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 gPlus|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|null|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