jQuery - Selected Text Sharer

jQuery – Selected Text Sharer was inspired by the same utility seen on the New York Times website.

The plugin is quite easy to deploy and will help webmasters improve their site's social media presence by providing a quick way of getting the word out about your posts and their content.

Services can be added to the share box as the developer sees fit, expanding the list of social networks to contain more items.

A demo is included with the download package.

A pure standalone JavaScript version is also available.

Features:

• Lightweight
• Can add unlimited links to the widget for searching and sharing
• Selected text truncation for Twitter
• Can show in textboxes and textareas
• Can show only for a particular element
• Cross-browser
• CSS themeable
• Highly customizable interface

What is new in this release:

• Initial version.

Requirements:

• JavaScript enabled on client side
• jQuery 1.4 or higher