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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[charlesr]

Nice one. I'll give this a shot on my test server.

[BirdOPrey5]

Updated to version 3.1.1. No real new feature but I updated the option in Admin CP when selecting styles to disable to a checkbox list instead of having to manually enter styleids.

[Syxguns]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Updated to version 3.1.1. No real new feature but I updated the option in Admin CP when selecting styles to disable to a checkbox list instead of having to manually enter styleids.

Okay, well I'm having a little problem with it not showing once I log in to the forum. I wanted to see it in action so I registered on your forum. I asked about that problem there. I'll go ahead and install the updated version. I doubt it will solve the issue though!!:erm:

[BirdOPrey5]

DO you have a customs style? Please give a link to your forum.

You can try it on the default style by doing the following:

To get the default style go to Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Add New Style and create a new style with no parent style. This will be the default style.

Then go to Admin CP -> Settings -> Options -> Style & Language Settings and give permission for users to change styles (if it was disabled) so you can change to the default style to test it.

[BaanFarsang]

Hi., Are your MOD supported for https: site?

I have been found that your MOD cause warning on site with https installed

[Syxguns]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

DO you have a customs style? Please give a link to your forum.

You can try it on the default style by doing the following:

To get the default style go to Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Add New Style and create a new style with no parent style. This will be the default style.

Then go to Admin CP -> Settings -> Options -> Style & Language Settings and give permission for users to change styles (if it was disabled) so you can change to the default style to test it.

My style is a style that I created based off the default style, but it has no parent style. I created the style the same way you mentioned above. I will try the Style & Language settings real quick. That may be what the problem is. In the meantime my site is http://www.place4musicians.com I'll post back shortly, because I have other styles that I might need to do the same thing to. Let me know if you need AdminCP access. I will PM you with the details.

Edit: I tested it. For some reason my default style doesn't look correct on header and footer, but I think that is because of some code changes that I made to disable it. However, I have the same issue where the mod does not show up once I'm logged in. I'll send you a PM to look at the site for me.

Thanks!

Edit 2: Very strange. I logged in as the user I sent you credentials for and the mod was working. For some reason I'm not able to view it as the owner of the Forum. I might have a setting set wrong in the AdminCP. I'm going to create a new user and see if they can view it.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by BaanFarsang

Hi., Are your MOD supported for https: site?

I have been found that your MOD cause warning on site with https installed

The next version should fix this.

Originally Posted by Syxguns

My style is a style that I created based off the default style, but it has no parent style. I created the style the same way you mentioned above. I will try the Style & Language settings real quick. That may be what the problem is. In the meantime my site is http://www.place4musicians.com I'll post back shortly, because I have other styles that I might need to do the same thing to. Let me know if you need AdminCP access. I will PM you with the details.

Edit: I tested it. For some reason my default style doesn't look correct on header and footer, but I think that is because of some code changes that I made to disable it. However, I have the same issue where the mod does not show up once I'm logged in. I'll send you a PM to look at the site for me.

Thanks!

Edit 2: Very strange. I logged in as the user I sent you credentials for and the mod was working. For some reason I'm not able to view it as the owner of the Forum. I might have a setting set wrong in the AdminCP. I'm going to create a new user and see if they can view it.

As a gust it is displaying fine as well.

[Syxguns]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

As a gust it is displaying fine as well.

Yes, I figured this part out. I have around 22 different ranks, which means in turn 22 different usergroups, even though only 1/2 of those are used. Let me give you an example:

My Usergroup is Admin. That is my primary usergroup.

Secondary Usergroups are: Musician, Guitar, and Vocals.

What I learned was that if I turned off permissions for secondary Usergroups, it would effect the primary Usergroup in the Mod. Maybe this could be fixed?

However, I still have one small problem. My Facebook Connect does not show when the mod is enabled, but if I disable it then it shows! I'm not sure about this, I'll double check my settings.

[BirdOPrey5]

Yes I am realizing that if I give permissions to "disable" by usergroup I shouldn't factor in secondary groups.

I'm going to re-write the permissions to ENABLE by usergroup and will have the regular groups (registered users, mods, super-mods, admins) enabled by default but easily changed.

I have another big fix in the works for custom pages as well, I will bundle them both in the next update coming shortly (later today hopefully.)

I will take a look on your site about the Facebook connect- I confirm it works fine on my site with the mod enabled.

[BirdOPrey5]

Updated to version 3.2.

If upgrading from below 3.2 you will have to redo the Usergroup permissions in the mod settings. I have changed it from disabling it for selected groups to enabling it for selected groups. (By default it is active for all standard usergroups except banned users (groups 1 - 7)).

Added a new plugin that will give better results when sharing custom pages via Facebook. This plugin requires a hook that was introduced in VB 4.1.10. If you are running an older version there us a new text file in the mod zip that tells you how to make 1 easy file edit if you want.