Show Thread Enhancements - Addthis / Sharethis Bookmark Integration

Loved the addition of bookmarks in vbulletin but hated the way they were placed at the bottom of the thread, each time I read a thread I immediately found myself scrolling to the top again. I tried moving the bookmarks to the top but didn't like the way they looked.

I came across http://www.addthis.com which allows you to add a handy piece of code to your website that allows you to bookmark a thread to any of the large bookmark sites, 34 different site's in total with out any mess or cluttering up the postbit area with tons of images. Plus addthis.com track all clicks and pages that have been submitted from your site. sharethis.com is a site that works exactly the same way.

AddThis and Sharethis is already on hundreds of thousands of websites including TIME Magazine, Oracle, TechCrunch, Freewebs, Entertainment Weekly, Topix, Lonely Planet, MySpace, PGA Tour, Tower Records, Squidoo, Zappos, FOX, ABC, CBS just to name a few and could be on your vbulletin forum within minutes!!

Demo click here then a thread to view demo


Quick and easy installation:
register an account at http://www.addthis.com and log in, once logged in click Get your button code! and scroll down to and choose from a number of different buttons and get your code.

in SHOWTHREAD
find:

<td class="vbmenu_control" id="threadtools" nowrap="nowrap">

above add:

<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<td class="vbmenu_control" id="addthis" nowrap="nowrap">
ADD THE ADDTHIS or SHARETHIS CODE HERE
</td>
<!-- AddThis Button END -->

done!

Make this the simplest MOTM Ever

[Quads]

installed.
works like a charm
:forum users applaud:

[Erica1977]

Thanks for this Tool awesome Work.

[Pragathi]

thanks this is very helpful.

[Ramsesx]

Sadly I got it shown vertical (see attachement)

This is my code:

PHP Code:

<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<td class="vbmenu_control" id="addthis" nowrap="nowrap">
<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style">
<a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a>
<a class="addthis_button_email"></a>
<a class="addthis_button_favorites"></a>
<a class="addthis_button_print"></a>
<span class="addthis_separator">|</span>
<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;username=***" class="addthis_button_expanded">More</a>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=*****"></script>
<!-- AddThis Button END -->
</td>
<!-- AddThis Button END --> 


Thanks for help
Edit: ok with the default button code this works fine.

[rapsearch]

^Same for me

maby you can have a look at the 'toolbox beta' from addthis code to work?

[TheKdd]

Any way to exclude certain forums from showing the buttons? Like the staff area perhaps?

[mgcom]

Originally Posted by thunderclap82

Any plans for a vB4 version?

what he said :up:

[SBlueman]

Originally Posted by rapsearch

^Same for me

maby you can have a look at the 'toolbox beta' from addthis code to work?

Just wrap the code with a if template conditional and exclude whichever forums you want.

[Azucar]

I got it to work on vBulletin 4, on the SHOWTHREAD template find:

<li class="popupmenu" id="threadtools">

Add before:

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread'">
<div style="float: right; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;">
<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style ">
<a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a>
<a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a>
<a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=YOUR ADDTHIS USERNAME"></script>
<!-- AddThis Button END -->
</div>
</vb:if>

I'm using the latest AddThis code, on my forum to align the buttons with the rest of the thread tools links, I had to modify the style to this:

<div style="float: left; padding: 9px 0px 0px 0px;">

You play with it until it fits your skin.

This worked for me and it doesn't mean it will for you, you should back up your SHOWTHREAD template before making any changes.

[hyperviperx99]

how do I add it to the top of every article?