be a way to do this by hacking the +1 script.
If you are interested in just changing the apperance you should download and modify this to suit your requirements.
Then, add this to your css:
.Uu .KF {
background: url("your-replacement-image") no-repeat scroll -132px -21px transparent !important;
}
to override the Google icons. However, this is probably very unstable and subject to change.
I saw many similar questions here but their answers don't work for me by some reasons.
I need the share box, not the like one.
Can anyone share a working solution?
Thank you very much
EDIT
The only working way I found is to add a link like:
Share on Facebook
But in this case there is no counter and I need it. Is there a way to do it now?
Ok, I found it here: http://www.simplebloggertutorials.com/2010/05/how-to-add-facebook-share-button-with.html
Just need to add following code:
<div>
<a name="fb_share" type="box_count" expr:share_url="data:post.url" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script>
</div>
very easy solution and according to the link provided by Jarede Facebook will support Share button in the future.
Much more nicer solution here: Facebook Feed Dialog
The share button has been deprecated in preference for the Like button. Probably best to keep up with the rest of the world and use Like instead of trying to implement the outdated Share.
I found this:
https://www.hs.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150211527410844
I have a blog on BlogSpot.com, and I have a domain based on my own name. I want to have a URL on my site (like http://www.mydomain.com/blog) that will then pull in the content from my blog page, but I want the URL in the address bar to stay on http://www.mydomain.com/blog, so that it does not look like you left my site.
(I have a Windows hosting account on 1and1.com)
I did Google this question, and I found how a few things, like:
1: Adding a tag in to "refresh". Tried this, but it changes the address bar.
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://myblog.blogspot.com" />
2: I also learned about the html iframe thing, but it has height and scrollbar issues.
3: Then, I found this partial code snippet, but I don't know what to do with it, or if it will even work against the BlogSpot server, or on my server:
<%
Set objHTTP = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
objHTTP.Open "GET", "http://myblog.blogspot.com", false
objHTTP.Send
Response.Write objHTTP.ResponseText
%>
I am a client app guy, so this web stuff is all new to me.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
The third option will probably work for the initial page load, but any links on the page will then direct the user to the BlogSpot page, and change the url. It simply fetches the page from blogspot, and then sends it to the user without any changes.
For me, the changing url is not a big deal, as long as it's easy for the user to get from one to the other easily; have prominent links on either page that tell the user where they go. Most people don't care about the url, they just care about the content.
Using an IFrame is probably your best bet. Many Facebook applications are in IFrames and still integrate very well.
I think using a regular frame or an iFrame is probably the easiest solution. What kind of scrollbar issues did you encounter? You can set custom values for some of these attributes, just check out the documentation here:
http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_iframe.asp
If you didn't want to use frames, you could actually proxy the entire page using a server side application like Squid. However, this is more difficult to setup, requires the ability to install software and configure firewall/iptable settings on your host, and must be configured properly to prevent malicious abuse.
-Mark
Here are some options you can try:
If you have PHP installed:
<?php
echo file_get_contents('http://myblog.blogspot.com'); // or you can use fopen()
?>
Or Server-Side-Includes installed:
<!--# include virtual="http://myblog.blogspot.com" -->
You can also pull blog content from Blogspot using the Blogger Data API.
The advantage of this is that you can reformat and reorganize the content to match the style of your website. The disadvantage is that it's more work than an iframe, and you probably won't match the full functionality of Blogspot.
I'm playing with this now to see whether I can use Blogspot as a type of CMS for a club news system.