Renren, Weibo, and Baidu Like buttons using only HTML (No Javascript)
html, sinaweibo, social-networking, url, weibo
Solution
Hopefully this can help someone in the future; here is how to implement HTML only share/like buttons for Renren, Weibo, and Baidu Like/Space/Forums/Bookmarks:
Renren
As mentioned above, use the following URL format to share a link on Renren:
- http://share.renren.com/share/buttonshare.do?link=http://example.com&title=Description
The following URL format will allow you post to your Weibo account, in the same manner as you would for Twitter:
- http://service.weibo.com/share/share.php?url=http://example.com&appkey=&title=Description&pic=&ralateUid=&language=zh_cn
Baidu
Baidu has multiple services that can be posted to; the one relevant to this post is Baidu Like, but I have provided URLs for Baidu Space, Forums, and Bookmarks for reference as well:
To like a link in in the same manner as Facebook/Google +1, using the following URL structure:
- http://like.baidu.com/set?buttontype=small&cb=bdShare.ajax._callbacks.bd4bb141b&index=0&url=http://example.com
I tracked the above URLs down using a packet analyser, and as far as I can tell, Baidu Like has to be called from the referring page, or at the very least, the referring domain. The callback function `bd4bb141b` does not seem to be specific to any domain or user ID.
Please note that I have not tested the following URLs structures thoroughly:
- To share a link on Baidu Space, use the following URL structure: http://apps.hi.baidu.com/share/?url=http://example.com&title=Description
- To share a link on Baidu Tieba (Forums), use the following URL structure: http://tieba.baidu.com/i/app/open_share_api?link=http://example.com
- To save a link to Baidu Cang (Bookmarks), use the following URL structure: http://cang.baidu.com/do/add?it=Description&iu=http://example.com
Also for reference, a good Chinese alternative to FeedBurner is FeedSky.
Problem
I am working on a website that will marketed in China, and I would like to know if there is a method to create "share" buttons for Renren (Similar to Facebook), Weibo (Similar to Twitter) and Baidu Like (Similar to Google's +1) using only HTML. For example, for Facebook, Twitter and Google's +1 you would use the following: - http://twitter.com/share?url=http://example.com&text=Description - http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://example.com - https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url=http://example.com I know that Renren uses the following: - http://share.renren.com/share/buttonshare.do?link=http://example.com&title=Description However, I would love to know what the HTML only URLs for Weibo and Baidu Like are. Here is the documentation for the Javascript version of the share buttons if that helps: - http://wiki.dev.renren.com/wiki/Xn:share-button - http://open.weibo.com/sharebutton - http://share.baidu.com/like/get-codes