[AJAX] Post Groan Hack
 

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 max

Updates:

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

Pictures:

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

I saw it first :)

Reserved

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

installed. Thanks :)

iNsTaLlEd. Thanks

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?

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

Can anyone make a german Button ?

I didn't add rep to the hack yet. I hope to eventually.

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.

installed. Thanks :)

Nice. Thank you! :D

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Agreed. I dont want to be groaned at lol.

thanks for this

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....6&postcount=14
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Abe1, any chance to turn this add-on to collaborative-moderation tool?
It will do huge work for any big forum .-)

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!

i like this idea

Done for Post thanks but not for post groan.

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

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

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.

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

good question
i wanna know about it too
please reply this

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.

I thought I added them. Are you sure?

What typo?

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? ;)

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.

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..