Here's the ones I've found so far:

I think you'll have to edit the Navbar template for that.

I'd like the extra buttons to appear along side the default vB 4.2 Facebook Like location. But I think that's too difficult if you also want it to appear on a bunch of other pages besides threads and blogs.

It was easy actually, I just had to remove the default styling and add my own and it fits nicely. Still playing with it on the test site though.

What's the difference as far as how the numbers are displayed for the different FB button options? For example, does the "Like" button with count only display likes from clicking that button on my forum, or does it count likes from clicking the button AND likes from people on Facebook.com?

The second one. You can only like something one time, so you want your users to like it as well. This will help your forum get more exposure from you users friends.

Awesome, I was hoping it would count likes from hitting the button on my forum AND people liking the forum's page on FB proper. Do I need to setup some kind of API with FB to make sure it shows counts from both places?

Edit: Looks like it will count them on different browsers without the FB Connect enabled. On the subject, is there a benefit to enabling the FB connect?

No, if they are going to use any of the options it will ask them to sign in at FB, Twitter, etc. If they don't have an account they have the option to create one.

So what's the point of using all the built in FB stuff?

You have to look at it a couple of ways. First if they did not use FB connect, then FB doesn't know who is selecting the recommend so a small window opens one time. After they are signed in Vb and FB knows who the user is. They have to want to select that they like it.

A good thing to do is at the top of your sig place a comment like, "If you liked this post please recommend us to FB or Twitter!" You use this kind of mod to help draw attention to your forum. It doesn't mean all users will use it.

Ok. This text here worries me. I have the FB platform disabled in Vb.

As is stated, it will still work. However the best option is to have a FB page with a business page attached to it. Then you can FB your articles as you create them as well. Make the majority of FB open to the public for view.

Is there a guide floating around here for Facebook? I'm a social/FB newbie and this is all alien to me. My forum isn't really a business, I'm not sure if that matters though.

There may be a few that could really tell you step by step, but that may be difficult as well. Most of it is pretty self explanatory but FB is constantly changing. I'm new to it as well. I''ve searched for how to do's for facebook and the site has changed again.

Basically keep your personal site simple and open for public view. You will need to get an application for VBulletin that will give you your FB key. After that I would still make a social page about what you do on your forum. There will be a link from your personal page to the new page you created. That is a good place to also post announcements, specials, offers etc..

Just jump in head first and and doggy paddle until you get a feel for it. You wl be asked to create friends and get your page looking nice. I would try to keep content limited. Post articles from your forum as well as posts. As you increase your online friends they are given updates every few days.

Good luck!

Sent from Samsung III S

Wow, you typed all that from your phone?!

I created a FB Fan page (I think it's called) for my personal travel blog. I guess I'd do the same thing for the Ski forum too. I don't have any articles, the site is just a forum. I haven't even launched it publicly yet. Still testing plugins and getting everything squared away.

Yeah, when I'm at work a phone is all have! The typing isn't that difficult plus I have auto text where it guesses the word for me. Even with just a forum, you can recommend certain threads that may be a good read for people interested in skiing! I'm an armature but love to ski. I can name some bad places (for beginners) and a couple of great places. The most fun I had was in Taos NM. Not Angle Fire, that's beginners, but the Outback in Taos was for an armature very difficult. Greens are blues, blues are blacks, and blacks were yellow! The yellows were crazy! Think they spent more time in the air then on the snow!!

Small world, I was just down in Taos and did ziplining at Angel Fire a few weeks ago :) I'm just north in Denver.

There's a recommend button for FB, should I be using that or the Like button? I've only ever seen Like so that's what I've got it set to now.

I haven't ever done any zip lining. Looks like fun if you are high enough to really scare the crap out of you!

I just use this mod and I also use another mod that I like. I use both in case someone doesn't see the one on top, I also have one on the side of the page. I also use the vB facebook for people to connect. I don't need anything else!

There is something weird about this plugin... It doesn't show facebook like stuff...

here is my link: www.forexmegacashback.com/en

possibly there is something wrong somewhere...

any idea??

Edit: after several tries, I could manage to make it work... I still don't know why it didn't work before though...

How do I get the settings page to show styles I enabled after installing this mod?

using vb4.2 and used this plugin and now facebook one isnt showing

I noticed this too on my test site and I PM'd Joe on his site last night. I actually started a new test site that's an exact copy of the live site and the problem only persists on the test site. The FB Like button still works on the live site for some reason. Best I can find is that some embedded CSS that draws from the FB site isn't getting embedded on the test site for some reason.

It looks good there on your site. Please Mark the Mod as "Installed" in the top/first post. :up:

Most likely reasons is in Facebook Options (the default vBulletin Facebook Options) you have a Facebook Application ID entered but no Facebook Secret entered. You need neither or both, you can't just have the application ID with no secret.

If that isn't what is going on please post a link to your site.

Some of those would depend on if guests can access those pages on your site- for example some people may want to share calendars.

Also note- there is special code in the mod to handle the "search" script. Anyone who shares a "search" page will actually create a share to the main forum URL instead.

[QUOTE=BirdOPrey5;2367439]It looks good there on your site. Please Mark the Mod as "Installed" in the top/first post. :up:

Done. I thought I did it already but it must've slipped my mind.
I had both entered and then just deleted both and it's still doing it. I PM'd you on Qapla with more info last night. It's weird that it only exhibits this behavior on some pages and not others when the template is the same.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/09/9.jpg

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/09/10.jpg

site link: http://www.animeandmangazone.com/forum/forum.php

You are using the old version. (Not the "TNG" Version.)

In the old version you MUST have the Facebook Application ID and Facebook Secret filled in and working, and Facebook Platform enabled.

I'm using the TNG version and the problem persists. As I mentioned before I sent you a PM on your site last night.

BTW, how can you tell he's using the old version? Mine looks just like his.

When I view the HTML source of the page and search for say twitter.com I see the code around the twitter button is using <table> HTML tags but the TNG version uses only <DIV> tags.

Sorry for the delay I will check the PM now.

Gotcha. Please take your time, I'm in no hurry and I know you're a busy guy :)

BoP... i'd like to get the buttons on the same line (aligned far right) of the Thread Title. How can I accomplish this?

Thanks!

In old version there was an option to share thread on own facebook fanpage,in current version only on profile wall?:confused:

I've had this model running successfully for a little while now, and I think it's great. But I'd like to know, how do we see who has clicked on the like button? If 19 people have clicked the like, and I hover over it, it does nothing? No faces, or anything? Is there any way of finding out who has actually liked the page?

This would be a very useful feature. I'd like an easy way for admins/mods to share a thread (or blog, or whatever page) on my sites Facebook fan page, Twitter, and Google + account.

This version was not designed to be shown on SHOWTHREAD pages but n the global navbar- there is no way to align it with a thread title without a lot of reprogramming and edits.

There was no such option in any version of this mod. It may have to do with if you have a working Facebook Application ID and Secret in Facebook Options- if it did work like that it wasn't something intentional.

As far as I know Facebook only tells you the names of people who clicked on the button if they were your friends.

That just isn't what this mod is designed to do.

Thanks for the great work, Joe!

I have a problem to add More Share Options TNG FREE (v 3.2) to the first post.

I have disabled Automatically Show Below Navbar?
And in postbit_legacy :

<blockquote class="postcontent restore ">
<vb:if condition="$post[postcount] % $vboptions[maxposts] == 1">
{vb:raw more_share_tng}<br />
</vb:if>
{vb:raw post.message}
</blockquote>


But... nothing happend :(
Can you help me?

More Share Options TNG can only work in the header, navbar, and/or footer templates even with manual edits.

Thanks Joe this is exactly what I've been looking for :)

holy 51 pages....

Does this work on CMS at the bottom of each article?
Like on wordpress sites.

Smooth addons. Thanks.

Unfortunately we can't use it since it doesn't support https. Could we possible change the url's used for Twitter and Addthis to https somewere in the code or could you add an option in the admin?