Provider Sharing Support
Not all providers support all the features of the Social Sharing Widget. Here is a breakdown of which features from the list below are supported by each Identity Provider.
Features:
- message – The text box where user-generated content is entered and shared.
- title – Title of the shared content.
- url – Hyperlink associated with the shared activity.
- description – Non-user generated description of the shared activity, located beneath the title.
- image – Image associated with the sharing activity.
- media – Additional media such as flash, video, or mp3 files associated with the sharing activity.
- actionLink – A link that appears below the user-generated message and content fields. In the case of Facebook, this link appears next to the “Like” and “Comment” links.
Facebook
|
Message |
Title |
URL |
Description |
Image |
Media |
ActionLink |
| Share |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Direct Share |
Not Supported |
LinkedIn
|
Message |
Title |
URL |
Description |
Image |
Media |
ActionLink |
| Share |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Direct Share |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Myspace
|
Message |
Title |
URL |
Description |
Image |
Media |
ActionLink |
| Share |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Direct Share |
Not Supported |
Twitter
|
Message |
Title |
URL |
Description |
Image |
Media |
ActionLink |
| Share |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Direct Share |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yahoo!
|
Message |
Title |
URL |
Description |
Image |
Media |
ActionLink |
| Share |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Direct Share |
Not Supported |
Mixi
|
Message |
Title |
URL |
Description |
Image |
Media |
ActionLink |
| Share |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Direct Share |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Email
In this release, we support email sharing for Google, Google+, and Yahoo! only. We may expand this feature to other email providers in future releases.