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.
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[BirdOPrey5]

No text from the thread is posted on the wall just the user's comment and title of the page. That is how Facebook Like works, regardless of using this mod or not.

[kandhro]

Such a excellent mod

marked as installed
nominated for NOTM

Thanks for such a very good mod
Best Regads

[dougdirac]

Originally Posted by cdoyle

Question: When a thread is liked, what should be posted on the users wall?
All I get is whatever comment I type and the thread title. Should there be any text pulled from the thread itself?

This might not even be related to the mod, just curious what is suppose to post to the wall when the button is pressed.

I think that's related to what I said here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2441061

I really wish it would grab the first few sentences of the first post in the thread.

[1320Nation]

I have tried changing every option for the facebook like button and nothing works. It stays in the same location. After clicking on button image it pulls up part of my facebook avatar with a very small area to the right where I can see the text bar blinking. After switching from my custom style I can see that same small area to the right is slightly larger allowing me to see the beginning of the text saying "add comment". It actually only show up enough showing "add com". I have tried adding text there which does allow me to do, but I can not do anymore after that. If I select Enter on the keyboard nothing with it changes.

Also the images only appear in the FORUMHOME page, and inside a selected thread. I have tried different settings. And I do have VBSEO enabled on my board. The image below shows the mentioned avatar image issue.

Do you know of any suggestions that may help me figure out what is wrong?

[djbaxter]

That may be a custom style issue but you can try this:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum...07#post3991007

http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-15694

Actually the Like button issue does have a work-around...

To fix go to the Admin CP -> Plugins & Products -> Add New Plugin

Product: vBulletin
Hook: fb_like_button
Title: Facebook Like Fix

PHP Code:

if ($show['fb_likebutton'] AND (is_browser('ie') || is_browser('opera')))
{
  $templater->register('href', get_fbcanonicalurl());
} 


Set "Active" to YES and SAVE.

This is because Facebook changed how the like button should work.

[1320Nation]

Unfortunately that did not help.

I looked in the xml file and found this link which I believe what should be appearing when the icon is clicked on, but it doesn't. ( http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u...deURIComponent )


Should this hook appear in the Product Manager? I ask because after adding it there is nothing showing up?

Also why does that code only apply to ie & opera browsers?

Is there any other options?

[BirdOPrey5]

The fix djbaxter linked to should not be necessary if using this mod. That is only needed for the default vBulletin Facebook Like Button.

@1320Nation, not really following exactly the issue- can you post a link to the live site, and if the mod is disabled, a screenshot of what is going on?

[1320Nation]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

@1320Nation, not really following exactly the issue- can you post a link to the live site, and if the mod is disabled, a screenshot of what is going on?

The mod is enabled.
Post #834 should have the answers to the other questions. The red circled area shows how the image is not displayed as it should. I mentioned that image does not function as it should. And of coarse the link http://1320nation.com/forums

Keep in mind if reading the #834 you will that the image issue mentioned here is not the only problem.

[datoneer]

I have some strange issues here: there is button above thread "sign up to see what your friends like". When i click sign up i get this:



What is r.php??

[Joe Blow]

I have a custom style and it looks like this on my forum with the default settings.

Any idea how to get it to align correctly?