ShareThis version 2.1 is now available for download. I’ve been running version 2.1 on this site for a little while now without incident - it’s working nicely.
This new release adds several often requested features, and fixes a couple of issues:
- You can now use a template tag to explicitly add ShareThis to your theme wherever you want it to appear.
- There are now separate settings for adding ShareThis to posts and pages automatically. For example, if you want, you can set up a template tag for where ShareThis appears in posts, and let it auto-add to pages.
- The JavaScript code inserted into the page header is now XHTML compliant.
- There was a conflict with the Prototype JavaScript library that has been fixed.
- Changes were made to better handle other plugins that futz around with the priority of the default WordPress filters. We can’t cover 100% of these situations, but we should be in good shape for the vast majority of them.
- Fixed a bug where activating any plugin would cause ShareThis 2.1b1 to forget the options you had chosen and revert to defaults.
Also, we’ve launched new support forums, so that’s the best place to report issues and request features moving forward. By posting issues in the ShareThis forums, they will receive attention ASAP.
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Erik adds this Comment:
Out of curiosity, any plans on fixing it so the popup box shrinks to the size of the sites listed? Even on this page you have 8 sites listed to share on, but enough room in the box for three times that amount.
That being said, I really enjoy this plugin. Thanks for creating and updating it!
January 17th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Gene Steinberg adds this Comment:
Alex, support isn’t working. I’ve managed to get “Classic” to run fine on my site, but the regular version is totally unusable. Can’t even get my sidebar to display, even without copying the javascript code from the site.
Support has never contacted me, even though I’ve mentioned this problem on your blog and file a request in the support forum.
I want to use the regular version, but I can’t unless I get assistance.
Peace,
Gene
January 17th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Bruce Keener adds this Comment:
Great to see the update, Alex. Right now I am using some homespun code because I wanted to ensure each social site is nofollowed. I could not figure how to get nofollows with Share This … does this version support? Also, I like Twitter Tools A LOT, but would like to ensure it is nofollowed as well … simple to do, or difficult?
Thanks again for continuously improving already great products!
January 17th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Missy adds this Comment:
Is this good on any version of Wordpress?
January 17th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Jessica adds this Comment:
I like the idea of ShareThis 2.1, but it takes forever for the box to load (even if I visit the same page). So, I’m still running ShareThis classic without the tracking.
January 17th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Alex adds this Comment:
Erik– there are several ideas being discussed around this issue, I don’t care for the extra space either.
Gene– I apologize that no one has gotten back to you. If you’d be willing to open a support thread in the new forums and send me the URL, I will follow up on it personally.
Bruce– The links don’t need to be ‘nofollow’ed because they don’t exist in the page (they are created in an IFRAME on user click).
Missy– Per the README, it works on WP 1.5-2.3.x
Jessica– That’s a valid concern, and one being discussed quite a bit. I’ll note your comment to the team, and would encourage you to open a thread in the ShareThis forums to start a discussion on it there.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
ganis adds this Comment:
i havent tried it, but may I ask about the Register/sign-in feature? Can I disable it?
January 17th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Dhruva Sagar adds this Comment:
Hey thanks a ton for this update, your plugin is pretty cool indeed. Thanks a lot!
January 17th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Arnold adds this Comment:
I recently queried the fact that ShareThis was losing its settings everytime you changed any other plugin on the site. The new version seems to have corrected this as well. Thanks for a nice plugin.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Chip adds this Comment:
I agree with the extra space on the IFRAME, because I do not use all the bookmarking engines. It really should adjust the height automatically.
Other than that, it’s a cool plugin, and useful too.
January 18th, 2008 at 3:10 am
don adds this Comment:
thank for new version plugin. i just try it and work perfect..
January 18th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Soumik adds this Comment:
Thanks for this update. You plugin is pretty cool and useful too.
January 18th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Tyler adds this Comment:
Finally! It’s useable. I’ve officially switched from Classic to 2.1 and I am happy. The big problem was how 2.1b would lose it’s settings all the time. That drove me nuts. But now, it works!
Still waiting for some minor upgrades, and I’ll be a happy camper. Excellent work.
January 18th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Jott adds this Comment:
Hello Alex, any localization on its Way? Language files? That would be great…
January 18th, 2008 at 9:24 am
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Krumpet adds this Comment:
Can anyone tell me how to change the position of the ShareThis window relative to the link on the page? I followed the directions in the README section that said to add the following parameters to the query string: &offsetTop=100&offsetLeft=-349, but that had no effect.
It should be noted I am running ShareThis on a stand alone site. . .not a WordPress site.
Thanks in advance!
Krumpet
February 1st, 2008 at 10:45 am
Krumpet adds this Comment:
Oops. Please disregard my previous comment. Add offsetTop= and offsetLeft= works fine. Must have been a type-o or something.
Thanks for everything you do! Your work saves us all a lot of time and energy.
February 1st, 2008 at 10:53 am
Jack adds this Comment:
I have shareThis 2.1 on my 2.3.3 blog, and when I use it to email someone, it says successful, but no email is sent.
I have put in the javascript code, and it displays properly, but no email…
Do i need to configure something else to make this work?
February 6th, 2008 at 3:36 am
Jack adds this Comment:
Sometimes asking a question makes the solution appear…I disabled and uninstalled ShareThis, then reinstalled it and activated, then re-applied the javascript code, and it works.
Happy as a clam - and it is pretty fast to load and send too!
Alex, you make good cookies!
February 6th, 2008 at 4:28 am
jayson adds this Comment:
I have added sharethis to a my site. It seems to work fine in IE, but I am having issues with it in FF.
When I click on the link, it bumps me back up to the top of the page. I have also noticed that it will place a # at the end of the URL.
Any idea why?
February 6th, 2008 at 10:27 am
(a different) Alex adds this Comment:
Hi! I’ve installed the “Classic” on wordpress… now how can i sign up for the tracking services at sharethis.com? I signed up, but I don’t see a “reports” link or similar.
Is there a discussion forum I can pester?
Thanks!
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February 26th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Jeremy adds this Comment:
(a different Alex)
Reporting is only available for the 2.x series of the plugins . The 2.x series also has more customization options, and gives your users the ability to easily access their address books by importing their contacts from all over the web.
Also, you can pester the ShareThis forums any time at forums.sharethis.com
February 29th, 2008 at 9:34 am
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