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.
Donations always appreciated. :up:
Nominate MOTM if you LOVE it!

[DevOne5555]

BOP, thanks again for the info. We use vbseo with a number of custom URL rewrite settings, so we'll give it a try and see if it works. Thanks.

P.S. You've got our nomination for MOTM. Best of luck

[Taurus1]

Hi Joe, is it perhaps possible to reduce the spaces between the buttons here? See screenshot. It is at the bottom of my forum homepage. Thanks!

[DevOne5555]

Taurus, I had the same question. If you look back around page 4 or 5 in this thread you'll see BOP already addressed it: the button code for the Facebook and Twitter counts doesn't dynamically resize. The spacing is there because that's the maximum width of the count box. It's determined by the developers, not the mod author, so unfortunately there's no way to change it.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Taurus1

Hi Joe, is it perhaps possible to reduce the spaces between the buttons here? See screenshot. It is at the bottom of my forum homepage. Thanks!

I am aware of the issue where the "What's going one box" location causes alignment problems with some buttons. I do not have a fix yet though custom template edits/conditionals might help.

I hope to have this work better in future versions but for now there's not much to do about it.

[Taurus1]

Originally Posted by DevOne5555

Taurus, I had the same question. If you look back around page 4 or 5 in this thread you'll see BOP already addressed it: the button code for the Facebook and Twitter counts doesn't dynamically resize. The spacing is there because that's the maximum width of the count box. It's determined by the developers, not the mod author, so unfortunately there's no way to change it.

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

I am aware of the issue where the "What's going one box" location causes alignment problems with some buttons. I do not have a fix yet though custom template edits/conditionals might help.

I hope to have this work better in future versions but for now there's not much to do about it.

OK, thanks gents!

[ngphuc2k]

Thanks for share

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by ngphuc2k

Thanks for share

You're welcome.

[CheeSie]

When enabling Google+ my forumhome just keeps loading and loading and loading but the forumblocks and everything below the forum sections wont load.. Disabling google+ and everything works as it should. Any clue as to why this happens?

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by CheeSie

When enabling Google+ my forumhome just keeps loading and loading and loading but the forumblocks and everything below the forum sections wont load.. Disabling google+ and everything works as it should. Any clue as to why this happens?

Never heard of this. Can I get a link to your forum? Have you tried alternate locations on your forumhome?

[CharlieDelta]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

If you like this mod please consider voting it Mod of the Month!

Done. :up: