End-User Options - Submit to Twitter, Facebook and Digg

I have been adding these as I go and decided to share, I am sure there are other versions out there but this is how I do it. See screenshot for example of where it goes and how it looks. Keeping up with the latest in social networking keeps traffic flowing to your site.

This can all be added at once or you may add only the one's you want. Additionally, this will probably work in any version of vB.

In the SHOWTHREAD template find:

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

Paste this ABOVE:

<!-- Facebook Share -->
<if condition="in_array($forum['forumid'], array(1,2))">
<else />
<td class="vbmenu_control" id="facebook" nowrap="nowrap">
<script>function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;}</script><style> html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?8:26981) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?8:26981) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } </style> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=<url>" class="fb_share_button" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Share</a>
</td>
</if>
<!-- / Facebook Share -->
<!-- Twitter Share -->
<if condition="in_array($forum['forumid'], array(1,2))">
<else />
<td class="vbmenu_control" id="twitter" nowrap="nowrap">
<script type="text/javascript">
var twtTitle  = document.title;
var twtUrl    = location.href;
var maxLength = 140 - (twtUrl.length + 1);
if (twtTitle.length > maxLength) {
twtTitle = twtTitle.substr(0, (maxLength - 3))+'...';
}
var twtLink = 'http://twitter.com/home?status='+encodeURIComponent(twtTitle + ' ' + twtUrl);
document.write('<a href="'+twtLink+'" target="_blank"'+'><img src="images/tweet.png"  border="0" alt="Tweet This!" /'+'><'+'/a>');
</script>
</div>
</if>
<!-- / Twitter Share -->
<!-- Digg Share -->
<if condition="in_array($forum['forumid'], array(1,2))">
<else />
<td class="vbmenu_control" id="digg" nowrap="nowrap">
<script type="text/javascript">
digg_url = 'http://www.YOURSITE.com/showthread.php?t=$thread[threadid]';
digg_title = "$threadinfo[title]";
<!-- Change color below to match your forum -->
digg_bgcolor = '#FFFFFF';
digg_skin = 'compact';
digg_window = 'new';
</script>
<script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</td>
</if>
<!-- / Digg Share -->

Note the bolded statements above, these are where you must make changes:

enter the forum id's of the forums where you do not want it to show
<if condition="in_array($forum['forumid'], array(1,2))">

You will also see that in the digg section there is an option to change the background color and you will need to add your site URL.

The tweet image is attached, upload to your forum and change the path in the "Twitter Share" section.

Update: This has also been updated to vB4 Beta 3 here https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228610

[MotMann]

Whar i must do, that the Post on Facebook will be shorten and a Link goes to my Board?

Now, the complete Thread will be displayed on Facebook.. thats not good f?r google and co.

Need help

[cbiweb]

Very nice mod. I have one question though, coming from a user:

When I click "Tweet This" to tweet a thread it tweets a link to the last post in the thread. Is there any way to change this, so that it tweets the link to the first post in the thread?

Also is there a way to customize the buttons further? I know they work off scripts that are on the servers of each site, but are there any other options?

Thanks.

[Joseph Witchard]

Does this work for VB 3.8.5?

[cbiweb]

A user in one of my forums has the following request regarding the Tweet This button:

I think it would be good if you add URL shortener, because when someone tweets about the thread by clicking the buttons, then most of the part of the tweet is taken by the long URLs.

Is it possible to implement this?

Is it possible for the coder of this mod to reply to our posts?

[rsuplido]

Thanks for this! Any way to add Google Buzz?

[cbiweb]

Originally Posted by cbiweb

A user in one of my forums has the following request regarding the Tweet This button:

Is it possible to implement this?

Is it possible for the coder of this mod to reply to our posts?

Still waiting for an answer.

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by cbiweb

Still waiting for an answer.

When you tweet, it automatically shortens the URL. It may not be outwardly obvious but after submission it defaults to their tinyurl (or whatever it is they use).

[cbiweb]

Thanks for the reply, eric. That's good that it does that after submissions, but if the user wants to add to the default tweet, the long URL takes away from the character limit. Is there a way around this, or possible to modify this mod to help with that issue?

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by cbiweb

Thanks for the reply, eric. That's good that it does that after submissions, but if the user wants to add to the default tweet, the long URL takes away from the character limit. Is there a way around this, or possible to modify this mod to help with that issue?

Ahh.. I see what you mean, talk about robbery! Since this is a basic template mod it's not possible, however a user can always go to http://tinyurl.com/ put in their long URL and let it shrink it down for them before they post, that would probably do the trick.

[demonfatal]

This will be usefull for the coder:

For shorten the URL:::

$tinylink=file_get_contents('http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=http://'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'].'');

<?php
$tinylink=file_get_contents('http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=http://'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'].'');
echo '<a href="http://twitter.com/home?status='.$tinylink.'>Tweet This!</a>';
?>

Please check the original link: (In french)
http://blog.infowebmaster.fr/wordpre...-blog-666.html

With this we will be able to share the full link...