Social Media: Twitter and Facebook - ucsf-ckm/ucsf-library-ux-and-web-documentation GitHub Wiki

Goal

Automate sharing news posts in Twitter and Facebook

Solution

Use Jetpack plugin to integrate the social shares into the news publication step.

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Steps

  1. Follow the documentation below to set up connections to UCSF Library's Twitter and Facebook accounts (Instagram is not an option)
  2. The next time you publish a post, you’ll see the Publicize options on the confirmation screen under Share this post
  3. Leave the default excerpt or create a custom message
  4. When the post is published, the social media share go out too.

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