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Addthis

Author:Kasper Skårhøj
Created:2002-11-01T00:32:00
Changed:2011-03-07T15:07:22.880000000
Classification:addthis
Keywords:forDevelopers, forIntermediates
Author:Axel Jung
Email:axel.jung@aoemedia.de
Info 4:
Language:en

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Addthis

Extension Key: addthis

Language: en

Keywords: forDevelopers, forIntermediates

The content of this document is related to TYPO3

- a GNU/GPL CMS/Framework available from www.typo3.org

Table of Contents

Addthis 1

`Introduction 3 <#1.1.Introduction|outline>`_

What does it do? 3

`Screenshots 4 <#1.2.Screenshots|outline>`_

`Users manual 5 <#1.3.Users%20manual|outline>`_

`To insert the buttons on one side, they must put a plug of the type "Addthis" on the page. 5 <#To%20insert%20the%20buttons%20on%20one%20si de,%20they%20must%20put%20a%20plug%20of%20the%20type%20"Addthis"%20on% 20the%20page.%20|outline>`_

`You can make the following settings: 5 <#You%20can%20make%20the%20following%20settings:|outline>`_

Style 5

Label 5

Url 5

Email Template 5

Services to exclude 5

Services in compact view 5

Services in the expanded menu 5

Language 5

Tracking 5

Click to reveal 5

View delay in milliseconds 5

Title of shared object 5

Description of shared object 5

SWF Url 6

Width 6

Height 6

Offset top in pixels 6

Offset left in pixels 6

Header text color 6

Header background color 6

Company brand 6

Use CSS 6

`Configuration 7 <#1.4.Configuration|outline>`_

`Add your user name from Addthis in Extension Manager.A free user name is available here: https://www.addthis.com/register . 7 <#Add%20y our%20user%20name%20from%20Addthis%20in%20Extension%20Manager.A%20free %20user%20name%20is%20available%20here:%20https://www.addthis.com/regi ster%20.|outline>`_

`To-Do list 8 <#1.5.To-Do%20list|outline>`_

Introduction

What does it do?

This plugin adds the Addthis code on a Typo3 page. It can be used in different styles.With Addthis can easily share content on social networks. Addthis provides an analysis tool to count the shares.

http://www.addthis.com/

Screenshots

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Users manual

To insert the buttons on one side, they must put a plug of the type "Addthis" on the page.

You can make the following settings:

Style

Choose the Buttons Style.

Label

A text that appears next to the buttons.

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Url

URL to use if not the current page. This is helpful when you have an AddThis button on multiple articles on the same page.

Email Template

Email templates allow you to customize the formatting and text of emails sent by users who share your content. Templates can be text- only, or HTML and text, in which case the user's email client will determine which is displayed.

http://www.addthis.com/help/email-templates

Services to exclude

Services from list to appear in the expanded menu.

Services in compact view

Services from list to appear in the compact menu.

Services in the expanded menu

Services from list to appear in the expanded menu.

Language

Language for Gui

Tracking

Enable the basic Analaytics.

http://www.addthis.com/help/clickbacks

Thumbnail

You can specify your own thumbnail image that is used when share on Facebook.

Important:

The image must be at least 50px by 50px and have a maximum aspect ratio of 3:1. Facebooksupport PNG, JPEG and GIF formats.

Otherwise it will not appear.

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Click to reveal

You can turn off the hovering behavior of the compact menu. However, be forewarned! Much sharing is impulse driven; sites that use the menu hover behavior tend to see 4x share increases.

View delay in milliseconds

If you would like to delay the appearance of the compact menu when hovering over the button, you may.

Title of shared object

This is an alternate title.

Description of shared object

This is an alternate description.

SWF Url

URL of a Flash object to share, along with the link.

Width

Ideal width of any provided Flash object.

Height

Ideal height of any provided Flash object.

Offset top in pixels

Vertical offset for the drop-down window (in pixels)

Offset left in pixels

Horizontal offset for the drop-down window (in pixels)

Header text color

The color to use for the text foreground in the header of the compact (on-hover) menu and lightbox, in hex.

Header background color

The color to use as a background in the header of the compact (on- hover) menu and lightbox, in hex.

Company brand

You can put your site name in the AddThis menu.

Use CSS

If false , we will not load our standard CSS file, allowing you to style everything yourself without incurring the cost of an additonal load. Always global; must be defined in a page-level global variable.

Configuration

Add your user name from Addthis in Extension Manager.A free user name is available here: https://www.addthis.com/register .

To-Do list

  • Use Frontend Language from typo3
  • Complete Styles
  • Complete all Settings

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