SocialLinks

Addon by Michael Aerni

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Easily generate sharing links for your favorite social media channels.

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This addon provides an easy way to create social profile and sharing links for channels like Facebook, Twitter and more.

Installation

Install the addon using Composer.

composer require aerni/social-links

Supported Channels

This addon supports the following social channels: Facebook, GitHub, Instagram, LinkedIn, Mail, Pinterest, Telegram, Twitter, Vimeo, WhatsApp, Xing, YouTube

Profile Link

Create a link to a social profile by providing the social channel and handle of the profile:

{{ social:profile channel="facebook" handle="michaelaerni" }}

Or using the shorthand:

{{ social:facebook:profile handle="michaelaerni" }}

Sharing Link

Create a sharing link by providing the social channel:

{{ social:share channel="facebook" }}

Or using the shorthand:

{{ social:facebook:share }}

Parameters

There are a number of parameters you may use to customize the sharing links:

Facebook

Name Description Usage
url The URL of the page to share Optional
text The text of your post Optional

LinkedIn

Name Description Usage
url The URL of the page to share Optional
title The title of your post Optional
text The text of your post Optional
source The source of your post Optional

Mail

Name Description Usage
url The URL of the page to share Optional
to The email address you want to send the email to Optional
cc The email address to CC Optional
bcc The email address to BCC Optional
subject The subject of the email Optional
body The body of the email Optional

The url will be placed in the body of the email by default. You can customize the email body text by using the body parameter. Note, that this will override the default body text that includes the url. You will have to manually add the url in the body parameter like so:

{{ social:mail:share body="I want to share this great site with you: {permalink}" }}

Pinterest

Name Description Usage
url The URL of the page to share Optional
image The image to share Optional

Telegram

Name Description Usage
url The URL of the page to share Optional
text The description of your shared page Optional

Twitter

Name Description Usage
url The URL of the page to share Optional
text The text of your Tweet Optional
handle The twitter handle you want to add to the Tweet Optional

WhatsApp

Name Description Usage
url The URL of the page to share Optional

Xing

Name Description Usage
url The URL of the page to share Optional

Channel Name

Get the name of a social channel:

{{ social:name channel="facebook" }}

Or using the shorthand:

{{ social:facebook:name }}

Tag Pair

You may also use a tag pair to get all the data at once:

{{ social channel="facebook" handle="michaelaerni" }}
  {{ profile }}
  {{ share }}
  {{ name }}
{{ /social }}

Or using the shorthand:

{{ social:facebook handle="michaelaerni" }}
  {{ profile }}
  {{ share }}
  {{ name }}
{{ /social:facebook }}`