Send link to friend
July 18, 2010 |
Posted by:
Gopi R |
Wordpress plugin |
54 Comments |
Send link to friend wordpress plugin create a simple form on the widget, using that form user can send the post information to their friends. this is easy way to share the post information to the friends.
- Simple to use.
- Admin can choose which page this plug-in should display.
- Easy style-override.
- Ajax, so no page refresh.
- Captcha to avoid spam.
See live demo on sidebar; If you thought this page is useful to your friend, use the send to link sidebar form to share this page to your friend.
Installation instruction
Method 1
- Download the plugin Send-link-to-friend.zip from download directory.
- Unpack the Send-link-to-friend.zip file
- Extract the /Send-link-to-friend/ folder.
- Drop the Send-link-to-friend folder into your ‘wp-content/plugins’ folder.
- In word press administration panels, click on plug-in from the menu.
- You should see your new Send link to friend plug-in listed.
- To turn the word presses plug-in on, click activate.
Method 2
- Go to ‘add new’ menu under ‘plugins’ tab in your word-press admin.
- Search Send link to friend plugin using search option.
- Find the plugin and click ‘Install Now’ link.
- Finally click activate plug-in link to activate the plug-in.
Method 3
- Download the plugin Send-link-to-friend.zip from download link.
- Go to ‘add new’ menu under ‘plugins’ tab in your word press admin.
- Select upload link (top link menu).
- Upload the available Send-link-to-friend.zip file and click install now.
- Finally click activate plug-in link to activate the plug-in.
If any problem in the Captcha, use version 2.0 (version 2.0 is captcha free version)
Version 5.0
FROM NAME field included in the admin setting.
Version 3.0
Captcha/Security code.
To change the Captcha color scheme.
1. Take captcha.php file.
2. Go to line 26,27,28 to change the Captcha color scheme.
Plugin configuration
Drag and Drop the Widget : Go to widget page under Appearance tab, Drag and drop Send link to friend widget into your side bar.
Add directly in the theme : Use this code, <?php if (function_exists (gSendtofriend)) gSendtofriend(); ?> to add the widget to your theme files.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1. What is Display Option?
We can set the plug in display based on page type..
Q2. Where to set the from name and from email?
Administration → Settings → Send link to friend
Q3. How to change the captcha color?
1. Take captcha.php file.
2. Go to line 26,27,28 to change the Captcha color scheme.
Download location
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Hi! Great plugin man! Awesome work
Some sugestions:
1. add a setting page when you can easily edit the CSS for the form.
2. add “your name” and “your email” to form.
3. add a setting page when you can edit the template of the mail that is sent.
Cheers!
I have your plugin installed in the sidebar on my blog links and it does not work. Can you have a look and respond with ideas on a fix. Thank you very much Pat
hi, check the spam folder & mail function within the plug-in file
Hi I like your plugin and have only one question. The mail come to the user as from: WOrdpress. How can that be set to a different value?
thank you
Very nice plug in and works well. Well done. My question is same as Patrick above. Email is From: WordPress. How to change to read it comes from us not WordPress?
thank you.
i think it will take email id from your general setting page, i will check the code and let u know.
Yes, it does pick up the email address from General Settings but the email one receives reads FROM: WORDPRESS. It would be much preferred to be able to put our name there and not WORDPRESS.
It’s still a great plugin but it needs to read from who it was sent from.
Thanks again for your responds. Good support for plugins is often rare and your support is appreciated. The plugin is working very well. I would definitely recommend your plugins to others.
I would also appreciated help how to change the default text from: WORDPRESS.
Your plugin is great anyway, thanks a lot.
Email address from name problem has been solved on version 5.0
Thanks for your feedback, i will try to change the FROM email address in the plug-in next version.
installed and it does not show up.
have used on other sites in the past where it does work – see http://www.philipespinosa.com
thoughts?
thanks
philip
i saw your website, its working fine, can you explain your problems.
Hi there
It doesn’t work on my site either.
On testing, the form won’t submit as it keeps saying that the Captcha Code is wrong (when it isn’t).
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
Hi, it seems like server setup. try older version of this plugin.
http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/send-link-to-friend.2.0.zip
thanks
Hi, I’ve just installed this plugin but the captcha image is not showing… Also I would like to get in touch with you so we can discuss about making some multilanguage customizations to it ASAP…. thanks
Hi,
I have this installed and it works great. However, as with others, it needs to come from someone other than “WordPress”. Also, for some reason, in the mails that get sent, the links are not clickable.
Any ideas?
Andy
Did you manage to fix the issues with the ‘FROM:WordPress’ bug?
I’ve tried to fix this but without much look.
Hi friends, i have found that FROM name & EMAIL problem, i will correct and update the plug-in very soooooooooooon…
Coptcha keeps coming up invalid, version 2 works fine but when upgrading to version4 for added security emails wont send?
From name problem has been solved on the version 5.0
A newbie, not sure why captcha box is at bottom of page but not in the “enter the code”. Where would I paste code?
Note: set to Posts only.
I just installed this plugin. Looks great, seems to work great, but the test emails are never recieved.
Instead, in my admin email account for the website, I get an email that says: A message that you sent was rejected by the local scanning code that checks incoming messages on this system. The following error was given: “Relaying not permitted”
I checked my admin panel and there is no where I can change any email relaying settings. Is there a way I can fix this?
Installed v.5 Send Link to Friend. Any more details on getting working. Keeps asking me for a security code in box at bottom. A short little tuctorial might be of benefit to explain these aspects. The plugin description seems to dovetail with what I want to achieve and no doubt would be great to get it working.
Have a good Xmas.
Hello, plugin work great HOWEVER… how can the link in the email received be CLICKABLE? Or possible html format?
Thanks
I found your plugin, but like to use it on a page, instaed as a widget. Is there a shortcode which I can copy the wordpress html-editor, so that I can add the page as a manu-item?
thanks
Arthur
How to send these mails via SMTP??
Fine plugin.
As told in previous replies, will be a good idea to add name en email of sender !
I give a solution for those having error message : “Warning: imagettfbbox() [function.imagettfbbox]: Could not find/open font”.
Depending of server type and after a long research, simply modify in captcha.php line 6 :
var $font = ‘monofont.ttf’; to
var $font = ‘./monofont.ttf’;
Works on windows and linux !
Thanks a lot for the nice an easy to use “Send link to friend” Plugin. Unfortunately it is not yet prepared for translation. Do you mind to add this soon?
Thomas
is there a way this plugin could send an “image” to a user? it would be a set image… we want our users to be able to fill out a form, and send a paticular .jpg file to whoever they want. so the .jpg file would be the same for anyone who wants to use this feature on our site. in other words the user would not choose the image. we would want that image hard coded. don’t know if i am making sense or not…
I still have problems with the Captcha. Upgraded to latest version, tried to change the font according to B. Gallot comment, but no picture of the security code are showing.
Also, the mail sender “WordPress” are still a problem, have anyone figured out how to change this…?
Thanks,
larkje
I finally figured this out.., the problem with Captca not displaying: you need to type this correctly at line 6 in Captcha.php
var $font = ‘./monofont.ttf’;
But, I do not want Captha in my form – how can I remove it ??
really rocking
Should have a version that allows you to choose with or without captcha….I understand you can download 2.0…but then you dont get to change the person who sent it to you feature.
I have a message every time I try to send the link:
Invalid code….pls help me
Great work!!!
One suggestion
It would be better if a field “Your Name” is added. then the message could include that name to make the message more authentic.
This would be perfect for my application, but I need to place it at three different locations on my website. Once I install the widget on the first location, it disappears from the available widget list. How can I get 2 more duplicate widgets?
Really nice plugin, I think it would be even better if it could somehow be merged with your Popup plugins. For example, site visitor clicks on a link that says “Send link to friend” and the email form appears in a popup window. I think adding this feature would make it just about perfect.
Great work though!
Hi, i was thinking it would be good if we can send to multiple recipients.
Awesome plugin, well done. Very simple and direct.
Not sure what to do here, but it would be nice to have a setting in the admin to turn off the “link to this page” feature of this plugin. I have it opening in thickbox instead of always shown as a widget, but then the user gets a link to may stripped down “tell a friend page” instead of being able to go to the home page.
I’m going to have to edit the core of the plugin to remove the feature for my needs. Otherwise, it’s a useful plugin. Thanks.
how to translate the text ? where are the files to edit and to put in french ! thanks..
Hi, wanted to let you know that I’ve installed this plug-in and tried testing, but it says my security code is invalid. I’ve tried reloading it several times, and each new security code does not end up working… Thanks, though. I suspect I’ll love the plug-in once I get it working…
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The plugin seems to have installed correctly.
I inserted the widget into my sidebar.
The problem: when I tested the widget by sending an email link using the form, I don’t receive the email.
What should I do?
I use wordpress 3.2.1
Thanks!
r u checking this in local host???? from local host we cant expect mailsss
I check the email through my aol account which is not on my local host.
Thank you very much this extension serves me
Thank you very much this extension serves me matbaa
para el captacha, subir font desde el cpanel del sitio web y listo.
I finally figured for captacha, upload font from the web site’s cpanel and go.
Carlos
Hi,
This is a great plugin, Thanks a lot.
Just I have two issues:
- I always get an invalid security code.
- How can I change/translate the text of form.
Thanks
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