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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[Pvtiste]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

As I noted at the top of this thread I had to pull version 2.0, I will release it as soon as possible as soon as I finish fixing an incompatibility with Firefox. The Send button wasn't part of version 1.05 which you downloaded. Check back soon- in a day or two for the update.

oh sorry man I didn't read that
5 stars

[hugh_]

Nice mod, thanks. Have you considered adding StumbleUpon (massive referrals)? Also more locations to add the buttons to such as albums, pictures, calendar, calendar posts, member profiles would be great...

[victorvu]

Hi BirdOPrey5:

Thank you for the mod. I installed it using version 1.05, but I installed the other version before that. Now I wanted to remove the buttons that are in the thread area. I need your help here. What code must I remove?

Thanks.

Victor

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by hugh_

Nice mod, thanks. Have you considered adding StumbleUpon (massive referrals)? Also more locations to add the buttons to such as albums, pictures, calendar, calendar posts, member profiles would be great...

Will definitely be considered for future versions.

Originally Posted by victorvu

Hi BirdOPrey5:

Thank you for the mod. I installed it using version 1.05, but I installed the other version before that. Now I wanted to remove the buttons that are in the thread area. I need your help here. What code must I remove?

Thanks.

Victor

I don't understand the question- if you installed 1.05 and chose "allow overwrite" to be yes it would remove all the old code before installing.

Worst case just uninstall the product through your admin cp and then re-install. There were no manual code edits as part of this mod- unless you mean the option one I posted in the 2nd post in which case just undo that change.

[NokStar]

Can you please make this for 3.8.x? or atleast some template edits for now, proper addition of +1 Button? Facebook like will be added advantage.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by NokStar

Can you please make this for 3.8.x? or atleast some template edits for now, proper addition of +1 Button? Facebook like will be added advantage.

I do plan to release something for 3.8 as soon as I get version 2.0 stable.

If you want to make manual template edits the codes for each button can be fond on these pages:

http://developers.facebook.com/docs/.../plugins/like/
http://twitter.com/about/resources/tweetbutton
http://about.digg.com/downloads/button/smart
http://www.google.com/+1/button/
http://www.addthis.com

[NokStar]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

I do plan to release something for 3.8 as soon as I get version 2.0 stable.

If you want to make manual template edits the codes for each button can be fond on these pages:

http://developers.facebook.com/docs/.../plugins/like/
http://twitter.com/about/resources/tweetbutton
http://about.digg.com/downloads/button/smart
http://www.google.com/+1/button/
http://www.addthis.com

Thanks but how to give the page/thread URL to the button?
If we add that default code to the vb 3.8.x template, will it take all the pages as one or will detect as separate pages and will index correctly?

[BirdOPrey5]

Be default these buttons will take the current URL automatically. It will work if yo keep the URLs blank. It's just better to include a full URL for consistency.

[Alecsmith]

Installed look good

Thanks

[wampforum]

Ok I have a problem. I disabled this yesterday to try and fi the VB facebook issues now I have gone and enabled it again but its not showing - checked all settings different styles and deleted my broswer cache - still nothing!

will version 2 be faster loading? this version slows my page load down.

Great mod though! If only I could get the built in FB like to work properly!!