Social Group and Album Enhancements - "Share" Button in NavBar and Showthread (links to over 200 social networking sites)

This is more of an idea than a really involved mod. Just a little template edit that places the "Share" button from www.addthis.com the Navbar so your posts and threads can be Shared with the world easily. Thanks go out to all the other people who published mods that showed me how.

1. DEMO HERE to see if this is something you want to do.

2. Go to www.addthis.com and get your own button code. Save in WordPad then go to step 3.

3. In navbar template find:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
                </if>

4. Insert below: (REPLACE CODE IN RED WITH CODE YOU GOT FROM WWW.ADDTHIS.COM IN STEP 2.)

<td class="vbmenu_control"><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=hearts4horses" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[url]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js?pub=hearts4horses"></script>
<!-- AddThis Button END -->
</td>

5. Save

6. (optional) Post a thread notifying your members about the new feature.

7. Click "Installed"

This is a simple way to allow for additional cross networking for your forums.

[Hostboard]

I am not sure addthis allows selective bookmark usage. But you can always just use VB's book mark manager:

Just need to set the icon and link

http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=%url%

You could technicaly also just add a link in your navbar for this pretty easily as well if you did not want to use the default system.

[bmckinley]

Originally Posted by realdx

To somebody knowledge, is it possible to configure the button to share only on Facebook? thanks! great hack!!

Hostboard hit it right on the money...don't think the add this can be restricted to FB only.

Originally Posted by Hostboard

I am not sure addthis allows selective bookmark usage. But you can always just use VB's book mark manager:

Just need to set the icon and link

http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=%url%

You could technicaly also just add a link in your navbar for this pretty easily as well if you did not want to use the default system.

The navbar thing would be really cool. Hostboard, do you want to either post or publish a hack on how to? if not, I'll do it, but your idea, so just go with it...if you publish, don't forget to come back here and edit in a link to your mod. Thanks for the help and suggestions about tms.

[Rean]

hi, can somebody help.. i've tried your demo in http://hearts4horses.net/member_forum/upload/index.php

and when i try to share on facebook, i've got this



but after installation in my vbulletin, i've only got this



can somebody help? how can i show the thread title, pics, and thread content at my wall post?

thanx and regards.

[bmckinley]

Originally Posted by Rean

hi, can somebody help.. i've tried your demo in http://hearts4horses.net/member_forum/upload/index.php

and when i try to share on facebook, i've got this



but after installation in my vbulletin, i've only got this



can somebody help? how can i show the thread title, pics, and thread content at my wall post?

thanx and regards.

Hello,
It appears from your screenshots, that you have the install done correctly. To add content to "share" just copy what you want from your threads, and paste it into the box. Try that and let us know if it works.

[Rean]

Originally Posted by bmckinley

Hello,
It appears from your screenshots, that you have the install done correctly. To add content to "share" just copy what you want from your threads, and paste it into the box. Try that and let us know if it works.

hi... thanx for reply...

but in my first screen shot (from the demo forum), i dont have to copy anything into the box...........

[bmckinley]

Originally Posted by Rean

hi... thanx for reply...

but in my first screen shot (from the demo forum), i dont have to copy anything into the box...........

Content goes in the box which has "What's on your mind?" as default text. Tried to log on to your forum but could not get it to come up. I do not know why your button doesn't add the title and options for a thumbnail. Did you get button code from AddThis.Com?

[Rean]

Originally Posted by bmckinley

Content goes in the box which has "What's on your mind?" as default text. Tried to log on to your forum but could not get it to come up. I do not know why your button doesn't add the title and options for a thumbnail. Did you get button code from AddThis.Com?

yes i've got the button code from addthis.com
i also try your code:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=hearts4horses" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[url]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js?pub=hearts4horses"></script>
<!-- AddThis Button END -->
</td>

but still give me the same result...
i also try tu change my style and template to default style, but still the same again..
any idea?

[bmckinley]

The only other thoughts I have is the difference in "Sharing" from the Navbar vs. "Sharing" from a Postbit and possibly a difference in the url calling features from Facebook US vs. Facebook Indonesia. What is the log in URL for Facebook there?

We don't have many installs to ask, but has anyone else had this problem?

[Rean]

dont you think it's should be the same?
from the 2 screen shots, i was logged in to facebook with the same login...

the login URL is
www.facebook.com

can somebody help?

[bmckinley]

Originally Posted by Rean

dont you think it's should be the same?
from the 2 screen shots, i was logged in to facebook with the same login...

the login URL is
www.facebook.com

can somebody help?

Please create a user id and PW for me to log in to your forum and PM it to me along with the url for your forum. I will log in and try and see what is going on.