AddThis button will not work inside AJAX, but will work normally

Question

Basically, this is what I\'m doing. User visits site, loads \"index.html\" Within index.html, it automatically loads, through AJAX, \"details.html\" into a DIV. I put an ADDTHIS

Answer 1

I recently ran in to issues with using AddThis on an all AJAX site and was able to come up with a couple of solutions for this issue.

It turns out there is a variable that you can pass when loading the AJAX script as well as a way to re-initialize the script if the DOM is reloaded via AJAX. I have posted the full solution in detail on my blog here:

http://joecurlee.com/2010/01/21/how-to-use-addthis-with-ajax-and-overflowauto/

To briefly summarize, the solution is loading AddThis with the variable domready=1 appended, and re-initializing the script by deleting the initial load and then reloading the script dynamically:

var script = 'http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#domready=1';
if (window.addthis){
    window.addthis = null;
}
$.getScript( script );