Shariff plugin
This plugin adds social media buttons to your web site (to the footer of each page or the sidebar) without compromising the privacy of website users. It implements shariff by heise (Github, article) in Open Journal Systems.
Features
Available social media services are:
- AddThis
- diaspora*
- Flattr
- Google+
- Qzone
- StumbleUpon
- Tencent Weibo
- Threema
- Tumblr
An info button that links to the heise article can be added. You can select different themes, choose the orientation of the buttons (vertical or horizontal) and determine the position of the social media buttons on your website (footer, sidebar or article/book page). The plugins will be displayed in the language of the website.
You can add the Shariff PHP Backend to display the number of likes (see below).
License
This plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2. See the file LICENSE for the complete terms of this license.
System Requirements
This plugin is compatible with OJS 3.x version.
Installation
Clone this repo in your plugin folder (/plugins/generic) or download the code and tar.gz it and upload it via the gui (Website Settings > Plugins).
Settings
The following settings are available:
- choose the services you would like to provide on the journal pages (see list above)
- choose a provided theme for the social media buttons (standard, white, grey)
- determine the position of the social media buttons on your journal web site (footer, sidebar or article/book page)
- choose the orientation of the social media buttins (vertical or horizontal)
Usage
Install the plugin as described above, activate it and choose the settings you prefer. If you choose the sidebar option, you need to enable the new block under management/settings/website.
Display numbers
To display the numbers how often a page is shared in social media, you need to add the Shariff PHP Backend (https://github.com/heiseonline/shariff-backend-php/releases) to you OJS installation. To set up the backend you need to have access to the code. Follow the steps:
- Download the Shariff PHP Backend release zip file and unzip it.
- Copy the folder to the top level of your installation, name it "shariff-backend" and make it writable.
- Change the domain in index.php to your domain.
- The installation registers the folder if is named "shariff-backend" and everything should be working.
Contact/Support
Documentation, bug listings, and updates can be found on this plugin's homepage at http://github.com/ojsde/shariff.
Version History
1.0 - Initial Release 2.0 - Adaption to OJS 3