Share to Yammer button

Had an interesting request a few weeks ago. HR wanted to be able to share pages out to Yammer. I instantly ruled out a workflow because I couldn’t post as the user. Then ruled out a console app for 2 different reasons: the logic could get complicated and it didn’t allow for much flexibility. I went over to the Yammer Customer Network and started poking around. I ran across a few threads that talked about using the bookmarklet so I went and took a look at it: https://www.yammer.com/company/bookmarklet

The app – as designed – is aimed at users who want to share pages via their browser, not necessarily on a web page itself. I opened the developer toolbar and hashed through the code. I managed to find the JavaScript that snags the URL and opens the bookmarklet window. As Steve would say, “Talk is cheap, show me the code”:

<h2>Share this page . . . </h2>

The code will give you the share to yammer button:

YAHTZEE!

Once the user clicks the icon a new window will open and – as long as they’re logged in to Yammer – they’ll be able to create a new Yam with the URL of the page they want to share in the update’s body.

Give it a shot and let me know what you think.