I followed the instruction in the zip file and it doesn't work I see it in the admin cp and it's enabled I just did a test forum  on my site and it's not showing

 

www.gamingpcforum.com

​WhatsApp sharing doesn't work in non-mobile/tablet devices so it's turned off in desktop view by default though it can be turned on in plugin settings if you wish. The setting will be moved from plugin settings to Sharing > WhatsApp settings in the next release.

@Gabrielle V. we had some issues today and our site went down when removing plugins. The site came back online thanks to IPS Support, however the forum topics and posts would not appear. The topic and posts could not be accessed a blank page would be displayed - upon checking the error logs the following was identified.

[12-Apr-2015 21:59:32 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:02:57 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:03:06 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:03:16 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:03:58 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:04:53 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:05:58 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:06:05 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:06:08 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0

Disabling the file in /system/content/shareservice/ immediately resolved the issue, I'm not saying this was the root cause of the issue but it was a contributing factor.

 

 

@Gabrielle V. we had some issues today and our site went down when removing plugins. The site came back online thanks to IPS Support, however the forum topics and posts would not appear. The topic and posts could not be accessed a blank page would be displayed - upon checking the error logs the following was identified.

[12-Apr-2015 21:59:32 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:02:57 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:03:06 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:03:16 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:03:58 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:04:53 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:05:58 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:06:05 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0
[12-Apr-2015 22:06:08 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Method IPS\Content\ShareServices\Whatsappcvh::__toString() must not throw an exception in /public_html/system/Theme/Theme.php(624) : eval()'d code on line 0

Disabling the file in /system/content/shareservice/ immediately resolved the issue, I'm not saying this was the root cause of the issue but it was a contributing factor.

 

​That issue is generally caused by a missing template. There is an IN_DEV specific template (which is uploaded to /applications/core/dev/html/front/sharelinks/whatsapp_cvh.phtml) and then there's the one saved by IPS when installing the plugin. 

I'll make a note in the zip of how to uninstall the plugin correctly (which, yes, you have to delete the physical file in /system/content/shareservice before uninstalling the plugin).

Thank you for bringing this to my attention and I'm sorry it caused you issue. :/

edit: I have some ideas how to make this a non-issue in the future (by somehow piggy-backing on a hook).

Edited April 13, 201510 yr by Gabrielle V.

Okay, finally I can reply.

This plugin would not have caused issues with memcached but, yes, at the time it would have caused issues after having disabled via plugin rather than System > WhatsApp > Sharing.

I've released version 1.0.4 which completely changes how this plugin functions so this issue should be resolved.

Not seems on 4.0.2

 

Not seems on 4.0.2

I'm able to install fine on 4.0.2. Created a fresh install to test.

Is the button not appearing? If so, you need to be in mobile/tablet though you do have ability to toggle 'Hide in desktop mode?' in System > Sharing > WhatsApp > Edit. It's set to off by default because WhatsApp Web didn't support sharing last time I checked.

What's the error you're getting if that's not the issue?

Yeah   It has been 'Hide in desktop mode?'

Thank you!

Edited April 30, 20159 yr by kysil

Hello!

I would like to edit the template file for WhatsApp button.

I tried to find it on core > global > sharelinks but it's not there. Where can I find it?

Testing on iPhone, the button works, but the title gets plus signs (+) where should be spaces.

The pontuation character  "!" is changed to "!".

And in system > site promotion > sharing, even if we put WhatsApp on top, it appears as the last sharing option for the user.

 

Hello!

I would like to edit the template file for WhatsApp button.

I tried to find it on core > global > sharelinks but it's not there. Where can I find it?

Testing on iPhone, the button works, but the title gets plus signs (+) where should be spaces.

The pontuation character  "!" is changed to "!".

And in system > site promotion > sharing, even if we put WhatsApp on top, it appears as the last sharing option for the user.

​It's under Core > Global > Plugins in the Theme editor.

I will try testing on an iPhone over the weekend. It's working on my Android phone so it may be iOS-specific.

The wrong positioning is a bug and I've created a fix for it on my test install. I will release the fix after I test the WhatsApp plugin on iPhone. 

Thanks.

@sobrenome I was able to recreate the encoding bug on iPhone and in the new version I just released both reported bugs are fixed. The templates are changed so reverting is important to fix the iPhone-related bug. Thanks for reporting!

Thanks a lot @Gabrielle V.!

 

Does this plugin impact negatively on website speed?

Is there a Javascript to be loaded right? Does it follow the system core rules for javascript optimum loading?

Thanks.

 

Does this plugin impact negatively on website speed?

Is there a Javascript to be loaded right? Does it follow the system core rules for javascript optimum loading?

Thanks.

This plugin has no javascript. It does have a CSS file to change the color of the share link.

I was able to optimize my test install of WhatsApp and on average saved about 2% of load time or about 10,000 microseconds on a full page on a topic with thousands of posts. Will release within the next few days.  

Great news!!

@sobrenome I've released the new version (1.0.6).

I've removed the custom text string that was being used for now but added an example of customization on the plugin page since the template does allow for access to the title and URL. The rest of the changes are just adding static variables and removing the call to the WhatsApp class if not on mobile/tablet and if the desktop view setting has not been toggled.

None of the other IPS share links seem to have custom text strings and I figured the performance improvements would be worth it. Hopefully you see some improvement in speed.  

Edited June 21, 20159 yr by Gabrielle V.

Very glad to hear about the improvements. As sson as I can I will test on iPhone and give a feedback! Many thanks!

It's working great!!! Thanks a lot! The only change that I have made is on the whatsapp background color: #4dc247.

Only one thing that I have noticed.

On desktop, if we set the icon not to show, it adds a small gap between other share icons, in the place that whatsapp icon should be.

 

Only one thing that I have noticed.

On desktop, if we set the icon not to show, it adds a small gap between other share icons, in the place that whatsapp icon should be.

Yes, it does. Unfortunately with full-page caching for guests available I cannot hide it server-side. For now, you can choose to turn it on for everyone if it's an issue.

It's possible with javascript. I'll look into providing some example code or maybe adding a small js file.

Thanks.

Edited July 27, 20159 yr by Gabrielle V.

I guess the best option is to make whatsapp the first sharing option.

Another js to load is not a great idea.... lol

Adding the picture just to others understand.

Thanks a lot for the great plugin.

 

@sobrenome The issue with the gap has been fixed.  

Awesome! Any other improvement for the update?

I have tested for accents, it's working fine in the current release.

 

Awesome! Any other improvement for the update?

I have tested for accents, it's working fine in the current release.

Thanks for testing the accents.

Some more small performance tweaks. Also, if you use memcached and full page caching there was a bug for guests that would cache visibility server-side rather than just using the CSS.

Yes, I use memcache, it's a must!

I will update then! Thanks!

Some Android users complain that the URL does not turn to a clickable link.