Bootstrap footer social icons broken

[FayCross]

Has this functionality broken? I can't get the link icons to work at the bottom of any Bootstrap projects (including on xot.xerte.org). Am I missing something obvious or does it just not work now? @ronm123 @torinfo

[ronm123]

@FayCross It was added as a management option which from memory was disabled by default. Have you looked at managment for the install you are testing with?

[FayCross]

Thanks @ronm123 It's not working on xot.xerte.org even if I add the optional property for social icons. Does management option stop that working or should you be able to override on individual projects?

[ronm123]

@FayCross that depends on what's been set via management but I can't remember what the defaults are. e.g. if disable is set to true and allow authors to enable is set to false then obviously authors will not be able to override. Can't you check the management settings for the install you are testing with? See the relevant tab via https://xot.xerte.org.uk/play.php?template_id=81#v311section4

[FayCross]

Develop on xampp management settings: Disable social icons by default (prevent the use of cookies) : false Allow authors to enable social icons : true

Social icons aren't appearing automatically and don't come on if I add optional property either

[ronm123]

Sorry Fay I was busy trying to get PayPal support - which was a waste of time! :-(

Just accessed the projects I have in my xampp develop where I originally worked on and tested this and sure enough they aren't working now either. I also tested on an online 3.12 install which isn't working either. The trouble is I just checked an online 3.11 install (including checking the management settings) and the social icons aren't showing up on that either!

@torinfo is it working for you on your installs? If not any ideas?

[ronm123]

@FayCross @torinfo looks like it's nothing to do with xerte versions or managements settings! See https://www.addthis.com/ and in particular...

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So it looks like we need to remove the code and/or possibly find an alternative service? It will have stopped working in all versions of Xerte which probably means we should send out a notice - perhaps via the management registration system?

[FayCross]

I assumed it was us as I knew you/Tom had changed the way this works recently! Not looked hard but this is a possible alternative: https://www.addtoany.com/blog/replace-addthis-with-addtoany-the-addthis-alternative/