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]

Are you sure it is exactly right, on its own line:

vbcms

Because I tested it on my own site and it disables it on all Article/CMS pages.

I suppose to be sure you can open your content.php page in a text editor.

The THIS SCRIPT value will be listed there- on mine it says-

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'vbcms');

Make sure your value is the same.

[ckgb]

Publish to facebook pop up screen does not get populated with thread info/image content.

What can I do to get thread images to display instead of this weird blue part of a Facebook connect button (attached)?

One of the images from the topic posted along with comment to Facebook would be ideal. An avatar is so-so. But this blue thing is not good.

I also do not get the thread name displayed when click FB share button in the thread. I simply get a name of the entire board entered into the FB popup window.

P.S. I just purchased the Gold version just to see if it would fix the issue. It did not.

VB 4.2.2

Ultimately I would like to get the same info (image/ thread text) displayed when I click the facebook button on your site BirdOPrey5.

Additionally the LIGHT version had a very convenient option of having the buttons displayed at the bottom of the FORUMHOME. The paid version is apparently lacking this option.

Please help.

[BirdOPrey5]

Can you post a link to a thread on your site (or PM me if you don't want to post it so i can see what is going on with the images and thread titles?

The version of More Share Options that had the option at the bottom of ForumHome is the older version, the newer version (More Share Options TNG) does not have that option but several other improvements - most noticeably the ability to be on every page.

You can download the Paid version of the old version as well on my site, it is the version with "v261" in the filename. However I suggest using the TNG version personally, share options should be "above the fold" and in a consistent place.

[ckgb]

Sent you a PM

[ckgb]

Any updates on the issue?

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by ckgb

Any updates on the issue?

The problem is the VSa - Forums Online CountUp mod is breaking the facebook open graph array and $thread variable but I don't know why. Disable that mod and the open graph data is correct.

[ckgb]

I tried it and sent you a PM.

[BirdOPrey5]

It's working fine now- but Facebook has cached your page from before the fix so you won't see it update for maybe a week or so. To test the fix you have to share a page that has never been shared before or look at the source code or use the Facebook Debugger.

https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/

[ckgb]

Thank you very much Joe!!!

[ckgb]

I made this post here. I do not really know whose side the fix could be on but it would definitely be beneficial for everybody.

Please do not get upset with me for pointing this out.

Thank you