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.
Donations always appreciated. :up:

To be clear the New (TNG) Version is: More Share Options TNG FREE (v 3.2) by BOP5.zip

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[Disco_Stu]

I get it working and the FB like is in both places. Then I disable the built in using your mod and they both disappear leaving only the other buttons. They're either both on or both off

I disabled it for now. I'll try it again later

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Disco_Stu

I get it working and the FB like is in both places. Then I disable the built in using your mod and they both disappear leaving only the other buttons. They're either both on or both off

I disabled it for now. I'll try it again later

And just to confirm-

You are running VB 4.2.0?

You have a Facebook Application ID and Secret setup in Facebook Options? Basically the top of the settings look like this:



If you want to post or PM me a link to your forum I'd like to take a look see if I notice anything different.

Last question- do you have a custom style? If so can you try on the default style?

[Disco_Stu]

I have 4.2.pPL1 but I did not set up a facebook app ID . I didn't think I needed one for the recommend button. I will try to add the app id

And it does the same thing on the default style as it does for my custom one.

The recommend and share button in your mod work fine without an app ID but only if the built in like button is displayed. If the built in like button is disabled then the recommend and share button in your mod do not display.

I will play around with it some more as I don't really want to create an app on facebook right now but I do want to make use of the share and recommend functions

[BirdOPrey5]

The mod instructions clearly say you need an app id and the facebook platform enabled for this mod to work right.

Without the above the facebook javascript isn't put on every page, which is what is necessary since this mod puts the Like button on pages vBulletin never intended.

I suppose if you are adverse to putting in an appid you could make an edit to the more_share_tng template.

Find the line:

<vb:if condition="$msot['fbold']">

and change it to:

<vb:if condition="1">

That will force the FB JavaScript on every page, but it still looks for an appid... Not sure if it will work correctly without one. Worth a try though I suppose.

If it doesn't work be sure to Revert the template back to normal.

[BirdOPrey5]

Update- Yes the above edit will work if you don't want to enter an appid.

I will update the next version to do this automatically if no app id is present.

[GamerPerfection]

I have updated to 3.0 and it is working fine even though I haven't uninstalled 2.61.

Also i'm using VBSEO too and it seems fine. Thanks.

[fwulfers]

When tweeting a thread, the links don't match up when using vbSEO.

For example, http://saabworld.net/showthread.php?t=25820 in the tweet window should be http://saabworld.net/f142/diesel-cars-usa-25820/

Not a big deal though, clicking the non-VBSEOed link still gets you to the right page. But I am not sure what the search engine spiders lurking on Twitter think of that.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by GamerPerfection

I have updated to 3.0 and it is working fine even though I haven't uninstalled 2.61.

Also i'm using VBSEO too and it seems fine. Thanks.

Originally Posted by fwulfers

When tweeting a thread, the links don't match up when using vbSEO.

For example, http://saabworld.net/showthread.php?t=25820 in the tweet window should be http://saabworld.net/f142/diesel-cars-usa-25820/

Not a big deal though, clicking the non-VBSEOed link still gets you to the right page. But I am not sure what the search engine spiders lurking on Twitter think of that.

Thanks for the VBSEO Feedback guys. I appreciate it.

As for the search engine spiders on Twitter- not a big deal for 2 reasons

1) Twitter is shortening the links anyway

and

2) Once they reach your page there is a "canocial url" meta tag I'm sure so it will tell the search engine what the correct URL of the page should be.

[GamerPerfection]

What changes are in the update?

[BirdOPrey5]

Sorry, my browser froze-up halfway through updating the thread and I left it for a while and forgot about it.

Anyway Updated to 3.1

New option for those who wanted "centered" buttons instead of just left or right alignment.

New code to let the Facebook Like button(s) work regardless of whether the built in Facebook Platform is enabled and regardless of if a Facebook App ID is entered.