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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[BirdOPrey5]

Please don't feel you have to buy the gold to fix the issue... First I've never seen dig count not work so I can promise you going gold will not help that.

The twitter upgrade to an iframe you could conceivably do yourself by editing the more_share_options template and removing the old twitter code and replacing it with the iframe code.

[doobiefillin]

any way to get pinterest share to work with this mod?

[BrightStar]

I've just contacted addthis and they responded as follow

I think the problem is that you're writing AddThis to the page using JavaScript rather than using a standard <script> tag. We look for the profile ID in that tag, so we're not picking it up if you put it there. So you'll have to put it into your addthis_config variable. Here's a snippet you can add to your page to do it:

<script type="text/javascript">
if (typeof addthis_config !== "undefined") {
addthis_config.pub = 'ra-xxxxxxxx'
} else {
var addthis_config = {
pub: 'ra-xxxxxxxx'
};
}
</script>

I know it's a free mod but any chance of incorporating what addthis people are suggesting?

Thank You

[Nirjonadda]

Installed GOLD Version working on 4.1.10 without Manual Template Edits !

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by doobiefillin

any way to get pinterest share to work with this mod?

No, Pinterest needs an image or video for it to share.
I do have a separate Pinterest mod: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=281444

EDIT - YES, There is now a Pinterest option for the GOLD version. (Because the Gold version allows new buttons.)

Originally Posted by BrightStar

I've just contacted addthis and they responded as follow



I know it's a free mod but any chance of incorporating what addthis people are suggesting?

Thank You

Thanks for the info, let me look into it.

It's weird because I am using basically the same code on my own site and I get a weekly analytics email update tells me what pages were shared and how many times without having to add anything special.

[BrightStar]

Its all working now BirdOPrey5....thanks for your support

One question is when users click on tweet button on blogs, they message contains full forum name plus title hence becoming too large to tweet....how can I overcome this?

[BirdOPrey5]

That's the first time I've seen that issue- I'm afraid I have no option to shorten the default text- it's coming from the page title not the mod itself. I take it shortening the forum title is out of the question.

You could edit the more_share_option template and find the first instance of this code:

data-url="{vb:raw bophref}"

and right after it, in the same line, add:

data-text="Description..."

Where you replace Description... with a short description that will be the default text for EVERY tweet. Hopefully your users enter some additional info.

[datoneer]

Hello BOP5, i cannot get this to work in posts, cms articles and blogs. I have template modification system. Is there solution for this?

[BirdOPrey5]

First- Disable this mod and check your threads, articles, and blogs... Is the default Facebook Like button showing up? If not then this mod will never work until that issue is resolved.

You may need to enable the Facebook Like button in the Facebook Options in Settings.

You also may need to make sure your forums/threads/blogs are visible to guests. vBUlletin will not show the Facebook button on private forums and therefore this mod will not show up on private forums.

If the facebook like button is showing, enable the mod and post a link to a thread where I can see the facebook button.

[datoneer]

I don't know what is it anymore...Share buttons shows only on forum home, but articles, blogs and posts-nope.
Facebook, twitter and g+1 are enabled, but work only with mentioned above.
It is visible to guests.I've tried manual template edit, still nothing.
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