Setting social sharing links for an article

In the Advanced Template, the functionality for sharing individual article contents on social networks is implemented through the setup of social sharing links. Thus, particular article contents can be shared on social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter or Xing, via the link.

Step by step

To allow an individual article to be shared in social networks, proceed as follows:

  1. Open the Sharing settings main element in the Template Editor.

  2. Click Add element.

    The Add new element dialog box is displayed.

  3. Select the desired sharing elements (for example, Facebook, LinkedIn, and so on).
  4. Confirm the dialog box by clicking Add + Close.

  5. Click Link image for every element you have added, and enter the appropriate image.

    Important: Do not enter a separate link in the Couple image with link dialog box. Otherwise the social sharing setting will not take effect – the reader will no longer be able to share article contents on social networks.

  6. You can change the order of the sharing elements using the Move element up or Move element down functions.
  7. Then switch to an article element for which you want to allow sharing on social networks.
  8. Add the Sharing links element.

  9. Select the Sharing links check box and choose an alignment for the Sharing links in this article (right-aligned, centred or left-aligned).

    Note: Alignment on the article level overwrites alignments spanning articles in the Sharing settings main element.

  10. Save your entries.
  • The adjusted social sharing links are displayed for the article element in the mailing, in the order selected beforehand.

When a recipient of your mailing clicks a sharing link, the following content is shared:

  • Pinterest: The article image is shared.
  • All other sharing services (e.g. Facebook, Twitter or Xing): The link to which the article image is linked is shared. If the article image is not linked, the next linked element in the article is shared, that is, either the next element of type Button, Button as an image or the next element of type Further link. Links in continuous text are not shared.