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Hi,

Does Expression Engine have any kind of feature(s) that would allow Social Media networking? For example if I posted a blog can I have a button or text next to the post that would allow a visitor to retweet or share with facebook, Digg, Delicious etc.?

Or do I have to use a third party product like AddToAny and if so, would that work well with EE, cause I am trying it now and I am not getting exactly what I need even when I try to use the EE tags such as {entry_id} or {url_title_path} and so forth.

Thanks for any help that you can provide.

socaprice

Don’t worry about this post guys, I found the “LG Social Bookmarks”.

So I am good… 😊

socaprice

There is a free add-on called LG Social Bookmarks by Leevi Graham.
http://leevigraham.com/cms-customisation/expressionengine/lg-social-bookmarks/

But for most sites I have found it to be a bit of overkill. I usually just build the links myself. There is a good article in EEInsider about it:
http://eeinsider.com/articles/hand-rolled-social-bookmark-links-for-your-ee-site/

Use the {title_permalink=blog/entry} tag.

And for Email-A-Friend forms 47media has a great tutorial:
http://fortysevenmedia.com/blog/archives/creating_a_tell-a-friend_pop-up_form_with_jquery_and_expressionengine/

Thanks, I appreciate this. Like you said the LG may be overkill so I will see what my employer thinks as it depends on how many of the social media site they want to link.

socaprice

There is also a free add-on (plugin) called ‘HJ Social Bookmarks’.

http://www.berrytimmermans.nl/website/add-ons/hj-social-bookmarks/

Its very easy to use!