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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[pokesph]

well I hope you do locate a blog lic and can get that incorporated. In the mean time, we'll settle for threads based plugin for now.

[tidus78]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

That's something Facebook is doing... I believe you can force Facebook to use an image of your choosing by creating a facebook appid (if you haven't already) and uploading an image for your new app to facebook. (That's what I did when VB4 first come out and it still seems to work.)

I don't understand where modify the image...I have an appid that I use for my facebook fan page but thraeds liked appear in my friend's profiles

[BirdOPrey5]

If yo go to this page you should see your app:
https://developers.facebook.com/apps

Then in the app settings add an image.

[tidus78]

I can modify only icon-logo of the fanpage...

[BirdOPrey5]

Honestly I never used it with a fanpage so I don't know what may or may not be possible with one.

Another option is to add the following lines to your headinclde template:

<meta property="og:site_name" content="{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}"/>  
<meta property="og:image" content="http://www.yourdomain.com/images/facebook_image.png"/>
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />

You would replace the URL to the image with a URL to an image file you created that you want to be used. Something roughly square or rectangular, between 100x100 and 300x300 pixels, facebook will auto resize it.

Also once you do this give it some time, facebook caches your image so it may take a while for this to show up/change.

But again I've never tried it off a fan page.

[tidus78]

ooookkkkkkk now it works perfectly (on my appid fanpage also)

Thanks,great job

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by tidus78

ooookkkkkkk now it works perfectly (on my appid fanpage also)

Thanks,great job

Awesome. :up:

[KrU$ty]

I got it working on forum home, but none of the buttons show up in a thread. using vb 4.1.5 and have tried it in firefox and ie. link

[byalik]

I am not sure if this problem existed previously (I don't think it did), but after upgrading, the linkedin button always shares the home page, not the actual page I am on.

E.g. - http://legalhelp.org/content/297-pow...-overview.html - I tried to share that on linkedin but its only coming up as the home page

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by KrU$ty

I got it working on forum home, but none of the buttons show up in a thread. using vb 4.1.5 and have tried it in firefox and ie. link

Your link is not working for me- page is timing out. Will try again in the morning.