Share classifieds on facebook etc.

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[vkot]

It would be nice if we could share our (or other's) classifieds listings on facebook and other sites.

For example, for facebook you just have to add the following code in function template_viewlisting(), somewhere near the button "Send to a friend" I guess:

Code:

// vkot facebook share
echo '<a name="fb_share" type="icon_link" share_url="' . $scripturl . '?action=classifieds;sa=view;id=' . $context['class_listing']['ID_LISTING']">Share on facebook</a>
<script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script>';

I have already tried it, and it forms the URL correctly, but facebook recognizes the home page of my forum, I don't know why...  

[SMFHacks]

I can add this to the next release I believe I have this already in the gallery should be easy to add.

[vkot]

I don't understand why the links of SMF Classifieds are not recognized completely by FB while all other links of the SMF forum are recognized, with their parameters.

Maybe the use of Pretty URLs would solve the problem, as you write here http://www.smfhacks.com/index.php/topic,4959.0.html but I would prefer another solution.

Please fix this. My visitors are asking to be able to share their classifieds in FB.

[SMFHacks]

Have you added the facebook code to the template? Or what happens with the link on facebook?

[vkot]

Yes I have tried changing the template some time ago. But even the link alone (copy-paste) is not working. For example, if you put http://forum.kithara.gr/index.php?action=classifieds;sa=view;id=18765 to facebook, it will recognize only http://forum.kithara.gr/index.php

Oh, just now I got it!.... The URL must be http://forum.kithara.gr/index.php?action=classifieds&sa=view&id=18765 and it will work! (I don't know why you are using ';' instead of '&')

[SMFHacks]

We use ; since that is what SMF uses for all their pages and urls as a separator.

[vkot]

You are right, they use this, and it causes the same problem...
What can we do? at least for the classifieds.

[SMFHacks]

For SMF Classifieds 2.0
+Added Facebook,Twitter,AddThis sharing icons on view listing page settings

[vkot]

SMF classifieds' facebook share still doesn't work (at least for me).
The link that the share button gives is, for example:
http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.kithara.gr%2Findex.php%3Faction%3Dclassifieds%3Bsa%3Dview%3Bid%3D25022&t=cort&src=sp
(encoded and not encoded symbols together. i tried changing the &t=cort&src=sp to %3Bt%3Dcort%3Bsrc%3Dsp but doesn't work)
When it's shared on my wall and I hover over the link I see:
http://forum.kithara.gr/index.php?action=classifieds;sa=view;id=25022
but when I click it I get:
http://forum.kithara.gr/index.php?action=classifieds%3Bsa%3Dview%3Bid%3D25022
which SMF doesn't understand and so the first page of the forum is shown, and also the title and the image of the link in FB is of the first page of the forum, not of the listing.

As I wrote before, FB doesn't accept the ';' separator, but accepts the '&'. When I share manually this http://forum.kithara.gr/index.php?action=classifieds&sa=view&id=25022 then it shared OK.

Also, it's strange that I see in classifieds2.template.php:

Code:

echo '<a name="fb_share" type="button" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=' . $scripturl . '?action=classifieds&sa=view&id=' . $context['class_listing']['ID_LISTING']. '&t=' . $context['class_listing']['title'] . '">' . $txt['class_txt_share'] . '</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script>

which has &sa=view&id= , but on the share button I get ;sa=view;id= 

[vkot]

Can anyone confirm what I write in my previous message?
At least, I want to know if it's my problem or SMFclassifieds' problem, so that I'll know what to search/edit.

[vkot]

2.0.6
+Added facebook sharing meta data to share description,title

The new version has more about things about facebook, but still doesn't work for me.
Am I the only one with this problem or what? 

[vkot]

Can someone please reply if this feature is working or not?

[SMFHacks]

Made some changes to the sharing code for the next update for the 2.0.11 release looking at doing the relist feature now.

[exit]

Made some changes to the sharing code for the next update for the 2.0.11 release looking at doing the relist feature now.

This feature should use the "like" button instead the "share"...

[SMFHacks]

The share shows more information such as listing title,link and stands out more on Facebook. Like just shows a title. I could add a like link as well but the share system shows more data.

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