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Deprecation of social media buttons Sitefinity CMS 11.1

Deprecation of Social Media buttons

All widgets under Social section except Twitter widget and Twitter Feed are getting deprecated with Sitefinity CMS 11.1. This change affects multiple components of the system in the following manner:

Removed classes, interfaces, and enums

  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.Plugins.SocialBookmarksPlugin
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls.FacebookFeed
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls.FacebookLike
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls.PageSharing
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls.Designers.FacebookFeedDesigner
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls.Designers.FacebookLikeDesigner
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls.Designers.PageSharingDesigner
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Publishing.Configuration.SocialShareConfig
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Publishing.Web.UI.Designers.FacebookPipeDesignerView
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.SiteSettings.Basic.ISocialShareSettings
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.SiteSettings.Basic.SocialShareSettingsContract
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.SocialShareOptions
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.Plugins.SocialBookmarksPlugin
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls.FacebookFeed
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls.FacebookLike
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls.PageSharing
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls.Designers.FacebookFeedDesigner
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls.Designers.FacebookLikeDesigner
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.PublicControls.Designers.PageSharingDesigner
  • Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.Utilities.SocialShareMode

Removed namespaces

  • Removed namespace Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.Publishing.Model.Facebook

Changed classes, interfaces and enums:

Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend.ContentBlock.Mvc.Models.ContentBlockModel

  • Removed argument enableSocialSharing from public constructors

Removed properties

Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Lists.Web.UI.ListView

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing
  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharingDetail

Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.News.NewsResources

  • Removed public property ExternalLinkLabelAddCustomFields

Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Lists.Web.UI.DetailsSimpleView

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.DataIntelligenceConnector.DataIntelligenceResources

  • Removed public property FacebookLikeTrackingLabel
  • Removed public property SocialShareTrackingLabel

Telerik.Sitefinity.DataIntelligenceConnector.DataIntelligenceResources

  • Removed public property FacebookLikeTrackingLabel
  • Removed public property SocialShareTrackingLabel

Telerik.Sitefinity.Configuration.Web.ConfigSectionItems

  • Removed public property GetSocialShareBasicSettings
  • Removed public property SaveSocialShareBasicSettings

Telerik.Sitefinity.DynamicModules.Web.UI.Frontend.HierarchicalContentView

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.ContentUI.Views.MasterViewBase

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.ContentUI.Contracts.IContentViewMasterDefinition

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.ContentUI.Contracts.IContentViewMasterDefinition

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Localization.Labels

  • Removed public property BigIcons
  • Removed public property Blogger
  • Removed public property ChooseMode
  • Removed public property ChooseOptions
  • Removed public property Delicious
  • Removed public property Digg
  • Removed public property DisplayCounters
  • Removed public property DisplayCountersToolTip
  • Removed public property EnableSocial
  • Removed public property EnableSocialToolTip
  • Removed public property Facebook
  • Removed public property FacebookActionLabel
  • Removed public property FacebookActivityFeed
  • Removed public property FacebookCurrentPage
  • Removed public property FacebookFeedBorderColor
  • Removed public property FacebookFeedColorScheme
  • Removed public property FacebookFeedDomain
  • Removed public property FacebookFeedFont
  • Removed public property FacebookFeedHeight
  • Removed public property FacebookFeedShowHeader
  • Removed public property FacebookFeedShowRecommendations
  • Removed public property FacebookFeedTrackRefferals
  • Removed public property FacebookFeedWidth
  • Removed public property FacebookLike
  • Removed public property FacebookLikeLayoutStyle
  • Removed public property FacebookLinkTarget
  • Removed public property FacebookOtherPage
  • Removed public property FacebookSendBtn
  • Removed public property FacebookShowFaces
  • Removed public property FacebookUrlToLike
  • Removed public property GoogleBookmarks
  • Removed public property GooglePlusOne
  • Removed public property IconsWithText
  • Removed public property LinkedIn
  • Removed public property MailTo
  • Removed public property MySpace
  • Removed public property PageSharing
  • Removed public property Reddit
  • Removed public property SmallIcons
  • Removed public property StumbleUpon
  • Removed public property Tumblr
  • Removed public property Twitter

Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.UserProfiles.UserProfilesResources

  • Removed public property FacebookActivityFeedDescription
  • Removed public property FacebookActivityFeedTitle
  • Removed public property FacebookLikeDescription
  • Removed public property FacebookLikeTitle
  • Removed public property PageSharingDescription
  • Removed public property PageSharingTitle

Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.Configuration.ConfigDescriptions

  • Removed public property AdfsMetadataAddressCaption
  • Removed public property AdfsMetadataAddressDescription
  • Removed public property AdfsWtrealmCaption
  • Removed public property AdfsWtrealmDescription
  • Removed public property BloggerDescription
  • Removed public property BloggerTitle
  • Removed public property DeliciousDescription
  • Removed public property DeliciousTitle
  • Removed public property DiggDescription
  • Removed public property DiggTitle
  • Removed public property DisplayCountersDescription
  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharingCaption
  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharingDescription
  • Removed public property ExternalLoginDataProviderCaption
  • Removed public property ExternalLoginDataProviderDescription
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverAppIdCaption
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverAppIdDescription
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverAppSecretCaption
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverAppSecretDescription
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverAutoAssignedRolesCaption
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverAutoAssignedRolesDescription
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverEnabledCaption
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverEnabledDescription
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverLinkCssClassCaption
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverLinkCssClassDescription
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverNameCaption
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverNameDescription
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverTitleCaption
  • Removed public property ExternalProdiverTitleDescription
  • Removed public property FacebookDescription
  • Removed public property FacebookTitle
  • Removed public property FilterExpressionCaption
  • Removed public property FilterExpressionDescription
  • Removed public property GoogleBookmarksDescription
  • Removed public property GoogleBookmarksTitle
  • Removed public property GooglePlusOneDescription
  • Removed public property GooglePlusOneTitle
  • Removed public property LinkedInDescription
  • Removed public property LinkedInTitle
  • Removed public property MailToDescription
  • Removed public property MailToTitle
  • Removed public property MySpaceDescription
  • Removed public property MySpaceTitle
  • Removed public property PageLogModeDescription
  • Removed public property PageLogModeTitle
  • Removed public property RedditDescription
  • Removed public property RedditTitle
  • Removed public property SocialBookmarkElementMarkup
  • Removed public property SocialBookmarkElementName
  • Removed public property SocialBookmarks
  • Removed public property SocialBookmarksConfig
  • Removed public property SocialShareModeDescription
  • Removed public property SocialShareModeTitle
  • Removed public property SocialShareViewConfig
  • Removed public property SocialShareViewConfigDescription
  • Removed public property SortExpressionCaption
  • Removed public property StumbleUponDescription
  • Removed public property StumbleUponTitle
  • Removed public property TumblrDescription
  • Removed public property TumblrTitle
  • Removed public property TwitterDescription
  • Removed public property TwitterTitle
  • Removed public property WinAuthMetadataAddressCaption
  • Removed public property WinAuthMetadataAddressDescription
  • Removed public property WinAuthWtrealmCaption
  • Removed public property WinAuthWtrealmDescription

Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.GenericContent.Web.UI.ContentBlock

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Libraries.Configuration.VideosViewDetailElement

  • Removed public property EnableSocialShare

Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Libraries.Web.UI.IVideosViewDetailDefinition

  • Removed public property EnableSocialShare

Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Libraries.Web.UI.VideosViewDetailDefinition

  • Removed public property EnableSocialShare

Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Libraries.Web.UI.Videos.MediaPlayerControl

  • Removed public property EnableSocialShare

Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Libraries.Web.UI.Videos.VideosView

  • Removed public property EnableSocialShare

Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Pages.PageResources

  • Removed public property SocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Publishing.PublishingMessages

  • Removed public property FacebookPipeName

Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.Configuration.ContentView.Plugins.ContentPluginsConfig

  • Removed public property SocialBookmarks

Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.ContentUI.ContentViewDetailDefinition

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.ContentUI.ContentViewMasterDefinition

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.ContentUI.Config.ContentViewDetailElement

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.ContentUI.Config.ContentViewMasterElement

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Web.UI.ContentUI.Contracts.IContentViewDetailDefinition

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Ecommerce.Catalog.Web.UI.Views.ProductsDetailView

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Modules.Ecommerce.Orders.Web.UI.WishlistControl

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Forums.ForumsResources

  • Removed public property EnableSocialShareButtons

Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend.Blogs.Mvc.Models.BlogPost.IBlogPostModel

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend.DynamicContent.Mvc.Models.IDynamicContentModel

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend.Events.Mvc.Models.IEventModel

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend.Events.Mvc.Models.EventScheduler.IEventSchedulerModel

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend.Lists.Mvc.Models.IListsModel

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend.Media.Mvc.Models.DocumentsList.IDocumentsListModel

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend.Media.Mvc.Models.ImageGallery.IImageGalleryModel

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend.Media.Mvc.Models.VideoGallery.IVideoGalleryModel

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend.News.Mvc.Models.INewsModel

  • Removed public property EnableSocialSharing

Telerik.Sitefinity.Frontend.Mvc.Helpers.SocialShareHelpers

  • Removed public field DataItemKey

Telerik.Sitefinity.Dashboard.Web.UI.DashboardStatusSelector

  • Removed public field pageResources

Telerik.Sitefinity.WebSecurity.WebSecurityResources

  • Removed public property ReferrerPolicyDescription

NOTE: If you are upgrading to Sitefinity CMS 11.1 and have Social sharing widgets on some of your pages, please refer to this KB article  for instructions how to remove them.

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