[AJAX] Helpful Answers - Allow users to rate individual posts

[qubed]

Is there any way to get this to sit flush and to work in the post bit here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/09/104.png

That is currently where it is residing, I didn't know if there was a way to get it to work there ( preferably to the left of "PM") as I have signatures turned off for certain forums. Thanks!

[Ted S]

Is there any way to get this to sit flush and to work in the post bit here:


That is currently where it is residing, I didn't know if there was a way to get it to work there ( preferably to the left of "PM") as I have signatures turned off for certain forums. Thanks!

Just have to tweak the css applied to that div [it's floated right but nothing else is set]

[TheLastSuperman]

Just a little FYI.... 1,000 posts on this thread as of today and 3 million plus logged votes [who knows how many more unlogged ones].

Glad to see the mod working for so many of you!

I've got a major new mod on the way but after that, updates coming!

*TheLastSuperman waits in anticipation!

[qubed]

Might be the wrong place to ask this, but could someone help me with the appropriate css for achieving this (Don't know css myself) and where I would need to put it exactly? I can navigate around the admincp fairly well, just don't know much about design.

Really nice mod.

[rooban12]

I got the following problem after I installed the plugin,

Threads are showing in Ascending Order when I disable the plugin, the threads are showing in Descending Order.

Please someone fix it for me.

Thank you

[Ted S]

I got the following problem after I installed the plugin,

Threads are showing in Ascending Order when I disable the plugin, the threads are showing in Descending Order.

Please someone fix it for me.

Thank you

This thread does not alter thread order or make any long term changes to your database.

There's likely a collision with another mod and you will need to test what you've got installed to find what's hitting what.

[rooban12]

I have disable all the plugin and just enable the helpful answer plugin. The result is same, all the threads are in Ascending Order.

Thank you

[Ted S]

I have disable all the plugin and just enable the helpful answer plugin. The result is same, all the threads are in Ascending Order.

Thank you

And when you disable this plugin, what happens to your threads? Have you changed the thread order setting from the default?

[rooban12]

when I disable the plugin, threads working fine, I have already changed the thread order too.
I love this plugin, please try to solve this problem

THank you

[Ted S]

Disable the option helpfulanswerorderbits in any given forum. If that doesn't work turn off the hook forumdisplay_query_threadid and tell me if that fixes it

[rooban12]

Solved it..... thanks for your time mate

[rhoula]

This is what I m getting:

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.0:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE forum SET helpfulanswerbits = 1;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'helpfulanswerbits' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Friday, January 6th 2012 @ 08:40:22 AM
Error Date : Friday, January 6th 2012 @ 08:40:22 AM
Script : http://checkthisup.com/admincp/helpfulanswers.php?do=do_bulk
Referrer : http://checkthisup.com/admincp/helpfulanswers.php?do=bulk
IP Address : 68.12.xxx.xx
Username : rhoula
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.1.56

[Ted S]

This is what I m getting:

Your install did not update the database properly. Run this query:

ALTER TABLE forum ADD 'helpfulanswerorderbits' INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '0';

If you use prefixes on your database, be sure to add them in (i.e. vb_forum).

[Winter Sonata]

Sorry, this problem happened to be either : 4.1.10
Threads are showing in Ascending Order when I disable the plugin, the threads are showing in Descending Order.

I read your fix but can't locate where is : helpfulanswerorderbits and there is no hook called : forumdisplay_query_threadid

Thanks alot!

[Ted S]

Sorry, this problem happened to be either : 4.1.10


I read your fix but can't locate where is : helpfulanswerorderbits and there is no hook called : forumdisplay_query_threadid

Thanks alot!

It's in your plugin manager.

[Winter Sonata]

Thankd Ted S

Disable the hook doesn't help and I can't figure out where should I diable this option : helpfulanswerorderbits

Thanks for the support and sorry if bothering.

[howit]

its working on 4.1.9.

Any how to put the "thank" count in the postbit_legacy?

[vAsia]

Could you do one for thread in forumdisplay.php?

It will look like reddit.

[Ted S]

Could you do one for thread in forumdisplay.php?

It will look like reddit.

This mod rates posts. If you want something to rate threads it would be an entirely separate codebase or, you could port this addon as you see fit.

[Ted S]

its working on 4.1.9.

Any how to put the "thank" count in the postbit_legacy?

What do you mean?

[Ted S]

Thankd Ted S

Disable the hook doesn't help and I can't figure out where should I diable this option : helpfulanswerorderbits

Thanks for the support and sorry if bothering.

Your post makes no sense. If you haven't disabled the hook how can you know if it helps or not?

[SilverBoy]

I just installed the product and test it

I didn't get any thing according this option "Enable Most Helpful Post Block" is it not working as it says? I used vb4.1.9 !!

[SilverBoy]

another Q, what this option do exactly? "Enable Single Post Voting"??

[Ted S]

I just installed the product and test it

I didn't get any thing according this option "Enable Most Helpful Post Block" is it not working as it says? I used vb4.1.9 !!

How is it not working? Is there a post with votes? Does it have enough votes to meet the secondary threshold? Have you configured your templates in a way that may have removed the needed hook? Without being specific I can't help.

[Ted S]

another Q, what this option do exactly? "Enable Single Post Voting"??

From the admin options page:

If enabled, users will only be able to vote on one post in a single thread. <strong>Adds one query to each SHOWTHREAD page.</strong>

[SilverBoy]

Yes I have posts with votes, I changed the threshold to (2) votes, and I installed it in test board with default style (no changes made).

From the admin options page:

If enabled, users will only be able to vote on one post in a single thread. <strong>Adds one query to each SHOWTHREAD page.</strong>

I don't have description in admin options page for this option that is why I asked :).

[Ted S]

Yes I have posts with votes, I changed the threshold to (2) votes, and I installed it in test board with default style (no changes made).


I don't have description in admin options page for this option that is why I asked :).

Is the cookie lgv getting set?

[SilverBoy]

what do you mean with lgv?

Actually I get confused, is there newer version than what this thread has?

[Ted S]

what do you mean with lgv?

My mistake, I'm mixing up mods.

Have you edited your showthread template manually?

Actually I get confused, is there newer version than what this thread has?

:confused: This is the 4.x version of the mod...

[SilverBoy]

no I don't edit any template it is test board with vb4 default style !!

Actually I get confused, is there newer version than what this thread has?

I mean is there a newer version than 2.4? I asked because of the difference in admin options description and lgv cookies :p

[Ted S]

I mean is there a newer version than 2.4? I asked because of the difference in admin options description and lgv cookies :p

This thread holds the vB 4 version of this mod. If you run the same version listed in the thread you have the latest version.

[SilverBoy]

Ok ted, what I can do now?

what I suppose to get after enabling "Enable Most Helpful Post Block" option?

Could you please give me screen shot?

[Ted S]

Ok ted, what I can do now?

what I suppose to get after enabling "Enable Most Helpful Post Block" option?

Could you please give me screen shot?

Well since you don't know what you're looking for perhaps it's there? The result is nothing fancy... just a single line of text in a colored box near the top of the thread page [nothing shows in the individual thread].

Are there enough votes on the post you are testing to make it show up?

[SilverBoy]

I have enough votes (I put 2 in this option "Minimum Rank to Show Post Block") and actually I have 5 votes in one post but no blocks in the page.

actually I get this message at top of the page "See the top rated post in this thread. Click here" if I enabled this option "Get Top Post per Thread".

another note, when enabled this option "Enable User Points" I didn't get any points in post but I get them in profile page.

[SilverBoy]

another note, in edit forum page the option "Order By Helpful Answers Votes?" doesn't make any changes when enable it or disable it !!

Again I'm using 4.1.9 :|.

[Ted S]

another note, when enabled this option "Enable User Points" I didn't get any points in post but I get them in profile page.

I don't follow... You don't get the points but you get the points?

[Ted S]

another note, in edit forum page the option "Order By Helpful Answers Votes?" doesn't make any changes when enable it or disable it !!

Again I'm using 4.1.9 :|.

Alter the hook forumdisplay_query_threadid and add echo "option enabled"; after

if($foruminfo['helpfulanswerbits'] AND $foruminfo['helpfulanswerorderbits']){If the option is properly enabled, this message will show up with you view the page.

[Ted S]

I have enough votes (I put 2 in this option "Minimum Rank to Show Post Block") and actually I have 5 votes in one post but no blocks in the page.

actually I get this message at top of the page "See the top rated post in this thread. Click here" if I enabled this option "Get Top Post per Thread".

another note, when enabled this option "Enable User Points" I didn't get any points in post but I get them in profile page.

Install this version of the plugin which will show debug outputs.

[SilverBoy]

I don't follow... You don't get the points but you get the points?

as you said in admin option "If enabled, users will have votes on their posts counted to display in the postbit template, their profile, etc" this option will display the total # of votes in postbit template and in profile, for me it displayed only in profile page, but it not appear in postbit.

[SilverBoy]

Install this version of the plugin which will show debug outputs.

I installed it, I get only this line before the header
"debugging...show blockdebugging...show blockdebugging...show blockdebugging...show blockdebugging...show blockdebugging...show blockdebugging...show block "

[SilverBoy]

Alter the hook forumdisplay_query_threadid and add echo "option enabled"; after

if($foruminfo['helpfulanswerbits'] AND $foruminfo['helpfulanswerorderbits']){If the option is properly enabled, this message will show up with you view the page.

do you mean it will sort the threads in forumdisplay page according to the votes?

[Ted S]

as you said in admin option "If enabled, users will have votes on their posts counted to display in the postbit template, their profile, etc" this option will display the total # of votes in postbit template and in profile, for me it displayed only in profile page, but it not appear in postbit.

It's enabled but not automatically displayed. You have to add the appropriate variable [check post #3 of this thread] to show whatever data you want.

[Ted S]

do you mean it will sort the threads in forumdisplay page according to the votes?

You keep stating that things don't work and then asking what they do which makes it very hard to understand if the feature has a bug or if you simply don't understand it.

The option alters the ranking of posts based on votes.

[Ted S]

I installed it, I get only this line before the header
"debugging...show blockdebugging...show blockdebugging...show blockdebugging...show blockdebugging...show blockdebugging...show blockdebugging...show block "

Strange that it repeats but good that it's getting called.

Check that the template helpful_answers_mosthelp_post exists and that the hook location postbit_end is still in your template if you have modified it.

[SilverBoy]

I don't have template with this name "helpful_answers_mosthelp_post" !!

[SilverBoy]

I rechecked the plugin xml file and I didn't get template with that name in it !!

[systutorials]

Hey Ted S, great mod and was exactly what I was after. Thanks for this. I've installed it today and have read pages of this thread to get the answer i'm after but couldn't find it, or i've missed it along the way, but i'm trying to display the "rated helpful x out of x times" count under the users avatar or under their posts count mini profile within threads ? Was thinking to have some text like "Helpfull Posts: X"

[SilverBoy]

I asked you about this option meaning before "Enable Single Post Voting" and you told me about the description that must be under it, but for me I don't get that description.

so after I checked the plugin file I find that you add "k" letter in add that phrase line that is why it is not work.

I'm talking about this line
"<phrase name="setting_helpans_onevotek_desc" date="0" username="Ted S" version="2.0.5"><![CDATA[If enabled, will only be able to vote on one post in a single thread. <strong>Adds one query to each SHOWTHREAD page.</strong>]]></phrase>"

the phrase name must be "setting_helpans_onevote_desc"

[Ted S]

I rechecked the plugin xml file and I didn't get template with that name in it !!

You are correct.

We'll add this to the bug list but honestly as no one else has mentioned this since the 4.x version came out, it's not something you'll see added in until our next major update.

[Ted S]

Hey Ted S, great mod and was exactly what I was after. Thanks for this. I've installed it today and have read pages of this thread to get the answer i'm after but couldn't find it, or i've missed it along the way, but i'm trying to display the "rated helpful x out of x times" count under the users avatar or under their posts count mini profile within threads ? Was thinking to have some text like "Helpfull Posts: X"

No problem... You can find the variables in post #3 of this thread.

This is a fairly old mod and I can't recall if they're all actually enabled but that's the best place to start.

[systutorials]

Cool thanks Ted, i've got the variables which is all good. Just with the placement I actually want to place it here:

http://i44.tinypic.com/sllegw.jpg

Do you know the name of the template I need to edit ?

[systutorials]

All good found it under postbit_legacy. Using the {vb:raw post.goodrank} variable works well. Thanks again

[systutorials]

actually I think I spoke to soon, i'm 3/4 of the way there
This is what it looks like now:
http://i44.tinypic.com/359y3vm.jpg
But helpful posts only displays 1 on the actual post that was helpful. It doesn't carry around with it the total amount of helpful posts the user has made. Is there another variable for this ?
It would be similar to the information you see when you click on the user and then click on about me and view the information "Helpful Postings - Rated Helpful 1 out of 1 times"

[systutorials]

found it, I used {vb:raw post.hagoodrank}
sorry for all the posts :)

[BlueCheri]

Installed.

Working fine.

Thanx and rgds

[Ted S]

found it, I used {vb:raw post.hagoodrank}
sorry for all the posts :)

Trying stuff on your own... trying again... You're my hero for the day no matter how many posts were made.

Let me know if there's anything else you need :up:

[SilverBoy]

You are correct.

We'll add this to the bug list but honestly as no one else has mentioned this since the 4.x version came out, it's not something you'll see added in until our next major update.

no problem, but could you please give me the template code to add it manually?

[Ted S]

no problem, but could you please give me the template code to add it manually?

The template was never ported from the 3.8 version, you'd have to convert it yourself.


<if condition="!$GLOBALS['FIRSTPOSTID'] AND $helpfulanswer[postid] != $GLOBALS['qrfirstpostid']">
<div style="padding:5px;">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1" style="padding:15px;font-weight"bold;text-align:center;">

<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]" 2="$helpfulanswer[postid]">$vbphrase[helpfulanswer_mosthelp_post]</phrase>

</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</if>

[SilverBoy]

Thanks Ted.

I suggest you in the next version to change the content of the block to display the post that most voted as helpful not just link to it.

[klaus]

Is there a variable I can use to display the total weight of a post after it got ranked up and down?

Example: 2 plus votes = Weight 2, 4 plus votes and 1 minus vote = weight 3, 6 minus votes weight = -6

To me it makes more sense to display the total weight of posts then how many plus and how many minus voted. Just give me the total as one number.

Thank you in advance and I love this product.

[Ted S]

Is there a variable I can use to display the total weight of a post after it got ranked up and down?

Example: 2 plus votes = Weight 2, 4 plus votes and 1 minus vote = weight 3, 6 minus votes weight = -6

To me it makes more sense to display the total weight of posts then how many plus and how many minus voted. Just give me the total as one number.

Thank you in advance and I love this product.

See https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1957576&postcount=2 for a list of variables sent to the script. To add a new calculation edit the hook helpfulanswers_showthreadorpost

[klaus]

See https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1957576&postcount=2 for a list of variables sent to the script. To add a new calculation edit the hook helpfulanswers_showthreadorpost

Thanks for the quick reply. Isn't the "Hide negative post count" looking at a certain rating value or does it truly count how many negative votes a post gets irregardless of the positives.

If it calculates the "average" or offset then that variable would be useful for my forum. If it truly just counts how many negatives then no offense but it kind of sucks.

I just installed this in a non production forum and haven't tested it enough to know how it works. What I am really looking for is a reddit type experience. Up/down votes. too many down votes post goes away, but can be up voted again by other users. true democracy.

There used to be product that did exactly that but it is discontinued/graveyard and was for vb3.x

Your product is the closest to what I am looking for.

[Ted S]

Looking at the source code [it's been a while] there's nothing fancy computed here, just the number of goodvotes, the number of totalvotes and then you can merge those to build a few different results.

My philosophy on mods is pretty simple -- give people a core feature that works for as many sites as possible and then let each one tweak it to meet their actual needs. One person will say a feature rocks, the next that it sucks, truth is that it "sucks" or "rocks" for you, but the mod isn't made for just just one site. Unfortunately "off the shelf" is as far as most go but let's be honest, if you're the same as the guy next door, that's not good so please, if you think this is close but not quite cutting it, dig into the code and make it do what you want.

By that I mean you've got a tool to vote on posts, now all you have to do is decide how you want to show the votes, hide negative posts, feature others, etc.

[klaus]

Yeah that is awesome and I am stocked for this product. Thank you.

I will mess with it and share what I make out of it with this thread so perhaps someone else can use it.

I like your philosophy.

[Ivan3443]

This is one of the best plugins out there !
I just installed it and it works great, but the voting Buttons are always at the top of posts. I already tried hours to fix this but I just dont have the skills for that. How can I change the postion, so it is bellow the edit buttons?

Thank you!

[Ted S]

This is one of the best plugins out there !
I just installed it and it works great, but the voting Buttons are always at the top of posts. I already tried hours to fix this but I just dont have the skills for that. How can I change the postion, so it is bellow the edit buttons?

Thank you!

Enable the manual placement option and then add the right variable as explained in the install file.

[bposner]

How do you use this with VB experience, I'd like to add it to the awards and such. I added a category for HA and then added a award, and re calibrated but can't see to make anything show up. Thoughts?

Thanks!!

[Ted S]

How do you use this with VB experience, I'd like to add it to the awards and such. I added a category for HA and then added a award, and re calibrated but can't see to make anything show up. Thoughts?

I'm very open to other mods interacting with and extending this functionality but don't support their code.

vB experience is released by a great developer... I'd suggest you reach out to him / his team for help with the integration.

[Edit: Should the mod author(s) see this and need other hook locations / data output to improve the interface, please drop a PM]

[dimitril]

I would like to display the good percentage.
The calculation would be goodrank / totalrank * 100.

How can I display this percentage?

Thanks in advance!

[Ted S]

I would like to display the good percentage.
The calculation would be goodrank / totalrank * 100.

How can I display this percentage?

Thanks in advance!

You will have to hack the plugin source code to edit the ranking output

[bposner]

Hi, running your system on a couple of sites. very nice.. I want to change the text color for:
See the top rated post in this thread and trying to use basic BB code in the phrase doesn't seem to work, ["COLOR="Lime"]See the top rated post in this thread.[/COLOR"]

NOTE: I added the " at the beginning and ending of COLOR so the code would display in this post, it's not in the phrase I'm trying to change.

Suggestions?
Thanks!

[Ted S]

Hi, running your system on a couple of sites. very nice.. I want to change the text color for:
See the top rated post in this thread and trying to use basic BB code in the phrase doesn't seem to work, ["COLOR="Lime"]See the top rated post in this thread.[/COLOR"]

NOTE: I added the " at the beginning and ending of COLOR so the code would display in this post, it's not in the phrase I'm trying to change.

Suggestions?
Thanks!

I don't believe BB code works in phrases. You'll need to use HTML and ideally css attributes.

[bposner]

Well then, that explains it :)

Thanks

[sportsfroma2]

just upgraded my site from 4.1.10 to 4.1.11, and it still works well.

thanks!

[Ted S]

just upgraded my site from 4.1.10 to 4.1.11, and it still works well.

thanks!

Minor releases have almost no impact on mods which is why most are marked for 4.1.x rather than a specific version.

[sportsfroma2]

Minor releases have almost no impact on mods which is why most are marked for 4.1.x rather than a specific version.

I know, but I figured there are those like myself who are non-coders and they like reading through the latest posts on the threads before updating their vbulletin just to make sure everything is still working right (just because SOMETIMES, things go wrong- not saying often, not saying with your specific mod)...

I know I like it when other users share feedback -both negative and positive- on how the various vbulletin upgrades effect their installed mods... figured I'd return the favor a bit.

[Ted S]

I know, but I figured there are those like myself who are non-coders and they like reading through the latest posts on the threads before updating their vbulletin just to make sure everything is still working right (just because SOMETIMES, things go wrong- not saying often, not saying with your specific mod)...

I know I like it when other users share feedback -both negative and positive- on how the various vbulletin upgrades effect their installed mods... figured I'd return the favor a bit.

Don't get me wrong, we appreciate it when people confirm a mod works in an upgrade. I just like to take the time and follow up to other users so they understand that rather than asking if a mod works for .0x minor change, they give it a shot -- 99% of the time it will and asking just slows down their own site [not to mention that most coders will answer without actually testing first on the assumption basis].

[initiald]

It's not working on vBulletin 4.1.11? The thumbup/thumbdown are not showing on the post. I have set it to display on the forum. Every instrument is followed on the install file. Why? please help..

This is my setting..

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/715/part1n.png/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/part2z.png/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/690/part3vj.png/

[Ted S]

It's not working on vBulletin 4.1.11? The thumbup/thumbdown are not showing on the post. Why? please help..

I can't do much with "it's not working"... You'll need to provide some actual details to look into...

Have you enabled the mod in the forum you are viewing?

Do the other options work?

Does anything show up in the voting area?

[iDHKHCM]

I can't do much with "it's not working"... You'll need to provide some actual details to look into...

Have you enabled the mod in the forum you are viewing?

Do the other options work?

Does anything show up in the voting area?

same thing with me absolutely nothing shows up, everything was enabled forums too

[initiald]

I can't do much with "it's not working"... You'll need to provide some actual details to look into...

Have you enabled the mod in the forum you are viewing?

Do the other options work?

Does anything show up in the voting area?
Sorry. I re-edit the post.

It's not working on vBulletin 4.1.11? The thumbup/thumbdown are not showing on the post. I have set it to display on the forum. Every instruction is followed on the install file. When I test the hide function of post with 10 negative posts, it did work and hide , so something is working there. But the thumbup/thumbdown or any other image vote is simply not showing up. please help..

This is my setting..

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/715/part1n.png/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/part2z.png/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/690/part3vj.png/

[Ted S]

Since multiple sites have the issue we'll definitely take a look and see what changed in 4.1.11

In the mean time you may want to try the manual template placement to see if the hook location was shifted around. It requires a template edit but may be a work around.... assuming that was the issue of course.

For anyone else reading this: there appears to be a compatibility bug with 4.1.11 which will be looked into. As the reason for this bug isn't known there's no ETA but this does not have any documented impact to the forum [other than causing the mod not to show].

[initiald]

Since multiple sites have the issue we'll definitely take a look and see what changed in 4.1.11

In the mean time you may want to try the manual template placement to see if the hook location was shifted around. It requires a template edit but may be a work around.... assuming that was the issue of course.

For anyone else reading this: there appears to be a compatibility bug with 4.1.11 which will be looked into. As the reason for this bug isn't known there's no ETA but this does not have any documented impact to the forum [other than causing the mod not to show].
Could you please explain how to edit the template (the postbit_legacy right?). Can you post an instruction how to manual do template editing. This might be the cause. I will test it.

[Ted S]

Could you please explain how to edit the template (the postbit_legacy right?). Can you post an instruction how to manual do template editing. This might be the cause. I will test it.

It's explained in the install guide but assumes you have inserted mods into templates before. If not, we'll be looking at things soon.

[initiald]

The install guide didn't include how to edit template. I guess I'll wait for your fix soon. Thanks

[Ted S]

The install guide didn't include how to edit template. I guess I'll wait for your fix soon. Thanks

We've tested the mod on both our custom style and a stock vBulletin 4.1.11 style with the exact same settings you had [thanks for posting the screen shots] and it loads fine.

Does your postbit / legacy template have any customizations that may be altering how it shows?

The attached version of the mod will print debug code [not pretty so you'll want to disable it after getting a screenshot].

[initiald]

We've tested the mod on both our custom style and a stock vBulletin 4.1.11 style with the exact same settings you had [thanks for posting the screen shots] and it loads fine.

Does your postbit / legacy template have any customizations that may be altering how it shows?

The attached version of the mod will print debug code [not pretty so you'll want to disable it after getting a screenshot].
It still doesn't show up for whatever reason.

I'm using a customize style from Digitalvb.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233338

If it works on that, it should work on mine. I follow instruction but no icon image is shown in the post.

[GE-Tom]

Very nice mod. I have 1 question.

How can i activate or deaktivate it in some forums? I only find the option to activate it in threads but for a forum.

plz help me

[Ted S]

Very nice mod. I have 1 question.

How can i activate or deaktivate it in some forums? I only find the option to activate it in threads but for a forum.

plz help me

I'm not sure what you mean. The mod is enabled forum by forum only via the forum manager...

[grey_goose]

This is probably a user error, but is hard to do a Search for "%1$" :)

I get:
%1$s members found this post helpful. Did you find this post helpful?

Why is it giving me the variable instead of the number?

[Ted S]

That's not the variable field but is of course a bad result.

Is 1 constant or does it change to reflect the number of votes?

[grey_goose]

The '1' is constant.

[Ted S]

and everything in the mod and your postbit template is stock? no code changes?

[grey_goose]

The postbit is heavily modified, and I'm deploying the mod manually, but the only thing I changed on the mod was the images used in the template (from GIF to PNG).

[Ted S]

The postbit is heavily modified, and I'm deploying the mod manually, but the only thing I changed on the mod was the images used in the template (from GIF to PNG).

The manual placement may have something to do with it but I'm going to have to dig around a bit... Hopefully it's something I can recreate fairly easily but give me a few days

[Ted S]

The manual placement may have something to do with it but I'm going to have to dig around a bit... Hopefully it's something I can recreate fairly easily but give me a few days

Can you try changing the voting option to a style other than rollovers? This will help me debug where the issue is coming from...

[TheLastSuperman]

The postbit is heavily modified, and I'm deploying the mod manually, but the only thing I changed on the mod was the images used in the template (from GIF to PNG).

Do you mind posting a copy of your postbit template code? It's so much easier for us to review it and look for mistakes or conflicts ;).

[GE-Tom]

Hey,

i have a problem. he shows me "%1$s like that....." if i deaktivate the negativ rating. Can you help me plz? And how can i reset all votings? Is it posible? Thanks a lot.

[Ted S]

Hey,

i have a problem. he shows me "%1$s like that....." if i deaktivate the negativ rating. Can you help me plz? And how can i reset all votings? Is it posible? Thanks a lot.

What happens if you changing the voting style to an option other than the rollover icons?

[GE-Tom]

With Yes or Now it looks right. But in like the other option.

[ericholtman]

This is a really great mod, and I think it's going to do a lot to increase participation on my board.

I have one question: Is there a way to change the font size and color in the phrases ("Did you find this post helpful, etc")?

I apologize if this question is painfully stupid, but my husband usually does the coding, and I'm trying to do everything by myself this time. It's a long and sometimes grotesque process.

Kim

[bposner]

This is a really great mod, and I think it's going to do a lot to increase participation on my board.

I have one question: Is there a way to change the font size and color in the phrases ("Did you find this post helpful, etc")?

I apologize if this question is painfully stupid, but my husband usually does the coding, and I'm trying to do everything by myself this time. It's a long and sometimes grotesque process.

Kim

I did this in Phrases, I searched for the term then change the code like this


<span style="font: verdana; color: Yellow;">Did you find this post Helpful?</span>


May not be the best way, but it worked :)

[initiald]

Hey I finally make it show up but now when I click on the Thumbup/Thumbdown, I received this error.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/03/2.png

Any idea how to fix this? tx

[Ted S]

Hey I finally make it show up but now when I click on the Thumbup/Thumbdown, I received this error.

Any idea how to fix this? tx

Check the path of the link and tell me what it is versus what it should be.

[initiald]

Check the path of the link and tell me what it is versus what it should be.
What link or path? Can you clarify more. You mean in root folder?

I notice one thing. In the upload folder, you have helpfulanswer.php and the same file helefulanswer.php in admincp?

[ericholtman]

I did this in Phrases, I searched for the term then change the code like this


<span style="font: verdana; color: Yellow;">Did you find this post Helpful?</span>


May not be the best way, but it worked :)


Thank you! That worked!! :)

[Ted S]

What link or path? Can you clarify more. You mean in root folder?

I notice one thing. In the upload folder, you have helpfulanswer.php and the same file helefulanswer.php in admincp?

The path of the link... When you click it or hover over it where does it point too? Where should it point too?

There are two helpfulanswer.php files. One in your root folder, one in your admincp. If you upload the upload folder contents into your forum directory in one shot everything will go to the right place.

[010081]

Can i display most helpful members on sidebar.. thanks..

Moreover can i add most helpful members per category..on sidebar..

[bfdzio]

Anyone interested in building a file like the helpfulanswers.php but that would display 'most helpful' posts from the past 24 hours?

[Ted S]

You can simply copy that routine and add one addition WHERE statement to the mySQL query along the lines of

createddate >= DATE_SUB(NOW(),INTERVAL 1 day)

[bfdzio]

You can simply copy that routine and add one addition WHERE statement to the mySQL query along the lines of

createddate >= DATE_SUB(NOW(),INTERVAL 1 day)


Tried several different things and can't get it to work...where excactly? Also it can't find any 'createddate' but at least got rid of the error when I changed it to post dateline..but nothing shows.

$helpfulanswers = $db->query_read_slave("
SELECT post.postid,post.title as posttile,helpfulpost.goodrank,helpfulpost.totalran k,helpfulpost.lastvote,
thread.threadid,thread.title as title,thread.postusername as postusername,forum.title as ftitle $helpful_selectby
$hook_query_fields
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "helpfulpost as helpfulpost
INNER JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post AS post ON(helpfulpost.postid = post.postid)
INNER JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread AS thread ON(post.threadid = thread.threadid)
INNER JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum AS forum ON(thread.forumid = forum.forumid)
WHERE helpfulpost.goodrank > 0
$conditions
$hook_query_joins
ORDER BY $sqlsort $sortorder
LIMIT " . ($limitlower - 1) . ", $perpage
");

[Ted S]

Shoot... createddate is the attribute I usually use in mods but in this one it would be

helpfulanswer.lastvote

However I've over simplified as this is a UNIXTIMESTAMP made by vBulletin rather than a datestamp. That means you have to get more complex in the query...

helpfulanswer.lastvote >= UNIX_TIMESTAMP(DATE_SUB(NOW(),INTERVAL 1 day))

Or something like that

[Shill360]

Bit of a strange one this.

I am entering {vb:raw post.totalrank} in my postbit_legacy template.

And it is showing the number of thanks under the user avatar. But only on that particular post. Is there anyway to show the total number of thanks on all posts for a user. The old variable on the 3.x version was $post[hatotalrank] which showed the total number of thanks on multiple posts for users.

Am I doing something wrong ?

[Ted S]

Bit of a strange one this.

I am entering {vb:raw post.totalrank} in my postbit_legacy template.

And it is showing the number of thanks under the user avatar. But only on that particular post. Is there anyway to show the total number of thanks on all posts for a user. The old variable on the 3.x version was $post[hatotalrank] which showed the total number of thanks on multiple posts for users.

Am I doing something wrong ?

post.totalrank is a post variable so it's not strange that it only shows what that post got :D

If you scroll back to the first page of the mod there's a list of accessible variables with brief descriptions. I don't recall them all off hand but if I had any common sense when making this version it would have been post.hatotalrank

[bfdzio]

Shoot... createddate is the attribute I usually use in mods but in this one it would be

helpfulanswer.lastvote

However I've over simplified as this is a UNIXTIMESTAMP made by vBulletin rather than a datestamp. That means you have to get more complex in the query...

helpfulanswer.lastvote >= UNIX_TIMESTAMP(DATE_SUB(NOW(),INTERVAL 1 day))

Or something like that


Got it working, now I just need to make it show a preview of the post (or the whole post).

Probably more work involved in that though.

[Trevor Matthews]

Hi
I have this installed and all is fine, except that I have just installed Pird of Preys Simple Postbit modification and this mod no longer works in the sections where I have activated Simple Postbits.
Simple Postbits has a box that says Use Postbit Control Hooks, the description is below;

"Choose whether you want to enable the postbit controls template hook. If yes mods that use this hook will be able to place their code in the simple postbit. Enable this if you want a "Like" button or other 3rd party buttons to show."

Does anyone know how I can get Helpful Answers to work again in those sections?
Thanks for any suggestions.

[Ted S]

Hi
I have this installed and all is fine, except that I have just installed Pird of Preys Simple Postbit modification and this mod no longer works in the sections where I have activated Simple Postbits.
Simple Postbits has a box that says Use Postbit Control Hooks, the description is below;

"Choose whether you want to enable the postbit controls template hook. If yes mods that use this hook will be able to place their code in the simple postbit. Enable this if you want a "Like" button or other 3rd party buttons to show."

Does anyone know how I can get Helpful Answers to work again in those sections?
Thanks for any suggestions.

I can't debug specific cross-mod issues as there's simply too many combinations but I'd suggest trying the manual placement option and adding the template hook yourself. This takes a couple lines of editing but may solve your issue.

[Trevor Matthews]

Ok, thanks, Pird of Prey is having a look at it for me.
I will report back if I can solve the problem.

[Ted S]

Ok, thanks, Pird of Prey is having a look at it for me.
I will report back if I can solve the problem.

If they find a conflict please let me know. It's _generally_ not hard to fix those, it's finding them that's a pain.

[Trevor Matthews]

It has been sorted, I had to modify the template.
Details are Here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=281513&page=3), should be sorted in later releases.

[Ted S]

It has been sorted, I had to modify the template.
Details are Here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=281513&page=3), should be sorted in later releases.

Removing template hooks will definitely impact mods (and not just this one)... Glad they sorted it out and are returning those as options.

[wilford brimley]

i dont know alot about editing vbulletin, ive only used phpbb/

how cna i remove the "did you find this helpful" phrase.

and two, how can i move the plus/minus to beside the post number.

this is a good mod but its ugly so i dont think ill use it.

[Ted S]

i dont know alot about editing vbulletin, ive only used phpbb/

how cna i remove the "did you find this helpful" phrase.

and two, how can i move the plus/minus to beside the post number.

this is a good mod but its ugly so i dont think ill use it.

As you don't like the mod don't use it.

[wilford brimley]

As you don't like the mod don't use it.

i dont like the way it looks because when it is in the thread text box it jumbles up close to the post when the skin is fluid and compressed. i was asking if it can be made to look good for me up beside the number of the post on thread (logical placement)

[Ted S]

i dont like the way it looks because when it is in the thread text box it jumbles up close to the post when the skin is fluid and compressed. i was asking if it can be made to look good for me up beside the number of the post on thread (logical placement)

With templates you can move elements wherever you want, however you want. Mods are merely a starting point to serve the general community.

[blacklynx]

when ranked , appears a error:

<div id="helpfulanswers_box_" style="text-align:right;">
<br /><hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />



<i> <font size="2" color="green">+ 3 </font><font size="1" color="green">Galletas </i></font>
<br><br>








<strong><font size="1" color="green">thank you!</font></strong>

</div>


What´s going on?

[Ted S]

What?s going on?

Have you modified any of the templates from the addon or your post/ post legacy style?

[blacklynx]

nope. Im using a vbulleting generated style.

[michaelbang]

Resolved (disabled negative voting): When members vote, and the "1 out of 1 members..." come up, the icons (the red/green hands) disappear. What to do?

Resolved (edited helpful-answers template): And when giving thumbs up or down in post (not the first one) the text "1 out of 1 members..." is RIGHT above the posts text. Can I do so that the post text is one line lower? It seems a bit cramped up.

I use v. 4.1.11.

Thanks.

[Ted S]

Resolved (disabled negative voting): When members vote, and the "1 out of 1 members..." come up, the icons (the red/green hands) disappear. What to do?

Resolved (edited helpful-answers template): And when giving thumbs up or down in post (not the first one) the text "1 out of 1 members..." is RIGHT above the posts text. Can I do so that the post text is one line lower? It seems a bit cramped up.

I use v. 4.1.11.

Thanks.

All good or is there anything still outstanding you want to do?

[Naijasite]

I have install and enable the Mode but can not see the icon or rate mode on post.

Please what could be the problem?

[Ted S]

I have install and enable the Mode but can not see the icon or rate mode on post.

Please what could be the problem?

Have you enabled it in the forum you are viewing? Have you changed other settings which would impact who sees the voting options such as usergroup restrictions?

[socialteenz]

First of all thank you for this mod.

But i am facing a strange problem, when this mod is enabled in the forumdisplay page, threads are not sorted properly by the last post date.

When disabled everything works fine.

Any idea?

[Ted S]

Voting features work with vB 4.2. Should you find anything broken please report it back to this thread.

[Ted S]

First of all thank you for this mod.

But i am facing a strange problem, when this mod is enabled in the forumdisplay page, threads are not sorted properly by the last post date.

When disabled everything works fine.

Any idea?

What, if any, settings have you changed? How are threads ranked by default?

[socialteenz]

What, if any, settings have you changed? How are threads ranked by default?

By default they are ranked by descending order. I tried disabling your mod, everything looked fine. If you want, i can pm you the screen shots.

[Ted S]

By default they are ranked by descending order. I tried disabling your mod, everything looked fine. If you want, i can pm you the screen shots.

And your settings for the mod....?

[Eole]

Hi,

When someone vote on a post, the thread appears as many time as there are posts that have been voted (+ or -). Who to avoid this duplicates ?

Thanks.

[Ted S]

Hi,

When someone vote on a post, the thread appears as many time as there are posts that have been voted (+ or -). Who to avoid this duplicates ?

Thanks.

That's certainly not something that should be happening... It sounds like something is going wrong with your mySQL records...

Take a look at the table helpfulpost and a post that shows up multiple times. There should be just one entry per postid.

I.E. SELECT COUNT(*) FROM helpfulpost WHERE postid = '12345';

[bfdzio]

Anyone interested in building a file like the helpfulanswers.php but that would display 'most helpful' posts from the past 24 hours?

Got it working, now I just need to make it show a preview of the post (or the whole post).

Probably more work involved in that though.


Ted S...do you have any idea on how I might do this (the second quote)? I got it working thanks to your help but just saw this post was bumped and recalled I never did figure out how to make it preview the posts.

I can probably handle the design part of it but is that a specific code I am looking for or anything?

[Ted S]

Ted S...do you have any idea on how I might do this (the second quote)? I got it working thanks to your help but just saw this post was bumped and recalled I never did figure out how to make it preview the posts.

I can probably handle the design part of it but is that a specific code I am looking for or anything?

You'll need to alter the script's query to join the post table, get the body message, potentially parse it through the editor if you allow styling and that's about it.

SELECT <existing stuff>,post.message

JOIN post ON helpfulpost.postid = post.postID

[socialteenz]

And your settings for the mod....?

I am using the default settings. Everything is fine, if the mod is disabled.

[Ted S]

I am using the default settings. Everything is fine, if the mod is disabled.

Modify the plugin hook forumdisplay_query_threadid to


if($foruminfo['helpfulanswerbits'] AND $foruminfo['helpfulanswerorderbits']){
$hook_query_joins .= "LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "helpfulpost AS helpfulpost ON(thread.threadid = helpfulpost.threadid)";
}


And let me know if that fixes it

[socialteenz]

Modify the plugin hook forumdisplay_query_threadid to


if($foruminfo['helpfulanswerbits'] AND $foruminfo['helpfulanswerorderbits']){
$hook_query_joins .= "LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "helpfulpost AS helpfulpost ON(thread.threadid = helpfulpost.threadid)";
}
And let me know if that fixes it


Still no luck Ted!

[socialteenz]

Update: I modified forumdisplay_query hook with your code.

That seems to fix my problem.

[Ted S]

Update: I modified forumdisplay_query hook with your code.

That seems to fix my problem.

Great. We'll roll that into the next official release.

[Eole]

That's certainly not something that should be happening... It sounds like something is going wrong with your mySQL records...

Take a look at the table helpfulpost and a post that shows up multiple times. There should be just one entry per postid.

I.E. SELECT COUNT(*) FROM helpfulpost WHERE postid = '12345';

Hello TedS,

in the helpfulpost table, every postid has a single line, no duplicate in database. But there are always here in the forum pages. the threadid has 5 line in helpfulpost table (5 distinct postid) that seems correct, but I have exactly 5 duplicate threads on the thread page of the forum.

Regards.

[Ted S]

Hello TedS,

in the helpfulpost table, every postid has a single line, no duplicate in database. But there are always here in the forum pages. the threadid has 5 line in helpfulpost table (5 distinct postid) that seems correct, but I have exactly 5 duplicate threads on the thread page of the forum.

Regards.

And when you disable just this mod that goes away, correct?

[penmai.com]

please help me, how to make only certain usergroup can vote it, for example only moderator and supermod can vote it.

[Ted S]

please help me, how to make only certain usergroup can vote it, for example only moderator and supermod can vote it.

That's not something built in but you can hack the mod to do it through both the XML and php file.

[penmai.com]

Thank you for your immediate reply.

Can you tell me, whats the exact code i have to change, to get the feature?

[Ted S]

Thank you for your immediate reply.

Can you tell me, whats the exact code i have to change, to get the feature?

In the xml file there's an existing set of functions that check for a user's rights to vote in the hook postbit_display_complete. A very similar routine exists in the rate function of helpfulanswers.php. You'll want to change both so only approved users see the option to vote on the frontend and so that no one can trick a vote in on the backend.

Beyond that I can't teach you how to code but there are many great resources out there that will... Start hacking and searching, that's the best way to learn.

[Impromptu]

Hi,

When someone vote on a post, the thread appears as many time as there are posts that have been voted (+ or -). Who to avoid this duplicates ?

Thanks.

First of all thanks for the Mod.

I have the same problem as Eole in that while it works fine, it replicates the thread like three times. If I switch disable Helpful Answers the replicated threads are deleted.

I read the suggestions but really dont get it. :(

[Ted S]

First of all thanks for the Mod.

I have the same problem as Eole in that while it works fine, it replicates the thread like three times. If I switch disable Helpful Answers the replicated threads are deleted.

I read the suggestions but really dont get it. :(

He stopped responding [can't say I blame him] so we never sorted out the issue for his forum... Back to square one.

Take a look at the table helpfulpost and a post that shows up multiple times. There should be just one entry per postid.

I.E. SELECT COUNT(*) FROM helpfulpost WHERE postid = '12345';

[Impromptu]

He stopped responding [can't say I blame him] so we never sorted out the issue for his forum... Back to square one.

Take a look at the table helpfulpost and a post that shows up multiple times. There should be just one entry per postid.

I.E. SELECT COUNT(*) FROM helpfulpost WHERE postid = '12345';

Hey Ted,

First of all thanks for the response.

Unfortunately, I'm a layman in I.T and have no idea what you mean in terms of table?

I might just try to find an easier Mod, which is ashame as I 'liked' this one

But thanks again for responding

[Ted S]

Gotcha... Well best of luck with your site!

[Eole]

And when you disable just this mod that goes away, correct?

Hi Ted S,

Yes, when disabling the mod, everything looks right.

I found the options that generate duplicate entries in the forum page :
On your forum, when activating "Order By Helpful Answers Votes?" (set to yes), every thread that have multiple post with a note, the thraed appears multiple times in the thread page of the forum.

I have disable this option at this time (not useful for my forum).

I have an other question : did you think about sorting posts in a thread depending on the number of positive/negative vote. this could give users show rapidly the bests answers (when multiple) just below the question. I'm just working on it, but maybe not with the best way than you.

Bye.

[faisaly.com]

Hello all .
There is a nasty bug with this hack .
If someone tries to copy the link of a yes/no button which is used for rating while he is logged in , and then logs out and enters it in a browser, the rate gets accepted!!
(suppose the link to the yest button is like this : http://forum.ustmb.ir/helpfulanswers...id=5662&rank=1 , if you copy this to your address bar and press enter, the rate will be accepted! while you are not logged in at all!)
This causes mischievous users to abuse the system for giving positive or negative rates as they wish!
would someone please think about it ?

[Ted S]

Hello all .
There is a nasty bug with this hack .
If someone tries to copy the link of a yes/no button which is used for rating while he is logged in , and then logs out and enters it in a browser, the rate gets accepted!!
(suppose the link to the yest button is like this : http://forum.ustmb.ir/helpfulanswers...id=5662&rank=1 , if you copy this to your address bar and press enter, the rate will be accepted! while you are not logged in at all!)
This causes mischievous users to abuse the system for giving positive or negative rates as they wish!
would someone please think about it ?

Interesting.... There's 5 of 6 different options that would stop this from happening like if you had a post minimum, votes per day, etc. but in the absence of those it looks like you are correct. And it's gone unnoticed for years too :D

Simple fix with the attached xml and voting script.

I'll test around more this evening and clean it up for a release.

[Ted S]

HA version 2.4.2 has been released this evening to fix two small but important bugs.

The first resolves issues where selected voting types should show strange characters in the ajax posted votes . This changes phrases only.

The second and more devious issue was spotted by faisaly.com in which users could copy a vote link, logout and use it multiple times to game the system. Forums with minimum post counts and voting limits were not impacted but given the potential impact [I]it's suggested all forums update.

Changes are made to the XML file and /upload/helpfulanswers.php only.

No templates were modified.

[faisaly.com]

Great thanx this will let users feel at comfort now... and feel fair...

Is there a way that can hide posts with overall negative ratings? currently there is only an option which hides any post that gets just a negative rate ! if some others rate that post as postive it will still remain hidden. and there is also another setting which we can specify how many negative ratings can cause a post to get hidden! this is useless too , because i need a way to hide only the overall negative posts . what if the now negative posts , get positive later , or what happens to a post which has 40 rates in total , and only lets say 5 votes are negative , this will cause the whole post to get hidden which is undesirable .

[webmajstorinet]

Hi,

i like your plugin but i'd like to replace this:
<div id="helpfulanswers_box_78186" style="text-align:right;"><br>

with this:
<div id="helpfulanswers_box_78186" style="float: right;text-align:right;">

Where do i do that? I can't seem to find the proper file.

Thanks

[Ted S]

Hi,

i like your plugin but i'd like to replace this:
<div id="helpfulanswers_box_78186" style="text-align:right;"><br>

with this:
<div id="helpfulanswers_box_78186" style="float: right;text-align:right;">

Where do i do that? I can't seem to find the proper file.

Thanks

78186 is dynamically added so search your templates on helpfulanswers_box_ and you'll find it.

[Braddock]

Perhaps somebody is able to help me with a little Problem.

Why the postname is not shown right?
This is profile.php?do=helpfulans, under helpfulanswers.php the Name is shown correctly.

[Ted S]

Perhaps somebody is able to help me with a little Problem.

Why the postname is not shown right?
This is profile.php?do=helpfulans, under helpfulanswers.php the Name is shown correctly.

Revert your PRF templates & language file and see if it persists.

[Braddock]

I think the Problem is that helpfulfans would like to show the posttitle. But this Posts haven`t one. What do i have to change that the Threadtitle is shown?

And btw, i`m not a pro! :(

[Braddock]

Ok, a friend of mine helped me.

Row 553 ff:
$helpfulposts = $db->query_read("
SELECT ha.yesno,post.title,post.postid,user.username,thre ad.title as ttitle
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "helpfulanswer as ha
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post as post ON (ha.postid = post.postid)
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread AS thread ON(post.threadid = thread.threadid)
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user as user ON (ha.userid = user.userid)
WHERE post.userid = ". $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] ."
ORDER BY ha.dateline DESC
LIMIT 50
");

and

Row 572:
$templater->register('title', $helpfulpost['ttitle']);



Find in row 3

{vb:raw postid} #{vb:raw postid} -

and delete it

[Ted S]

Ok, a friend of mine helped me.

If you've stopped using post titles this mod will have many other issues.

[piratarg]

Very thanks, good mod! :)

A help please: is possible to move here?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=141997&stc=1&d=1351223673

[Ted S]

Very thanks, good mod! :)

A help please: is possible to move here?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=141997&stc=1&d=1351223673

Sure. You can use the manual template placement option as explained in the install file / admin options and put it anywhere in your postbit template you like.

[Suzie]

I think I fixed my problem.

[DaChief]

Is there a german translation?
At least for:

Did you find this post helpful?

Great Mod, just what we were looking for!
Thanks!

[Ted S]

Is there a german translation?

Our mods are officially supported in English only but use the phrase system to translate or edit as you see fit.

[DaChief]

Okay got it, Thanks!

[Quijar Haderak]

First, thank for this Add-on...

I've made ​​some changes to customize it and want to share them:

4 new images modified by me, in PNG format and valid for any background color, 20x20px and removed the " | ".

Added margin-right: 10px; in the voting layer to not be so attached to the table limit.

Added align="absmiddle" to the properties of the images in the voting layer to adjust the alignment of the text with the image.

Attached new images and product xml file with the changes made by me, the rest is unchanged.

[Rideharder]

First, thank for this Add-on...

I've made ​​some changes to customize it and want to share them:

4 new images modified by me, in PNG format and valid for any background color, 20x20px and removed the " | ".

Added margin-right: 10px; in the voting layer to not be so attached to the table limit.

Added align="absmiddle" to the properties of the images in the voting layer to adjust the alignment of the text with the image.

Attached new images and product xml file with the changes made by me, the rest is unchanged.

Thanks!

[Ted S]

First, thank for this Add-on...

I've made ​​some changes to customize it and want to share them:

4 new images modified by me, in PNG format and valid for any background color, 20x20px and removed the " | ".

Added margin-right: 10px; in the voting layer to not be so attached to the table limit.

Added align="absmiddle" to the properties of the images in the voting layer to adjust the alignment of the text with the image.

Attached new images and product xml file with the changes made by me, the rest is unchanged.

Thanks! Are you ok with me rolling your contribution into the official mod files?

[Quijar Haderak]

Thanks! Are you ok with me rolling your contribution into the official mod files?

of course you can...

[DrPrepper]

I need* to clear our complete history of helpfulanswers and start over from scratch. Do I only have to dump/empty the tables helpfulanwser and helpfulpost?

* the reason for this is that we started with anonymous voting. But now we want to show names of voters, but we don't want to infringe the privacy of our members by revealing the votes they gave when the system was anonymous.

[Ted S]

I need* to clear our complete history of helpfulanswers and start over from scratch. Do I only have to dump/empty the tables helpfulanwser and helpfulpost?

* the reason for this is that we started with anonymous voting. But now we want to show names of voters, but we don't want to infringe the privacy of our members by revealing the votes they gave when the system was anonymous.

Gotcha...

Just clear those two tables and the fields added to the user profile... if you have a large user set this may take a while.

UPDATE user SET hagoodrank = 0;
UPDATE user SET hatotalrank= 0;

[Muhammad Rahman]

hey Ted ..

Can create a widget that contains best answer and bad answer ...

[Ted S]

hey Ted ..

Can create a widget that contains best answer and bad answer ...

You sure can. The sum total of each post is stored in the mod's tables making this easy to query using the MIN() and MAX() query functions.

[Muhammad Rahman]

Can you provide sample code for this ..
I can not coding ..

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sorry, my English bad ..

[Ted S]

Can you provide sample code for this ..
I can not coding ..

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sorry, my English bad ..

You can find some very talented coders in the Paid Mods section of this forum.

[Muhammad Rahman]

how do I change it :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/01/10.png

to be like this :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/01/8.jpg

[Muhammad Rahman]

how do I change it :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/01/10.png

to be like this :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/01/8.jpg

Fix ... :)

[Ted S]

how do I change it :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/01/10.png

to be like this :
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/01/8.jpg

You'll have to edit the helpful answers bit template to remove the phrase and then layer in the vote counts.

[Fudgyyy]

You'll have to edit the helpful answers bit template to remove the phrase and then layer in the vote counts.

First off, I want to thank you for an incredible mod. I love it.

I apologize for being a pain in the butt, but how do you access the helpful answers bit template? I've been trying to achieve a similar look, but I just can't seem to find it.

[Ted S]

First off, I want to thank you for an incredible mod. I love it.

I apologize for being a pain in the butt, but how do you access the helpful answers bit template? I've been trying to achieve a similar look, but I just can't seem to find it.

It's in your template manager... You can look it up directly [it's grouped with the rest of the mod's templates] or search by html elements.

[Fudgyyy]

It's in your template manager... You can look it up directly [it's grouped with the rest of the mod's templates] or search by html elements.

I appreciate that. I was going out of my way to find the words exactly, and I didn't think of just looking for a rawphrase. Thanks.

[fworth]

I install but nothing is showing up in post. I went to option~helpful answers setting still nothing. Please advise?
I'm using 4.2. I put all the setting to yes and still nothing shows up....

[Ted S]

I install but nothing is showing up in post. I went to option~helpful answers setting still nothing. Please advise?
I'm using 4.2. I put all the setting to yes and still nothing shows up....

Did you enable the mod in the forum you are viewing threads for? Did you review the settings beyond just clicking yes [some yes are to disable things]?

[Dwarden]

got quite some issues with correct code for ""helpful_answers_mosthelp_post""

seems like the url / value of the 'most voted' fails :(

yet ""helpful_toppost"" works fine

vB 4.2.0 pl3

tried both auto and manual insert to template

1.
can anyone provide fully working code example for ""helpful_answers_mosthelp_post"" ?

2.
any has simple fix for /profile.php?do=helpfulans
to show actual thread names ?

[Ted S]

got quite some issues with correct code for ""helpful_answers_mosthelp_post""

seems like the url / value of the 'most voted' fails :(

yet ""helpful_toppost"" works fine


What do you mean it "fails"?

[Dwarden]

it's empty and never populates the content of the post under first post
tried use older coder posted somewhere in depth of thread with similar result ...

[Ted S]

tried use older coder posted somewhere in depth of thread with similar result ...

I'm not understanding...?

[Dwarden]

I'm not understanding...?

in short the default code ""helpful_answers_mosthelp_post"" don't work or not imports properly ...

hence why I'm asking how it looks, can you post the content of it (after installed)?

[Ted S]

in short the default code ""helpful_answers_mosthelp_post"" don't work or not imports properly ...

hence why I'm asking how it looks, can you post the content of it (after installed)?

Is the template appearing in your template manager?

Did you enable the option?

[Bluefin221]

I noticed you can ban individual users from voting, I want to ban every single user but one selected usergroup is this possible?

[Ted S]

I noticed you can ban individual users from voting, I want to ban every single user but one selected usergroup is this possible?

It's not something you can do without hacking into the code yourself.

[t18ftw]

hi, anyone know how to show only in the first post (the question) ?

[t18ftw]

hi, anyone know how to show only in the first post (the question) ?

after 4 hours searching...

Actually there's a better way to reduce server load with this...

Open up the XML file and find:


if($this->registry->options['helpans_hidefirst'] AND $this->post['postid'] == $this->thread['firstpostid']){
$show['helpfulanswer'] = false;
$show['rate_helpfulanswer'] = false;
}


Change that to:


if($this->post['postid'] != $this->thread['firstpostid']){
$show['helpfulanswer'] = false;
$show['rate_helpfulanswer'] = false;
}


Now only the first post will show ratings.

[t18ftw]

guys, me again.
i need to show only the threads of the last 30 days.

anyone know how to do that?

thanks

[piratenmax]

May i have a Problem with the Add.

Since i have the Add installed, some Thread are mirrored two-, three or four times. What is wrong with me ... :-)

So please ... if some Ideas

Greetings Uli

[fxdigi-cash]

May i have a Problem with the Add.

Since i have the Add installed, some Thread are mirrored two-, three or four times. What is wrong with me ... :-)

So please ... if some Ideas

Greetings Uli

I believe that there is a conflict with another mod. I had the same issue with this mod conflicting with VSA-admin log in as a user...

so if you have both mods installed on your vb, then you have to drop one of them to make things work fine again...

[piratenmax]

I have stopped all Add's and the Problem is the same ... some Threads are two, three or four times in the forum.

Some other ideas

Regards, Ulrich

[Ted S]

I have stopped all Add's and the Problem is the same ... some Threads are two, three or four times in the forum.

Some other ideas

Regards, Ulrich

If you've disabled all addons the problem would not seem to be with this addon?

[piratenmax]

If you've disabled all addons the problem would not seem to be with this addon?Sorry, i have stopped all other add's only this add was running and i have the Problem ...

Regards, Ulrich

[Ted S]

Sorry, i have stopped all other add's only this add was running and i have the Problem ...

Regards, Ulrich

And when you disable this addon the issue goes away?

[piratenmax]

And when you disable this addon the issue goes away?Yes ... if it disabled the Problem goes away ...!

[Ted S]

Yes ... if it disabled the Problem goes away ...!

You likely have multiple records for votes on posts which should not happen...

Is the mod still enabled with active votes or can you clear it out?

[ovacsports]

Weird, I installed and upload everything. I have the admin options in the admincp panel, but nothing is showing up on the actual forum.

What could I be missing?

[Ted S]

Weird, I installed and upload everything. I have the admin options in the admincp panel, but nothing is showing up on the actual forum.

What could I be missing?

Did you enable the mod in any forums?

[ovacsports]

Did you enable the mod in any forums?

I believe that I did? In the admin control panel I went to: Helpful Answers System - Bulk Forum Enabling.

Enabled "Bulk Function", and click the "Update all forums" box for Change all forums option.

Is that correct?

[Ted S]

I believe that I did? In the admin control panel I went to: Helpful Answers System - Bulk Forum Enabling.

Enabled "Bulk Function", and click the "Update all forums" box for Change all forums option.

Is that correct?

Yup... Double check one of your forum's settings to be sure it "stuck".

If it did, is your postbit template original or modified?

[ovacsports]

Weird, I tried to resubmit the settings, and no luck.

The postbit template is not modified. My forum is ovathletics.com/forum

[Ted S]

Weird, I tried to resubmit the settings, and no luck.

No luck as in the option does not stay checked in the forum settings or no luck as in it does set but doesn't show up?

If the later please post a screenshot of your HA settings.

[tulba]

Hi,
really nice :-)

Greetz

[Ted S]

Hi,
really nice :-)

Greetz

Thanks! :D

[tulba]

Hi,
at fist thank you for this nice special.

I think it would be cool, if theres a chance for users to filter the results on the helpfullanswers.php

maybe like this photos...

[Shill360]

Probably a long shot and it might have been asked before but: Is it possible to make this add-on work with Tapatalk?

[Ted S]

Probably a long shot and it might have been asked before but: Is it possible to make this add-on work with Tapatalk?

That's something they'd have to develop at the app level.

[snakedevil]

Hello,

I want only the posts with five negative votes is hidden, how?

Thank you.

[Ted S]

Hello,

I want only the posts with five negative votes is hidden, how?

Thank you.

Build an extension to the mod or hack it to use votes to alter the template, activating a hidden style.

[Randhal007]

why i found this when i click yes for Rate ??

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@my_domain and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

thanks

[Ted S]

why i found this when i click yes for Rate ??



thanks

That's not an error I can do much with. What do your server logs show happened?

[DemOnstar]

I installed it, then uninstalled it but the option (Helpful Answers still lingers in my admin cp.

How to get rid?

Thanks...

[Ted S]

I installed it, then uninstalled it but the option (Helpful Answers still lingers in my admin cp.

How to get rid?

Thanks...

Remove the files you uploaded.

[Bubble #5]

Works great. Love ALL of your hacks Ted!

[Ted S]

Works great. Love ALL of your hacks Ted!

Thanks! :up:

[Bubble #5]

While I've got your attention, what does "Order By Helpful Answers Votes" mean?

When would I use it? Why would I use it?

Thanks.

[Ted S]

While I've got your attention, what does "Order By Helpful Answers Votes" mean?

When would I use it? Why would I use it?

Thanks.

If you were trying to make a Q&A forum it would be useful as it re-orders posts by their positive vote count, rather than the linear date.

Not suggested on typical discussion threads however.

[Bubble #5]

Is there any way to turn the "Did you find this post helpful?" phrase into a link so members can click on it instead of the tiny image? :confused:

[Ted S]

Is there any way to turn the "Did you find this post helpful?" phrase into a link so members can click on it instead of the tiny image? :confused:

You can change it to whatever you like. There's multiple settings in the mod plus templates for more advanced use.

[Bubble #5]

There's multiple settings in the mod plus templates for more advanced use.

Sorry, we saw nothing in the download, or the ACP which would help with turning the phrase into a link. Are you speaking about other resources?

[Ted S]

Sorry, we saw nothing in the download, or the ACP which would help with turning the phrase into a link. Are you speaking about other resources?

If you want to alter the entire phrase, that's in the template.

[K4GAP]

Works great. Love ALL of your hacks Ted!

Bubble may I ask, what version of vb you are running?

[Bubble #5]

4.2.1

[K4GAP]

4.2.1

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

[postcd]

I need plugin which will allow sorting of replies according to rating. the best are on top in thread view. Anyone know plugin which will do this?

[TheLastSuperman]

I need plugin which will allow sorting of replies according to rating. the best are on top in thread view. Anyone know plugin which will do this?

Can you explain this more? The way I see it is, you're rating individual posts... so if you distort the display order would the conversation/topic at hand not be thrown all out of whack i.e. the post order would be off so when read top to bottom or vice-versa depending on your settings it might not make sense... that's just my thought on it. I do see your point about wanting the most helpful answers at the top, naturally it's quick to find the solution. Perhaps a "This is the correct answer" option "image overlay" on the post an admin deems as such would be best in a situation like this.

[ozzy47]

Yeah throwing a thread out of whack would just seem like a giant PITA to me. I would go with something like Mike posted above.

[Ted S]

I need plugin which will allow sorting of replies according to rating. the best are on top in thread view. Anyone know plugin which will do this?

That's an option in this addon although you'll want to go further than just enabling it and insure replies are answers, not discussions (best if you have a comment option below reply).

Keep in mind it's a global setting so if you use it in one forum, it will apply anywhere HA is used.

[Bubble #5]

4.2.1

postbit legacy

Does anyone know how to add the "did you find..." sentence in the lower right hand side of the post? No matter where I put the code it always floats to the upper right hand side. I think maybe I need to add something like a div around the code? Thoughts?:confused:

[Ted S]

4.2.1

postbit legacy

Does anyone know how to add the "did you find..." sentence in the lower right hand side of the post? No matter where I put the code it always floats to the upper right hand side. I think maybe I need to add something like a div around the code? Thoughts?:confused:

The bit floats... try forcing it around another div.

[postcd]

Hi,

question1: if i delete user and all his posts, will be also his Helpfull answers points he added to other members posts deleted?

question2: what value to add to hide posts with 2 and more negative votes? in "Hide Negative Posts - Count"? .... 0 hides 1+ negatives

question3: are hidden posts visible to google bot / indexable?

idea1: Please allow setting different value for "Hide Negative Posts - Count" and Hide Negative Thread - Count"

idea2: This Mod dont show up on my forum after install, i needed to bulk enable it from main menu: Administration /
Helpful Answers System / Bulk Forum Enabler. It should be noted in first post of this topic... I almost did not found it.

[Ted S]

question1: if i delete user and all his posts, will be also his Helpfull answers points he added to other members posts deleted?


No. His or her posts have nothing to do with his or her posts any more than they have to do with his or her profile, blog comments, etc

question2: what value to add to hide posts with 2 and more negative votes? in "Hide Negative Posts - Count"? .... 0 hides 1+ negatives

2

question3: are hidden posts visible to google bot / indexable?

The addon sets the div as hidden using inline css which engines are likely to pick up on. Whether the follow it or not I don't know.

idea1: Please allow setting different value for "Hide Negative Posts - Count" and Hide Negative Thread - Count"

- Thanks for the idea!

[quote=postcd;2452165]idea2: This Mod dont show up on my forum after install, i needed to bulk enable it from main menu: Administration /
Helpful Answers System / Bulk Forum Enabler. It should be noted in first post of this topic... I almost did not found it.

It's noted in bold, larger text that's colored red in the main post and again in the install guide. Twice.

[postcd]

q1: how then admin can bulk delete users votes? What if user signup just to bulk fake votes. When i delete seome member i usually want all traces be deleted, so i think it should delete also his Answers.

[Ted S]

q1: how then admin can bulk delete users votes? What if user signup just to bulk fake votes. When i delete seome member i usually want all traces be deleted, so i think it should delete also his Answers.

There's a bulk management tool in the admin.

[postcd]

what value to add to hide posts with 2 and more negative votes? in "Hide Negative Posts - Count"? .... 0 hides 1+ negatives
2

In my case 1 and also 2 hides all posts, even first post. posts which are even non negative rated. I think its a bug and only negative posts should not be visible..? :eek:

There's a bulk management tool in the admin.

You probably mean "Helpful Answer Statistics" accessible from main vbulletin admin menu (http://internetlifeforum.com/admincpilf/helpfulanswers.php).