[The Smoking Gun]

Sorry to take the easy way out but there are 500 some odd posts in this thread for me to look for what I have to ask.
~Thank you for understanding~

It states there are three utility scripts attached to this post...
ha_import.php
ha_old.php
ha_revote.php

Which I believe are VERY useful tools for this mod, however before installing it I would like to have the most (for me being a 3.8 for my first version used) applicable tool, which seems to be missing from the attachments list of files as listed here.

Attached Files
File Type: php ha_old.php (2.7 KB, 16 views)
File Type: php ha_revote.php (2.8 KB, 17 views)

Where would one find the 'ha_import.php' attachment which seems to be missing?

Thanks for sharing such a great add-on that is sure to make things much easier to find for many newer users who often get overwhelmed by what they would need to read through to get close to the answer they are looking for! (wonders why this isn't being utilized here LOL)

Thanks for enlightening me to what I may just be overlooking, or isn't obvious to someone new here!

TSG!

Originally Posted by Ted S

Tips & Tricks Using Template Variables:

While the Helpful Answers section may appear to only add to a small part of your post it can be used much more extensively to change the color of an entire post, to add a special icon or just about anything else you like. Here are list of the variables available for your postbit and postbit_legacy templates.

$post[totalrank] - The total number of ratings
$post[goodrank] - The number of good ratings
$post[badrank] - The number of bad ratings
$post[helpfulgood] - True if the post is positive overall (more good than bad ratings)
$show[rate_helpfulanswer] - True if the user can rate the post (false if they are banned or have rated it).
$post[helpfulanswerid] - True if the user has already rated the post.

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Additional variables can also be found in the user's profile page (if enabled).

$helpfulposts[totalranks] - The total ratings of a member's ppsts
$helpfulposts[goodranks] - The total good ratings of a member's posts
$helpfulposts[badranks] - The total bad ratings of a member's posts

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Identify the top rated post.

Step 1 - Enable the top rated post feature from your Helpful Answers Settings.
Step 2 - Add the code:

<if condition="$thread[toppost] == $post[postid] AND THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread'">This is the top rated post!</code>

To your postbit or postbig_legacy template

This can be changed around to add colors, an icon or anything else you want.

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Digg Like Ratings (Format: +6 Yes | No)
Step 1 - Open the template helpful_answers
Step 2 -
Replace the code

<if condition="$post['totalrank']">
 <phrase 1="$post[goodrank]" 2="$post[totalrank]">$vbphrase[helpfulanswer_x_out_of_y]</phrase>
</if>

With the new code:

<if condition="$post['totalrank']">
 + $post[goodrank]
</if>

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Step 1 - Open the template helpful_answers
Step 2 -
Replace the code

<if condition="$post['totalrank']">
 <phrase 1="$post[goodrank]" 2="$post[totalrank]">$vbphrase[helpfulanswer_x_out_of_y]</phrase>
</if>

With the new code:

<if condition="$post['totalrank']">
 <img src="images/buttons/ha_thumbsup.gif" width="11" height="20" border="0" alt="Good" /> $post[goodrank] 
 <img src="images/buttons/ha_thumbsdn.gif" width="11" height="20" border="0" alt="Bad" /> $post[badrank] 
</if>

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Highlighting the top rated post:

Step 1 - Set "Get Top Post per Thread" to on in your Helpful Answers settings.
Step 2 - Open your postbit or postbit_legacy template (whichever your forum uses)
Step 3 - Find all instances of class="alt1" and class="alt2"
Step 4 - At each instance add the following code directly after style="

<if condition="$thread[toppost] == $post[postid]">background-color:#CCCCCC;</if>

#CCCCCC is the color to highlight the post with. You may change this to another HTML Color Code

Step 5 - Repeat this for each instance (there may be as many as 5 depending on the template)
For example:

<td class="alt1" align="$stylevar[right]" style="<if condition="$thread[toppost] == $post[postid]">background-color:#CCCCCC;</if>border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-$stylevar[left]: 0px; border-top: 0px">

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Utility Scripts

Three utility scripts are attached to this post which you may need to use if you are modifying the addon or doing a special import. Each of these should be run from your admincp folder and deleted after use.

1. ha_import.php - This file will import thank yous out of the Thank You Post hack and import them as helpful votes.
2 . ha_old.php - This file will resync vote summaries for version 1.5 and below.
3. ha_revote.php - This file will resync vote summaries for versions 1.6 and above