CoalaWeb Social Links Guide
CoalaWeb Social Links is a Joomla 2.5/3.0 module allowing site visitors to bookmark certain pages and follow a site or person through various social networks. This guide will help you get the module set up quickly and easily taking full advantage of it's features.
The CoalaWeb Social Links module has a long list of options so we have broken them up into 4 sections which are explained in detail below.
General Display Options
In this section you can choose the icon style, size and alignment as well as the title alignment. You also have the option to display or not to display the Bookmark This or Follow Us sections. Note: individual items are controlled in later sections. You can also choose if you want borders around the different sections of the module as well as their width and lastly the modules overall width as a percentage. [Figure 1]
Bookmark This Options
This section controls what is displayed in the Bookmark This part of the module. You can choose to display a title including what text will be displayed. Note: If your site is multilingual leave blank and use the language files. You can also choose the color of the title and the border color which if you ticked yes to Display Borders in the General Display Options section will surround the Bookmark This part of the module. You can enter a # followed by a color reference code such as #000000 for black or you can use the color chooser box to the right of the input field. Now for the social bookmark options, scroll down the list ticking the ones you want to display and that's it for the Bookmark This section. [Figure 2]
Follow Us Options
This section controls what is displayed in the Follow Us part of the module. You can choose to display a title including what text will be displayed. Note: If your site is multilingual leave blank and use the language files. You can also choose the color of the title and the border color which if you ticked yes to Display Borders in the General Display Options section will surround the Follow US part of the module. You can enter a # followed by a color reference code such as #000000 for black or you can use the color chooser box to the right of the input field. Now for your social links, scroll down the list ticking the ones you want to display and add their corresponding links and that's it for the Follow Us section. [Figure 3]
When adding your links use the domain minus the http:// only add links in the following format www.facebook.com
Advanced Options
The CoalaWeb Social Links module also has a few what I consider Advanced Options such as the option to assign a unique module ID to stop conflicts, a module class suffix or weather to use cache including the cache time. There is also an option to turn off the module css if you want to add your own styling. The last option is weather to display a link back to CoalaWeb as always it's appreciated but its up to you plus you can choose what text to display next to the link. Note: If your site is multilingual leave blank and use the language files. [Figure 4]
That's it for CoalaWeb Social Links if you have any questions or issues drop by our Forum I'm sure we can help.
Acknowledgements
Icons thanks to David Ferreira @ www.wpzoom.com
Comments (3)
giggimix
Steven Palmer Admin
I will have a look at adding Instagram for the next release.
Thanks,
Steven Palmer Admin