Show Thread Enhancements - Add New Facebook "Like" button to your threads

Please remember to click Mark as Installed if you use this modification.

Facebook has just launched their latest "Like" button to developers to use on any site. What this does is utilizes the Advertising module to add the "Like" button to the first post of each thread. Please see screenshots to get an idea.

In your Admin CP go to Advertising > New Ad > Choose "Thread" from the dropdown and then select the first thread box. Give it a title (I called mine FB Like) leave "First Post Content" at default and paste in this code:

<!-- Facebook Like -->
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.YOURSITE.com/{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}, {vb:raw pageinfo_post}}#post{vb:raw post.postid}&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:px"></iframe>
<!-- / Facebook Like -->

Be sure to change YOURSITE.com to your URL including your forum.

The VBSEO team has instructions on how to make this work for their product here http://www.vbseo.com/f2/facebook-lik...95/#post265997

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Option 2 (different from above, do not use together) will show at top, see screenshot #3

In Postbit (or legacy) find:

{vb:raw ad_location.thread_first_post_content}

Add this after:

<vb:if condition="(THIS_SCRIPT == showthread) AND ($post[postcount] == '1')"
<!-- Facebook Like -->
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.YOURSITE.com/{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;font=tahoma&amp;colorscheme=light" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:75px"></iframe>
<!-- / Facebook Like -->
</vb:if>

For additional information on this button and different parameters please visit http://developers.facebook.com/docs/...e/plugins/like

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For those who have asked, here is the modification adds both the "Like" button and comments to a users profile https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=239424

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Additional locations to place this code:

For CMS, in vbcms_content_article_page add the code below this:

{vb:raw comment_block}

For pictures, in template album_pictureview add the code below this:

{vb:raw picturecomment_commentarea}

For Blog, in template blog_show_entry add at the very top.

[speedimpulse]

installed and working great

[HobbesGTS]

I added this code to the calendar_showeventsbit template, so now people can 'Like' events. I also have vbEventsForum installed, so not sure if it would be different for someone who didn't have it installed.

<vb:if condition="(THIS_SCRIPT == showthread)"
<!-- Facebook Like -->
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.mysite.com/forum/{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;font=tahoma&amp;colorscheme=light" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:30px"></iframe>
<!-- / Facebook Like -->
</vb:if>

[hcmagix]

Originally Posted by hilfe-forum

We have a Problem with the Facebook-Like Button in our Board. Sometimes the words are in english, sometimes in german. If it is in english and sombody clicks the "Like"-Button, appears "You like ist". If it is in german, appears the complete Name. Is there an facility for doing something, so that there appears only "You"?

dann setze statt facebook.com bitte facebook.de ein dann ist alles in deutsch :-)

Schreib mir bitte ob es bei Dir klappt, ich bekomme die Thread URL leider nicht nach Facebook

[TeknoSounds]

Recommendation:
Where you have in the Like link www.YOURSITE.com you should replace that with {vb:raw $vboptions[bburl]}

Fantastic mod Works great, tho I'm trying to figure out how to get it to post to the stream. Plus it doesn't say "likes this thread at mywebsite.com" it just says "likes this thread" and links to it.
I'm using the postbit option for install.

[hcmagix]

it works for me, thanks TeknoSounds

[TeknoSounds]

much welcome hcmagix

[MichaelDance]

Thanks mate love this

[Gargi]

The past two days I get the message "error" besides the URL to click. Anobody else got this Problem?

[hcmagix]

Yes, same here

[Gargi]

Seems to work again for now