Author Topic: Allow scripting (such as Facebook "like") in CiviMail templates/headers/footers (Read 1216 times)

m.e. · December 06, 2011, 08:28:16 am

Currently (4.0.9) an error message appears when a script is inserted into an email, probably as a security measure. But we'd like to embed, as just one example, a Facebook Like button. It would be great to have a permissions setting that would make this possible.

Dave Greenberg · December 06, 2011, 01:33:39 pm

Social network links (FB like, Tweet, Google +) have been added as options for Event and Online Contribution pages in the 4.1 release (now in Alpha): http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-8737

My understanding is that most (all?) email clients won't allow email content containing scripts. However, the 4.1 code uses images and links only when used as part of email receipts / confirmations. Code snippet here. The $url variable is the URL of the event of contribution page being promoted:

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            {*use images for email*}
            <a href="http://twitter.com/share?url={$url}&amp;text={$title}" id="crm_tweet">
                <img title="Twitter Tweet Button" src="{$config->userFrameworkResourceURL}/i/tweet.png" width="55px" height="20px"  alt="Tweet Button">
            </a>
            <a href="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href={$url}" target="_blank">
                <img title="Facebook Like Button" src="{$config->userFrameworkResourceURL}/i/fblike.png" alt="Facbook Button" />
            </a>

I think you can add the same to your CiviMail mailing footer etc. (altho haven't tried it). Do report back here on your results.

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Author Topic: Allow scripting (such as Facebook "like") in CiviMail templates/headers/footers (Read 1216 times)

m.e.

Allow scripting (such as Facebook "like") in CiviMail templates/headers/footers

Dave Greenberg

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