Show Thread Enhancements - Twitter - Tweet Button in SHOWTHREAD

This mod is now outdated and as a result support for new installs will be limited, if any.

-July 7, 2011-

Please instead use my new mod which offers Twitter and many more share options for VB 4.x without template edits.

WARNING - It appears vBulletin has changed the location of the Facebook Like button in version 4.1.2. As a result it is likely the code changes below will be different in 4.1.2 and beyond, I will not be able to support installs beginning with version 4.1.2 since my license stops at 4.0.8.


Twitter released their new TWEET button.

Live Demo: http://www.juot.net/forums/showthread.php?t=41185
(Note my Live Board is VB 3.8, but I have tested this on 4.0.4 and 4.0.6)
(Update I have for the time being replaced the Tweet button with the Add This share button on my live forum. See the screen shots instead.)

I have tested this in latest versions of IE / Firefox / Chrome / Safari / Opera and it should work in all.

This will show you how to add this simple code to your SHOWTHREAD template above the page navigation bar, if visible.

If you DO NOT use the built-in Facebook Like button do the following:

Go to the Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager
Edit your SHOWTHREAD Template

Find: (The first instance of)

		<vb:if condition="$pagenav">
			{vb:raw pagenav}
		</vb:if>

Above this add:

<vb:if condition="!in_array($GLOBALS[forumid], array(X, Y, Z))">
<div id="mytweetbutton" align="right" style="height:27px;">
<a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-via="YOUR_TWITTER_USERNAME">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
</div>
</vb:if>

Change the X, Y, Z in the first line to the forumid's of any private forums you may have. If a guest can't view a forum there is no reason to link a tweet to it. You can add as many or as few forumid's here as you need, just separate each with a comma.
Valid Examples:
<vb:if condition="!in_array($GLOBALS[forumid], array(2, 5, 9))">
<vb:if condition="!in_array($GLOBALS[forumid], array(7))">
<vb:if condition="!in_array($GLOBALS[forumid], array(2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8))">
If none of your forums are private or you want to enable this in every forum you can remove the lines:

<vb:if condition="!in_array($GLOBALS[forumid], array(X, Y, Z))">
and 
</vb:if>

Replace "YOUR_TWITTER_USERNAME" with your twitter username, it will be referenced in the tweet- but the tweet will not be from YOU, it will be from whoever hits the tweet button.

If you DO USE the built-in Facebook Like button do the following:

Find:

		{vb:raw fblikebutton}

Replace it with:

<div id="fb_likeframe" style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 27px; width: 95px; vertical-align: text-bottom; padding-top:1px;"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-via="YOUR_TWITTER_USERNAME">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>{vb:raw fblikebutton}

Replace "YOUR_TWITTER_USERNAME" with your twitter username, it will be referenced in the tweet- but the tweet will not be from YOU, it will be from whoever hits the tweet button.

The Tweet button will now show up next to the Facebook Like button in anytime the Facebook Like button is displayed in a thread.

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When you hit the Tweet button you will be given a box to type a message if you're logged in. If you're not logged in you will be asked to login or join, all within the pop-up window.

This button code will count the number of tweets people have made using it. For other options including the button with no counter visit: http://twitter.com/goodies/tweetbutton

The screen shots show the Tweet button both with and without the page navigation bar, and with the Facebook Like button.

Please click Install if you use this.

Download the .txt file for a copy of the install instructions. :up:

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Known Issues- a few people have reported a 'slash' is missing in the URL submitted to Twitter on some boards. Other people have said URL's with non-english characters cause a URL error. The solution for both of these issues is in post #143 in this thread.

Also Twitter appears to be having widespread issues with the counter not working. Some sites it works, some it don't, sometimes it stops working, sometimes it starts working for no reason. If you find your count isn't working try the solution in post #147. If that doesn't work than disable your counter completely if you want by changing the word "horizontal" to "none" in the twitter code.

[BirdOPrey5]

I visited the 4.x site in your signature- I see you have the tweet counter disabled (data-count="none") what was the issue you were having with the counter? Sometimes I've seen twitter themselves show the wrong count for a few hours but eventually it gets 'fixed' - I guess Twitter themselves are still working out the bugs.

You also may want to try the option in post number 42 of this thread if you are having issues with the counter.

[oldfan]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

I visited the 4.x site in your signature- I see you have the tweet counter disabled (data-count="none") what was the issue you were having with the counter? Sometimes I've seen twitter themselves show the wrong count for a few hours but eventually it gets 'fixed' - I guess Twitter themselves are still working out the bugs.

You also may want to try the option in post number 42 of this thread if you are having issues with the counter.

i tried #42, once I tweet the post it says (1 tweet) once i surf again and go back to the post it says zero again.

[BirdOPrey5]

OK Try this... replace the existing Twitter code:

<a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-via="YOUR_TWITTER_USERNAME">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>

Replace with:

<a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-via="YOUR_TWITTER_USERNAME" data-url="http://www.example.com/forum/{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}, {vb:raw pageinfo_post}}">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>

Be sure to change YOUR_TWITTER_USERNAME to your twitter username and http://www.example.com/forums/ with the URL of your forums...

This *should* fix all issues with the count disappearing when leaving a page and coming back.

[oldfan]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

OK Try this... replace the existing Twitter code:

<a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-via="YOUR_TWITTER_USERNAME">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>

Replace with:

<a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-via="YOUR_TWITTER_USERNAME" data-url="http://www.example.com/forum/{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}, {vb:raw pageinfo_post}}">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>

Be sure to change YOUR_TWITTER_USERNAME to your twitter username and http://www.example.com/forums/ with the URL of your forums...

This *should* fix all issues with the count disappearing when leaving a page and coming back.

same thing, tweet count disappears
this is the code I used

<div id="fb_likeframe" style="border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 27px; width: 95px; vertical-align: text-bottom; padding-top:1px;"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-via="metallitweets" data-url="http://www.metallifukinca.com/{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}, {vb:raw pageinfo_post}}">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>{vb:raw fblikebutton}
</vb:if>

[BirdOPrey5]

The code looks absolutely right... I would just remove the canonical link element if you're not using it at this point... the URL showing in the canonical link is different than the url showing in the twitter code, which could be the problem.

[oldfan]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

The code looks absolutely right... I would just remove the canonical link element if you're not using it at this point... the URL showing in the canonical link is different than the url showing in the twitter code, which could be the problem.

ga?

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by oldfan

ga?

I don't understand the question.

[oldfan]

Originally Posted by oldfan

ga?

Basically I don't understand what you mean by

I would just remove the canonical link element if you're not using it at this point... the URL showing in the canonical link is different than the url showing in the twitter code, which could be the problem.

[BirdOPrey5]

Ahhh... OK basically I went to this thread on your forum: http://www.metallifukinca.com/showthread.php?14228-test

And then I went to "View Source" in my browser.
Then on line 15 of the source you have this line:

<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.metallifukinca.com/showthread.php?14228-test" />

This is the canonical link element. I assume you added it when you followed the instructions in post 42... since it didn't solve the problem you should probably remove it. I think it would be in your headinclude template.

[oldfan]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Ahhh... OK basically I went to this thread on your forum: http://www.metallifukinca.com/showthread.php?14228-test

And then I went to "View Source" in my browser.
Then on line 15 of the source you have this line:

<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.metallifukinca.com/showthread.php?14228-test" />

This is the canonical link element. I assume you added it when you followed the instructions in post 42... since it didn't solve the problem you should probably remove it. I think it would be in your headinclude template.

I removed the code from the headinclude, once you tweet the thread it goes to 1, once you refresh the 1 disappears again