Share News Via E-mail or Social Networks

On this page

1. How to share an item
2. Turning individual sharing tools on and off

How to share an item

You can share a story through e-mail, Twitter, Facebook or MySpace by clicking the green share icon next to the story in a list or news display:

This will display a box towards the bottom of the screen with clickable buttons. Here's what each one does (note that Twitter will not prompt you to log in, but you must log in before this feature will work):

• Twitter: You will be taken to a status box with a message pre-filled about the story.
• Facebook: You will be taken to a page that will allow you to post a status message with the story attached.
• MySpace: Similar to Facebook, you will be prompted to post a status message with the story attached.
• E-mail: Your default e-mail client will be launched with the subject and body pre-filled.

Turning individual sharing tools on and off

You can turn individual sharing tools on or off by going to Administer > Site Configuration > Simpleshare (admin/settings/simpleshare) and clicking the checkbox next to which tools to display: