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

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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.

[TimberFloorAu]

Originally Posted by AURFSCAN

confusing..the display and hide are both the same?


how do you combine these conditions?

show in forum

<vb:if condition="in_array($forum['forumid'],array(2,3,8,9,13))">

with

<vb:if condition="(THIS_SCRIPT == showthread) AND ($post[postcount] == '1')">

thx

Quite easily.

<vb:if condition="in_array($forum['forumid'],array(2,3,8,9,13))">
<vb:if condition="(THIS_SCRIPT == showthread) AND ($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></vb:if>

[Bellinis]

One thing I don't understand yet: will this button also show up for users not using facebook/facebook connect?
For people not using FB, this like-button has no use, has it?

[Ranger375]

Is there a way to use option 2, but have it so that it doesnt show the names of the people who like the post?

[worried]

Originally Posted by TimberFloorAu

Quite easily.

<vb:if condition="in_array($forum['forumid'],array(2,3,8,9,13))">
<vb:if condition="(THIS_SCRIPT == showthread) AND ($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></vb:if>

TimberFloorAu, could you do me a favor and test your script on your forum. It's not working for me.

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by Bellinis

One thing I don't understand yet: will this button also show up for users not using facebook/facebook connect?
For people not using FB, this like-button has no use, has it?

Correct, but with 400 million people using FB most who visit forums will probably already have it.

[Lizard King]

vBSEO owners can use the following fix http://www.vbseo.com/f2/facebook-lik...95/#post265997 to get this mode compatible with vBSEO

[War.Frog]

I'm not really concerned with the private forums - when I create a Like link in one of those, it just says I like my domain (XXX likes www.domain.com). Not an overly bad thing IMO!

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by Lizard King

vBSEO owners can use the following fix http://www.vbseo.com/f2/facebook-lik...95/#post265997 to get this mode compatible with vBSEO

Thanks! Updated the first post with this.

[dirtycrow]

OK, so i don't have VBseo installed, i've tried with both "basic Friendly URLs" and "advanced Friendly URLs" in my Server Settings and Optimization Options panel in the admin cp and on my facebook wall it displayed "likes (the forum name)" as opposed to "like (thread title) on (forum name).

is this how its supposed to work? it there something i'm missing to get the title of the thread to display? please advise.

[dirtycrow]

i run a private forum, is that why my thread title are not being shown? my forum is set up so you have to have an account before you see any content.