New Hack - vBulletin 2 Twitter

[Mosh]

Hi all,

I have released a new hack to both my subscribed members and vBulletin.org simultaneously.

vBulletin2Twitter is my version of Buro9's vBulletin To Twitter hack (he marked it as Re-usable Code), which has been made into a product and has extra functionality, which includes an alternative url shortening service is.gd as well as options to tweet replies as well as new threads.

I have been using this hack here at Wolfshead Solutions for a while and have had no issues at all (at the moment the only forum that is vBulletin2Twitter enabled is the Announcements forum).

Depending on the options you select in the AdminCP, you can:

• Automatically create a new tweet when you create a new thread only
• Automatically create a new tweet when you post a new reply/quick reply to a thread only
• Automatically create a new tweet when you create a new thread and post a new reply/quick reply

These tweets are live updates... they are not delayed, they not based on RSS... the instant the thread is started or you post a new reply/quick reply in a vBulletin2Twitter enabled forum, a tweet is made at the same time.

From monitoring Buro9's thread I noticed that a lot of people have been having problems related to bit.ly, mainly due to JSON, safe_mode and open_basedir generated errors, so I also added the is.gd url shortening service, as you do not require JSON support and the API does not require you to register with the site.

The reason for the simultaneous release is that I am not the sole author of this hack, being based on the one created by Buro9.

Support as usual will only be provided to members who have purchased a vBulletin.org Hacks Support subscription, please read Question: How do I get support for your vBulletin.org Hacks? for more information on how to subscribe.

Hope you enjoy the hack.

Regards,

Mosh Shigdar, Wolfshead Solutions.

[Mosh]

Hi all,

This is a quick reply to show is.gd url shortening in action (after I post this, I will be moving back to bit.ly url shortening).

Check out @wolfs_solutions

Regards,

Mosh Shigdar, Wolfshead Solutions.

[Mosh]

Hi all,

Just a small note for people who did not realise, this hack should also work for vBulletin v3.6.x and above as well as v4.0.x

Regards,

Mosh Shigdar, Wolfshead Solutions.

[Mosh]

Hi all,

This hack has now been updated this hack to v4.0.002, and is now available to all vBulletin.org Hacks Support subscribers.

This new version fixes the bug that when including multiple forums that are allowed to tweet in the AdminCP Options, no tweets are made in any of the included forums at all. Tweets are now made from all forums indicated in the AdminCP Options.

If there are no issues then I will release this update to vBulletin.org on Monday 8th March 2010.

Regards,

Mosh Shigdar, Wolfshead Solutions.

[Mosh]

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Through no fault of my own, this hack will cease to work on Wednesday 30th June 2010 as Twitter is turning off Basic authentication and only allowing the use of OAuth authentication (this hack currently uses a Basic authentication Twitter class to tweet your threads/posts). Please see this announcement by Twitter - http://dev.twitter.com/announcements for more information. There is no ETA when this hack will be updated to use OAuth authentication.

[elxperto]

Mosh is excellent the Hack - vBulletin2Twitter we are using in our forum and is giving very good results. Will there be a version for use OAuth authentication? thx

[Mosh]

Hi experto,

As I said in my previous post, there is no ETA when this hack will be updated to use OAuth authentication, but it will be updated as I use it on this site to. I am hoping I have the time to update it before it stops working.

Regards,

Mosh Shigdar, Wolfshead Solutions.

[elxperto]

thx Mosh, wait news !!!

[Mosh]

Hi all,

This hack has now been updated to v4.0.003, and is now available to all vBulletin.org Hacks Support subscribers.

This new version has been updated to use OAuth authentication (rather than Basic authentication), as Tweeter will be turning off Basic authentication on Monday 16th August 2010.

Because Dragonsys from vBulletin.org pointed me in the right direction for adding OAuth authentication, I am simultaneously releasing this update to vBulletin.org

Regards,

Mosh Shigdar, Wolfshead Solutions.

[Mosh]

Hi all,

This hack has now been updated to v4.0.004, and is now available to download for all vBulletin.org Hacks Support subscribers.

This update fixes the time zone offset issue with new/quick replies being tweeted incorrectly.

It also adds the additional new features:

• AdminCP Options to also use the TinyURL and tli.td url shortening services
• Automatic check to see if tweet is longer 140 characters or not (and post the tweet if it is not)
• Automatically truncate tweet title text in the tweet if the tweet (including the URL) exceeds 140 characters
• Automatic check to see if number of hourly calls to the Twitter OAuth API has been exceeded or not (and post the tweet if it has not)
• Ability to use vBulletin "Friendly URLs" (available in vBulletin 4 and later only) or just plain URLs
• All files needed for this hack in one package (no longer necessary to download other class files separately any more)
• Two plugins to aid in support/diagnosing problems with this hack (exclusive to Wolfshead Solutions, will not be in the vB.org package)

This will be released unsupported at vBulletin.org on Saturday 18th September 2010.

Regards,

Mosh Shigdar, Wolfshead Solutions.