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This is useful for recovering old share counts when transitioning from HTTP to HTTPS, or when changing domain names or URL structures.</p> <h4>Recover HTTP counts</h4> <p>Recover counts for the HTTP version of shared HTTPS URLs by setting the <code>recover_protocol</code> property.</p> <p class="for_drupal">In Drupal, add the following JavaScript code to your "Additional JavaScript" box in Configuration > Web services > AddToAny > Additional Options.</p> <p class="for_wordpress">In WordPress, add the following JavaScript code to your "Additional JavaScript" box in Settings > AddToAny.</p> <pre class="prettyprint for_drupal for_wordpress"> a2a_config.counts = { recover_protocol: 'http', }; </pre> <pre class="prettyprint for_www"> <span class="dim"><div class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_default_style" data-a2a-url="https://www.example.com/" data-a2a-title="Example Site"> <a class="a2a_button_facebook a2a_counter"></a> <a class="a2a_button_pinterest a2a_counter"></a> <a class="a2a_button_tumblr a2a_counter"></a> <a class="a2a_button_reddit a2a_counter"></a> <a class="a2a_dd a2a_counter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share"></a> </div></span> <script> <span class="dim_code">var a2a_config = a2a_config || {};</span> a2a_config.counts = { <span class="highlight">recover_protocol</span>: 'http', }; </script> <span class="dim"><script defer src="https://static.addtoany.com/menu/page.js"></script></span> </pre> <div class="button_demo">  <div class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_default_style"> <a class="a2a_button_facebook a2a_counter"></a> <a class="a2a_button_pinterest a2a_counter"></a> <a class="a2a_button_reddit a2a_counter"></a> <a class="a2a_button_tumblr a2a_counter"></a> <a class="a2a_dd a2a_counter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share"></a> </div> <script> var a2a_config = a2a_config || {}; a2a_config.linkname = 'Example Page'; a2a_config.linkurl = 'https://www.example.com/'; a2a_config.counts = { recover_protocol: 'http', }; </script> <script defer src="https://static.addtoany.com/menu/page.js"></script>  </div> <br> <h4>Recover a domain's counts</h4> <p>Recover counts from the old domain of shared URLs by setting the <code>recover_domain</code> property.</p> <pre class="prettyprint for_drupal for_wordpress"> a2a_config.counts = { recover_domain: 'old.example.com', }; </pre> <pre class="prettyprint for_www"> <script> <span class="dim_code">var a2a_config = a2a_config || {};</span> a2a_config.counts = { <span class="highlight">recover_domain</span>: 'old.example.com', }; </script> </pre> <br> <h4>Recover any URL's counts</h4> <p>For recovery of an old URL structure, you can set the <code>recover</code> property to a function that returns the old URL. A data object is passed to the function, allowing you to recover the old URL based on the shared URL and other conditions.</p> <p>Properties of the <code>recover</code> function's data object include: <ul> <li> <code>url</code> <ul><li>The shared URL.</li></ul> </li> <li> <code>domain</code> <ul><li>The shared URL's domain.</li></ul> </li> <li> <code>protocol</code> <ul><li>The shared URL's protocol.</li> </ul> </li> <li> <code>pathParts</code> <ul><li>An array of the shared URL's pathname parts.</li></ul> </li> <li> <code>kit</code> <ul><li>The <code>.a2a_kit</code> element that contains the share counter(s).</li></ul> </li> </ul> </p> <pre class="prettyprint for_drupal for_wordpress"> a2a_config.counts = { recover: function(data) { // Replace the shared URL's first occurrence of https://www.example.com/new/ with http://old.example.com/old/ return data.url.replace('https://www.example.com/new/', 'http://old.example.com/old/'); }, }; </pre> <pre class="prettyprint for_www"> <script> <span class="dim_code">var a2a_config = a2a_config || {};</span> a2a_config.counts = { recover: function(data) { // Replace the shared URL's first occurrence of https://www.example.com/ with http://old.example.com/ return data.url.replace('https://www.example.com/', 'http://old.example.com/'); }, }; </script> </pre> <pre class="prettyprint for_wordpress"> a2a_config.counts = { // Recover old Blogger domain recover_domain: 'blogger.blogspot.com', // And the old Blogger URL structure recover: function(data) { // Replace the shared URL's trailing / with .html return data.url.replace(/\/$/, '.html'); }, }; </pre> <pre class="prettyprint for_drupal"> a2a_config.counts = { // Recover old Blogger domain recover_domain: 'blogger.blogspot.com', // And the old Blogger URL structure recover: function(data) { // Append .html to the shared URL return data.url + '.html'; }, }; </pre> <pre class="prettyprint for_www"> <script> <span class="dim_code">var a2a_config = a2a_config || {};</span> a2a_config.counts = { // Recover old Blogger domain recover_domain: 'blogger.blogspot.com', // And the old Blogger URL structure recover: function(data) { // Replace the shared URL's trailing / with .html return data.url.replace(/\/$/, '.html'); }, }; </script> </pre> <pre class="prettyprint for_drupal for_wordpress"> a2a_config.counts = { // Recover old URL structure recover: function(data) { var bodyData = document.body.dataset; // If the <body> tag has "data-" attributes in the HTML like: // <body data-year="2020" data-month="01" data-post-id="123"> if (bodyData && bodyData.year && bodyData.month && bodyData.postId) { // Arrange the pathname parts of the old URL like: // http://old.example.com/2020/01/123/post-name/ return 'http://old.example.com/' + bodyData.year + '/' + bodyData.month + '/' + bodyData.postId + '/' + data.pathParts[data.pathParts.length - 1] + '/'; } }, }; </pre> <pre class="prettyprint for_www"> <script> <span class="dim_code">var a2a_config = a2a_config || {};</span> a2a_config.counts = { // Recover old URL structure recover: function(data) { var kitData = data.kit.dataset; // If the AddToAny instance has "data-" attributes in the HTML like: // <div class="a2a_kit" data-year="2020" data-month="01" data-post-id="123"> if (kitData && kitData.year && kitData.month && kitData.postId) { // Arrange the pathname parts of the old URL like: // http://old.example.com/2020/01/123/post-name/ return 'http://old.example.com/' + kitData.year + '/' + kitData.month + '/' + kitData.postId + '/' + data.pathParts[data.pathParts.length - 1] + '/'; 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