There's 3 things that would cause the code not to activate:

1 - Reputation is not enabled in your admin.

2 - Reputation in the mod is is not enabled.

3 - You're rating your own posts.

This version will tell us what's up.

Thanks, Ted. Here's the text: no reuptation:-1-1-40!

Are you tryin to rate your own post?

No. That's not even possible, as the buttons don't appear on my own posts.

Would you like admin access? Would it help figure this out quicker?

very nice. much less passive-aggressive potential than the other options.

Some people enable it so it is possible... But got it.

I'll review the code again and get back to you in a few. My appologies for this taking so much time.

I know it's an option but I meant that in my specific case, it isn't possible since I don't have it enabled.

No worries. This is baffling to us both. I just hope we can get it resolved no matter how much time it takes. :)
I appreciate you working with me on this. ;)

Tiny gripe ...

If negative ratings are not enabled, icons aren't used for the "Yes I did" button (i.e. it ignores the Rating Display setting in ACP).

Of course we can tweak that ourselves (near the bottom of the helpful_answers template) ... just seems like it shouldn't matter if negative ratings are enabled or not ... If I select 'icons' for the Rating Display, I still want a Green Thumb.

-- hugh

Thanks for the suggestion. I agree and will see that the next release reflects that.

Thanks!

BTW, am I imagining it, or is the hooks XML missing from the ZIP?

I just went to add a helpfulanswers_top_query plugin so I can add forumid to the field list ... but the hooks ain't there in vB ... just the fectch_hook() calls in the code.

-- hugh