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Stephen Corwin
Stephen Corwin

Reputation: 1007

Facebook Like Button not page specific. Workaround or alternatives?

This may end up being nothing more than a matter of preference, but I'd like to reach some sort of a consensus if at all possible.

I've got a page on which there a several different items that a user might want to share on Facebook. Were it still 2010, I would simply attach a "Share on Facebook" button to each of these items and have that button draft a corresponding wall post when clicked. But as we all know, Facebook has chosen to deprecate the share button in favor of the 'Like' button. Problem is (as far as I know) the Like button is specific to a page. This poses two problems:

  1. I can't attach a different Like button to each of the different items a user might want to share.
  2. Since the content on the page is not static, a user clicking the like button might be told that a certain number of people have already liked that item, despite the fact that the other likers in all likelihood (no pun intended) clicked the button for a completely different item. The fact that the URL remains the same causes trouble.

I recently bought something on Amazon, and was immediately taken to a page where I could Share my purchase on Facebook. Not Like. Share. I clicked the button, and it opened a modal window with a pre-drafted wall post. Does this mean that Amazon is using the deprecated share button?

Would using the Share button in 2012 be totally out of line?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 338

Answers (1)

Alexander Nenkov
Alexander Nenkov

Reputation: 2910

Here you can find the code needed for implementing a custom Share button.

redirect user after facebook share and publish

I hope it helps you.

Upvotes: 1

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