Share Post ========== A Pelican plugin to create share URLs of article Copyright (c) Talha Mansoor Author | Talha Mansoor ----------------|----- Author Email | talha131@gmail.com Author Homepage | http://onCrashReboot.com Github Account | https://github.com/talha131 Why do you need it? =================== Almost all website have share widgets to let readers share posts on social networks. Most of these widgets are used by vendors for online tracking. These widgets are also visual which quite often become a distraction and negatively affect readers attention. `share_post` creates old school URLs for some popular sites which your theme can use. These links do not have the ability to track the users. They can also be unobtrusive depending on how Pelican theme uses them. Requirements ============ `share_post` requires BeautifulSoup ```bash pip install beautifulsoup4 ``` How to Use ========== `share_post` adds a dictionary attribute to `article` which can be accessed via `article.share_post`. Keys of the dictionary are as follows, 1. `facebook` 1. `google-plus` 1. `email` 1. `twitter` Template Example ================ ```python {% if article.share_post and article.status != 'draft' %}

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{% endif %} ```