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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Please "Mark as Installed" if you use this.
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[singh9211]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

I was just able to Like and Google +1 this thread which I picked at random just fine:
http://www.geekworld.co.in/showthread.php?2103-apps-gt

Make sure you are testing it with a thread in a public accessible (guest accessible) forum. They might not work in hidden/secret forums.

Twitter is working fine too.

What browser are you using?

I am unliking the page now so it won't show but the +1 will.

Ya u r correct its working, the problem comes only in firefox browser, while it working fine in google chrome.

So want you to please check it under the firefox browser.

[BirdOPrey5]

I just "Liked" and Google +1 this page: http://www.geekworld.co.in/showthread.php?277-books

Using Firefox 3.6.17 without any problem.

Maybe you are running NoScript on Firefox? That would block any of these from working since they are all javascript based.

Also, what version of vBulletin are you running?

[sweetpotato]

Love this nice mod, thanks!

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by sweetpotato

I have this error when try to install it

Please try downloading it again. If the error persists try downloading with a different web browser.

I just downloaded it myself and it imported fine.

The error you got is usually the result of a corrupt download.

EDIT- I guess you got it working.

[zelnik]

The twitter button doesn't work with VBSEO install as it tries to post the nonvbseo url to twitter.

Oddly it works on your previous twitter button integration just fine.

The twitter button also has all your custom @JUOTnet stuff in it also.

[sweetpotato]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Please try downloading it again. If the error persists try downloading with a different web browser.

I just downloaded it myself and it imported fine.

The error you got is usually the result of a corrupt download.

EDIT- I guess you got it working.

Yes, Thank you! The error showed because I took instruction text file to install . Now it works like a charm and I love it.

[lodos0677]

No working vb4 suite

[sweetpotato]

Originally Posted by lodos0677

No working vb4 suite

It works for me Vb4.1.4 suite

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by zelnik

The twitter button doesn't work with VBSEO install as it tries to post the nonvbseo url to twitter.

Oddly it works on your previous twitter button integration just fine.

The twitter button also has all your custom @JUOTnet stuff in it also.

Oh jeeze! Whoops... Will FIX ASAP.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by zelnik

The twitter button doesn't work with VBSEO install as it tries to post the nonvbseo url to twitter.

Oddly it works on your previous twitter button integration just fine.

The twitter button also has all your custom @JUOTnet stuff in it also.

Uploaded new version 1.02 to fix the twitter username issue- sorry.

I don't understand why with VBSEO the original (vBulletin created) URL won't work at the same time as the VBSEO generated URL. That seems like something basic that should be part of VBSEO.

Honestly I don't have VBSEO so I have no way of test this with it. I have however explicitly set the URL for every share option, not just twitter- so if twitter isn't working with VBSEO my guess is none of them will work with VBSEO.

If you're willing to experiment edit the plugin and find and remove all instances of:

'.$href.'

There's a lot of them. That should cause Twitter and all other share options to use the current URL in the web browser as the link to the thread- this will work but it's not ideal since people may visit the same thread via numerous URLs- but the shares should work with VBSEO in this setup- counts might not be true though.

Originally Posted by lodos0677

No working vb4 suite

You need to give me some information if you expect help. Some of the basics would be:

What isn't working exactly? Is there an error message? Did it import OK? What version of vBulletin are you using? What browser are you using?

There's not much I can do with "no working vb4 suite " - I designed this on a VB 4 suite so it should be working.

Originally Posted by sweetpotato

It works for me Vb4.1.4 suite

Glad it's working for someone! :up: