Great

Hi Ted,

Installed with 4.1.0 and so far seems to be working very well! Thank you for this wonderful modification. I'm attaching a few screen shots to illustrate.

FYI on the initial install we encountered an issue some others have had. On click to rate and refresh of the page the rating display reads: "%1$s members found this post helpful." We found it resolved when choosing a non-rollover/javascript display option.

We would like to include an icon on the FORUMDISPLAY view in the icon info area that indicates posts have been rated as helpful in any given thread. Is there a variable that would work at this level (kind of a noob with php)?

Also, we like the idea of a two-tier positive rating, e.g. "helpful answer" and "correct answer." Has this ever been considered, and any preliminary thoughts on how best to go about it?

Finally, a +1 for others' suggestions to make the voting not anonymous in the showthread display.

Again, thank you Ted!

just wanna mention that it works fine on 4.1.

Ted, is the "display usernames who rated" and "removing rating" still planned?

Really like this mod.

Quick question, how can I add a 1px box around the helpful answers area within posts?

I tried a couple of things but just cant get anything to work.

Using postbit legacy.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

Uninstalled, breaks my forum style and make the attachments messed up...
tried to reinstall on 4.1 but nothing changed..

To bad, I like this mod.. but can't figure out what's wrong :(

I get this error in PL2 vb 4 Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: Invalid curl configuration option in [path]/helpfulanswers.php on line 483

So I added this but I don't see it anywhere on the forum? I have it enabled.

4.1 PL2

Fixed with bulk tool. Didn't realize I had to do that. Probably should add that in readme.

Great mod!

Hi Ted.
Is the next version due anytime soon? will it include remove rating by users (usually because of misclick)?

Since I installed this addon many of my users are getting an error message saying that they have to wait 30 seconds to make the next post. If they do and click again it's a double post. Anyone else having that problem?

Is there a way to only allow certain users or usergroups to use this mod. I want only a couple to have access and all others to be able to see the results but not have voting options.

Same error here... Unistalled! No response means no solution :(

Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: Invalid curl configuration option in [path]/helpfulanswers.php on line 483

Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: Invalid curl configuration option in [path]/helpfulanswers.php on line 483

same error here help appreciated

Should be changed to no longer supported if the dev doesn't reply.

same problem. Hope this gets resolved.

Still around, just not as frequently as some would like.

Disable the annonoymous report option and this will go away.

Actually the solution has been posted many times before, and involves toggling one setting (turning off anonymous reporting). As much as it's up to dev to respond it's also a great idea to search the thread.

I'm looking to bring other coders in to help develop this, if not I'll make some updates later in Q1 including removing a vote.

It's the last step of the instructions and bolded. Also in the settings page. :D

Not at this time, sorry.

Hello Helpful Answers users,

I know many of you have been concerned about the lack of response and for that I apologize. In all honesty my time is no longer spent on this site and while I am around to help with issues and make updates, I can not promise to give the level of support many of you require to walk through each step of the mod or change. With this in mind I have asked other coders to step in and help with the future of HA until (and even after) I have the time to return to it later this year.

There will be more development of HA, more features and help. And yes, this mod still works just fine with the current version of vBulletin.

Thank you very much for the update. I will try it right now, I am using vb 4.1.1

Hello,

Hopefully someone can help me with something that's been driving me INSANE! :D

Basically I use this just as a "like" function (that also adds to reputation) and I eventually achieved the desired effect after a bit of template tinkering... it's just the "plus" button with the number of ratings to the right of it, looks the same whether you've rated the post or not, but is clickable when you can and not otherwise. Everything is working as I wanted EXCEPT for one tiny, endlessly irritating thing.

For the life of me, I can't figure out how to show the "plus" graphic on my own post, next to the rating. That is, when the member who makes the post looks at his own post, which has been rated, it's just the number. No graphic. For anyone else looking at his post, the graphic is there. I know WHY this is: it's because the code for displaying it is built into the "can rate" condition of the mod, and I've added a separate if condition in the template to display it when the post has been rated (helpfulanswerid), but I can't get it to display for "if this is my own post"... if you see what I mean.

I'm probably being really thick. Is there a standard vb conditional for "if this is my post"? That would sort it :/

Ted,

I noticed the new upgrade and appreciate the support.

Quick question, I have customized the way it displays on my forum and really like the way this mod works. My forum is loving it.

But I was wondering if there is a way to just upload the file changes to overcome the curl issue fixed, without updatin the xml installer. I just want to preserve the changes on my forum for look and functionality that I have added.

tia

Ted, Thanks!

I was wondering if anyone found a way to enable this for EVERY post in a thread as opposed to just one. Sometimes there are many great answers and a number of my users asked about it.

Mike

I use this setup for every post.
I thought it was in the setup acp.

Hey

I checked through it but didnt see where one could set that. As it stands now you can choose to rate ONE post within any thread but once you have rated that one post in the thread you no longer have the option to rate anymore in that thread. Is it not this way on your forum? Test it out, I only found out when a user asked me about it and then i tested it and found it to be true.

xml wasn't changed. post the new .php file and you're set

By default this works on every post. You must have changed the options to single rating.

Why not just wrap the voting blocks in an if/else statement... Show the current votes after the vote option for everyone and for you (the user) just show the plus and vote count

Hey Tom

Thanks for the fast reply!!

I got it!

HA members, please welcome TheLastSuperman to the HA development and support efforts. TheLastSuperman has offered to step in and provide support and fixes. I do plan some significant updates later this year to add in many of the most requested features so keep your eye out for updates!

Welcome :)

This means we will get "who rated" and rating removal options. yay! :D

That's the way I'd like it to function - can you let me know what changes you've made to get this working?

Hey everyone ;). A Quick note to say I won't have time available to add in new features, only a update if required, all my other time will be spent on support for the modification until Ted has more free time available :cool:.

Try something along the lines of:

Let's see how Bundle replies and if it works we'll list some alternate instructions on how to customize the modification to work like that for you and other members ;).

Is the latest version integrated to VBCredits. There was a previous link which no longer working.

I went back a few pages and used the search, my wife says I'm blind however please post that link or link to the post in question. If there's not a modified version released in this thread by Ted then there is not an integrated version out atm.

Edit: Now this is listed in the 3.8 version of this modification, see the mod description:

External Integration:
vB Plaza Modification - http://www.vbplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6359
vB Experience - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=199556

Nothing on vBCredits though on my end.

Welcome Michael... :)

The vBCredits mod was made by someone else and AFAIK, not ported to the 4.0 version