Can’t get “Share” instead of “Visit” with Facebook icon

  • Resolved mjongsma

    (@mjongsma)


    5 years, 5 months ago

    I am trying to make it very easy for people to Share my blog posts via Facebook, especially on a mobile device. So I would like the default behavior for my Facebook icon to be the Share option. In other words, when they click the Facebook icon, I don’t want them to land on my Facebook page; I want them to Share the link to their Facebook page.

    In option 2 of the settings, the only Facebook option I have selected is “The Facebook icon should allow users to Share my blog with friends (on Facebook).” But on my posts, people still have to hover over the icon, and then a Share option shows up. If they click on the Share option, they are able to share the post; But if they click on the icon, they are taken to my Facebook page. The reason I don’t like this is because on a mobile device there is no way to hover over the icon to get the Share option. Is there a way I can make the Facebook icon itself be the Share option?

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  • Plugin Contributor socialtech

    (@socialtech)

    Thank you for reaching out!

    The pop-up with different social actions which appears on mouse-over can be disabled in the premium plugin when only one functionality is selected under question number 2 in the plugin’s settings.

    As a workaround in the free plugin, you can choose to display the original/rectangle icons under “Show them before/after posts” – question number 3 in the plugin and select only the share icon to be displayed in your post pages.

    Thread Starter mjongsma

    (@mjongsma)

    Sorry it’s taken me so long to respond to this! Thank you for this workaround. Displaying the original icons does allow me to have a “Share” button under my posts, and it works exactly the way I want it to on a mobile device.

    I spent some time trying to figure out how to affect the buttons that display under the summaries in my main news feed (https://www.thelansingjournal.com/news/). For some reason, a “Like” button is added there, and I can’t seem to get rid of it. When people click a headline to go to a particular post, the Like button disappears, as intended.

    It’s not a big deal; just something I couldn’t figure out. But thank you for your help with the main issue!

    Plugin Contributor socialtech

    (@socialtech)

    To remove the Like button, please add this code:

    .fb-like.fb_iframe_widget {
    display: none!important;
    }

    in your theme’s CSS section.

    Thanks for your help!

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