I would like to know if there is a method to create "share" buttons for Facebook, Twitter and Google +1 using only HTML, without any Javascript having to be inserted into the code at any point.
For example, you can use the methods described below to create these buttons dynamically; however they all end up loading Javascript dynamically and creating their own code behind the scenes:
- http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/
- http://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons
- http://www.google.com/webmasters/+1/button/
The following links will register the appropriate Likes, Tweets and +1s:
- http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://example.com
- http://twitter.com/share?url=http://example.com&text=Description
- https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url=http://example.com
These links will work for Wordpress:
Facebook
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=<?php if(is_home()){echo home_url();}else{the_permalink();} ?>" target="_blank" title="Share this page on Facebook">Like</a>
Twitter
<a href="http://twitter.com/share?url=<?php if(is_home()){echo home_url();}else{the_permalink();} ?>&text=<?php the_title(); ?>" target="_blank" title="Tweet this page on Twitter">Tweet</a>
Google +1
<a href="https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url=<?php if(is_home()){echo home_url();}else{the_permalink();} ?>" target="_blank" title="Plus one this page on Google">+1</a>
google plus not working in the above example.
I used this for google plus.
<div id="custom-google-button">
<a href="https://plus.google.com/share?&hl=en&url=YOUR_URL_to_share" target="_blank">google+</a>
</div>
In Wordpress :
<a href="https://plus.google.com/share?hl=en&url=<?php if(is_home()){echo home_url();}else{the_permalink();} ?>" target="_blank" title="Plus one this page on Google">google+</a>
Linkedin :
<div id="custom-linkedin-button">
<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=YOUR_URL_to_share" target="_blank">Linkedin</a>
</div>
In Wordpress :
<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=<?php if(is_home()){echo home_url();}else{the_permalink();} ?>" target="_blank">Linkedin</a>
Sources :
- https://developers.google.com/+/plugins/share/
- https://developer.linkedin.com/documents/share-linkedin
This is a pretty useful article that provides the answer you are looking for without using any PHP - http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AddSocialSharingLinksToYourBlogWithoutWidgetJavaScript.aspx
TWITTER
<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=YOURURLHERE&text=YOURPOSTTITLEHERE&via=YOURTWITTERNAMEHERE">Twitter</a>
FACEBOOK
<a href="https://facebook.com/sharer.php?u=YOURURLHERE">Facebook</a>
GOOGLE+
<a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=YOURURLHERE">Google+</a>