share button prevents status update and displays weirdly thereafter

Hi Alex, thanks for your response. I've been doing some thinking and perhaps I need to clarify my requirements:

I need direct posting to fb (for those members logging in with fb) - I understand that I can achieve this through Open Graph
However, I need a facility to post to fb and other networks for those people a) not logged in with fb or who encounter a status update from another member that has relevance and which they want to share to one / all of their social networks.

The main objective of our community is sharing / promotion of books. My site needs to have constant interaction on a personal level between various networks. I, for example, have google +, linkedin, twitter, fb... the list goes on, but these are the most used obviously, and by most of my members. Though I may choose to sign in with fb, I still want to update my other networks with CRRysalis activity. That is one of the draw cards of the site - add activity to other networks from the "home" community. Not only does it provide members with easy ways to keep their other networks updated, but it also provides activity for the site itself, which then draws more members. The more members and social awareness, the more exposure my authors and publishers have for their books. Ours is a niche genre, and therefore the social networking aspect is our lifeblood.

For this reason, the effective use of the social buttons is imperative, including the fb share. I have discovered also that unless I "hard code" the url into the code used in the activity.index.php file, I get the "error" where the fb share should be. My concern with this is that, e.g author 1 shares a status update to say twitter. if someone clicks on the link it goes to the community page, by which time the desired status update may be buried in the activity stream. While some people may stay to explore, others may simply exit.

I'm not sure if I haven't perhaps misunderstood the "how it works". With my limited knowledge that is very possible. However, I'm certain that there must be others out there that must need all this as well? I can only hope that, in working to assist me with this, you would also be working towards added value for your other users and for what is a very valuable community tool.

I would be most grateful if you could find a solution. While I can delay the launch for now, I have authors with releases at the end of the month and I desperately would like to have the site ready for this.

Thanks to you and your team for the wonderful support received thus far.
Jude

Hi Alex, I just don't seem to be making progress.

I've waded through all the fb graph stuff, and can see loads of information on how to create new objects and actions, but nothing on how to activate the common ones. No doubt I'm missing something vital, but I'm confused after the "if we're using common ones we can ignore this" and am not sure what to do. I assume I have to create the common ones after all. (Yes, I'll probably win dork of the week with this question, but have to ask, sorry)

Also, the ajax error seems to be relevant even to the "automatic" fb like, share, etc. On posting a test status update, the code appears instead of the following:

I thought of just using the jomsocial fb integration, but then I wouldn't have the other social networks. (Big sigh) I feel really awful - like I'm the worst nag ever - and do apologize

The good news, however, is that it is posting automagically to facebook. Hmmmm.... does that mean I don't have to stress about open graph? If everything posts to the activity stream, then it should all post to fb, right?

Golly gosh, what I wouldn't give to be a fundi in all this stuff

Hi Alex, thank you for responding. You made a lot of sense and helped me to clarify things. I would like to be able to do the following:

First:
Add fb like//share/send/google+/twitter/linkedin buttons with the url to point to the user's activity stream. While it does post automatically to fb and twitter, I would like other users to be able to share this as well, and for actual user to share to google+ and linkedin.

I see that the "default" is trying to link to the user's activity. (See image below). I need to be able to replicate this for the added code so that it links to user not community home page. Also, the ajax error seems to operate even on the "default" (By default, I mean the ones in the image that appear automatically without having to add the code anywhere)

Second:
I prefer users to have control as to sharing content outside of activity stream, so won't at this point do open graph. However I do want the social links to show in each Joomla article. I don't think there is an ajax problem with these, only with the jomsocial ones as above, so you don't have to worry about these.

Third:
I am using Cobalt 8 for much of my content, and need to have the social links in Cobalt articles as well - more critical than the standard Joomla content. I think that I would only need to add the code to the article template, but I would need to know how to link it to the articles. I would also like to add the comments facility to these articles. I have tried to add the Cobalt article pages to the module, but jfbc does not recognise cobalt pages, so it would have to be manual.

That possibly simplifies things. The Google+ and LInked in share buttons are critical for us as we do have some members who don't belong to fb and won't belong to fb. I need to allow another avenue for social sharing to include them. I sincerely hope you can assist with the above, as I have no desire to invest in another component - it becomes complicated to have too many, and I like jfbc

Thank you for your patience.

Jude

Hi Alex, yes, it's me again, so sorry

I have had a month of enforced absence due to some critical work commitments, but am once again working hard to get things back on track. It occurs to me that perhaps I need to look at alternatives to JomSocial if this is creating a problem for me? At the end of the day, I need all this stuff to work together, and if I need to to commission your team to do the custom work required then I am willing to do so. Please can you contact me urgently to discuss my options and the best route to follow to have this moving ahead as quickly as possible. If your team is unavailable for the custom side of things, can you refer me to someone who can undertake this for me? I like jfbc and the fact that you have LinkedIn on the horizon (I see you have Twitter, Yay!)

I would really appreciate your input and assistance.

Many thanks,
Jude