Add-On Releases - Add Facebook "Like" button to your threads [vB 3.8.x]

This mod is based on this, but working on vB 3.8.x.

As was said there: Facebook has just launched their latest "Like" button to developers to use on any site. What this does is utilizes the Advertising module to add the "Like" button to the first post of each thread. Please see screenshots to get an idea.

DEMO

IFrame Method

There is two kind of "Like" button (IFrame Method):

- With a smallest counter at his side *

<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.YOURSITE.com/showthread.php$session[sessionurl]?p=$post[postid]&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light" 
scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100px; height:20px"></iframe>

- With a largest counter (and names of people who have clicked) *

<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://www.YOURSITE.com/showthread.php$session[sessionurl]?p=$post[postid]&amp;show_faces=false&amp
        scrolling="no" frameborder="0" 
        style="border:none; width:450px; height:25px"></iframe>

*Change show_faces=false for true if you want to see faces

Installation:

Go to your Postbit/Postbit Legacy template and search for:

<!-- controls -->

And add below the code that you previously selected according your favorite button style.

If you want that the button only appears in first post of a thread, add this variables at the beginning and end of the code that you previously selected:

<if condition="$post[postcount] == 1">YOUR CODE</if>

*You should add these variables, otherwise the button will be displayed in every post, which makes no sense.



XFBML Method (recommended)
This is a richer way to send the contents of your board to Facebook, because it gives to users the possibility to add more information and also an image of your site is displayed on their FB wall (see the screenshots below).

Installation: (provided by cdoyle, thanks mate :up

You'll need to register your app here: http://developers.facebook.com/setup/, and get an ID to place into the code below.

<if condition="$post[postcount] == 1 AND !in_array($GLOBALS[forumid], array(40, 39))">


<p><fb:like></fb:like></p>

<div id="fb-root"></div>
    <script>
      window.fbAsyncInit = function() {
        FB.init({appId: 'yourappID', status: true, cookie: true,
                 xfbml: true});
      };
      (function() {
        var e = document.createElement('script');
        e.type = 'text/javascript';
        e.src = document.location.protocol +
          '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js';
        e.async = true;
        document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e);
      }());
    </script>


</if>

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Internet Explorer browser fix: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....5&postcount=70

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For additional information on this button and different parameters please visit http://developers.facebook.com/docs/...e/plugins/like

Remember to click Mark as Installed if you use this modification :up:

[paradoxx109]

I guess I didnt realize about that one, thank you so much. Although I still have the loop of like dislike in firefox.

[m2006]

Many thanks for Mode is the result of a page to load slowly silk

[paradoxx109]

anyone has problems with FF when clicking the like button?

[WinnipegHeights]

Why would you not simply add this to the social bookmarking template??

In Show Thread templates..

showthread_bookmarksite

Paste the following after the existing code

<if condition="$bookmarksite[title]=='Facebook'">

<li>
<fb:like></fb:like>

<div id="fb-root"></div>
    <script>
      window.fbAsyncInit = function() {
        FB.init({appId: 'YOURAPPID', status: true, cookie: true,
                 xfbml: true});
      };
      (function() {
        var e = document.createElement('script');
        e.type = 'text/javascript';
        e.src = document.location.protocol +
          '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js';
        e.async = true;
        document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e);
      }());
    </script>
</li>

</if>

All that is required is to create a Social Bookmark for Facebook, as suggested in this thread..

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...light=facebook

The reason this works more nicely, is that
a) It puts the LIKE button with the rest of the social networking stuff.
b) Vbulletin will only display the Social Bookmarking bits in threads that are GUEST viewable.

[SnakeEaterITA]

Hi guys, one problem for me.

I put this code in the Showthread

<div id="fb-root"></div> <script> 
  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {
    FB.init({
      appId  : '116209095073446',
      status : true, // check login status
      cookie : true, // enable cookies to allow the server to access the session
      xfbml  : true  // parse XFBML
    });
  };
 
  (function() {
    var e = document.createElement('script');
    e.src = document.location.protocol + '//connect.facebook.net/it_IT/all.js';
    e.async = true;
    document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e);
  }());
</script> <fb:like layout="standard" show_faces="false" width="300" action="like" colorscheme="light" />

and the Like button is nicely displayed next to the Post Reply, but I have some problems:

1) IE doesn't show anything

2) If I press the Like button and I go in my facebook wall, it doesn't show the infos of the thread.



No thread title, no thread url, no thread description.

What should I do?

[FSA]

:edit

i've solved it with the share-button.

<a name="fb_share" type="button_count" share_url="http://WWW.DOMAIN.COM/showthread.php?p=$post[postid]&t" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script>

[LakeAnna]

I have applied the IE fix and still not working - is this still an open issue? Or a dead hack?

[Raptor]

How about having a like option that links displays who liked the post and also adds to the OP's Karma - but not linking to facebook ?

[BirdOPrey5]

I'm using the code from the first (top) post and it's working fine for me in IE8 (XFBML method)... is that unusual?

[Chance4Today]

Thanks