socialShare.js
A jquery plugin to provide more control on social sharing buttons. Do the styling without worrying about the javascript implementation.
Demo is available at http://rkritesh.in/socialShare.js
Features
- Full control over the design of the buttons.
- No separate widget js loading for separate services.
- Share counts of all supported services.
- Easy to configure.
Getting Started
Download the production version or the development version.
Install from npm
npm install --save social-share-js
Install from bower
bower install --save social-share-js
Manual injection in your web page:
<script src="jquery.js"></script> <script src="dist/jquery.socialshare.min.js"></script>
##Simple Usage
This is the minimal configuration required to use the plugin
$(element).socialShare({ image : 'image-url', twitterVia : 'ritz078', twitterHashTags : 'javascript,jquery' });
##Advanced Options property|default value|Description --------|-------------|----------- url|current page url|The url that will be shared description|current page meta tag description|Can be set to be shared as description on twitter title|current page title|Title that will be shared counts|true|set to false to bypass http request to get the counts twitter|true|set to false to disable pinterest|true|set to false to disable facebook|true|set to false to disable linkedin|true|set to false to disable image|null|url of the image that will be shared with the links toWord|true|to convert count numbers into words eg: 12000 to 12K twitterVia|null|string containing the via value for twitter sharing eg: 'ritz078'.Mandatory if twitter is set to true twitterHashTags|current page meta tag keywords|comma separated values to be shared as hashtags in a single string.Mandatory if twitter is set to true.
##How to use ? You can use these 2 classes to make a class clickable(open share dialogue) and show the share counts.
- [service]-share and
- [service]-count
where [service] = twitter/facebook/pinterest/linkedin/gPlus
Just add them wherever you want to use them
Class | Description | example |
---|---|---|
[service]-share | This is the class that becomes a link after clicking on which the sharing dialogue appears | <div class="twitter-share"></div> |
[service]-count | Class in which the share count appears | <span class="twitter-count"></span> |
##Example Usage
- HTML can comprise of any structure and tags
- Just use the 2 types of class provided
<div class="element"> <!--===== this block will become clickable (shows the twitter share dialogue on click) because of the class 'twitter-share'====--> <div class="twitter-share"> <span>Share on twitter</span> <span class="twitter-count"></span> <!--====shows twitter share count==--> </div> <!--=======================================--> <!--===== this block will become clickable (shows the facebook share dialogue on click) because of the class 'facebook-share'====--> <div class="facebook-share"> <span>Share on Facebook</span> <span class="facebook-count"></span><!--=== shows facebook share count==--> </div> <!--======================================--> </div> <script> $('.element').socialShare({ image : 'image-url', twitterVia : 'ritz078', twitterHashTags : 'javascript,jquery' }) </script>
Demo is available at http://rkritesh.in/socialShare.js
License
MIT © Ritesh Kumar