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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[Superorb]

Originally Posted by marcus123

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.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Superorb

I've downloaded the plugin but haven't installed it yet, I was just curious how it worked. I am trying to figure out a place to stick it on the site. I was thinking right under the search bar in the white row underneath. What do you think?

www.snowdaycolorado.com

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

Originally Posted by marcus123

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

Originally Posted by Superorb

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.

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.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by dougdirac

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

private
usercp
profile
faq
search
searchsubscribed
group
showgroups
subscription
online
calendar
memberlist
member
report
inlinemod

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.

[Superorb]

[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.

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.

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.

[marcus123]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

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.

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

[BirdOPrey5]

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.

[Superorb]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

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.

[BirdOPrey5]

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.

[Superorb]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

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

[steeler7]

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!