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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[byalik]

Is it possible to have the social icons show up on article pages here: http://legalhelp.org/content/section...minal-law.html, not just the actual content page?

[nocte]

I have a feature suggestion:

Completely disable Facebook. At the moment the hack does support that just a little bit and does not hide Facebook connect on register.php as well as in the UserCP. Addionally some Facebook JS is loaded..

[DevOne5555]

First of all, awesome mod. It's installed and running flawlessly on 4.1.3.

I apologize if this is off-topic, but I'm a bit confused about the FB Like button.

In order to use FB with vBulletin, you have to create a FB app. But I can only create an app as a developer (i.e. on my FB personal profile). Is there some way to link my FB app to my forum's fan page, instead of my own personal profile? That way, when users click the Like button, they're adding to the count on the fan page, and I don't get notifications on my wall.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by byalik

Is it possible to have the social icons show up on article pages here: http://legalhelp.org/content/section...minal-law.html, not just the actual content page?

I'm sure it's possible but it's not coded to do that. Do you know what template that page is you linked to- I'm not familiar with "section" and .html pages in the CMS.

If you're not sure please go to Options -> General Settings-> Add Template Name in HTML Comments and set to YES. Then I will be able to see in the source code exactly what template(s) you are talking about.

Originally Posted by nocte

I have a feature suggestion:

Completely disable Facebook. At the moment the hack does support that just a little bit and does not hide Facebook connect on register.php as well as in the UserCP. Addionally some Facebook JS is loaded..

Thanks- I missed the register and usercp pages- will fix that soon. As for the disable all facebook code it look like that may be a non-issue in 4.1.5+ now that you can enable the share button without enabling the entire facebook platform.

Originally Posted by DevOne5555

First of all, awesome mod. It's installed and running flawlessly on 4.1.3.

I apologize if this is off-topic, but I'm a bit confused about the FB Like button.

In order to use FB with vBulletin, you have to create a FB app. But I can only create an app as a developer (i.e. on my FB personal profile). Is there some way to link my FB app to my forum's fan page, instead of my own personal profile? That way, when users click the Like button, they're adding to the count on the fan page, and I don't get notifications on my wall.

Thanks. I'm really not sure how to do what you ask or if it's even possible- Facebook really isn't my specialty. Hopefully someone else can chime in.

[CharlieDelta]

Originally Posted by DevOne5555

Is there some way to link my FB app to my forum's fan page, instead of my own personal profile? That way, when users click the Like button, they're adding to the count on the fan page, and I don't get notifications on my wall.

I have mine set up this way. It has been a long time now since I did that but I will have a look and refresh my memory and get back to you.

[DevOne5555]

BOP, can anyone confirm if the Twitter button count is still broken under the latest release? Interesting, but Digital Point's button seems to work.

[etca]

twitter & FB can publish my thread, but twitter counter doesn't work.
G+ also doesn't work on me.

my url : kopimaya.com,
vbulletin v 4.1.5

[Bianconnero]

Installed
Thks
D?mo : http://www.dvbtools.com

[sdavis2702]

Thanks a million for this great add-on. Installed and flawless on 4.1.4 http://iconvo.com

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by DevOne5555

BOP, can anyone confirm if the Twitter button count is still broken under the latest release? Interesting, but Digital Point's button seems to work.

I can't find the logic on when it works and when it doesn't. So far the only times I've seen the count work on 4.x is if you have VBSEO installed. But it doesn't work on every VBSEO site I've seen. I think it has to do with how the URL looks but I haven't nailed it down.

Originally Posted by etca

twitter & FB can publish my thread, but twitter counter doesn't work.
G+ also doesn't work on me.

my url : kopimaya.com,
vbulletin v 4.1.5

Google +1 Worked for me on your site. I +1'ed a page at random:
http://www.kopimaya.com/forum/showth...p?2028-Creamer

And it works. Google +1 won't work on private pages, they must be viewable to the public.

Originally Posted by Bianconnero

Installed
Thks
D?mo : http://www.dvbtools.com

Originally Posted by sdavis2702

Thanks a million for this great add-on. Installed and flawless on 4.1.4 http://iconvo.com

Thanks. :up: