Hello guys,

Requirement: Show the LinkedIn button for a User that has the link set up in the DB or in Sitecore.

1. First of all you can check out the LinkedIn Developer for what type of button you need and get the snippet code by clicking Get It. Really easy.
2. I like this button sleek and cool https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins/member-profile-plugin-generator?button-type-logo-name=true
3. From the box you can choose different actions for your button
4. Then set a field in sitecore or set a field in the DB wherever you need it and a field for the name.
5.  I have added this in my html page:

<script src=”//platform.linkedin.com/in.js” type=”text/javascript”></script>
<script type=”IN/MemberProfile” data-id=”<%= LinkedInUrl%>” data-format=”hover” data-text=”<%= FullName%>”></script>

And in the code I set up the properties:

private string linkedInUrl;
protected string LinkedInUrl
{
get
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(linkedInUrl))
{
linkedInUrl = Sitecore.Context.Item[“LinkedInUrl”];
}

return linkedInUrl;
}
}

private string fullName;
protected string FullName
{
get
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(fullName))
{
fullName = Sitecore.Context.Item[“FullName”];
}

return fullName;
}
}

Now you can control what profile to show on your page. If you think there will be change and you don’t need the button anymore. You can set a visible property and a checkbox in Sitecore where you control to show or not the page.

Thank you,

VP