I’m attempting to add a LinkedIn Share button to our content-driven website. I’ve generated the embed code using the button builder, but whenever I try to actually use the button, I get a generic error:
There was a problem performing this action, please try again later.
It’s been doing this for several days (since I first added the code), so I don’t know if the error is on the LinkedIn side or mine. Is there any way to get a more specific error message? The code they provide is just a script tag that you paste in:
<script src="http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="IN/Share"></script>
Unfortunately LinkedIn’s “support” forums are limited to the various API’s; there’s nowhere available to submit a question regarding the build-a-button functionality. I’m hoping someone else has used this function and can point me in the right direction.
Most likely the page you are trying to share is not web accessible (local, under htaccess password or something). It looks to me like LinkedIn tries to actually look at the page you are sharing, and if it can’t reach it, it gives you this message.