Share block. Part of the Bolt “Components” CSS framework that powers the Bolt Design System.

Install via NPM

npm install @bolt/components-share

Description

The share component provides the user a visual queue to share the content with relevant peers, as well as an easy mechanism to actively do the sharing.

OG Tags

• OG tags MUST be present for share functionality to work correctly (see example below)
• The only currently supported share methods are:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
  • Copy to Clipboard (component)
• Facebook only needs u (URL) to scrap the page's OG Tags
  • Facebook Sharing API resources: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/reference/share-dialog#params_share
  • Facebook Open Graph Debuger: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/
• Twitter Needs at least one of the following query vars:
  • url (recommended -- URL included with the Twee)
  • text (recommended -- re-populated text highlighted in the Tweet composer)
  • via (Attribute the source of a Tweet to a Twitter username, no @ needed)
  • hashtags (A comma-separated list of hashtags to be appended to default Tweet text)
    • Twitter Tweet API resources: https://dev.twitter.com/web/tweet-button/parameters#tweet-content-parameters
    • Twitter card validator: https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator
• LinkedIn only needs url to scrap the page's OG Tags, but also can include:
  • title
  • summary
  • source
    • LinkedIn Sharing API resources: https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/share-on-linkedin (click "Customized URL")
• Email Recommended query vars:
  • subject
  • body

Example

<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
<meta property="og:title" content="Bolt Design System: Page Title" />
<meta property="og:description" content="Sample description" />
<meta
  property="og:image"
  content="https://boltdesignsystem.com/images/500x500-480.jpg"
/>
<meta property="og:image:type" content="image/jpeg" />
<meta property="og:image:width" content="480" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="480" />
<meta
  property="og:url"
  content="https://boltdesignsystem.com/some-page-title-here"
/>
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Bolt Design System" />
<!-- Twitter specific tags -->
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary" />
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Bolt Design System: Page Title" />
<meta name="twitter:description" content="Sample description" />
<meta
  name="twitter:image"
  content="https://boltdesignsystem.com/images/500x500-480.jpg"
/>
<meta name="twitter:site" content="@pega" />

Best Practices

• Don't use the share tool with a page's related sections
• Implement any "stickiness" and placement functionality on the platform the component is being used in
• For larger screens, ease-in opacity from 0% to 100% on scroll. The placement should be lower right-hand side and fixed until the main page content is scrolled pass
• Don't have the fixed position of the component overlap any "related content"