AddToThis replcaing the share buttons

[daattali]

Discussed in #1283

^{Originally posted by monksy January 30, 2024}
I was asking for enhancements for the share buttons, but this might look like a better way to handle that situation:

https://www.addtoany.com/

Thoughts?

[daattali]

@monksy transferring this to be an issue

[daattali]

It's a good idea, and I do like their lightweight design.
I wish I knew about them 8 years ago. I'm not sure how to handle this change in the config, this should not warrant a breaking change, but it doesn't really work well with the current config parameteres. Adding a brand new feature is easy becaue a new config parameter gets added and for old websites we can use a default value, but changing the way an existing feature works is very tricky. Let me know if you have a good solution for this.

[ccorsi]

It's a good idea, and I do like their lightweight design. I wish I knew about them 8 years ago. I'm not sure how to handle this change in the config, this should not warrant a breaking change, but it doesn't really work well with the current config parameteres. Adding a brand new feature is easy becaue a new config parameter gets added and for old websites we can use a default value, but changing the way an existing feature works is very tricky. Let me know if you have a good solution for this.

@daattali It seems that you already have a similar solution with respect to your use of the external url and css files. You check if the given attribute is a simple entry or an object. You could extend this feature using the same technique. For example let's use the email link thus you can go from:

social-network-links:
email: name@host.com

to

social-network-links:
email:
name: name@host.com
img: [uri]

such that your check will be able to determine if the email field is the first case or the second case like you do with you ext-js.html include file.

The other suggestion is that you can create a general include file that will be able to generate the li entry. Looking at the social-network-links.html include file. It is clear that you have several fields that you can define like:

• title
• href
• second i element class type, fa-[name]
• sr-only text

The above will make it easier to add and update the format for the generated li entry.