KA Facebook Like and Share
With Facebook Like, Facebook Send and Facebook Share button actions your pages show up in more places on Facebook and you gain the ability to publish stream stories to connected users. Like and Share offers many settings and control, in backend you can exclude the Sections, Categories or individual Content Articles in Joomla website where you would like the plugin to show or not to show. Many integrations are possible with other components.
Facebook Like
Facebook Like button enables users to make connections to your pages and share content back to their friends on Facebook with one click. Since the content is hosted by Facebook, the button can display personalized content whether or not the user has logged into your site. For logged-in Facebook users, the button is personalized to highlight friends who have also liked the page.
Facebook Share
Facebook Share is the most powerful and simplest way for users to share articles, video, or flash content on your site with their friends on Facebook. Already, over 2 Billion pieces of content are shared each week through Facebook.
Share button leverages the power of word-of-mouth to get new traffic to your site. Visitors to your site can share any page on your website through Facebook with just two clicks.
Facebook Send
Send Button allows your users to easily send your content to their friends. Users will have the option to send your URL in an inbox message to their Facebook friends, to the group wall of any Facebook group they are a member of, and as an email to any email address. While the Like Button allows users to share your content with all of their friends, the Send Button allows them to send a private message to just a few friends.
The message will include a link to the URL specified in the send button, along with a title, image, and short description of the link. Open Graph meta tags are used for title, image and description.
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DISPLAY SETTINGS |
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| Show or hide buttons based on Menus Items |  |
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| Exclude/Include Content Section/Sections | |
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| Exclude/Include Content Category/Categories | |
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| Exclude/Include Content Article/Articles | |
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| Show or hide like buttons on front page | |
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| Show or hide on blog layouts | |
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| Location for display. Top, Bottom or Both | |
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| Choose ordering of buttons to display | |
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INTEGRATIONS |
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| sh404 and SEF URLs | |
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| EventList | |
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| HikaShop | |
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| K2 | |
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| Mosets Tree | |
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| MyBlog [Tested with version 3.0] | |
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| QuickFAQ | |
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| VirtueMart | |
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| ZOO | |
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FACEBOOK SHARE |
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| Enable/Disable Share button | |
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| URL option for share button | |
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| Choose Share Button style to display | |
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FACEBOOK SEND |
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| Enable/Disable Send button | |
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| Choose Font style | |
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| Choose colour scheme | |
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| Choose Referral Label | |
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FACEBOOK LIKE |
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| Enable/Disable Like button | |
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| Layout Style | |
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| Show/Hide Faces | |
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| Custom Width | |
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| Custom Height | |
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| Verb to display | |
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| Font | |
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| Choice of Custom URL to send to Facebook | |
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| Choice of Colour Scheme | |
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Advanced Parameters
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| Debug Mode | |
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| Choice of URL metthod settings | |
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| URL Encoding settings. | |
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| Language file | |
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| Support Forum | |
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Facebook announced that they will stop support for Share button and use Like and Send buttons instead. Some users have reported odd behavior with Share button, this is probably because of some changes in Facebook API.
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Documentation
Installation:
Step 1: Install the plugins using Joomla extensions installer from Extensions > Install/Uninstall in the backend of Joomla.
Step 2: Goto Extensions > Plugin Manager to plublish and configure settings.
Note: You need to create an Application in Facebook to get Application ID. To create an Application please read How to create a Facebook Application. Once you have the Application ID, paste it in your JavaScriptSDK plugin and Publish and Save it.
If you having any problems please read Forums.
Upgrade:
To upgrade from older version. Make note of you settings you have configured and you can simply uninstall old version including JavaScriptSDK plugin if you have installed it. Then install, configure and publish new installed plugins.
If you having problem to display plugin properly then make sure to disable all other Facebook extensions and then test to find out if there is any conflict. A lot of Facebook extensions are still using old Facebook API codes that can conflict with latest extensions.JavaScript SDK Plugin Configuration:
| Plugin Parameters | Description |
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| Application ID |
You need an Application ID for plugin to work.
To create an Application and get API Key please read How to create a Facebook Application. |
| Language | If you choose default it will use the language of your website and will change language when language changes in your website. |
| Enable FB XMLNX Tag | Add Facebook XMLNX tag to header. |
| Mode | Choice of inserting JavaScriptSDK code on top of page or bottom. |
| Enable in Backend | Enables plugin in Joomla backend area. |
KA Facebook Like and Share Configuration:
| Plugin Parameters | Description |
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| === DISPLAY SETTINGS === | |
| Menu Display Mode | Select Show Only on Following if you want to show only on Menu Items selected below. Select Do not Show on Following mode if you do not want pluing to appear on Menu Items items selected below. |
| Menu Items | Select Menus where you would like the plugin to display or not display depending on Display Mode selected above. You can use Ctrl-click to select more than one item. To remove an item press Ctrl-click on selected item.(Default: none). |
| Sections | Select Sections where you would like the plugin to display or not display depending on Mode selected above. You can use Ctrl-click to select more than one item. To remove an item press Ctrl-click on selected item. (Default: none). |
| Categories | Select Categories where you would like the plugin to display or not display depending on Mode selected above. You can use Ctrl-click to select more than one item. To remove an item press Ctrl-click on selected item.(Default: none). |
| Article IDs | Specific Article/Conetnt ID where Like button should not be displayed (enter more then one comma , separated. Use 0 for ungategorised. To find article ID's goto Content > Articler Manager) (Default: blank). |
| Com Content Display Mode | In this section you can disable plugin on native Joomla Com Content areas. |
| Location for display | Allows you to choose top, bottom or both top and bottom location to display. |
| Ordering | Allows you to display Share Button on Left or Right |
=== INTEGRATIONS === These are components that are supported by plugin, If you have installled these and would like to show plugin on them then select below. You can use Ctrl-click to select more than one item. (Default: none). |
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| EventList | Show on EventList Detail layout. |
| K2 | Select K2 integrations options to enable on K2 layouts. - K2 Category Page - K2 Latest Page Items - K2 Page Item |
| QuickFAQ | Show on QuickFAQ Items |
| VirtueMart | Select to show on VirtueMart - Category Page - Product Page Please make sure to enable Enable content mambots / plugins in descriptions? in Frontend Features under Configuration options of VirtueMart. |
| Zoo | Select Show on Zoo Items to display on Zoo Items |
=== ORDERING === |
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| Order | Choose order for buttons to display |
=== FACEBOOK === |
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| Rendering | Choose rendering mode XFML modes requires JavaScriptSDK plugin to be installed and configured. |
=== FACEBOOK SHARE SETTINGS === |
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| Enable Share Button | Show or hide Share Button |
| Button Type | Choose button style to display. |
=== FACEBOOK SEND SETTINGS === |
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| Enable Send Button | Show or hide Send Button |
| Send Button Font |
Choose font to be used for Send button. |
| Colour Scheme |
Colour scheme for Send button |
| Referral Label |
A label for tracking referrals; must be less than 50 characters and can contain alphanumeric characters and some punctuation (currently +/=-.:_). Specifying the ref attribute will add the 'fb_ref' parameter to the referrer URL when a user clicks a link from the plugin. |
=== FACEBOOK LIKE SETTINGS === |
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| Enable Like Button | Show or hide Like Button |
| Layout Style |
Determines the size and amount of social context next to button. |
| Show Faces |
Show profile pictures below the button. |
| Width |
Width in pixels (Default: 450). |
| Height |
Height in pixels (Default: 30). |
| Verb to display |
The verb to display in the button. Currently only 'like' and 'recommend' are supported. |
| Font |
The font style to use. Default uses your websites default font. |
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The colour scheme of the Recommendations Module. |
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=== CSS STYLING === |
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| Wrapper Div CSS | CSS to use for Wrapper Div. |
| Share Button CSS | CSS to use for Share Button span. |
| Send Button CS | CSS to use for Send Button span. |
| Like Button CSS | CSS to use for Like Button span. |
=== DEBUG SETTINGS === |
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| Debug Mode | Can be used to debug errors. |
=== URL SETTINGS === |
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| URL Method | Can be helpful if your having problems with your site URLs. |
| Base URL Method | Method to use for base URL discovery |
| Custom Base | URL for custom base entery |
| Use ID or Slug | Choose to use ID or Slug in URls. Some websites(Server) might have problem with Slugs and throw errors. If you see errors choose Use ID. |
| URL Encode | Should the URL be encoded or not. |
| Debug | Enable to debug the plugin. Debug output will be shown below the plugin in frontend of website. |