Share Feature.....

Hmm........has anyone changed the share feature button to actual site's that people would want to share with like FaceBook, Twitter Etc.........The share feature really is useless but yet nobody really talks about that so I assume you must have changed it already.  Please if you have changed "That Button" or the "Share" button to useful shares please let me know how to get that done..........

I have a major presentation on Wednesday to the Orlando Sentinal.  I thought for sure they would have done something about this in the upgrade but no such luck.  I have used several other share buttons on my map but need to change that Button as i think it is a great idea.  However, if I can't change that button I want to remove it........

ANYONE???? A mod perhaps?

Why will no one answer this?

To be honest I have never actually clicked on that button so thank you for making me aware of it. Might actually do something with it now.

Did some quick checking around and I think.....emphasis on the think your best bet to alter that would be to go into your database and look in the 'sys_shared_sites' table where you should be able to alter the ones that are currently used on your site by changing the link and the image used.

Always do a backup of your database before you make any changes.

You might want to try adding "ADDTHIS."  It has everything.  Get the code from their site and add it to a custom html block on yours.  I have placed it on my home page.  I also added it to my bottom banner.  Only thing is if you put it twice on the same page you only add the Javascript once.  Since the banner is on every page that is where I put it.  Enjoy.

Thank you I will look at both......

The http://www.addthis.com/ widget works pretty good.  I've been meaning to do this.  I added it to the breadcrumb container on my site.  DEMO

Seemed like as good a place as any to add it.

 I like that a great deal can you tell me how to do it?  I have an account with share this how do I get it in the breadcrumb container..... 

Also I found the table and tried to change the share sites but it was to no avail and I did clear the cashe but it never changed the pop out no matter if I deleted the entire table contents which I did and I now put them back. 

I love your idea Houston and I want to do that but I also want the buttons on my site to work.......I think it is a mistake to have everything that a person can see not working.  I can change the table but can someone provide me with the proper code that would be needed to drive that table?  It is also code that will be needed for other pages that use that feature.  I will gladly pay for the code....... any takers.......I think everyone could benefit from this code...... am I missing something here?

I put the code in /templates/base/scripts/BxBaseMenu.php

Toward the end of the file

<div class="bc_addons">' . $sAddons . '</div>Insertion Point<div class="bc_close">&nbsp;</div></div>';

I used my own images because the default ones don't look very good on dark backgrounds, and I used 24 x 24 images instead of 16px images.  I hated the microscopic icons.  I'm using Deano's black template, but I have made a few changes, so there is no guarantee that doing it this way will look good on your site.  Just be ready with a backup copy of BxBaseMenu.php.  With the stock version of the template, you should stay with 16px images.

You CAN customize addthis to use only the sites you want, and you don't have to use the popup if you don't want to.

thank you so much I will get on that tonight.........