[ARCHIVED, NOT MAINTAINED ANYMORE] Tools needed to add Mastodon sharing to any site or post using Jekyll.

mastodon.html

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mastoshare.js

//
// IMPORTANT: This code is no longer being maintained or updated!!! I used to have this for a static site I made years ago,
// but I don't do web dev anymore. Use this at your own risk!!!
//

function shareOnMastodon() {
    var whereIsThis = window.location;
    var postContents = "Check+out+this+post+" + whereIsThis;
    var instanceUrlField = document.getElementById('instance');
    var instanceUrl = instanceUrlField.value;
    if (instanceUrl == "") {
        instanceUrl = "mastodon.social";
    };
    var url = "https://" + instanceUrl + "/share?text=" + postContents;
    window.location = url;
    return false;
}

post-share-sheet.html

<!--
    IMPORTANT: This code is no longer being maintained or updated!!! I used to have this for a static site I made years ago,
    but I don't do web dev anymore. Use this at your own risk!!!
-->

<p class = "h5">Share this post</p>
<p>
    <form onsubmit="return shareOnMastodon();">
        <div class="input-group mb-3">
            <input type="text" class="form-control" id = "instance" placeholder="mastodon.social" aria-label="Instance URL" aria-describedby="button-addon2" name = "instance" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="Enter the URL for your Mastodon instance.">
          <div class="input-group-append">
            <button class="btn mastodon" type="submit" id="button-addon2"><b>{% include mastocon.html %} Share</b></button>
            </div>
        </div>
    </form>
</p>

Any ideas to use this with jekyll?

You should be able to without an issue.

Just need little instruction or how-to, it will be helpful as I'm not that technical!

Drop post-share-sheet.html and mastodon.html in _includes, and drop mastoshare.js in the assets folder.

Doesn't work, just refreshes the page with the instance name being called in the address bar. Also, post-share-sheet.html has a spelling error in it

Doesn't work, just refreshes the page with the instance name being called in the address bar. Also, post-share-sheet.html has a spelling error in it

I haven't maintained or updated this in years. I am not surprised that it doesn't work anymore.

Doesn't work, just refreshes the page with the instance name being called in the address bar. Also, post-share-sheet.html has a spelling error in it

I haven't maintained or updated this in years. I am not surprised that it doesn't work anymore.

Ah, well Google's still indexing it alongside a handful of other broken share buttons lol