[JackHarts]

JackHarts

#1088

Is it possible to show the social sharing button on the posts that are listed on the front page. I am showing latest posts on my front page, not a static page.

Thanks for your help.

[Syahir Hakim]

Syahir Hakim

#14546

Not really, no. Most of the social sharing button codes take the URL of the current page to be shared. Putting the social sharing button on the front page will make all of the buttons for all the posts to be sharing the same url – the front page url.

[JackHarts]

JackHarts

#14547

The button code I’m using takes that into account. It starts with the following:

‘<div class=”addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style” addthis:url=”<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>” addthis:title=”<?php echo get_the_title($postid); ?>”>’

It would be very helpful if the buttons could show on the front page.

Either way, thanks for all of your work. The theme is beautiful!

[Syahir Hakim]

Syahir Hakim

#14548

You can’t use that button code with the social sharing button options in the theme, cause it contains PHP which would not be parsed. You would have to include it via a child theme functions.php file instead.

[JackHarts]

JackHarts

#14549

Oh, OK. Now I get it.

Thanks for the info, your help and your advice. I appreciate it.

[Syahir Hakim]

Syahir Hakim

#14550

Update: in the next version I’ll include two tags ([#post-url] and [#post-title]) which you can use in the social sharing code. The theme will then replace these tags with the post’s URL and title.