Entry Social Sharing

WeBlog currently comes with two components that can be used for social sharing of blog entries. One is based on AddThis, the other on ShareThis. The widget style of each is preset. At this time, if you wish to use an alternate widget style, we recommend creating your own social sharing Sublayout based on the existing.

AddThis

AddThis is usable without an account, and is enabled by default.

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Creating an AddThis account provides you with useful analytics on sharing activity. To setup an AddThis account with WeBlog:

1. Register for an AddThis account
2. While signed in to AddThis, go into your Account Settings.
3. Navigate to your Profiles.
4. Grab the Profile ID you wish to use.
5. Set the WeBlog.AddThisAccountName setting in WeBlog.Config to your Profile ID.

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ShareThis

A ShareThis component is available, but requires a ShareThis account.

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To use ShareThis:

1. Sign up for a ShareThis account
2. Go into the My Account area.
3. Copy your Publisher ID.
4. Set the WeBlog.ShareThisPublisherID setting in WeBlog.Config to the publisher ID.
5. In the Entry template's Standard Values, remove the ShareEntry-AddThis sublayout.
6. Add the ShareEntry-ShareThis sublayout to the phBlogBelowEntry placeholder.

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