aerni/social-links

Easily generate Social Sharing Links

v3.2.0 2024-05-07 13:20 UTC

This package is auto-updated.

Last update: 2024-10-07 14:12:08 UTC


README

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

LinkedIn

Mail

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

Telegram

Twitter

WhatsApp

Xing

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 }}`