Additional Share Options

[guybower1]

hi

I have added some social share options on my posts page. I used button elements rather than the normal social elements route.

I am hoping there is a workaround to do the following:-

It is basically just adding a dropdown on hover of some additional share options. Is there a way in Pro to acieve something like this?

cheers

[jade]

Hi @guybower1,

The available social share option that comes with Pro is the share shortcode which looks like this:

https://demo.theme.co/integrity-1/shortcodes/entry-share/

Based on your screenshot, there is no easy way to replicate it using Pro. Even if you are using button elements, social share integration will involve more customization since those have special functions and has some required API. The button element will only let you redirect to a URL. Since this would involve some more customization, it would be outside the scope of support we can offer. You may wish to consult a developer to assist you with this. X is quite extensible with child themes, so there are plenty of possibilities.

You might want to consider using some third-party plugins that are specifically made for social sharing posts.

[guybower1]

hi Jade

Thanks so much for getting back to me

Understood re additional customisation required for such a dropdown. How have theme.co found AddThis to work with Pro? Any issues reported?

On the question of URL, how do I find the correct URL to put for each button to allow it to share the page the button is on?

Thanks again

[jade]

Hello @guybower1,

@guybower1

How have theme.co found AddThis to work with Pro? Any issues reported?

I have checked the history for bug reports and I don’t see any related to the plugin you mentioned so it should be a good plugin.

@guybower1

On the question of URL, how do I find the correct URL to put for each button to allow it to share the page the button is on?

As mentioned, implementing a share feature in a click of a button is not merely just adding a URL to a button for the button to act as a share button.

You will have to check the specific social media site’s developer documentation for this as we cannot provide a lot of information since it is specific to their API. For example:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/share-button/

https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-for-websites/tweet-button/overview

Hope this helps.

[guybower1]

Thanks so much for your reply Jade. I think I may have an option to get it to work

Take care

[jade]

You’re most welcome, @guybower1.

Take care as well!