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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Please "Mark as Installed" if you use this.
Donations always appreciated. :up:
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[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Budabing

Hi Joe, hopefully this is an easy one for you!
Firstly, thanks for this mod, Its awesome! Secondly, the text next to the facebook like button (Be the first of you friends to like this) inherits the text color from the body.plugin I have tried altering all of the code but to no avail? I have altered these so far:

PHP Code:

.connect_widget .connect_widget_text {
    line-height: 14px;
    color:#ffffff
}
.connect_widget td.connect_widget_vertical_center {
    border-spacing: 0;
    font-size: 11px;
    line-height: normal;
    color: #ffffff;
}
body {
    color: #ffffff;
    direction: ltr;
    font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;
    font-size: 11px;
    line-height: 1.28;
    text-align: left;
} 


Changing the color code from #333333 to #ffffff on all of the above changes the color of the font, which I am saving into the additional.css template, however, the font still reverts back to #333333 after refreshing the page? Is there anything you suggest? Thanks again.

Mick

Mick,

Facebook only offers 2 options for the button, light or dark. The colors never change.



They do this for consistent branding. Even if it was technically possible to change colors, which I don't believe it is, part of their Terms or Service is you will not modify their buttons in any way.

[Budabing]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Mick,

Facebook only offers 2 options for the button, light or dark. The colors never change.

Aaah, didnt see I could change the button color. Changed it and fixed! Thanks for the tip. The text just happened to be the same color as my background. Thanks heaps for your help and work

[WhatChaMissin]

Just wanted to say thank you for this mod. Installed and working as advertised!

[SilverBoy]

Hi BirdOPrey5
Is it possible to change the place of the bar in CMS articles to be under the article text?

[BirdOPrey5]

Not really. Best you cold do is follow manual template instructions and put it in the footer instead of navbar.

[Fongool]

Installed and working great on VB 4.2...
Thanks a bunch...Other Mods didn't want to work right, but this does everything I need...

Thank you again..

F

[DougCooper]

installed on my board www.ukmusic.com but the facebook pop when clicking on the LIKE buttom appears for 1 second and them disappears, please help.

[BirdOPrey5]

I would need to see the mod active to see what the problem is.

[bzcomputers]

Request: Instead of just the option to "Disable on these Scripts", offer an option to "Enable on these Scripts".

There are a lot of scripts related to pages that I don't want to display on and I always seem to be coming across more.

private, usercp, profile, faq, search, misc, group, showgroups, subscription, online, calendar, memberlist, activity + any mods you don't want it to appear on, etc.

I think overall it would be easier (at least for me) to keep track of which scripts/pages it displays on than which scripts I don't want it to display on.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by bzcomputers

Request: Instead of just the option to "Disable on these Scripts", offer an option to "Enable on these Scripts".

There are a lot of scripts related to pages that I don't want to display on and I always seem to be coming across more.

private, usercp, profile, faq, search, misc, group, showgroups, subscription, online, calendar, memberlist, activity + any mods you don't want it to appear on, etc.

I think overall it would be easier (at least for me) to keep track of which scripts/pages it displays on than which scripts I don't want it to display on.

I understand... Not sure when the next update will be but I will make an option so the specified scripts can either be to enable on or to disable on. :up: