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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[steeler7]

I have 4 different Style templates at my site since it's dedicated to a bunch of different sports teams. All of the buttons show up for the 3 of the 4 styles but on the 1 style, I only get the Twitter button.

Using Firebug, I can highlight the spot where the code shows Google+ should be and I can't highlight anything for Facebook.

Here's the link to a page where it shows just Twitter :

http://www.pittsburghsportstavern.co...-Flozell-Adams

Here's a link to a page that shows them all :

http://www.pittsburghsportstavern.co...s-now-a-Pirate

( on a side note), when using Firefox 5 on Windows Vista, Google+ seems to make the page hang in a re-load to the point where I have to click on another link and then try again. Any idea why or some sort of maintenance trick I can try?

[pokesph]

I'd like a heads up on when you do release a vB 3.8.x version.. Any time frame available from ya?

Mod looks fantastic and maybe just what we're looking for, if only it ran on 3.8

thanks,

[CheeSie]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

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

Hmm naah.. but the location shouldn't matter..
http://www.darkztar.com/forum/index.php

[CheeSie]

Okay this is weird.. Now it works O.o
Maybe it was just google being slow for hours?

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by steeler7

I have 4 different Style templates at my site since it's dedicated to a bunch of different sports teams. All of the buttons show up for the 3 of the 4 styles but on the 1 style, I only get the Twitter button.

Using Firebug, I can highlight the spot where the code shows Google+ should be and I can't highlight anything for Facebook.

Here's the link to a page where it shows just Twitter :

http://www.pittsburghsportstavern.co...-Flozell-Adams

Here's a link to a page that shows them all :

http://www.pittsburghsportstavern.co...s-now-a-Pirate

( on a side note), when using Firefox 5 on Windows Vista, Google+ seems to make the page hang in a re-load to the point where I have to click on another link and then try again. Any idea why or some sort of maintenance trick I can try?

Very very weird... The code is all there but not showing. I will continue to work on this- but any change if you left-justify instead of right-justify in threads?

As for Google button loading slow I think they are having "growing pains" - Sometimes I've seen it load slow outside this mod as well. It's still kind of new.

Originally Posted by pokesph

I'd like a heads up on when you do release a vB 3.8.x version.. Any time frame available from ya?

Mod looks fantastic and maybe just what we're looking for, if only it ran on 3.8

thanks,

I actually have most of the 3.8 version running- I'm using it on my site actually (in threads only)... just a few details to work out. I have a couple other projects going on right now but as soon as I can get a few hours to workout some styling issues it will be released. I will post here when it is.

Originally Posted by CheeSie

Okay this is weird.. Now it works O.o
Maybe it was just google being slow for hours?

Very possible. :up:

[tidus78]

Installed but a question : when I click "like",in my facebook profile the thread liked is combined with a random image of the page forum...why?

[pokesph]

Great!
I'll be looking for it then, BirdOPrey5

Threads and blogs is a must, others as you can do with your time constraints.

Thanks again for a great plugin.

[Alfa1]

Great mod! Tagged for future use when i move to vb4.
Consider to add this to JIRA for inclusion in vbulletin.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by tidus78

Installed but a question : when I click "like",in my facebook profile the thread liked is combined with a random image of the page forum...why?

That's something Facebook is doing... I believe you can force Facebook to use an image of your choosing by creating a facebook appid (if you haven't already) and uploading an image for your new app to facebook. (That's what I did when VB4 first come out and it still seems to work.)

Originally Posted by pokesph

Great!
I'll be looking for it then, BirdOPrey5

Threads and blogs is a must, others as you can do with your time constraints.

Thanks again for a great plugin.

Blogs is going to be a problem- I don't have access to the VB 3.8 Blogs product- It's no longer available. I've been looking for a license and am willing to buy one if you see anyone selling- let me know.

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Great mod! Tagged for future use when i move to vb4.
Consider to add this to JIRA for inclusion in vbulletin.

Thanks.

I think someone already put the Google +1 into Jira. I don't know how useful all the other options would be for most people. :up:

[steeler7]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Very very weird... The code is all there but not showing. I will continue to work on this- but any change if you left-justify instead of right-justify in threads?

As for Google button loading slow I think they are having "growing pains" - Sometimes I've seen it load slow outside this mod as well. It's still kind of new.



I actually have most of the 3.8 version running- I'm using it on my site actually (in threads only)... just a few details to work out. I have a couple other projects going on right now but as soon as I can get a few hours to workout some styling issues it will be released. I will post here when it is.



Very possible. :up:

that's what I figured was the issue with the Google Button. Weird that it gives me the most trouble on Firefox on Vista but not on Windows 7.

I tried to left justify and the same issue. There are times that the Google+ button shows up but it's very inconsistent. The Facebook buttons never shows

I tried