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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[dougdirac]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

I only disable on these scripts:

private
usercp
profile

Here's the ones I've found so far:

private
usercp
profile
faq
search
searchsubscribed
group
showgroups
subscription
online
calendar
memberlist
member
report
inlinemod

[dougdirac]

Originally Posted by Superorb

I've downloaded the plugin but haven't installed it yet, I was just curious how it worked. I am trying to figure out a place to stick it on the site. I was thinking right under the search bar in the white row underneath. What do you think?

www.snowdaycolorado.com

I think you'll have to edit the Navbar template for that.

I'd like the extra buttons to appear along side the default vB 4.2 Facebook Like location. But I think that's too difficult if you also want it to appear on a bunch of other pages besides threads and blogs.

[Superorb]

Originally Posted by dougdirac

I think you'll have to edit the Navbar template for that.

I'd like the extra buttons to appear along side the default vB 4.2 Facebook Like location. But I think that's too difficult if you also want it to appear on a bunch of other pages besides threads and blogs.

It was easy actually, I just had to remove the default styling and add my own and it fits nicely. Still playing with it on the test site though.

[Superorb]

What's the difference as far as how the numbers are displayed for the different FB button options? For example, does the "Like" button with count only display likes from clicking that button on my forum, or does it count likes from clicking the button AND likes from people on Facebook.com?

[Syxguns]

Originally Posted by Superorb

What's the difference as far as how the numbers are displayed for the different FB button options? For example, does the "Like" button with count only display likes from clicking that button on my forum, or does it count likes from clicking the button AND likes from people on Facebook.com?

The second one. You can only like something one time, so you want your users to like it as well. This will help your forum get more exposure from you users friends.

[Superorb]

Originally Posted by Syxguns

The second one. You can only like something one time, so you want your users to like it as well. This will help your forum get more exposure from you users friends.

Awesome, I was hoping it would count likes from hitting the button on my forum AND people liking the forum's page on FB proper. Do I need to setup some kind of API with FB to make sure it shows counts from both places?

Edit: Looks like it will count them on different browsers without the FB Connect enabled. On the subject, is there a benefit to enabling the FB connect?

[Syxguns]

Originally Posted by Superorb

Awesome, I was hoping it would count likes from hitting the button on my forum AND people liking the forum's page on FB proper. Do I need to setup some kind of API with FB to make sure it shows counts from both places?

No, if they are going to use any of the options it will ask them to sign in at FB, Twitter, etc. If they don't have an account they have the option to create one.

[Superorb]

Originally Posted by Syxguns

No, if they are going to use any of the options it will ask them to sign in at FB, Twitter, etc. If they don't have an account they have the option to create one.

So what's the point of using all the built in FB stuff?

[Syxguns]

Originally Posted by Superorb

So what's the point of using all the built in FB stuff?

You have to look at it a couple of ways. First if they did not use FB connect, then FB doesn't know who is selecting the recommend so a small window opens one time. After they are signed in Vb and FB knows who the user is. They have to want to select that they like it.

A good thing to do is at the top of your sig place a comment like, "If you liked this post please recommend us to FB or Twitter!" You use this kind of mod to help draw attention to your forum. It doesn't mean all users will use it.

[Superorb]

Ok. This text here worries me. I have the FB platform disabled in Vb.

For best sharing results the Facebook Platform must be enabled and you must have a Facebook App ID entered in your Facebook Settings:

Admin CP -> Settings -> Options -> Facebook Options

If you do not have the above settings enabled/filled in then the open graph data Facebook needs will not be provided by vBulletin. Facebook will still try to gather the required information from your page so the share should still work but it is not ideal.