Show Thread Enhancements - Add New Facebook "Like" button to your threads

Please remember to click Mark as Installed if you use this modification.

Facebook has just launched their latest "Like" button to developers to use on any site. What this does is utilizes the Advertising module to add the "Like" button to the first post of each thread. Please see screenshots to get an idea.

In your Admin CP go to Advertising > New Ad > Choose "Thread" from the dropdown and then select the first thread box. Give it a title (I called mine FB Like) leave "First Post Content" at default and paste in this code:

<!-- Facebook Like -->
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.YOURSITE.com/{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}, {vb:raw pageinfo_post}}#post{vb:raw post.postid}&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:px"></iframe>
<!-- / Facebook Like -->

Be sure to change YOURSITE.com to your URL including your forum.

The VBSEO team has instructions on how to make this work for their product here http://www.vbseo.com/f2/facebook-lik...95/#post265997

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Option 2 (different from above, do not use together) will show at top, see screenshot #3

In Postbit (or legacy) find:

{vb:raw ad_location.thread_first_post_content}

Add this after:

<vb:if condition="(THIS_SCRIPT == showthread) AND ($post[postcount] == '1')"
<!-- Facebook Like -->
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.YOURSITE.com/{vb:link thread, {vb:raw thread}}&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;font=tahoma&amp;colorscheme=light" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:75px"></iframe>
<!-- / Facebook Like -->
</vb:if>

For additional information on this button and different parameters please visit http://developers.facebook.com/docs/...e/plugins/like

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For those who have asked, here is the modification adds both the "Like" button and comments to a users profile https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=239424

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Additional locations to place this code:

For CMS, in vbcms_content_article_page add the code below this:

{vb:raw comment_block}

For pictures, in template album_pictureview add the code below this:

{vb:raw picturecomment_commentarea}

For Blog, in template blog_show_entry add at the very top.

[Uberguilds]

Postbit_Legacy:

With VBSEO

<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://(domain)$_SERVER[VBSEO_URI]?p=$post[postid]&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light" 
 scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100px; height:20px"></iframe>

Without VBSEO

<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://(domain)/showthread.php$session[sessionurl]?p=$post[postid]&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light" 
 scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100px; height:20px"></iframe>

[puertoblack2003]

this is nice and clean.It'll be nice to have something but for twitter

[RedTrinity]

I suppose there is no way to have this mod show the member's forum username, instead of their real name from FB?

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by RedTrinity

I suppose there is no way to have this mod show the member's forum username, instead of their real name from FB?

Unfortunately not.

[TimberFloorAu]

Code as follows mate:

<vb:if ........>

<--facebook code-->

</vb:if>

[Uberguilds]

<if condition="$forum[forumid] == 15 || $forum[forumid] == 12 || $forum[forumid] == 13 || $forum[forumid] == 14">
<iframe></iframe>

</if>

[PixelFx]

I had the error for setup .. found putting www.domain.com/forum/ .. in websitehere link above fixed the error for me. Tried both ad version and postbit version.

anyway awesome mod thanks for the work getting this out so fast.

[wacnstac]

So I got this working with 3.8.X and and able to click the like button and the numeric value goes up, but nothing every gets posted to my fb wall. What gives?

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by wacnstac

So I got this working with 3.8.X and and able to click the like button and the numeric value goes up, but nothing every gets posted to my fb wall. What gives?

Sorry, as stated I cannot test on 3.8 because I no longer have that version, chances are the URL is not correct though, to double check view the source of your page to see the output URL.

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by ericgtr

Sorry, as stated I cannot test on 3.8 because I no longer have that version, chances are the URL is not correct though, to double check view the source of your page to see the output URL.

For those who have asked about adding this to user profiles please see this mod https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=239424 which adds both the "Like" button and a comments box.