Question regarding social sharing in posts

[NiO]

Hi Swiftideas,

I have enabled the sharing option for posts and see three options there: Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. How do I control these sharing options? Is there a theme options panel for it? Can’t seem to find it 🙁

I would like to include more sharing options. ow can I do that or do I need to install a plugin like sharethis for it?

Thanks,
Johan

[Rui Guerreiro – SUPPORT]

Hi,

It’s only those 3 by default but you can add more modifying the social function.

Add this to the functions.php of your child theme and add your social links below the existing ones.

    /* SOCIAL SHARE SHORTCODE
	================================================= */
	if ( !function_exists( 'sf_social_share' ) ) {
	    function sf_social_share( $atts = null ) {

	        extract( shortcode_atts( array(
	            "center" => '',
	        ), $atts ) );

            if ( sf_current_theme() == "atelier" ) {
                global $post;
                $image = wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id() );
                $page_permalink = urlencode(get_the_permalink());
                $page_title = get_the_title();
                $page_thumb_id = get_post_thumbnail_id();
                $page_thumb_url = wp_get_attachment_url( $page_thumb_id );
                $share_output = "";

                if ( $center == "yes" ) {
                    $share_output .= '<div class="sf-share-counts center-share-counts">';
                } else {
                    $share_output .= '<div class="sf-share-counts">';         
                    $share_output .= '<h3 class="share-text">'.__("Share", 'swift-framework-plugin').'</h3>';
                    $share_output .= '<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u='.$page_permalink.'&height=640&width=660&resizable=0&toolbar=0&menubar=0&status=0&location=0&scrollbars=0" class="sf-share-link sf-share-fb"><i class="fa-facebook"></i><span class="count">0</span></a>';
                    $share_output .= '<a href="http://twitter.com/share?text='.$page_title.'&url='.$page_permalink.'&height=640&width=660&resizable=0&toolbar=0&menubar=0&status=0&location=0&scrollbars=0" class="sf-share-link sf-share-twit"><i class="fa-twitter"></i><span class="count">0</span></a>';
                    $share_output .= '<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url='.$page_permalink.'&media='.$page_thumb_url.'&description='.$page_title.'&height=640&width=660&resizable=0&toolbar=0&menubar=0&status=0&location=0&scrollbars=0" class="sf-share-link sf-share-pin"><i class="fa-pinterest"></i><span class="count">0</span></a>';
                    $share_output .= '</div>';
                }
                return $share_output;
            } else {
    	        global $post;
    	        $image = wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id() );

    	        if ( $center == "yes" ) {
    	            $share_output = '<div class="article-share share-center" data-buttontext="' . __( "Share this", 'swift-framework-plugin' ) . '" data-image="' . $image . '"></div>';
    	        } else {
    	            $share_output = '<div class="article-share" data-buttontext="' . __( "Share this", 'swift-framework-plugin' ) . '" data-image="' . $image . '"></div>';
    	        }

    	        return $share_output;
            }
	    }

	    add_shortcode( 'sf_social_share', 'sf_social_share' );
	}

-Rui

[NiO]

Many thanks!

[Rui Guerreiro – SUPPORT]

No problem. Glad I could help.
-Rui

[NiO]

An additional question regarding thus Rui … are the sharing counts registered in the WP database or are they real statistics retrieved from the social media platforms?

[Kyle – SUPPORT]

Hi

They are stored in the database

– Kyle

[NiO]

Hi Rui, Kyle,

Any chance that you already have the extra line of code needed for sharing to Google+ lying around. Or is there a place where I can find more info about it?

Thanks!
Johan

[Kyle – SUPPORT]

Hi

I’m afraid I don’t sorry, best thing you can do is check our theme files for the current sharing setup and google to see if you can find the code for google+

– Kyle

[NiO]

Hi Rui & Kyle,

Tried coping over the code to functions.php, but it doesn’t seem to be used. Is the code still valid?

Thanks,
Johan

[Mohammad – SUPPORT]

Hi,
1- Have you activated child theme?

2- Have you made any changes here in the code that is given by Rui?

Thanks
Mohammad

[NiO]

Hi Mohammad,

Yes, I use a child theme and copied the code into the functions.php there. To test the code, I tried duplicating one of the $share_output lines to see if an extra icon would pop up. In addition I tried adding this: $share_output .= 'test';

As a last resort I changed the if statement if ( sf_current_theme() == "atelier" ) { to if ( sf_current_theme() == "atelier-child" ) {

Thanks,
johan

[David Martin – Support]

Hi Johan,

This customisation is really outside the scope of support.

The best we can do for you is to take a closer look at your child theme. Can you please upload the zip file or provide us a link where we can download it and inspect it.

If you need deep customiations and fast, please submit a request here: http://www.swiftideas.com/customization/

– David.

[NiO]

Hi David,

I will customise it myself, but want to make sure I have the right starting point 🙂 I have tried including the function code Rui provided into the functions.php, but it doesn’t seem “to take”. I had no problem so far with other functions …

I didn’t mention a zip file. Just want to overrule the social sharing function via my child theme 🙂

Cheers,
Johan

[David Martin – Support]

Hi Johan,

I meant if you send the zip file of your child theme we can inspect it and advise you further 🙂

– David.

[NiO]

Hi David,

Let’s forget about this now. Even if I get it to work I will need to put quite some effort into customising it. I like the approach a lot, but I simply cannot live without the G+ button as I have a large following on there … but getting it in there in line with the rest will be difficult for me. Maybe you can make this an official change request 😀

I will hunt for a WordPress plugin that does more or less the same.

Cheers,
Johan