Show Thread Enhancements - Add New Facebook "Like" button to your threads

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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.

In your Admin CP go to Advertising > New Ad > Choose "Thread" from the dropdown and then select the first thread box. Give it a title (I called mine FB Like) leave "First Post Content" at default and paste in this code:

<!-- Facebook Like -->
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.YOURSITE.com/{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}, {vb:raw pageinfo_post}}#post{vb:raw post.postid}&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:px"></iframe>
<!-- / Facebook Like -->

Be sure to change YOURSITE.com to your URL including your forum.

The VBSEO team has instructions on how to make this work for their product here http://www.vbseo.com/f2/facebook-lik...95/#post265997

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Option 2 (different from above, do not use together) will show at top, see screenshot #3

In Postbit (or legacy) find:

{vb:raw ad_location.thread_first_post_content}

Add this after:

<vb:if condition="(THIS_SCRIPT == showthread) AND ($post[postcount] == '1')"
<!-- Facebook Like -->
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.YOURSITE.com/{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;font=tahoma&amp;colorscheme=light" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:75px"></iframe>
<!-- / Facebook Like -->
</vb:if>

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

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For those who have asked, here is the modification adds both the "Like" button and comments to a users profile https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=239424

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Additional locations to place this code:

For CMS, in vbcms_content_article_page add the code below this:

{vb:raw comment_block}

For pictures, in template album_pictureview add the code below this:

{vb:raw picturecomment_commentarea}

For Blog, in template blog_show_entry add at the very top.

[Michael2]

Is there a way to place this under the thread title at the top of the showthread template (above the first post and below the top reply button). I'd like to have it on every page since it's not convenient to go back to the first post to click "like." When I try it I get a big gap under the FB button/text.

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by Michael2

Is there a way to place this under the thread title at the top of the showthread template (above the first post and below the top reply button). I'd like to have it on every page since it's not convenient to go back to the first post to click "like." When I try it I get a big gap under the FB button/text.

you will get a big gap under it, Thats the code ( the facebook members Avatars show after they click it)in this space

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by Animemike

you will get a big gap under it, Thats the code ( the facebook members Avatars show after they click it)in this space

Right, it's the iframe container. Additionally, that could be a modification to the showthread template instead of the postbit and I'm not sure the URL code will work in that template.

[sose]

I don't have an advertising section...

[hilfe-forum]

We have a Problem with the Facebook-Like Button in our Board. Sometimes the words are in english, sometimes in german. If it is in english and sombody clicks the "Like"-Button, appears "You like ist". If it is in german, appears the complete Name. Is there an facility for doing something, so that there appears only "You"?

[Cadellin]

Any suggestions how to get this to work in the gallery?

[Gargi]

Hi! Maybe a silly question, but how do I exclude special forum ids with a conditional?

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Gargi

[Dashmaster]

Sweet Dude. Works n1

[TimberFloorAu]

Notice tonight we are getting an error.

Example http://www.australiabound.org/forum/...e-been-Cufon-d

Error is:

The page at http://www.australiabound.org/forum/...e-been-Cufon-d could not be reached.



STRIKE THAT;;;;; error seems to be if we have ' in title

[Ocean-Wonders]

seems to be working fine on mine so far, thanks