Miscellaneous Hacks - More Share Options TNG by BOP5 (Facebook, Twitter, Google +1, AddThis) Share Buttons

Brought to you by BirdOPrey5
www.Qapla.com

Current Version: 3.2

More Share Options The Next Generation (v 3.0) is a complete rewrite of my "More Share Options" mod. If you are looking for the old version I am keeping it attached (More Share Options for VB4 by BOP5v261.zip) but it will no longer be updated or supported.

The purpose of the mod is to add additional share "buttons" (Besides Facebook Like) to vBulletin.

Demo: Practically every page of Qapla.com has the "Gold" version enabled.

There is GOLD Version with additional features available at:
http://www.qapla.com/mods/showthread...4-by-BOP5-GOLD

The FREE Version allows sharing to the following sites:

• Facebook (Like OR Recommend with Send Button Option, and with old style "Share" option, Dark Option, Show Faces Option)
• Twitter (Specify "Via" Username, Related Account, default hash tags, and language- With or without counts)
• Google +1 (With or without count, option to use built in Facebook language or specify custom language)
• Add This (Option to input publisher ID for analytics tracking, enable/disable printing, disable duplicate sites option)

The FREE Version also has the following Style Vars for basic styling:

• Height of Share Bar (in Pixels)
• Padding
• Margins

The GOLD Version has all of the above PLUS the following additional share options:

• Pinterest (With or without count, option to specify pinned image, better Pin It sharing button in Beta available for testing)
• Digg (With count or icon only)
• Linked In (With or without count)
• StumbleUpon (Several options with/without counts)
• Reddit (Several options with/without "points")
• Custom Buttons (Add as many additional custom buttons as you want!)

The GOLD Version also has additional Style Vars for complete control of Share Bar Styling:

• Background
• Border

(Both FREE and GOLD can be completely customized by CSS as well if you prefer not to use Style Vars.)

Some of the major differences between More Share Options TNG and the Original Version:

• Share Buttons now show on ALL pages, including pages by 3rd party applications like Arcades and Media Galleries.
• Twitter Count Now WORKS
• Table-less design (All formatting done via CSS/Style Vars)
• Additional built-in Facebook and Twitter options
• New options to disable by Usergroup and/or THIS_SCRIPT value (as well as by Forum and by Style)
• Pinterest Now Integrated (Gold version only)

As with the prior version, fast loading Asynchronous JavaScript is used everywhere possible.

IMPORTANT UPGRADE NOTICE!

If you are "upgrading" from an old version (any version less than 3.0) be aware this version (TNG) has been coded as a completely new and separate mod. It will NOT upgrade an old version.

I suggest if you run an old version of "More Share Options" you disable it via Product Manager in Admin CP.

Install and configure this new mod and make sure it works and you like it.

If you do like it then you can uninstall the old mod from Product Manager.

IMPORTANT - Some users have reported the new mod will not run until the old mod is uninstalled. If you have installed 3.0 and it is not running, please try uninstalling the old mod first.

VBSEO Compatibility:

UPDATE: It has been reported working with VBSEO!

Basically I have no idea how compatible this may be with VBSEO as I don't have access to a VBSEO enabled forum. If you use VBSEO be sure it works as designed (you can share pages.)

Test share 3 pages: The Forum Home, a Thread (showthread), and a Forum (forumdisplay) - if all 3 shares work I am confident the mod will work completely for you. I suggest you use Twitter or Facebook for your testing.

If you do run into VBSEO issues please post here and I will do my best to fix.

General Compatibility:
This has been tested as far back a VB 4.0.8 and as recent as VB 4.2.0. It is expected to work on all VB 4.x.x versions however if you have a very old version of VB please try the FREE version before purchasing the Gold to ensure compatibility. This is not compatible with VB 3.x.

As of version 3.2.0 there is a recommended manual file edit for those running VB 4.1.9 or below.

Admin CP Full Screen Shot: http://www.qapla.com/mods/ss/msotng_admincp_free.jpg

VB 3.8 Version Here.

Please Mark as Installed if you use this.
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To be clear the New (TNG) Version is: More Share Options TNG FREE (v 3.2) by BOP5.zip

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[TTF]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

What VB Version are you using?

Can I get a link to your forum?

Have you tried it on the default style?

Thanks for the reply.

4.1.4 is the version. I've tried it on the default style and the same happens. I'm wondering if its to do with the VBSEO likes tree as that's nearby, as is the user tag list.

Originally Posted by zelnik

If you're talking about the part at the bottom of the forum display this is because you have not uploaded the image file(s) or to the correct path.

All files from the upload folder have been uploaded as far as I'm aware. I've checked and can't see any others.

[BirdOPrey5]

First things first-

In your vbulletin Facebook Options, do you have Like Button - Threads set to "Yes"?

If so please check your SHOWTHREAD template- confirm you have the code:

{vb:raw fblikebutton}

somewhere on the page.

Let me know.

edited.

[TTF]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

First things first-

In your vbulletin Facebook Options, do you have Like Button - Threads set to "Yes"?

If so please check your SHOWTHREAD template- confirm you have the code:

{vb:raw facebook_likebutton}

somewhere on the page.

Let me know.

Ah that was a rather basic error, that's sorted the issue for the threads thank you. Where I hadn't previously had the facebook system activated as I don't want connect, I wasn't familiar with the options, although I've noticed with the facebook link enabled it slows down the loading of the pages rather a lot and takes an age for the quick reply to come up. Might just be my site though.

Appreciate your help.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by TTF

Ah that was a rather basic error, that's sorted the issue for the threads thank you. Where I hadn't previously had the facebook system activated as I don't want connect, I wasn't familiar with the options, although I've noticed with the facebook link enabled it slows down the loading of the pages rather a lot and takes an age for the quick reply to come up. Might just be my site though.

Appreciate your help.

You can disable facebook connect from a setting in my mod.

[RK KINGKONG]

thanks for the update bud , always great work man ....

[ngocol]

nice mod...thank BirdOPrey5 :up:

[linuxwhy]

wonderful

[TenaciousD]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

First things first-

In your vbulletin Facebook Options, do you have Like Button - Threads set to "Yes"?

If so please check your SHOWTHREAD template- confirm you have the code:

{vb:raw facebook_likebutton}

somewhere on the page.

Let me know.

I've had something similar occur - all icons show up and function as expected, with the exception of FB.

I've verified the correct uploading of the provided images to the correct directory.
I have FB buttons enabled (set to "Yes") for everything (i.e. forums, CMS, etc.), via options settings.

I searched the "SHOWTHREAD" script and cannot find any reference to the aforementioned, "{vb:raw facebook_likebutton}" , in whole or in part.

I'm assuming that this is preventing the icon from appearing - but don't know where to add the language in the file.

Also, I'm not sure if this is a vB situation or the mod itself, but when I go to my profile (on the main board, as a user) and attempt to "Connect with FaceBook" by clicking the icon, it does nothing but redirect me to the forum home page (without continuing or completing the connection to FB).

Any help on either issue is most appreciated.

[BirdOPrey5]

My bad the code to look for on SHOWTHREAD is:

{vb:raw fblikebutton}

VB usually uses the template name, not sure why they didn't here.

TenaciousD - what VB version are you using and can I get a link to your forum?

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by RK KINGKONG

thanks for the update bud , always great work man ....

Originally Posted by ngocol

nice mod...thank BirdOPrey5 :up:

Originally Posted by chinatravellog

wonderful

Thanks All. :up: