Adding social sharing links to email

Add links for up to five social networks in an email communication. You can add only one set of social share links in a single communication. Use the Share widget to configure the links.

About this task

Social networks require specific information to describe and display your content when recipients share it. You provide the information in the Content to share section of the Share widget Share widget.

You can also control how each share link appears in the email. Configure the link buttons by expanding the Share widget to display the button options.

Complete the following steps to add a social sharing link.

Procedure

  1. From the Message Editor toolbar, drag the Share widget Share widget into any zone in the communication.
  2. In the Description of content to share section, provide the following information that social networks use to represent the shared content.
    1. Title: displays as the content listing in the social network. By default, the system uses the email subject line as the title.
    2. Description: Enter a brief description of the email content.
    3. Thumbnail: Specify the source of the image.
      • To specify a remote image, select External image and specify the full path to the image file.
      • To specify an image that is stored in the Content Library, select Content Library image, and select the image to use. Select a static image. You cannot specify image assets with variations for a social sharing link.
    4. Type: Select or enter the type of content that is contained in the email.
    5. Link: Select the domain for the link that appears on the social network. Select Use short link to display the available short link domains.
  3. Click the arrow arrow to configure how the sharing links appear in the email.
    In the button properties section, configure the appearance of the buttons. Look in the Preview share buttons section to view the effect of your changes.
    1. Specify the orientation and spacing of the buttons.
    2. Tooltip: Enter the text that displays when the recipient hovers over the button.
    3. Alt: Enter the text that displays if the email client does not display images.
    4. Button image: Select an image to display for the link.
      • To specify a remote image, select External image and specify the full path to the image file.
      • To specify an image that is stored in the Content Library, select Content Library image, and select the image to use.
      • Specify the button dimensions.
      Note: The default values for button options are always the values that were entered the last time the button options were modified.
  4. Save your changes.