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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[Bob_R]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

That whole post is out-dated, the only supported version now is the "TNG" version - More Share Options TNG FREE (v 3.2) by BOP5.zip

And Twitter is working fine on all pages I've seen.

The old version had an old way of displaying the Tweet button, Twitter updated the code at some point, the TNG version uses the newer code.

More Share Options TNG FREE (v 3.2) by BOP5.zip - That is the one I'm using.

Twitter works. It just doesn't keep the count correctly for forumhome.

[BirdOPrey5]

Link to site?

[Bob_R]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Link to site?

www.talkclassicrock.com/forums

[Bob_R]

Originally Posted by Bob_R

More Share Options TNG FREE (v 3.2) by BOP5.zip - That is the one I'm using.

Twitter works. It just doesn't keep the count correctly for forumhome.

I have to correct myself on the post above (post # 801).

It does keep the count correctly on the forumhome

It doesn't keep the count correctly anywhere else.

Sorry 'bout that.

[BirdOPrey5]

Bob's issue was related to VBSEO URLs. Unfortunately with his VBSEO URLs the count was working properly, the fix was to remove this code from the more_share_tng template:

data-url="{vb:raw msot.url}"

This code is located in the twitter code in the template. The counts then worked but the side-effect is depending on the URL a person used to visit the thread, the URL tweeted may vary even for the same thread.

[mmackinnon]

I tried to post this on your website but got zero response.

Hey

I have the mod set to send out alot of tweets based on posts etc. Anyway, i have the hashtags option set with the ones i want. However, they never seem to work.

Ive tried this using # before them and without as well as just one tag as opposed to multiple and nothing works.

As a paying customer id like some support.

[Spangle]

Does this work with 4.2 patch 3

I'm looking for a way to post threads to the boards facebook page and twitter account, will this do that for me.

[fxdigi-cash]

Originally Posted by Spangle

Does this work with 4.2 patch 3

I'm looking for a way to post threads to the boards facebook page and twitter account, will this do that for me.

Yes, it works. I installed it few months ago on my vb4.2 pl3. you need to know your vb configuration though....

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by mmackinnon

I tried to post this on your website but got zero response.

Hey

I have the mod set to send out alot of tweets based on posts etc. Anyway, i have the hashtags option set with the ones i want. However, they never seem to work.

Ive tried this using # before them and without as well as just one tag as opposed to multiple and nothing works.

As a paying customer id like some support.

This was resolved on my forum. Please keep requests for support with the paid mod on my forum, I am not supposed to be providing Gold support here. Posting here will not speed up the process- if there is a delay you can PM me on My site (Qaple.com).

Originally Posted by Spangle

Does this work with 4.2 patch 3

I'm looking for a way to post threads to the boards facebook page and twitter account, will this do that for me.

Yes it works but it does not post threads to the board's facebook or twitter accounts, it posts to the user's facebook or twitter account, whoever presses the share button(s).

Twitter does let you auto mention your account in each tweet and ask the use if they wish to follow you after the tweet is complete.

[ROTPAR]

The facebook like button shows now up in english, how can I change it to german?