Miscellaneous Hacks - vBsociable

What is this!?
This modification is a continuation of my vBdigger hack. This hack displays buttons in a new thread tools menu "Submit Tools" that will allow your users to submit a thread to many of the popular social sites such as digg, del.icio.us, reddit, etc.

Current Version
1.0.2

Current Features:
Can submit to the following sites:

• del.icio.us
• Digg
• Facebook
• feedmelinks
• Furl
• Ma.gnolia
• NewsVine
• Netscape
• Reddit
• Slashdot
• SphereIt
• Spurl
• StumbleUpon
• Technorati
• YahooMyWeb

It allows to disable this menu for certain forums, turn it on/off, open the links in a new window or not.

Features flagged for future version(s):

• Allow to remove sites from the listing, via ACP
• Add: google, askjeeves, earthlink, simpy, bluedot.us and indianpad
• Anything else that you all suggest.

Will this work on x.x.x ??
Unless otherwise stated, this will work on all 3.6 versions.

Sounds cool. How do I install?

1. Upload the images found in images/buttons/ to your images/buttons/ folder.
2. Import the product, product-vBsociable.xml
3. Make the following template edits:
   SHOWTHREAD
   
   Find:
   

   	<td class="vbmenu_control" id="threadtools" nowrap="nowrap">
   		<a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_threadtools"<if condition="is_browser('ie')"> accesskey="3"</if>>$vbphrase[thread_tools]</a>
   		<if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("threadtools"); </script></if>
   	</td>

   Add before:
   

   	<if condition="$show['vBsociable']">
   	<td class="vbmenu_control" id="vBsociable" nowrap="nowrap">
   		<a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_vBsociable">$vbphrase[vBsociable]</a>
   		<if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("vBsociable"); </script></if>
   	</td>
   	</if>

   Find:
   

   <!-- thread tools menu -->

   Add before:
   

   <if condition="$show['vBsociable']">
   <!-- vBsociable menu -->
   <div class="vbmenu_popup" id="vBsociable_menu" style="display:none">
   	<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
   	<tr>
   		<td class="thead">$vbphrase[vBsociable]<a name="goto_vBsociable"></a></td>
   	</tr>
   	<tr>
   		<td class="vbmenu_option">$vbphrase[vBsociable_submit]</td>
   	</tr>
   	$vBsociablebits
   	</table>
   </div>
   <!-- / vBsociable menu -->
   </if>

4. Set options in AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Tread Display Options (showthread)

UPGRADING
1.0.1 to 1.0.2
- Upload images/buttons/facebook.png to your images/buttons directory - OR - download the attached facebook image and upload it; then..
- Re-import the product file (which is attached), product-vBsociable.xml - with "Allow overwrite" set to "yes"

1.0.0 to 1.0.1
- Just re-import the product file (which is attached), product-vBsociable.xml - with "Allow overwrite" set to "yes"


That's it! Enjoy!

Changelog
1.0.2 - June 20, 2007
- Added Facebook.

1.0.1 - June 11, 2007
- Fixed the URL for Stumbleupon.

1.0.0 - June 11, 2007
- Initial release.

If you use this modification, please mark as >> INSTALLED <<, TY!

[Eric]

Originally Posted by chuchukuttie

Could you add Facebook.com too?

I'll check into that as well

[projectego]

Very, very nice! Me likey...

[QsKGlobal.com]

Originally Posted by projectego

Very, very nice! Me likey...

That goes double for me. Installed

[iogames]

I have vBSEO installed does it works together? since vBSEO includes some of the function that your hack does...

[Eric]

Originally Posted by iogames

I have vBSEO installed does it works together? since vBSEO includes some of the function that your hack does...

I don't have vBSEO, so I did not code this with vBSEO in mind.. - so the url's that are submitted won't use the 'pretty' ur'ls vBSEO produces.

As far as them working together... again, I don't have vBSEO - so I can't say for sure.

[obmob]

Good idea, thanks!

[theFAILURE]

I get an error with stumbleupon, but not others:

The requested URL /url/http://thescambaiter.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10594 was not found on this server.

[rjmjr69]

Thanks this is awesome this will clean up my forum some. I have all these buttons within the thread itself.

I get this error trying to submit to Stumble

The requested URL /url/http://www.isosdcftp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235 was not found on this server.

Here is what I have for Stumble and Facebook

<!-- Stumble -->
<a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?t=$threadid" target="_blank"><img class="inlineimg"

src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/stumble.png" alt="Stumble It" border="0" hspace="3" vspace="0" align="left" /></a>

<!-- Facebook -->
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?t=$post[threadid]" target="_blank"><img class="inlineimg"

src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/facebook.gif" alt="Submit to Facebook" border="0" hspace="3" vspace="0" align="left" /></a>

Thats the code I have for placing buttons in the thread.... Might be helpful

[Eric]

Updated to 1.0.1 to fix the StubmleUpon issue. Thanks for reporting it

[rjmjr69]

Awesome thanks for the speedy fix. Would be nice if you just post the new .xml outside of the Zip so upgraders do not have to download the whole package again.... Just one of those little nice things to do.....lol

Awesome hack