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.

[TimberFloorAu]

I disagree.

From my knowledge of conditionals, even with multiple and / if / else statements inline. To display in particular forums the correct conditional is:

<vb:if condition="in_array($forum['forumid'], array(1,2,3))">Show this to forum 1, 2 and 3</vb:if>

[AURFSCAN]

$forum does not work for me


this does

<vb:if condition="in_array($thread['forumid'], array(1,2,3))">Show this to forum 1, 2 and 3</vb:if>

[AURFSCAN]

just try $thread

[CoZmicShReddeR]

On dark themes the part where it says "likes this.Be the first of your friends to like this." is too hard to read... Is there a way to color code that to a lighter color?

[TimberFloorAu]

Its an iframe, so apply a class to a div. Then add that class to your css

[worried]

Originally Posted by AURFSCAN

$forum does not work for me


this does

<vb:if condition="in_array($thread['forumid'], array(1,2,3))">Show this to forum 1, 2 and 3</vb:if>

Thanks! That works! I modified that line of code for my forum

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == showthread && $post[postcount] == '1' && in_array($thread[forumid],array(2,3,8,9,13))">

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by CoZmicShReddeR

On dark themes the part where it says "likes this.Be the first of your friends to like this." is too hard to read... Is there a way to color code that to a lighter color?

Try changing colorscheme=light to colorscheme=dark in the code.

Also, please click Install if you use this.

[Ranger375]

Originally Posted by Mutt

change

show_faces=true

to

show_faces=false

Thanks for the response, but it is still showing names for some reason..

[Uberguilds]

I had to take this off my site.

The button loads slow and cracks out some people's browsers. I have it on for every post, which is pretty much the only thing I have use for it. Problem on Facebook's end.

=(

[ericgtr]

Originally Posted by Uberguilds

I had to take this off my site.

The button loads slow and cracks out some people's browsers. I have it on for every post, which is pretty much the only thing I have use for it. Problem on Facebook's end.

=(

FB has been really slow for me but since this is iframe it still doesn't slow the site down but may affect the formatting a little bit. I think they are making site updates and it probably won't last too long.