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How To “SHARE” P-F-R Stats

Posted by Neil on September 10, 2012

If you've spent a lot of time at Pro-Football Reference, you've probably seen the "SHARE" command in red text above a table of stats... but maybe you didn't know what that did, or have forgotten how to use it. No worries -- here's a quick rundown of the features you can access by clicking "SHARE":

  • Customize rows & columns - Sharing lets you delete certain rows/columns that you don't want to include in your table. Just click the round 'x' button to delete a specific row/column, or the arrow 'x' to get rid of everything to the right (columns) or directly below (rows) the row/column in question.
  • Export as an HTML table - Clicking 'html
    ' gives you code to embed the table onto your site (you can even choose to keep S-R's inline style formatting).
  • Get a link - Choosing Link URL creates an SR tiny URL specifically for the table you created, which can easily be sent to others via twitter or directly linked at your blog.
  • Export as bbcode - This option lets you copy-and-paste the table into most bulletin board formats.
  • Export into a javascript widget - This will give you code to embed the static table on your site via a js widget. (Note: The 'Embed' option next to 'SHARE' allows you to do this as well, but as a constantly-updated table instead of a static one.)
  • Export as an iframe - For those who prefer to embed the table within an inline frame.
  • Export into preformatted text or CSV
  • Convert table to Wiki formatting - This will turn the table into a format suitable for sites like Wikipedia.

Happy sharing!

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This entry was posted on Monday, September 10th, 2012 at 1:17 pm and is filed under Announcement, Features, HowTo, Pro-Football-Reference.com. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

3 Responses to “How To “SHARE” P-F-R Stats”

  1. Topher Says: September 10th, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    I've been using this for a while, and love it, but I was wondering if there was a way to export the sortable feature because each time I use any of the these features, they are static.

  2. Neil Says: September 10th, 2012 at 1:29 pm

    For tables that get refreshed every time we update our database (instead of static tables that don't change from the moment you post them), use the "Embed" option next to "Share".

  3. Topher Says: September 11th, 2012 at 11:32 am

    Okay thanks, I'll give that a try.