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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[BirdOPrey5]

Version 2.6 Has Now Been Released

Version 2.6 now includes 2 Reddit button options, center justification of the buttons options, and a fix to a bug in the width of the Google +1 button when the counter was disabled.

Version 2.6 also marks the release of a Gold version of this mod with premium features including the ability to add new buttons easily via the Admin CP.

Going forward the Free/Light version will only see bug fixes.

Any new features including new buttons and/or new sharing locations will only be done in the Gold version.

See the top/first post for more details.

[Fready]

I have this installed on my Forum but nothing shows on the top left of the Threads.
On 2 other forums I have installed it on it works like a dream, but not this one.

[BirdOPrey5]

You have to Enable Facebok Like Button in Threads in Admin CP -> Settings -> Options -> Facebook Options -> Like Button - Threads -> Yes.

[Alfa1]

I'd like to request privacy features, so that the like and +1 button will not track the behavior of my users and send the data to FB/Google/etc.

[ForceHSS]

This messes up the hieght of the side blocks on the main forums

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

I'd like to request privacy features, so that the like and +1 button will not track the behavior of my users and send the data to FB/Google/etc.

I don't know what you mean- these are the standard buttons available from Facebook, Google, Twitter, and the like. I don't see any "privacy options" available when creating the buttons and the very purpose of the buttons IS to send data to Facebook and Google- that's the point of the buttons. This isn't a local likes system.

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

This messes up the hieght of the side blocks on the main forums

I really don't see that as a problem, it is working as designed- but there are other share locations available on that page if you don't like it,

If you want to keep it where it is AND lower the sideblock you would need to manually edit your FORUMHOME template or sidebar css code. There are many ways to do this but one that should work is-

Edit FORUMHOME, find the code:

<div id="sidebar_container"<vb:if condition="$show['sidebarposition'] == 'left'"> class="sidebarleft"</vb:if>>

And add a margin property:

<div id="sidebar_container"<vb:if condition="$show['sidebarposition'] == 'left'"> class="sidebarleft"</vb:if> style="margin-top:20px;">

change the "20px" to whatever size works for you.

[ForceHSS]

what is the code to bring it down as i have it on another skin that needs to go down a bit

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

what is the code to bring it down as i have it on another skin that needs to go down a bit

If you want to bring the share buttons lower you can edit the more_share_options template.

add a <br /> tag to the very top of the template.

That will lower it in all locations though so if you just want to do forumhome:

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'index'"><br /></vb:if>

At the very top line of the template. Add more <br />'s if you want additional room.

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

I don't know what you mean- these are the standard buttons available from Facebook, Google, Twitter, and the like. I don't see any "privacy options" available when creating the buttons and the very purpose of the buttons IS to send data to Facebook and Google- that's the point of the buttons. This isn't a local likes system.

Facebook is under a lot of scrutiny, especially in the EU. Facebook uses the like button, not only to send the thread to facebook, but it also gathers information on all the forum users that open a page with a like button on it. Because the like button is on many websites, facebook also tracks the behavior of users across the internet and profiles users by placing cookies and by tracking IPs. Not only if someone is logged into facebook, but also if users are logged out or even if users do not have a facebook profile at all, they are getting profiled. If you visit a forum (with facebook like buttons) about a specific topic, then the facebook advertising system will start showing you adds that relate to that topic. Even if the topic is delicate, controversial, adult or otherwise private.

This is a large concern for authorities, internet users and webmasters. Its not without reason that many webmasters will not install a facebook like or facebook login function.

By default there are no privacy functions available, because facebook, etc want to keep data mining. Privacy functions can only be coded. And thats what I am requesting from you. It should be possible to keep the functionality to send threads to facebook(like) etc, while blocking data mining functions.

For example: isn't it possible to only load the script once someone clicks the like button? Im sure people would find such privacy functions very attractive.

I hope that I have explained it a bit clearer.

[BirdOPrey5]

When you explain it that way yes I suppose it is possible to not "activate" any of the facebook javascripts until a user opts-in to see it...

HOWEVER that would defeat a major feature which would be showing the # of likes or shares to everyone even if they don't click on it at all.

On my live forum I have coded a way using a custom profile field to let users who don't like "share" buttons turn them all off forumwide... It's a relatively easy thing to accomplish if you know anything about custom profile fields and basic php conditionals... But it is a PITA to explain to someone who doesn't.

Let me think about this... I think I could combine some code from my Signature Ignore System mod which lets users opt-out of seeing specific signatures, into this to let users opt out from seeing the share buttons in this mod- so if you have users who hate to see facebook and other sharing code they can disable it completely.

I'm not going to confirm I will add this, but it does sound interesting to me, will strongly consider it.