Adding Social Networking Features

In this section, we will make use of ASP.NET web helper packages to add social-networking features to our product catalog. In particular, we will add Twitter, Facebook, and Google +1 buttons to the Product Details page. This will allow users to easily share a link to an item they like within our catalog with friends/followers.

Navigate to the Site workspace and open the ASP.NET Web Sites Administration site using the link in the Content Pane. Enter a password and remove the leading underscore in the filename of the /App_Data/Admin/_Password.config file when prompted.

Next, search for the ASP.NET Web Helpers Library 1.15 and Google +1 Helper 0.1.1 packages within the Package Manager and click the Install button next to both.