[AJAX] Post Groan Hack

[Abe1]

Post Groan Hack 3.3


About this hack:
This hack was requested by users who like my "Post Thank You Hack". Both can run together on the same forum.

This hack adds a "groan" button to all posts. Any user can "groan" at a post. This will reduce the amount of "junk" posts your forum gets.

Features:

Uses vBulletin easy Product installer/updater/uninstaller
Uses AJAX technology so your users don't have to refresh when they groan at a post.
Places an easy to use button next to the edit button
Separate looks for postbit and postbit_legacy
Places all Groans into one small box
Uses only ONE query every time you view a showthread page!
Users can't groan twice
Guests don't see 'groan' button
Counts how many groans a user gives
Counts how many groans a post gets
Shows how many groans a user gave in every post of his
Shows how many groans a user gave in profile
Shows how many groans a user got
Shows info in profile
Search for a users groaned at posts
Search for all groaned at posts
Administrator can remove all Groans from a single post
Users can remove their own Groans (Option to turn it off)
Turn on and off hack totally
Turn on and off hack for only some forums
Option to turn off hack view of date all forums
Option to integrate hack with Post Thanks Hack
Ban Usergroups
Ban Users
Uses Phrases
Cache Templates
Installation information on hack:

Files edited: 0
Templates edited: 0
Files to upload: 7
Time to install: 1 minute maxUpdates:

Version 2.0 (10/26/06):

Release of this hack for vBulletin version 3.6
AJAX disabled if you have AJAX disabled on your forum.
Re-did the search for groaned posts.
Optimized AJAX code to make AJAX work faster
rel="nofollow" added to all links
added to showpost
Better integration with Post Thanks Hack.


Version 3.0 (04/06/07):

Totally re-wrote hack to have all the features Post Thank You Hack has. Please redo all template edits.


Version 3.1 (05/14/07):

No more template edits You do not have to make any template edits to run this hack.
better cache of templates
vBulletin 3.6.6 and up is needed to run this version
Fixed extra queries from running if you had no thanks on a page.
Fixed deleting all of a users thanks.
A few more tweaks here and there.


Version 3.2 (05/21/07):

Fixed a template caching bug.
Fixed an error that would come up if you did not have Post Thanks installed. Even if you do, there was a big bug in checking if a user gave a groan or not.
No file edits. Just upload the product XML.


Version 3.3 (07/30/07):

Moved post thanks stats in postbit from hook postbit_userinfo_right to hook postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts. (for vb 3.6.8 and <3.6.6)
Released for all versions of vb 3.6.x


Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.

MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/vborg_miscactions.php?do=installhack&threadid=129975)!
You will get an email when a new version is released.

Pictures:

Showing the 'groan' button and stats in Postbit
Showing post after 'groan' (user view)
Showing post after 'groan' with legacy posts (admin view)
Stats in members profile
Hacks settings

[Invalid ID]

I saw it first :)

Reserved

[shadowevil]

Mod nice ..... *installed* :)

[mktrilogy]

installed. Thanks :)

[ymy]

iNsTaLlEd. Thanks

[bang]

you know what would be awesome? an option for both thanks and groan hacks to automatically increase/decrease user's reputation if his post/thread was thanked/groaned. what do you think?

[Snake]

Thanks a lot. I'll check this out soon.

[redlabour]

Can anyone make a german Button ?

[Abe1]

you know what would be awesome? an option for both thanks and groan hacks to automatically increase/decrease user's reputation if his post/thread was thanked/groaned. what do you think?
I didn't add rep to the hack yet. I hope to eventually.

[Canis Firebrand]

I haven't installed either this or the thanks hack on my board because its small and I don't think it would get much use.

But they both appear to be great hacks from the screenshots.

Now that you have both, in future versions, have you thought about combining them into one hack and make an option to use one or both. Since it seems they do very similar things.

If combined with a way to alter reputation, that would be a killer hack.

[Abe1]

I haven't installed either this or the thanks hack on my board because its small and I don't think it would get much use.

But they both appear to be great hacks from the screenshots.

Now that you have both, in future versions, have you thought about combining them into one hack and make an option to use one or both. Since it seems they do very similar things.

If combined with a way to alter reputation, that would be a killer hack.
They work together now that if a user thanks or groans a post, they can't do the other to the post also. I just never did the rep thing yet in the groan hack. I'll try to get it in soon. You should click 'install' here so you'll get an email when I release the new version.

[jwaany]

installed. Thanks :)

[projectego]

Nice. Thank you! :D

[bonjurkes]

can same person give thanks and groan to same post?

[Abe1]

can same person give thanks and groan to same post?
In the post groan options there is an option integrate both hacks so one user can't do back to the same post.

[Hornstar]

I got this requested on my site only the other day, but they wanted to call it the sucks button lol, so I said no to that idea, however now that you have called it the groan button, and maybe I'll only let certain usergroups use it, I think it is a fantastic idea.

Well done.

[Hornstar]

They work together now that if a user thanks or groans a post, they can't do the other to the post also. I just never did the rep thing yet in the groan hack. I'll try to get it in soon. You should click 'install' here so you'll get an email when I release the new version.

I think what he meant was, scrap this thread and the thanks thread, and combine them into one hack.

and as an option in the admincp, you have enable/disable thanks .... enable/disable groan etc. so that way, updating will be a lot easier.

If you would do this, it would be ideal for most people I feel.

[Abe1]

I think what he meant was, scrap this thread and the thanks thread, and combine them into one hack.

and as an option in the admincp, you have enable/disable thanks .... enable/disable groan etc. so that way, updating will be a lot easier.

If you would do this, it would be ideal for most people I feel.
It would be a lot of extra plug-in code for users who only want post thanks hack. Post Thanks Hack is a lot more popular and I dont want them to be bothered with a lot more code.

[Abe1]

I got this requested on my site only the other day, but they wanted to call it the sucks button lol, so I said no to that idea, however now that you have called it the groan button, and maybe I'll only let certain usergroups use it, I think it is a fantastic idea.

Well done.
You can always edit the button and phrases so it can be come the shucks hack.

[Zelda-King]

Very nice! Would be even better with an exemption feature so you can add usergroups that can't be groaned at - eg, admins.

[Abe1]

Very nice! Would be even better with an exemption feature so you can add usergroups that can't be groaned at - eg, admins.
Interesting idea.

[Hornstar]

Very nice! Would be even better with an exemption feature so you can add usergroups that can't be groaned at - eg, admins.

Agreed. I dont want to be groaned at lol.

[amnesia623]

thanks for this

[kafi]

I was thinking about this groan hack as a collaborative moderation tool

1. After x-groans post will be hidden (only "show" link will replace the post).
or
2. post will be deleted (pretty hard option)
or
3. user will get PM to auto-censore-delete his post, or he might just check his groaned-posts and do it voluntarily (I do not have big expectations here)

BUT look what a GREAT addition was made to this add-on here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1117856&postcount=14
-----------------------------------

Abe1, any chance to turn this add-on to collaborative-moderation tool?
It will do huge work for any big forum .-)

[ashley53680]

Hello!

I've been toying with this and your thank you to make it fit my board a bit more. I don't want to get people mad at each other for a groan, however I think it's a nice tool if it could be done without the person knowing who groaned.

Anyway my question. Do you know how I would just put that there are X amount of groans for a post in the postbit instead of Name (date)? I didn't put it in the postbit as of right now so that they can't see who did it. LOL But it'd be nice for those posts you'd like to groan on without really getting involved. :)

Thanks!

[Brandon Sheley]

you know what would be awesome? an option for both thanks and groan hacks to automatically increase/decrease user's reputation if his post/thread was thanked/groaned. what do you think?

i like this idea

[Abe1]

i like this idea
Done for Post thanks but not for post groan.

[rx_1badbird]

Thanks Abe. I installed it here www.mobmototb.com
The fact that I don't have buttons for my style is disappointing.
Any ideas?

[Janet Jackson]

Perhaps something like this ? Very nice hack by the way.

[YeşiLMeN]

thanks my friend for this hack

i use groan and thank you hack with this images
i hope you like them
this images designed by Huor (Huor's other designs=> 1 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=132417) , 2 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=132207))

[redlabour]

Can you please add a nofollow Tag at Post Thank You ? Even the Buttons are not visible for Guests the Crawler are allways attempting to use them. Traffic that makes no sin.

[ForYou]

Hello ,

is this option available in this hack ,

Set how many reputaion a user should get if he gets thanked. Set to '0' to disable.

Like the Post Thanks ,

Regards

[YeşiLMeN]

good question
i wanna know about it too
please reply this

[Roxie]

I got this requested on my site only the other day, but they wanted to call it the sucks button lol, so I said no to that idea, however now that you have called it the groan button, and maybe I'll only let certain usergroups use it, I think it is a fantastic idea.

Well done.

We call ours "kicks"...since people were always *kicking* each other when something silly was said. We use a kicking smilie. Just edit your phrases (there are a few!) from groan(s) to whatever you want.

[Abe1]

Can you please add a nofollow Tag at Post Thank You ? Even the Buttons are not visible for Guests the Crawler are allways attempting to use them. Traffic that makes no sin.
I thought I added them. Are you sure?

[Abe1]

check attached pic:
"Groaned at" <- typo in phrase ?
What typo?

[LBmtb]

Instead of keeping a separate groan count, can this be made to subtract from a users "thank you" count? Even the ability for people to have negative points.

Maybe a donation would help achieve this? ;)

[soulface]

first of all, this is a gr8 hack like the post thanks hack. few days ago i added this on my forum. hoped it'll reduce junk/off topic posts. but what ppls were doing is for example, If i give a groan to someone, that users finding one of my older post & give groan. lol kinda like fight. so i was forced to disable it.

So Abe1, if you add these 2 options:

1. Will need reason (like reputation) to give a groan
2. cant give groan if the post if X (X = admin set) days older.

then it'll be perfect & users wont be able to abuse it.

thanks

[Abe1]

first of all, this is a gr8 hack like the post thanks hack. few days ago i added this on my forum. hoped it'll reduce junk/off topic posts. but what ppls were doing is for example, If i give a groan to someone, that users finding one of my older post & give groan. lol kinda like fight. so i was forced to disable it.

So Abe1, if you add these 2 options:

1. Will need reason (like reputation) to give a groan
2. cant give groan if the post if X (X = admin set) days older.

then it'll be perfect & users wont be able to abuse it.

thanks
I dont know about if I would add a reason. Just too much work on the user's part to use the hack.

As for the datys cut off, I'll put it on the list.

[soulface]

I dont know about if I would add a reason. Just too much work on the user's part to use the hack.

As for the datys cut off, I'll put it on the list.

require reason can be ON/OFF from admincp. so its up to forum admins, if they want make it easy for the user end, but i think it should a must have option to stop abuse this hack.

thanks..

[PGP]

as i understood groan hack dont decrease repputation. does it?
maybe it will be better that it will?
and one more moment?
is it possible to do - that when user push thanx or groan button reputation increased or decreased in accordance with user's power of reputation? not fixed points of reputation...

[Distance]

Hey please could you think about intergrating a rep attatchment to this

[Illustrious]

You should add a reputation modifier for a groan, just like a thank. A thank you should give reputation, while a groan should lower it. And I agree on requiring a reason.

[Abe1]

You should add a reputation modifier for a groan, just like a thank. A thank you should give reputation, while a groan should lower it. And I agree on requiring a reason.
On my list already.

[PGP]

On my list already.So we may hope that it will be? =)

[ociosos]

hey nice hack combination ....

but just a question;

i want it to show it only on the first post, like the option on the thank button

any ideas how?
thank you in advanced!!

i click install!!!!

[Lars-Christian]

Once you include the reputation part for this hack, I'll definately install both of them. I hope to scrap the other reputation stuff, and just use Thank/Groan as the foundation for the entire reputation on my forum. The original reputation system is just too complicated for users to bother with, but this is the ideal solution, so hopefully you'll have it ready in not too long. If all works out, be sure to expect a donation (can't promise anything too big though) coming your way :)

[redlabour]

I have one Groan that is not longer existing. How can i update the Groancache`?

[redlabour]

Anybody out there ?

[harmor19]

I made two "Groan" button.

[redlabour]

This Mod unusable :

1. If a User is on the Groan Blacklist he creates a Gron and a Thanks if Thanks-Hacks is installed. Even if the Compatibility is activated in the AdminCP.

2. The Thanks Hack has a Cacherefresh at AdminCP - the Groan Hack has not.

3. You allways have to refresh the Browser before a Groan is shown after clicking the Button.

4. Sometimes there are Database Errors - not everytime but sometimes if Bug 1.) is happening.

All these thinks happens since Months and it seems there will be no Update ?

One Suggestion :

It was nice if only Users with X Posts can use the Button. There are to much new Users that use the Button without any Realreasons.

[Abe1]

This Mod unusable :

1. If a User is on the Groan Blacklist he creates a Gron and a Thanks if Thanks-Hacks is installed. Even if the Compatibility is activated in the AdminCP.

2. The Thanks Hack has a Cacherefresh at AdminCP - the Groan Hack has not.

3. You allways have to refresh the Browser before a Groan is shown after clicking the Button.

4. Sometimes there are Database Errors - not everytime but sometimes if Bug 1.) is happening.

All these thinks happens since Months and it seems there will be no Update ?

One Suggestion :

It was nice if only Users with X Posts can use the Button. There are to much new Users that use the Button without any Realreasons.
Just about all will be fixed in the coming days. I'm almost finished working on Post Thank You Hack 6.0, with a tun of new features and quicker speed. I will release the groan hack with all the same features either the same time or with-in a few days.

[BANDiT600]

Abe1, please, could I ask you to post groan button without word "Groan", I would like to translate it to russian. Thanks!

[Abe1]

Abe1, please, could I ask you to post groan button without word "Groan", I would like to translate it to russian. Thanks!
Sorry, I dont do graphics.

[Abe1]

Post Groan Version 3.0 RC1 released Here.

I hope this is just a quick test of the totally re-written Post Groan hack. It now has all the features that Post Thank You hack has.

Please make sure you do all the template edits correctly.

[rjmjr69]

Awesome so this is just about the final release? The instructions would be pretty easy for someone to follow if they just installed the thank you hack. Just have them place the edits after each edit for the thank you hack... Keep up the good work.

[harmor19]

Abe1, please, could I ask you to post groan button without word "Groan", I would like to translate it to russian. Thanks!

How's this? If I have the wrong word tell me and I'll change it.

[Abe1]

Version 3.0 (04/06/07):

Totally re-wrote hack to have all the features Post Thank You Hack has. Please redo all template edits.

[itsblack]

Thanks a lot for upgrade.

A little question: since we have New ACP options, why not get rid of the old one?
I mean, it still stay in the "vbulletin options".

[Abe1]

Thanks a lot for upgrade.

A little question: since we have New ACP options, why not get rid of the old one?
I mean, it still stay in the "vbulletin options".
I can't remove it from there. It is officially there and I only made just a link to it.

[itsblack]

OK, I see. Thank you.

[Tulsa]

Anyone that may have made some adjustments in their groan templates, like I did to reduce the font size, remember you'll have to revert that template and make your change again or the groaned from member names won't show up in the table.

[NolF]

Found an error Abe, on line 334 of post_groan_admin.php
it says delete_groans($postinfo, $userid);
while on functions_post_groan.php (includes folder) on line 359 it says function delete_groan($postinfo, $userid)

as you can see, the second one is missing an s, therefor the mass delete groan function doesn't work ^^

-----
After some more testing, I think that the post_groan_admin.php is the one with the extra s

[Abe1]

Version 3.0.1 (04/07/07):

Fixed a bug in the post_groan_admin.php file. No other changes. Official version is still 3.0.

[BozzaJos]

Does anyone know if this hack also works for 3.5? I know there is a Post Groan Hack for 3.5 but it hasn't been updated for a long time so I bet a lot of features won't be included in that one or am I wrong?

[Abe1]

Version 3.1 (05/14/07):

No more template edits You do not have to make any template edits to run this hack.
better cache of templates
vBulletin 3.6.6 and up is needed to run this version
Fixed extra queries from running if you had no thanks on a page.
Fixed deleting all of a users thanks.
A few more tweaks here and there.

[Tulsa]

Do we need to remove the template edits we've made?

[Abe1]

Do we need to remove the template edits we've made?
If you would check the email sent out, I said yes.

[redlabour]

BUG at 3.1:

The Button appears at the wrong direction after the Quickreply Button!

[Abe1]

BUG at 3.1:

The Button appears at the wrong direction after the Quickreply Button!
Not a bug.

vB placed the '$template_hook[postbit_controls]' there. You can move it right under '<!-- controls -->' if you'd like.

[mfyvie]

Great mod! Would live an option to be able to exclude certain user groups - for example to not allow users to groan at moderators or admins...:cool:

[itsblack]

Hi Abe1, how can i make the groan button show up after the thank you button?

[Abe1]

Great mod! Would live an option to be able to exclude certain user groups - for example to not allow users to groan at moderators or admins...:cool:
I dont have that option now?

[Abe1]

Hi Abe1, how can i make the groan button show up after the thank you button?
Change the order that the plugins run.

[josiespencer]

I installed this mod on 3.6.7 PL 1 today and I get this error when posting a new post:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: can_thank_this_post() in /home/sapsuper/public_html/forums/includes/class_postbit.php(296) : eval()'d code on line 11

Is the Post Thank You Hack mod a pre-req?

[Abe1]

I installed this mod on 3.6.7 PL 1 today and I get this error when posting a new post:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: can_thank_this_post() in /home/sapsuper/public_html/forums/includes/class_postbit.php(296) : eval()'d code on line 11

Is the Post Thank You Hack mod a pre-req?
Do you have set to integrate this hack with it?

[josiespencer]

No sir, I had never heard of the Thank You Post mod until I got this error.

[Abe1]

No sir, I had never heard of the Thank You Post mod until I got this error.
Look in the setting for this hack. Make sure the last one is set to 'no'.

[madbrit]

Seemed to install OK... can change settings in AdminCP.

I get the following error message when I try and click on ANY Post/Thread to see if I can "groan"

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: can_thank_this_post() in /home/wclangam/public_html/Forums/includes/class_postbit.php(296) : eval()'d code on line 158

Any ideas?

I have it turned off at the moment... and all is well again

Brit

[josiespencer]

Yes, I disabled it as well and everything is OK for now. But I really would like to use it. And the last setting - Integrate this hack with Post Thanks Hack? - has always been set to No.

[Abe1]

Seemed to install OK... can change settings in AdminCP.

I get the following error message when I try and click on ANY Post/Thread to see if I can "groan"


Fatal error: Call to undefined function: can_thank_this_post() in /home/wclangam/public_html/Forums/includes/class_postbit.php(296) : eval()'d code on line 158


Any ideas?

I have it turned off at the moment... and all is well again


Brit
Disable the option integrate with Post Thanks Hack.

[josiespencer]

Disable the option integrate with Post Thanks Hack.

I did this as stated previously, and it did not resolve the issue. So there is no point in asking madbrit to do the same.

[madbrit]

I did check the AdminCp option...just to make sure. It is turned off - same as Josie.

I would look at line 296 myself... but counting lines isnt always exact with my Cpanel tools my server guys give me.

Any further thoughts would be greatly appreciated

Cheers

Brit

[josiespencer]

Evrsoft counts them for me but you can never be sure it that line count includes comments, unexpanded includes, etc. But if it helps, line 296 is the line after the "//execute hook" line:

// finish prepping the post
$this->prep_post_end();

// execute hook
($hook =& vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('postbit_display_complet e')) ? eval($hook) : false;

// evaluate template
$postid =& $post['postid'];
eval('$postbit = "' . fetch_template($this->templatename) . '";');

eval('$retval = "' . fetch_template('postbit_wrapper') . '";');

return $retval;

[madbrit]

I Guess I could try and just install the Thank you hack... but for a few reasons wasnt so interested in this feature

Hope to solve it without installing the thank you

Brit

[josiespencer]

I'm not interested in adding the Thank You hack either, and hope that won't become a pre-requisite.

[ymy]

Thanks for Update


YmY

.

[suraev]

Abe1, very nice Mod.

I think it can replace the reputation button, since most reputation comments are useless and there is no a real need to keep them.

Could you please add the setting, so that reputation points that a user receives being thanked/groaned will be determined by reputation power of thanker/groaner? Now it is determining by fixed constant in admin control panel, but it will be nice if it will act just like the original reputation button works ("thanks" add an amount equal to reputation power of thanker, "groan" subtracts amount equal to 1/2 of reputation power of groaner).

Thus we can get rid of reputation button and stay with "thanks/groan".

[RTFA]

Getting this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: can_thank_this_post() in /hsphere/local/home/toddro19/bamauniverse.com/forums/includes/class_postbit.php(296) : eval()'d code on line 166

Dont have TY hack installed

[josiespencer]

Well, at least it seems to be consistent.

[Abe1]

I'll look into it.

[Abe1]

Version 3.2 (05/21/07):

Fixed a template caching bug.
Fixed an error that would come up if you did not have Post Thanks installed. Even if you do, there was a big bug in checking if a user gave a groan or not.
No file edits. Just upload the product XML.

[Mattikana]

Bug in the post_groan_member_info template:
$vbphrase[post_thanks_time_post]
It should be:
$vbphrase[post_groan_time_post]

[Abe1]

Thanks. Fixed for next version.

[steve71]

I keep getting doubles on each posts (accumilative) -every post gets one more groan line, and one more groan button

I just upgraded to 3.67

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s69/brags71/groan.gif

This also happens with the "thank you" hack



UPDATE:

3.67 need this plugin fix
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/project.php?issueid=22069#attachments

[murrtex]

<a href="http://www.yoursitename.com/forum/search.php?do=find_all_groan" target="_blank">http://www.yoursitename.com/forum/se...find_all_groan</a>

dosnt work on latest Post Groan Hack.

what will be the code now for to find all groans?

[NolF]

change search.php to post_groan.php

[murrtex]

post_groan.php?do=findallgroans is working ;)

[under_takers]

Hello Abbi, Nice post you added man.
but seem it's giving me error.
check out this error


Thanks: 1
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0
sh3tan is on a distinguished road
Groans: 0
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts
Groans: 0
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts
Groans: 0
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts
Groans: 0
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts

Well, whatever user post a reply , it add more words with post, what's solution for that ?

[Abe1]

Hello Abbi, Nice post you added man.
but seem it's giving me error.
check out this error



Thanks: 1
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0
sh3tan is on a distinguished road
Groans: 0
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts
Groans: 0
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts
Groans: 0
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts
Groans: 0
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts

Well, whatever user post a reply , it add more words with post, what's solution for that ?
Go to my post thanks hack and download the fix file for this error.

[Saviour]

Thanks hack was great...

Groan hack...evens things out a bit.

Installed.

[AuroraStorm]

Dude, I have a question for you - just for kicks and giggles...

My posters love the groans/thank yous but they were wondering about a Post B***H Slap. Is that something feasible?

I told them I'd ask... :D

[Abe1]

Dude, I have a question for you - just for kicks and giggles...

My posters love the groans/thank yous but they were wondering about a Post B***H Slap. Is that something feasible?

I told them I'd ask... :D
You can convert one of them if you edit the images and the phrases.

[Abe1]

Version 3.3 (07/30/07):

Moved post thanks stats in postbit from hook postbit_userinfo_right to hook postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts. (for vb 3.6.8 and <3.6.6)
Released for all versions of vb 3.6.x

[murrtex]

forum/post_groan.php?do=findgroans&u=26660 doesnt work on user profile page.
what will be there?

[Abe1]

forum/post_groan.php?do=findgroans&u=26660 doesnt work on user profile page.
what will be there?
Did you upload all files?

[redlabour]

How can i change that Groan Button is shown after Thanksbutton? After Updating to 3.6.8 both are changed and some Members are allways clicking the wrong Button. ;)

[Abe1]

How can i change that Groan Button is shown after Thanksbutton? After Updating to 3.6.8 both are changed and some Members are allways clicking the wrong Button. ;)
You have to change the plug-in execution order.

[redlabour]

Which Plugin excactly ?

[Abe1]

Which Plugin excactly ?
I think postbit_process

[Luky]

Whats the phrase i enter to say the amount of times this user has been groaned at, i want to enter it in the postbit, i tried several phrases but cannot figure it out. Its not as simple as thank you hack.

[Luky]

I think it is $post[post_groan_times]

[Doc Ellis]

Another "thank you" for Thanks and Groan both. Very easy to install and use!

Doc

[jswiss]

hi there,

i think this is a great hack, (fun and stuff)

i've installed both thanks and groan, but the info on the right hand side is replicated twice... any pointers how how to get rid of:
Thanks: #
Groans: #

see attachment

many thanks

[Roxie]

Clicking the button refreshes the page but isn't adding the groan. The button is linking to www.site.com/showthread.php?do=post_groan_add...etc....

Should it be linking to www.site.com/post_groan.php?do=post_groan_add...etc....

[Abe1]

Clicking the button refreshes the page but isn't adding the groan. The button is linking to www.site.com/showthread.php?do=post_groan_add...etc....

Should it be linking to www.site.com/post_groan.php?do=post_groan_add...etc....
Make sure your templates are up to date.

[COBRAws]

I just thought about something that could be added to this hack (I dont actually use it in my forums, but I was browsing this thread and had this idea). If a post has X amount of groans, it could be automatically deleted or the main postbit thing be converted into a message saying "This post has been rated by the community as a bad post, if you still want to read it please click here" or something like that.

The admincp could have a few options so it can be selected how many groans would be needed to make the post disappear, which usergroups to be bypassed by this function and so on.

I've never seen this turn-arround for vbulletin and it would be handy. If it's already made, im sorry.

Keep up the good work Abe, I have installed most of your hacks-mods :) A quality coder indeed.

[Abe1]

I just thought about something that could be added to this hack (I dont actually use it in my forums, but I was browsing this thread and had this idea). If a post has X amount of groans, it could be automatically deleted or the main postbit thing be converted into a message saying "This post has been rated by the community as a bad post, if you still want to read it please click here" or something like that.

The admincp could have a few options so it can be selected how many groans would be needed to make the post disappear, which usergroups to be bypassed by this function and so on.

I've never seen this turn-arround for vbulletin and it would be handy. If it's already made, im sorry.

Keep up the good work Abe, I have installed most of your hacks-mods :) A quality coder indeed.
Not sure if I will make it but someone else can release an add on if they want.

[Roxie]

I reverted templates and it works great now.

[Flow Fusion]

When a usergroup is immune from getting a groan, and they groan someone else I get this error


Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions_post_groan.php on line 183

[Roxie]

Maybe update this for 3.7? :D
Waiting for this one.

[Forum Lover]

Maybe update this for 3.7? :D
Waiting for this one.

sure we need that... :p

[Roxie]

Has anyone tried this with 3.7?

[Roxie]

Ok..I have it working on 3.7. No profile info, but good enough.

[doc_sameer]

Can we change this:
The Following User(s) Says NO Thank You to XYZ For This Un-useful Post: to this:
The Following User(s) have GROANED to XYZ For This Un-useful Post: & cant we show this bit inside the post itself rather than a separate box outside the post?

[TCE Killa]

Thanks for this but is there away to completely remove the groan and thankyou results (thanked 0 times in 0 posts etc) from the postbit?

Thanks.

[redlabour]

Post Thanks is allready updated for 3.7 - what about Post Groan?

[Abe1]

Post Thanks is allready updated for 3.7 - what about Post Groan?
Maybe soon.

[redlabour]

Maybe soon.

Maybe ????

[baz_kingfish]

Installed this on vB 3.6.8 using Default templates and already had the Thank You Hack working fine. Seem to go fine, Groan button is on the postbit, but when I click the button, the screen simply refreshes and both the Thank You and Groan buttons disappear from that post window; however, they still appear on post windows above and below that specific post. If I refresh the page, they reappear in the original window, but nothing is happening? If I click the Thank You button in that same window, everything works as expected. I tried reverting my postbit template, but that didn't help either.
Any advice?
Thanks,
KF

[baz_kingfish]

hmmm....was hoping for some feedback on my issue noted above by now...does anyone have any idea why that is happening?

[baz_kingfish]

Installed this on vB 3.6.8 using Default templates and already had the Thank You Hack working fine. Seem to go fine, Groan button is on the postbit, but when I click the button, the screen simply refreshes and both the Thank You and Groan buttons disappear from that post window; however, they still appear on post windows above and below that specific post. If I refresh the page, they reappear in the original window, but nothing is happening? If I click the Thank You button in that same window, everything works as expected. I tried reverting my postbit template, but that didn't help either.
Any advice?
Thanks,
KF

Is no one monitoring/supporting this thread??? I need some help here...please if you can.
Thanks,
KF

[Makc666]

When a usergroup is immune from getting a groan, and they groan someone else I get this error
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions_post_groan.php on line 183

Abe1, can you confirm this as I can't get this here. Thanks.

Is no one monitoring/supporting this thread??? I need some help here...please if you can.
Thanks,
KF
Bumping the thread is no the good idead and doesn't mean that we will run here and help you...
Try to clean your browser's cache and be shure that your vBulletins templates are up to date.

[baz_kingfish]

Bumping the thread is no the good idead and doesn't mean that we will run here and help you...
Try to clean your browser's cache and be shure that your vBulletins templates are up to date.

What are you talking about? This is the Groan thread, I didn't bump it anywhere. I simply asked for help again, and had the courtesy to put my previous post to insure whomever finally did reply knew what I was talking about.

As far as your recomendations, thank you, but been there and done that. Tried on several different computers with clean browser histories. This is a fresh vBulletin install from around January 2, 2008. Templates are up to date...and the Thank You hack works fine. It is the Groan hack with which I am having problems...it is currently disabled due to the problems stated in my original post.

[Makc666]

Templates are up to date...and the Thank You hack works fine. It is the Groan hack with which I am having problems...it is currently disabled due to the problems stated in my original post.
What you have set for option "Integrate this hack with Post Thanks Hack?"
Did you try to disable Thanks hack?
Did you try to reupload the files?

[baz_kingfish]

What you have set for option "Integrate this hack with Post Thanks Hack?"
Did you try to disable Thanks hack?
Did you try to reupload the files?

Reuploaded Post_Groan.php to the forum root directory...that seems to have fixed it. Who would have thought files would not upload correctly....weird. :confused:
Thanks,
KF

[Abe1]

When a usergroup is immune from getting a groan, and they groan someone else I get this error
Do you have GARS hack installed?

[REVHEAD]

Just popped this is my forums along with the thankyou hack , I got some new buttons made for my forum skin , this mod is awsome.

Just a question whats the integration do?

[Abe1]

Just popped this is my forums along with the thankyou hack , I got some new buttons made for my forum skin , this mod is awsome.

Just a question whats the integration do?
Makes it that you can't thanks AND groan. the same post.

[REVHEAD]

ok thanks Abe great mod

[CNBAforo]

Will you upgrade this to 3.7?

[Abe1]

Once I'm finished with the post thanks version.

[CNBAforo]

Great! Thank you!

[tqvn2004]

I have installed the Thank you hack version 7.2. And I tried to install this hack, but the plugin import stop abnormally (no successful report), and the groan button does not appear. Is this a incompatible issue? (for your information, I am using Vb3.6.2 Patch 2, with default template)

Thank you for an useful hack, by the way!

[dancue]

This is concerning the following:

Open template: navbar

find:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[advanced_search]</a></td>
</tr>
--------------------------------------------------------------------

place AFTER:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
$template_hook[navbar_search_menu]
--------------------------------------------------------------------

My style, unfortunately, has the nav buttons in the header template. This is causing the search feature to not work.

Any Suggestions?

[Abe1]

I have installed the Thank you hack version 7.2. And I tried to install this hack, but the plugin import stop abnormally (no successful report), and the groan button does not appear. Is this a incompatible issue? (for your information, I am using Vb3.6.2 Patch 2, with default template)

Thank you for an useful hack, by the way!
Do you have a low PHPMemory Limit?

[Abe1]

This is concerning the following:



My style, unfortunately, has the nav buttons in the header template. This is causing the search feature to not work.

Any Suggestions?
Sorry, this only supports the standard style.

[dancue]

okay. No biggie.

Thanks Abe1!!

[tqvn2004]

Do you have a low PHPMemory Limit?

No, I am running my forum on dedicated server, and the PHP Memory Limit is 16MB.

It would be nice to have both thank and groan on one plugin, and user can enable or disable one or the other depending on their need. I think both of them are necessary for my site, which is discussing political and controversial stuffs :D

[Abe1]

No, I am running my forum on dedicated server, and the PHP Memory Limit is 16MB.

It would be nice to have both thank and groan on one plugin, and user can enable or disable one or the other depending on their need. I think both of them are necessary for my site, which is discussing political and controversial stuffs :D
I dont want the same plug-in. Look as the difference in user who use one but not the other. It's resources if it's need to install and no being used.

[Craig Ross]

is there a way to make this so you can only thank and groan at the same poster once in 24 hours but can still thank other posters, to make it harder for 2 posters to just inflate there counts by clicking eachother ?

[Abe1]

is there a way to make this so you can only thank and groan at the same poster once in 24 hours but can still thank other posters, to make it harder for 2 posters to just inflate there counts by clicking eachother ?
No.

[dancue]

Are you planning on releasing this for 3.7.x? Or have you already and I've missed it?

[mblb]

It's not working properly for me. The buttons are showing but when you click one they just both disappear. They don't count. I am using 3.6.9 so maybe that's why?

[Roxie]

Are you planning on releasing this for 3.7.x? Or have you already and I've missed it?

I have it working well with the thanks hack on 3.7 RC 1

[unforsaken]

It works but you have lost some of the functioning with it like search options and such that you have with the Thank You system. But abe has stated that he will update this one he just wants to finish the Thank You button system first. And I have it on 3.7.0RC2

[nikki712]

How can I move the button so that it's on the left of the edit button? My "thanks" and "groan" buttons are side by side, and members are getting "groans" by accident. Can anyone help me with this?

BTW, I love this hack and the "thanks" hack!

[nikki712]

I would also like to know how to allow my mods and super-mods to be able to remove "groans".

[itsblack]

Is that possible to make a turn on and off hack for the closed threads?

[Abe1]

Is that possible to make a turn on and off hack for the closed threads?
No way right now.

[Abe1]

I would also like to know how to allow my mods and super-mods to be able to remove "groans".
They can't right now.

[Abe1]

How can I move the button so that it's on the left of the edit button? My "thanks" and "groan" buttons are side by side, and members are getting "groans" by accident. Can anyone help me with this?

BTW, I love this hack and the "thanks" hack!
You have to move the controls template hook over.

[redlabour]

Does it work with 3.7 GOLD?

[itsblack]

Really need this wonderful hack to also work with 3.7 Gold. Wish Abe1 has time to update this mod.

[Abe1]

Really need this wonderful hack to also work with 3.7 Gold. Wish Abe1 has time to update this mod.
We are almost all bug free in the post thank hack.

[popular]

i want to installed this for 3.7 , is it a good time to?

[Jorrit787]

i want to installed this for 3.7 , is it a good time to?I was wondering the same thing.

[tei727]

works great for me on 3.7!

[redlabour]

Yeah but does not completely integrate like the 3.7 Post thank you Hack.

Abe1 - please give us a Upgrade. :(

[Charles_1]

Yeah but does not completely integrate like the 3.7 Post thank you Hack.

Abe1 - please give us a Upgrade. :(
True, I am adding myself to this request too. Abe1, please...

[redlabour]

Does not longer work with 3.7.1! :(

[redlabour]

Works again with Post Thank You Hack 7.6 and vBulletin 3.7.1.

But Abe1 - please update this. :(

[GPTB]

Agreed - an update would be great for this :)

[GPTB]

This doesn't work properly with the latest Post Thank You hack and vB 3.7.1.

A number of my members have reported the following error in my header:


Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
[path]/includes/functions_post_groan.php on line 183


And in the body:

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/gptboyco/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php
Line: 3239

[GPTB]

When a usergroup is immune from getting a groan, and they groan someone else I get this error

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions_post_groan.php on line 183

This is exactly my problem, in exactly the same circumstances. I (being in a usergroup which can't be groaned at) groaned at one post and this error started to occur to members.

Running vB 3.7.1 + Post Thank You Hack 7.6.

[EvilJohn]

Clicked installed. Thank you. <3

[ka81]

please, for 3.7.x (mine is 3.7.0)
pleaseeeee :)

[Animparadise]

i need an update too

[ip-man]

Please update this hack for VB 3.7.2 (Tanks)

[BANDiT600]

Yes, please, do the update! ;)

[l3it3r]

Would love to have this work in conjunction with Post Thanks.

[Nevets2329]

Not marking installed, because I have not installed.

[Mrdby]

3.7.2?

[TimberFloorAu]

Please find in the upload a custom version of the groan hack for 3.6.8

We have not changed any code whatsoever in terms of functionality, only name changes and image changes.

We take no credit whatsoever for ABES hacks, and have only uploaded this to prove we use ABE's hacks, and to share a different version, a version with which we use on our sites.

Spank You instructions and credits intact.

Ozzy

ADD: we use this on 3.7.2 , with no issues whatsoever

[Danial_Faster]

Please update to 3.7.2
Thanks

[Nevets2329]

I have not marked 'installed' as I have downloaded, but NOT installed, yet!

[inciarco]

Great Mod.

- It would be Nice if for a Future Update you can Add the Option (Yes/No) to Collapse the Posts that have been Groaned by X Number of Users, and only by Clicking an Expand Button the Post Could be Viewed by Users.

- I'd Also be nice that if an Admin or a Moderator Groans a Post, it'd be Automatically be Collapsed, no matter the number of Groans on that Post.

- Also would be Nice that a Message Appears on the Collapsed Posts that Says that "This Posts is Hidden (Collapsed) because Has Been Groaned Too Many Times (or by Too Many Users)"

By doing this, Bad (Groaned) Posts could not get the same Attention as Good Posts, and would be a Great Additional Functionality for this Excellent Mod.

For reporting Posts vBulletin already has the Option to Warn Moderatores and Admins, but to Hide Groaned Posts this Mod would be Great.

I Hope you can Add this Ideas to your Next Update.

My Best Regards.

:)

[inciarco]

^^ In addition to the Previous Ideas, I'd like to share one more:

- When integrated with the Post Thank You Hack, another Yes/No Option can be added so that if a Moderator or a Administrator Clicks on the Thank You Button of the Post Hidden by other Users, the Post can be Displayed; in the case one Moderator Says Yes and other Moderator Says No, I think the Post Should Stay Hidden, but if an Administrator Click on the Thank You Button, the Post Should Always be Displayed no matter if a Moderator Click Groan to it.

- Would be Great that in an Option in the Hack at the Admin Control Panel, the User can Specify some Code to Introduce (Image, Table, etc) or to introduce the Default Message when a Post is Hidden because of too many Groans (greater than the Maximum Specified to Hide Posts).

If you can do that and the other ideas I shared with you in my previous Post, and this don't Add too much Weight (Too many Queries) to the Load of Pages, this can be a Great Success.

My Best Regards.

:)

[Scott77]

Excellent thank you very much!!

[minik]

Please update to 3.7.x :(

[soundbarrierpro]

Can this be used with thank you mod?

[Soliloquy]

Installed and though the actual groaning is working fine, I'm having a couple of issues ever since installing it:

-I no longer see the "remove my thanks" link in the Thanks hack box, though "delete own thanks" is set to yes. Removing my own groan works fine though.
-the "remove all" link for Thanks hack is present but doesn't work. The page reloads but the thanks doesn't get removed.
- the Groan stats aren't displayed in the profile, though the Thanks stats are

[soundbarrierpro]

Can I have both the groan and thank you hacks installed? Or will this create compatibility issues between the two?

[gersforum@gmail]

Please find in the upload a custom version of the groan hack for 3.6.8

We have not changed any code whatsoever in terms of functionality, only name changes and image changes.

We take no credit whatsoever for ABES hacks, and have only uploaded this to prove we use ABE's hacks, and to share a different version, a version with which we use on our sites.

Spank You instructions and credits intact.

Ozzy

ADD: we use this on 3.7.2 , with no issues whatsoeverSame here. We turned every forum member into a comedian by substituting thanks with laugh. We will happily revert back if this is a problem.

[soundbarrierpro]

In the post groan options there is an option integrate both hacks so one user can't do back to the same post.

So both plugins can be installed though? Thank you and Groan hacks?

[zombietom]

Please update to 3.7.x or does it already work?

[Mrdby]

well???

[zombietom]

yeah Well? will some one let us know if it works on 3.7.x ?

[itsblack]

Yes, it does work with 3.7.x, but lack of some funktions in comparison with "post thank you hack 7.7".

[Mrdby]

so no update?

[redlabour]

After Years using both (Thanks and Groan) i have now uninstalled both of them.

In fact for me and a lot of other Admins it makes no sence to use the Post Thanks Hack without the Groan Hack and Groan was not updated for a long Time now.

I have send some PMs about this to Abe1 and everytime i get the same Answer that he will updated the Groan Hack soon. But nothing happens ..... :(

[Abe1]

Version 4.0 (10/13/08):

Release of this hack for vBulletin version 3.7
All Features that my Post Thanks Hack has.


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=193489

[itsonlychand]

DEAR FELLOWS,

I ADDED BOTH GROAN AND THANKS HACK THEY BOTH ARE WORKING FINE BUT IAM HAVING A PROBLEM THAT IT IS SHOWING STATS TWICE.

Groans: 0
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts
Thanks: 24
Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts
Groans: 0
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts
Thanks: 24
Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts

PLEASE GIVE ME ANY SOLUTION TO FIX IT.

[Abe1]

DEAR FELLOWS,

I ADDED BOTH GROAN AND THANKS HACK THEY BOTH ARE WORKING FINE BUT IAM HAVING A PROBLEM THAT IT IS SHOWING STATS TWICE.

Groans: 0
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts
Thanks: 24
Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts
Groans: 0
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts
Thanks: 24
Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts

PLEASE GIVE ME ANY SOLUTION TO FIX IT.
did you do any template edits?

[itsonlychand]

did you do any template edits?

No,i havent edited template i just uploaded and imported product,first i installed thanks hack it showed double stats then groan and it did the same,plz give me some solution to fix it.

[Abe1]

No,i havent edited template i just uploaded and imported product,first i installed thanks hack it showed double stats then groan and it did the same,plz give me some solution to fix it.
Do you have the template hook twice in that template?

[itsonlychand]

Do you have the template hook twice in that template?

it is the default vb template.

[Abe1]

it is the default vb template.
Can i check your acp out?

[ldstalk]

How about a Post Giggle Hack?
"The following users laughed out loud at this post"

[Blumy]

Is there any way I can edit the postbit so it doesn't say groans and instead says something else?

[farsgsm]

Ban Usergroups
Any UsergroupID placed here will ban any user from that group from using this hack. They will still see if others clicked 'Groan' but not see the button.
Enter a list of usergroupID numbers, separated by a | (for example: 1|2|3).

I set that to 1,2,3,4,8
but not works:
all usergroups still shows GROAN Button.

any help,
urjent plz
i'm using 3.6.8

[Firestar.chkn]

Can you perhaps include a max groans per day setting, with the same addition requested by me in the thanks thread, allowing usergroups to be exempt from this setting? Also, could you perhaps include the option to not show the groans in the postbit? I've removed them, but I don't see a drop in queries... not sure if I should, but if it could speed up the server a bit, then so much the better.

[Vitaly]

Index missed:

ALTER TABLE `post_groan` ADD INDEX `user_date` ( `userid` , `date` );

[Dribbles]

Is it possible to change the font color and size (and remove the bold) of "The Following User Says NO Thank You to For This Shitty Post:" part?

[Hicksatpd]

Do you think I can install and use this on 3.7.4? I recently added the Thanks mod and we love it. It'd be nice to have a counter-balance.

[BehG]

This may be a dumb question, but is there an easy way not to diplay the "thanks" and "groans", but only "thanked" and "groaned" stats. I know the templates can probably be edited, but my editing knowledge is very limited. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance,
Beh :)

[tschai]

Is it possible to change the font color and size (and remove the bold) of "The Following User Says NO Thank You to For This Shitty Post:" part?

This would be a very welcome feature...or a 'mini hack'...:D

[alehawk]

I got a problem with the butto, I installed long time ago the post thanks hack and other hacks, now I installed this but I got a button between the thanks and groan button.
How can I do to select the buttons order so the thanks and groan buttons stay together?
Tnx!