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Replace Addthis with ShareThis code

sizzlingscience

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Post by sizzlingscience » Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:48 am

I'd like to replace the AddThis code on my product pages with ShareThis code as it seems more reliable with correct image selection when sharing.

The ShareThis site says to, "Copy the span tags and place them where you want your buttons to appear in the code." So, I've tried removing the AddThis code from my product.tpl and replacing it with the ShareThis code below.

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<span class='st_facebook_large' displayText='Facebook'></span>
<span class='st_twitter_large' displayText='Tweet'></span>
<span class='st_pinterest_large' displayText='Pinterest'></span>
<span class='st_email_large' displayText='Email'></span>

Then it says to, "Copy the script tags and place them inside and at the end of your "head" tag."

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<script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=true;</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher: "xxxxxxxxxx", doNotHash: false, doNotCopy: false, hashAddressBar: false});</script>

Do I place this at the end of the head tag in catalog/view/theme/mytheme/template/common/header.tpl ?

Or is it somewhere else as doing this doesn't work.

hope someone knows how to help.

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Re: Replace Addthis with ShareThis code

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Post by anung » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:56 am

Put the javacript under the sharethis code like this

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<span class='st_facebook_large' displayText='Facebook'></span>
<span class='st_twitter_large' displayText='Tweet'></span>
<span class='st_pinterest_large' displayText='Pinterest'></span>
<span class='st_email_large' displayText='Email'></span>
<script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=true;</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher: "xxxxxxxxxx", doNotHash: false, doNotCopy: false, hashAddressBar: false});</script>

So replace this code

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<div class="addthis_default_style"><a class="addthis_button_compact"><?php echo $text_share; ?></a> <a class="addthis_button_email"></a><a class="addthis_button_print"></a> <a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a> <a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a></div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js"></script>

With this code

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<span class='st_facebook_large' displayText='Facebook'></span>
<span class='st_twitter_large' displayText='Tweet'></span>
<span class='st_pinterest_large' displayText='Pinterest'></span>
<span class='st_email_large' displayText='Email'></span>
<script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=true;</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher: "xxxxxxxxxx", doNotHash: false, doNotCopy: false, hashAddressBar: false});</script>

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