Linkedin connections button

[roze]

I want to make a Linkedin connections button. How do I do that?

[cmb]

Hi Rob,

I'm not sure, which LinkedIn button you mean. An overview is available on http://developer.linkedin.com/plugins and it has wizards to generate the required HTML code, which can be inserted to the template (or on a CMSimple page).

Christoph

[roze]

I get this code:

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<script src="//platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type=IN/FollowCompany data-counter="none" data-id="2653730"></script>

But when I place it on a cmsimple page nothing is visible.

[cmb]

Hi Rob,

I've just checked that: if I put the code to the template, I get the "Follow Company" button. But if I insert it on a page with tinyMCE in source code mode, nothing happens. If I check the source code after saving, I see:

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<script type="text/javascript" src="//platform.linkedin.com/in.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" data-counter="none" data-id="2653730"></script>

So it seems, tinyMCE doesn't accept type="IN/FollowCompany", but instead replaces it with type="text/javascript". If I enter the code directly to content.htm everything works as it should -- as long as this page is not saved from tinyMCE.

It is possible to change the default behavior of tinyMCE in this regard, but it might be simpler to use a PHP function:

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function linkedin_follow_company()
{
    return <<<SCRIPT
<script src="//platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="IN/FollowCompany" data-counter="none" data-id="2653730"></script>
SCRIPT;
} 

This function has to be inserted to cmsimple/userfuncs.php. If this file doesn't exist just create it and insert:

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<?php

// insert the function here

?>

Then you can insert the button on a page by inserting:

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{{{PLUGIN:linkedin_follow_company();}}}

Perhaps it might be a good idea to develop a LinkedIn plugin, which offers this and other functionality? Any (preferably already "linked in") volunteers?

Christoph

[Hugh Jampton]

I have also had a lot of trouble getting linked in onto my sites.
Are there various sorts of buttons?
Hugh

[roze]

There are several buttons:

https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins/recommend-button
https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins/ ... -generator

[roze]

With your help I made this:

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<?php

function linkedin_follow_company()
{
    return <<<SCRIPT
<script src="//platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="IN/FollowCompany" data-counter="none" data-id="2653730"></script>
SCRIPT;
}
?>
<?php
function linkedin_share_website()
{
return <<<SCRIPT
<script src="//platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type=IN/Share data-url="http:/www.praktijkdommelen.nl"></script>
SCRIPT;
}
?>

in the cmsimple/userfuncs.php file


It works fine!