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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[GamerPerfection]

I've entered the app id and the secret but it still doesn't appear on the share items.

[BirdOPrey5]

None of the required meta tags are being generated on your page, this is unrelated to this mod...

https://developers.facebook.com/tool...l-alive-691%2F

It may be your custom style, see if it works with the default style.

[GamerPerfection]

Ok it works with the default style. So there's something with my custom style that is causing a problem with it.

[GamerPerfection]

Ok, quick question. I reverted my headinclude template on my custom style which got the facebook bit working. I then compared my headinclude on my custom style to the default style an the only difference was this....

CUSTOM style had this in the headinclude:

<vb:if condition="$vboptions['enablefacebookconnect']">
	<script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/clientscript/vbulletin_facebook.js?v={vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	<!--
		var FB_APIKEY = "{vb:raw vboptions.facebookapikey}";
		var FB_RECEIVER = "{vb:raw vboptions.facebookreceiverlocation}"
	// -->
	</script>
</vb:if>

When I added it to the default style one the facebook bit didn't work.

I'm not sure where this code came from, was it your Mod that adds this code?

[BirdOPrey5]

No it's not from my mod.

FYI- Mods can't alter the templates saved in the database. When it says an "auto template edit" it is an edit "on the fly" you never see- it happens in code only.

Not sure where that code is from... maybe a very old VB version...

[BirdOPrey5]

New Release

More Share Options The Next Generation (3.0)

(Just a link to the top/first post.)

Please check out all new version- a complete rewrite of the old code!

Note- The Free version of this mod does have LESS built in share buttons then the Free 2.x version, however it allows the share buttons to be used on every page and has numerous other benefits. You should consider upgrading as it does still have the most popular options (Facebook, Twitter, Google +1) as well as "AddThis" which itself has options for every social media site out there.

[ahobilam]

After fresh install in my VB 4.2
I am not getting the Facebook Like and Send buttons

Getting only Tweet, G+ and Addthis?
What to do?
nvs

[BirdOPrey5]

This happens if you don't have the built in Facebook Options setup properly.

In Admin CP -> Settings -> Options -> Facebook Options

You must have the Facebook Platform enabled.

You must have an application id and you should have an application secret too.

[cdoyle]

Hi,
I just installed the new version, but I don't see any buttons now.
I went through the settings and it looks like everything is set right.

I disabled the old version first before loading the new one too.

Any ideas?

[BirdOPrey5]

If the mod is enabled, is the setting "Automatically Show Below Navbar?" enabled?

It is by default but maybe it got accidentally shut off?

At a loss as to how/why there would be nothing,

If you want you can PM me an admin log in and I'll take a look.