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

Please remember to click Mark as Installed if you use this modification.

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.

[Cadellin]

Firstly this is a great mod - my members love it already and I'm expecting to pick a lot of traffic up from it so thank you

Secondly I can't get it working on albums. Using the {vb:raw page_URL} in the href attribute results in the following error from Facebook

You must specify an URL as part of this widget or API.

What should I be using as the href for albums?

[salvador21]

Originally Posted by ericgtr

Okay, just a couple of basics just to double check things. First we want to make sure you are sure the template is for the style you are using (even I overlook this sometimes) what I like to do is just type in "test" or something that will stick out where you would normally put that code and see if it displays.

OK I tried it with "test" and it showed up fine. Then I tried the code and nothing.

Then I tried the code with the vb:if and it works.

<!-- Facebook Like -->
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://MYSITEURLHERE.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 -->

Maybe I missed it before in the CMS because it is positioned at the bottom of the article. I now have the code at the top of the article, after

<div class="article cms_clear restore postcontainer">

[salvador21]

I can now get it to show in a blog by using the code without the "vb:if etc", but when you click on it the link in Facebook is going to a thread in the forum instead.

[BiZiMDiYaR]

Hi,

I tried option 2, but it doesn;t show up... I have VB .3 and also edited the postbit with the code and added it, but still doesn't show up.. What am I doing wrong ?

Thanks.

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by BiZiMDiYaR

Hi,

I tried option 2, but it doesn;t show up... I have VB .3 and also edited the postbit with the code and added it, but still doesn't show up.. What am I doing wrong ?


Thanks.

In Postbit (or legacy)
Which ever you are using you edit

[BiZiMDiYaR]

Originally Posted by Animemike

In Postbit (or legacy)
Which ever you are using you edit

Hi,

I edited the postbit... I only need to edit 1, right ?

Thanks.

[wIrEs]

many unknown location in online.php, IP addresses are from facebook.
using vb4.0.3

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by BiZiMDiYaR

Hi,

I edited the postbit... I only need to edit 1, right ?

Thanks.

you will need to edit which ever one you are using on your forums mate

my forums uses legacy

postbit legacy


postbit

[BiZiMDiYaR]

Originally Posted by Animemike

you will need to edit which ever one you are using on your forums mate

my forums uses legacy

postbit legacy


postbit

Owwwww... so that was the case )))

Thanks very much animemike )) That did it..

[murekhalir]

option one... squishes my text content into a small box. Anyway to make the like button right aligned? and keep the true width of content text.