Drupal CMS: Social Shares

Learn to use social shares in Drupal.

Before you start 

When editing use Chrome, Firefox or Safari but NOT Internet Explorer

Instructions

Social Shares allow you to create buttons for users to click on to share content with others. There are Social Shares buttons for Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus.
Below is an example of a Tweet button. When a user click on the button, the link to the page with the content they want to share is automatically filled in. All the user needs to do is complete the username and password for the relevant widget.

1. Go to the page where you would like to add the button
2. Ensure you are in editing mode
3. Click on the 'social shares' icon on the editing toolbar
4. Tick the relevant boxes
5. Click on 'Insert '
6. Save
7. Finally, check you are happy with the result, including on a mobile device

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