End-User Options - Engage Twitter

# Engage Twitter v. 1.0 for vBulletin 3.7.x - 3.8x
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# Zachariah Boren - http://www.szone.us

This adds the ability of having for each user of your board to enter their Twitter.com account.

Tested:
- vBulletin 3.7x to vBulletin 3.8.4

This hack integrates itself into: (demo links)
- AdminCP (edit a user / profile)
- user CP
- Postbit
- memberlist
- profile block using a twitter widget

Installation:
upload im_twitter.gif to images/misc/
import product

Settings:
User Control Panel => Your Profile => Edit Your Details
- Optional Information
-- Instant Messaging
--- Twitter ID:

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Todo:
- Add options in USERCP and/or AdmincP to change hardcoded settings of
profile widget (colors, size, block location)

- Add a 2nd widget block that alows users to have custom search
queries.


PS Opps:
- I did not see
** https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=185378
I will shoot off an email to see about a merge.

[Javierogo]

Very nice mod!:up:

I just have 3 questions please:

1.- How can i control de privacy ... i mean, i want only the registered users can see it?

2.- Is possible to change the vertical size of the block?

3.- Is possible to choose the place of the block?

Thanks!

[Judith2]

I'm looking for an Engage Facebook and MySpace! Thanks for the Twitter one

[AdamFL]

Very nice! Thank you for the mod.

[TheInsaneManiac]

Originally Posted by edward hamilton

I have removed the feed box in the profile as well by commenting
<!-- $template_hook[profile_right_mini] -->
in the MEMBERINFO template

That could cause issues with other products though. I just removed his tweet box code from his product.

[washingtonboise]

upload im_twitter.gif to images/misc/
import product

There's no easy to find instructions for 'how to add an addon' either on this site, or packaged with any of the add ons I have examined. - As developers, there ought to be some level of standard for the sake of usability.

[AfterWorldForum]

Originally Posted by washingtonboise

There's no easy to find instructions for 'how to add an addon' either on this site, or packaged with any of the add ons I have examined. - As developers, there ought to be some level of standard for the sake of usability.

If you are unsure about how to import, go to your adminCP, scroll down, and select "Plugin & Product from the left menu. At the bottom of the right-hand section of the screen, click [Add/Import Product].

Click on the Browse button, and point it to the XML file of the plugin you downloaded, and you're pretty much done.

[Tanapangarap]

Originally Posted by Zachariah

I will have to take a look. It has never happened to me in 10 or so installs to various forums. Once the widget comes up it shows the last post on twitter and scrolls down 19 entries of history.


Are you using Threaded / Hybrid Mode or default list display of posts within threads ?

There may be interference from another add-on.
- plugin of the product "add im_icons parser template"

* 1st try to move the "Execution Order " of the plugin from 5 to 2 and test then to 10 and test.

* 2nd try: in a plugin of the product "add im_icons parser template"

This integrates the twitter icon into the postbit / postbit_legacy.
Hash that part of the code out and save and see if your threads return to normal.

Wrap: /* */ around the code.

if ($vbulletin->templatecache['postbit']) 
{ 
    $vbulletin->templatecache['postbit'] = str_replace('$post[skypeicon]', '$post[skypeicon] $post[twittericon]', $vbulletin->templatecache['postbit']); 
} 
if ($vbulletin->templatecache['postbit_legacy']) 
{ 
    $vbulletin->templatecache['postbit_legacy'] = str_replace('$post[skypeicon]', '$post[skypeicon] $post[twittericon]', $vbulletin->templatecache['postbit_legacy']); 
}

I'm glad this was posted. I was having the following show up on the header when using postbit_legacy:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/content/h/y/p/hyperionv1/html/includes/class_postbit.php(303) : eval()'d code on line 80

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/content/h/y/p/hyperionv1/html/includes/class_postbit.php(303) : eval()'d code on line 80

Fortunately, the fix was just removing this code:

if ($vbulletin->templatecache['postbit_legacy'])
{
	$vbulletin->templatecache['postbit_legacy'] = str_replace('$post[skypeicon]', '$post[skypeicon] $post[twittericon]', $vbulletin->templatecache['postbit_legacy']);
}

I know what you're thinking, but I use the new postbit anyway, and the postbit_legacy is just to please one person.

[Tanapangarap]

Originally Posted by Robbed

If the user twitter account is set to private it prompts for a password when visiting there profile.

Can you have so it doesn't show on the users profile if it's private?

Yeah, I noticed the same issue.

[Kaelon]

Works perfectly on 3.8.4 PL 2.

[Mum]

Installed and works perfectly