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Link to Mod (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2632)

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Compatibility:

1.1.11, 1.1.12, 1.1.13, 1.1.14, 2.0 RC3, 2.0 RC4, 2.0 RC5, 2.0

Instruction: Please uninstall the previous version before installing this version.

Admin Settings:

* SMF 1.1.11, 1.1.12, 1.1.13, 1.1.14: Admin >>> Features and Options >>> Basic Features.
* SMF 2.0 RC3, 2.0 RC4, 2.0 RC5, 2.0: Admin >>> Configuration >>> Modification Settings >>> Miscellaneous.

Version History:

Version 2.5
* Supports for 1.1.14, 2.0

Version 2.0
* Supports for 1.1.13, 2.0 RC5

Version 1.5
* Supports for 1.1.12 & 2.0 RC4
* Script and Ping icon issues resolved
* Supports for Spanish language

Version 1.2
* Release date: July 28, 2010
* Added Enable/Disable Function

Version 1.1
* Release date: July 16, 2010
* Bug fix for wrongly displayed "Ping this"
* Added icon to "Ping this"
* Added support for SMF 1.1.11

Version 1.0
* Initial Release
* Release date: July 10, 2010
* Only compatible with SMF 2.0 RC3

Screenshots (Below are some previews of what the mod looks like):

Before Installation: (https://www.simplemachines.org/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F2618253%2FMyMods-ScreenShots%2FPingThisV.1.1_before_Install.JPG&hash=9195e6dd4bbd133bb7cf345a32118b3133866711)

After Installation: (https://www.simplemachines.org/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F2618253%2FMyMods-ScreenShots%2FPingThisV.1.1_after_Install.JPG&hash=1491e663fa36b050e5eefecd142e8073c6ce610f)

This mod has just been approved yesterday. Thanks to SMF Team. Explore the mod and give your feedback for improvement that will serve us better.

Congratulations. It sure should help people.

nice mod :)

Thank you. I am working on the version that will be compatible with SMF 1.1.11. Hopefully, next week, it will be updated.

I am having a little display problem im running 2.0 rc3 default theme and this is how it looks on my forum.
(https://www.simplemachines.org/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdelta5ive.com%2Fimages%2Fpingthis.jpg&hash=978c4435f39589d7583faf7b5c7c439d732d583e)

Their was no errors in the install at all so i don't know here is my index.template.php
Thanx in advanced and its a cool mod.

Attach your 

Themes/default/Display.template.php

assuming you are using default theme.

Okay here it is mate.

I looked at the code in google chrome and found this attached so i guess thats where the red, yellow and black is coming from


(https://www.simplemachines.org/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnewmediaflow.info%2Fclients%2Fdisabled.png&hash=a811f8e8585deaefd0c126de66153eb039e43047)

I signed up with ping and that did not fix that either.

Quote from: arty5 on July 15, 2010, 03:16:17 AM
I am having a little display problem im running 2.0 rc3 default theme and this is how it looks on my forum.
(https://www.simplemachines.org/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdelta5ive.com%2Fimages%2Fpingthis.jpg&hash=978c4435f39589d7583faf7b5c7c439d732d583e)

Their was no errors in the install at all so i don't know here is my index.template.php
Thanx in advanced and its a cool mod.

There is no error with that. The script was updated from ping.fm. I observed similar change on my forum (http://www.theinfostrides.com) as well.

If there is any other challenge, please let us know.

The problem is with ping

Quote<a href="http://ping.fm/ref/?link=http%3A%2F%2Fdelta5ive.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftere-bin-laden-in-cinema's-16-july-2010%2F&amp;title=TERE%20BIN%20LADEN%20in%20cinema's%2016%20July%202010" style="background:url(http://p.ping.fm/static/icons/ping.png) 0% 50% no-repeat; padding-left:20px;">Ping this!</a>

Quote from: arty5 on July 15, 2010, 06:08:22 AM
I looked at the code in google chrome and found this attached so i guess thats where the red, yellow and black is coming from


(https://www.simplemachines.org/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnewmediaflow.info%2Fclients%2Fdisabled.png&hash=a811f8e8585deaefd0c126de66153eb039e43047)

I signed up with ping and that did not fix that either.

I saw similar error as well but is subdomain, which may probably be blocked. It has nothing to do with this mod. Go through the official website if you want to register ====>http://ping.fm

Quote from: arty5 on July 15, 2010, 06:35:57 AM
The problem is with ping

Quote<a href="http://ping.fm/ref/?link=http%3A%2F%2Fdelta5ive.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftere-bin-laden-in-cinema's-16-july-2010%2F&amp;title=TERE%20BIN%20LADEN%20in%20cinema's%2016%20July%202010" style="background:url(http://p.ping.fm/static/icons/ping.png) 0% 50% no-repeat; padding-left:20px;">Ping this!</a>

Where did you get this? Can you post your website url here?

http://delta5ive.com/index.php

Quote from: InfoStrides on July 15, 2010, 06:57:47 AM

Quote from: arty5 on July 15, 2010, 06:35:57 AM
The problem is with ping

Quote<a href="http://ping.fm/ref/?link=http%3A%2F%2Fdelta5ive.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftere-bin-laden-in-cinema's-16-july-2010%2F&amp;title=TERE%20BIN%20LADEN%20in%20cinema's%2016%20July%202010" style="background:url(http://p.ping.fm/static/icons/ping.png) 0% 50% no-repeat; padding-left:20px;">Ping this!</a>

Where did you get this? Can you post your website url here?

I went to your website (http://delta5ive.com/index.php) just now to explore the mod. It worked fine.

Yea the mod works great but the button is red lol and i traced it back too the error image.

Quote from: arty5 on July 15, 2010, 07:12:50 AM
Yea the mod works great but the button is red lol and i traced it back too the error image.

This will be looked into and treated in the next version. Thanks.

PingThis SMF Mod has been updated. Install, Explore and give us your feedback. It now supports both SMF 1.11.1 and SMF 2.0 RC3.

what happen when someone clics over the P image?
users have to select something? or the page is just "pinged"

(to understand how ping.fm works, never used it...)

They fixed the problem on ping and thanx for the mod :D

Quote from: luuuciano on July 17, 2010, 08:17:30 PM
what happen when someone clics over the P image?
users have to select something? or the page is just "pinged"

(to understand how ping.fm works, never used it...)

When you click on the 'P' icon, it automatically retrieve current title link and link, which will posted to ping. User must have registered with ping.fm already. The good thing is that ping.fm updates more 30 social networks immediately. But user must as well register all his/her social networks on ping.fm.

Read this article for brief instructions/guidelines on how to use ping.fm: How to Easily Increase Your Website, Forum, & Blog Visitors (http://www.theinfostrides.com/index.php?topic=4183.0).
I hope this help.

Quote from: arty5 on July 18, 2010, 07:34:36 AM
They fixed the problem on ping and thanx for the mod :D

Yes, the problem is fixed. Further comments on the mod would be appreciated. This will help improve on next version.

Interesting, thanks for the explanation!

BTW, what about sending new topics to ping.fm?

Quote from: luuuciano on July 18, 2010, 03:06:48 PM
Interesting, thanks for the explanation!

BTW, what about sending new topics to ping.fm?

I have an instruction already on how to auto-post to or auto-update your ping.fm account. Check the link below for more information.

How to Auto-Post to ping.fm from Your Forum/Website (http://www.theinfostrides.com/index.php?topic=4273.0)

Feedback will be appreciated from those that have used this mod. This will help us improve on next version.

short question im planning on getting the facebook connect mod aswell
can i use this mod together with that doesnt it conflict anyhow ?

Quote from: wizzard1 on July 24, 2010, 07:32:59 AM
short question im planning on getting the facebook connect mod aswell
can i use this mod together with that doesnt it conflict anyhow ?

Thanks for your enquiry. You can use the two mods together. There is no conflict at all. I have tested this and it worked very fine. You check my forum for instance: http://www.theinfostrides.com

Meanwhile, with PingThis SMF Mod, you can also update your facebook wall and pages alongside other social networks with a click on the "P" image.

I hope this answer your question!

and it does so im gonna use it aswell
i do love the fact that 1 button does it all for me :)

ty for answer

Quote from: wizzard1 on July 24, 2010, 05:48:01 PM
and it does so im gonna use it aswell
i do love the fact that 1 button does it all for me :)

ty for answer

It is a pleasure. I hope to hear your feedback about the mod.

This mod has been updated with the following:
Version 1.2
* Release date: July 28, 2010
* Added Enable/Disable Function

Update your version now and share your comments...

Good work.

Weldone!
You also need to give instruction to newbies on how to update.
Something like "uninstall the previous version" before installing the 1.2v.
Too many stupid people browse here.

this is a great great mod it works so easy
really nice job indeed and thank you very much

Quote from: Afro on July 29, 2010, 04:17:05 AM
Weldone!
You also need to give instruction to newbies on how to update.
Something like "uninstall the previous version" before installing the 1.2v.
Too many stupid people browse here.

This is noted! Thanks for your inspiration.

Quote from: lucas-ruroken on July 28, 2010, 08:14:04 PM
Good work.

Thank you.

Quote from: wizzard1 on July 29, 2010, 04:18:39 AM
this is a great great mod it works so easy
really nice job indeed and thank you very much

Thank you.

Hate to rain on the parade, especially since it sounded so good I spent 5 hours of my life setting up accounts and the auto-post you detailed infostrides but.....

Having done all that, I posted to see how it all was going to work out.  I checked the social networks and Hooray! it was auto posting to all the social networks I had connected.  Then I sat back and waited for the increased hits back to my pages I was expecting.....

and waited....and waited

No rise, what the heck?

Turns out Ping was sending the feeds to the networks as post reply to thread.  Since it's like this, visiters coming from the social network sites run smack into a register or log-in screen instead of seeing the post!

Seems to be an ongoing issue with Ping Feeds that the company won't even address in it's blog.  Ping members have been complaining for months.

I was hoping it was something I did wrong, but that does not appear to be the case.  Until Ping fixes that and shows it can be reliable and responsive to members who were depending on them, I'll settle for the old fashioned way. 

Maybe you can have sway with them and tell them to get their act together because I still would like to use this in the future.

Quote from: ActivePatriot on July 29, 2010, 08:58:47 PM
Hate to rain on the parade, especially since it sounded so good I spent 5 hours of my life setting up accounts and the auto-post you detailed infostrides but.....

Having done all that, I posted to see how it all was going to work out.  I checked the social networks and Hooray! it was auto posting to all the social networks I had connected.  Then I sat back and waited for the increased hits back to my pages I was expecting.....

and waited....and waited

No rise, what the heck?

Turns out Ping was sending the feeds to the networks as post reply to thread.  Since it's like this, visiters coming from the social network sites run smack into a register or log-in screen instead of seeing the post!

Seems to be an ongoing issue with Ping Feeds that the company won't even address in it's blog.  Ping members have been complaining for months.

I was hoping it was something I did wrong, but that does not appear to be the case.  Until Ping fixes that and shows it can be reliable and responsive to members who were depending on them, I'll settle for the old fashioned way. 

Maybe you can have sway with them and tell them to get their act together because I still would like to use this in the future.

You're very right with all that said but note that using ping also increases chances of getting your forum contents crawled instantly by spiders like Google, bing, etc. That is a plus!

On seeing login when you auto-post to ping, there is trick to that... Please disable "Short URL" in your ping settings.

Go to Settings ====> Default Settings. Uncheck everything and click update settings.

Please let me know if this work for you.

@attivepatriot
Right. Topics more than 20 characters are automatically shortened by ping.
Doing what infostrides said up there will correct that for you.
You also have no reason to complain about the hits you got instantly.
This is a free mod. Either use it or leave it if you are not convinced it works.

Quote from: InfoStrides on July 30, 2010, 12:02:30 AM

You're very right with all that said but note that using ping also increases chances of getting your forum contents crawled instantly by spiders like Google, bing, etc. That is a plus!

On seeing login when you auto-post to ping, there is trick to that... Please disable "Short URL" in your ping settings.

Go to Settings ====> Default Settings. Uncheck everything and click update settings.

Please let me know if this work for you.

Thank you Infostrides,

I've made the changes on my Ping account and will let everyone know the results. 

Also, you might want to include this useful tidbit of advice on your thread here:
http://www.theinfostrides.com/index.php?topic=4273.0 (http://www.theinfostrides.com/index.php?topic=4273.0)

Could save some frustration for others doing the same thing.

Quote@attivepatriot
Right. Topics more than 20 characters are automatically shortened by ping.
Doing what infostrides said up there will correct that for you.
You also have no reason to complain about the hits you got instantly.
This is a free mod. Either use it or leave it if you are not convinced it works.

I like things that work and I complain when they do not work the way they should.
That being said, I jumped the gun a bit on my complaints when I found no way to control the Ping feed and everyone that came to the site faced a login screen.  It did, in fact, bring increased traffic to the site but 98% left when faced immediately with a log-in screen.  Increased hits on my website mean nothing if people don't stay.

Anyway, I'll let you guys know how it goes.  I do remain quite hopeful after changing the Default Settings with Ping.

Quick update for those considering using Ping.

After changing my setting in the Ping account how Infostrides mentioned above, the problem I had was corrected.

That being said, I see great potential in using Ping for increasing traffic to your site and would definitely recommend it.

I'll be tracking my google analytics and adsense and let you guys know the results in a month or so.

Very good then, I am sure you will see positive results in due time.
It works for me ..

Quote from: ActivePatriot on July 30, 2010, 02:51:28 PM

Thank you Infostrides,

I've made the changes on my Ping account and will let everyone know the results. 

Also, you might want to include this useful tidbit of advice on your thread here:
http://www.theinfostrides.com/index.php?topic=4273.0 (http://www.theinfostrides.com/index.php?topic=4273.0)

Could save some frustration for others doing the same thing.

Thanks for this observation and it has been done accordingly.

Quote@attivepatriot
Right. Topics more than 20 characters are automatically shortened by ping.
Doing what infostrides said up there will correct that for you.
You also have no reason to complain about the hits you got instantly.
This is a free mod. Either use it or leave it if you are not convinced it works.

I like things that work and I complain when they do not work the way they should.
That being said, I jumped the gun a bit on my complaints when I found no way to control the Ping feed and everyone that came to the site faced a login screen.  It did, in fact, bring increased traffic to the site but 98% left when faced immediately with a log-in screen.  Increased hits on my website mean nothing if people don't stay.

Anyway, I'll let you guys know how it goes.  I do remain quite hopeful after changing the Default Settings with Ping.
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Good! We are all hear to share and retrieve knowledge. A learning process for all.

Quote from: ActivePatriot on July 30, 2010, 03:20:14 PM
Quick update for those considering using Ping.

After changing my setting in the Ping account how Infostrides mentioned above, the problem I had was corrected.

That being said, I see great potential in using Ping for increasing traffic to your site and would definitely recommend it.

I'll be tracking my google analytics and adsense and let you guys know the results in a month or so.

Nice that you got the settings done. Wait for that magic, I bet it!

Quote from: Afro on July 30, 2010, 03:30:08 PM
Very good then, I am sure you will see positive results in due time.
It works for me ..

Thanks for your comments 'Afro'. It indeed works very well. I confessed!

I need translation for the following in other languages. Please post if available.

Quote$txt['pingthis_on'] = 'Enable PingThis SMF Mod';

just that line?

Spanish:
Activar el Mod SMF PingThis

Quote from: luuuciano on July 30, 2010, 11:46:20 PM
just that line?

Spanish:
Activar el Mod SMF PingThis

Yes. Thanks. More language translation will be appreciated towards next version.

I have some questions for the MOD author

"PingThis SMF Mod | InfoStrides"

That is how this mod look on my package list.
It is the only mod that has a website name on it.

I also see a line of url infostrides garbage inside my index.template,php file, which as it may sound is a security risk.

What is exactly your motive? Looking for back link i guess ? Well the search engines cannot see it because its not an out put link.

What other mods do you see custom url embedded inside it ? If you want to add a custom website for your mod, try to create a template file for it and add it as a copyright, not inside people's index.template.php file.

I am going to report this mod as unsafe unless you remove that instantly.
This is open source and not advertising medium.

Quote from: John1 on July 31, 2010, 05:37:37 PM
I have some questions for the MOD author

"PingThis SMF Mod | InfoStrides"

That is how this mod look on my package list.
It is the only mod that has a website name on it.

I also see a line of url infostrides garbage inside my index.template,php file, which as it may sound is a security risk.

What is exactly your motive? Looking for back link i guess ? Well the search engines cannot see it because its not an out put link.

What other mods do you see custom url embedded inside it ? If you want to add a custom website for your mod, try to create a template file for it and add it as a copyright, not inside people's index.template.php file.

I am going to report this mod as unsafe unless you remove that instantly.
This is open source and not advertising medium.

The name you're seeing is not an issue. That is the name of the mod.

Secondly, what you see in your index.template.php is a javascript for the mod. You don't have to be giving me such order. You're not paying for the mod. It is free and optional for you to install. Please note that if this mod is unsafe, SMF Customisation Team would not have approved it.

Anyway, It is a mod in progress. Your remarks have been taken as feedback for future improvement.

Thank you.

This is really a nice mods. It works very well. It increases traffic on my website by more 200%. I got my posts noticed by major search engines immediately I ping. This is highly recommendable!!!

Thanks to the Author!

Quote from: adekunle on August 09, 2010, 04:35:51 PM
This is really a nice mods. It works very well. It increases traffic on my website by more 200%. I got my posts noticed by major search engines immediately I ping. This is highly recommendable!!!

Thanks to the Author!

Thanks for your comments.

If you have observed that your ping icon did not show. Please clear your browser history now so that you can see it. It has been resolved.

This mod has been updated to support 1.1.11, 1.1.12, 2.0 RC3, 2.0 RC4.

This mod has just been updated to support SMF 1.1.11, 1.1.12, 1.1.13, 2.0 RC3, 2.0 RC4 and 2.0 RC5.

function pingthis(title,url){if(title === undefined) title = document.title;if(url === undefined) url = location.href;title = encodeURIComponent(title);url = encodeURIComponent(url);document.write('<a href="http://ping.fm/ref/?link='+url+'&title='+title+'"><img src="./Themes/default/images/pingthis.png"></a>');}

PingThis.js

Would you check red signed line again. Because it causes pingthis icon not to be displayed in many sites. I've just edited this line to according to my site's path as like as     /board/Themes/default/images/pingthis.png

I am Using Digital Theme, I am Not seeing the (P) anywhere On My Site. I Have Gone to the Site and Added Ping info,. This installed with no issues.
Any thoughts?
Using 1.1.13
www.gotchaserved.com
Kathleen
:-\

Quote from: pomak on March 18, 2011, 04:45:56 PM
function pingthis(title,url){if(title === undefined) title = document.title;if(url === undefined) url = location.href;title = encodeURIComponent(title);url = encodeURIComponent(url);document.write('<a href="http://ping.fm/ref/?link='+url+'&title='+title+'"><img src="./Themes/default/images/pingthis.png"></a>');}

PingThis.js

Would you check red signed line again. Because it causes pingthis icon not to be displayed in many sites. I've just edited this line to according to my site's path as like as     /board/Themes/default/images/pingthis.png

Thanks for your feedback. I will check it.

Quote from: Kathleen Chute on March 27, 2011, 03:58:48 PM
I am Using Digital Theme, I am Not seeing the (P) anywhere On My Site. I Have Gone to the Site and Added Ping info,. This installed with no issues.
Any thoughts?
Using 1.1.13
www.gotchaserved.com
Kathleen
:-\

The mod only work with default theme. You can follow these steps to manually edit it for your custom theme:

1. In your theme directory, go to ./Themes/*****/index.template.php, then do the following

Find:
// Output any remaining HTML headers. (from mods, maybe?)

Add Before:
//PingThis SMF Mod Starts Here
echo '
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="', $settings['default_theme_url'], '/PingThis.js"></script>';
//PingThis SMF Mod Ends Here

2. In your theme directory, go to ./Themes/*****/Display.template.php, then do the following

Find:
</tr>';
if (!empty($settings['display_who_viewing']))

Add Before:

';
if (!empty($modSettings['pingthis_on']))
echo '
<td class="floatright">
<script language="javascript">
pingthis();
</script>
</td>';
echo '


Note: where you have ****** means your custom theme name.

I hope it helps. Thanks.

This mod has just been updated to support 1.1.14 and 2.0.

Please i want to know whether i can choose to uninstall this ping smf mod package without causing errors
I'm using SMF2.0.4
Thanks