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Magento Order Social Sharing Extension- User Manual

1.0 Introduction

Nowadays, Social Media has become an important tool for improving brand popularity and product awareness.  Social networking sites are one of the most prominent platforms eCommerce marketing and promotions. The Magento store admin can now use the social media network for improving the product and brand popularity and for the targeted audience on the social platforms as well. Knowband Order Share Buttons for Magento allows the customers to share the order summary after purchasing the product. The customers can share the order summary on Facebook, Twitter and Google plus. The store admin in Magento social promotion module has right to show all the available social media options or selected options.

1.1 Features of Magento order social share buttons plugin

1.2 Admin benefits

2.0 Installation Steps

The online store owner can install the Magento order social sharing extension by following these steps:

1. Download the extension package from the Knowband store.

2. The admin will get a zipped file. Now the store owner can unzip the package on the root folder of Magento setup via FTP manager (like Filezilla or WinSCP – download here: https://filezilla-project.org/). You’ll find the files and folders as shown in the image below:

3. The Magento social media buttons extension is now installed and ready for use. In the Admin Panel, go to “System > Knowband Extensions >Order Social Sharing”.
Now the store admin can now use and configure the Magento social promotion module.

3.0 Admin Interface

After installing the Order Share Buttons for Magento, you can configure this Magento order social sharing extension by applying the setting as described. There will be two configuration options:

  1. General Settings
  2. Look and Feel

3.1 General Settings

In general settings, the eCommerce store admin in Magento order social sharing module can view these customization options:


1. Enable/Disable this module: The eCommerce store owner can activate or deactivate the functionality by toggling this button.

2.Facebook Share: The admin can activate or deactivate “Facebook share” option for displaying or hiding the Facebook sharing button.

3. Twitter Share: The store owner in Magento order social sharing module can enable this option for showing the twitter button on the website front-end. The customers can click on this option and a pop-up window will open for sharing the order summary.

4. Google+ Share: The store admin can enable or disable the Google plus sharing option for showing or hiding the Google plus button from the Social media sharing block.

3.2 Look and Feel

The admin can manage the look and feel of the order social sharing buttons by configuring the Magento order social sharing extension accordingly.


1. Block Text Color: The store admin can set the text color of the order sharing block. A color picker tool is available on the admin interface for easy and codes less color selection.

2. Block Background Color: The Magento social promotion module allows the admin to set the block background color according to the website theme.

3. Custom CSS: Advanced users in Magento social promotion module can add custom CSS code for the look and feel customization.

4. Custom JS: Admin can also enter custom JS code.

4.0 Front-end Interface

The online store visitors and customers can view the social sharing option after placing the product order. The customers can view Facebook, Twitter and Google plus button for sharing the order summary.

Customers can click on the Facebook sharing option for sharing the order summary on Facebook as shown below:


The online store customers can also share the order summary on Twitter by selecting the second option:

The customers can select Google plus option for sharing the product on Google plus account. The below-mentioned image will be displayed if the customer selects this option:

If anybody opens the link shared by the customer, he can view the order summary in a fresh page. If that person clicks on the image, that product page will be opened.

Thus the store admin using Magento order social sharing module can promote the products and brands. The online customers can share their order summary and spread the word-of-mouth of the site on the various social media platforms. This helps you boost the traffic of your site which ultimately increases the chances of conversions. This Magento order social share buttons plugin also helps the store admin to improve SEO by creating numerous valuable back-links. The admin can get high-quality referrals to the website effortlessly by Magento order social sharing extension.