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Suggestion for further updates/ info:

I have got that info from the original thread and they are useful for me:

1.
in template post_thanks_postbit_info
looking for {vb:stylevar right} and replace with {vb:stylevar left}, all occurrences.
This resolves my alignment issue.

2.
post_thanks_box entire new code (fixes inline mod issue):
<li class="postbit<vb:if condition="$vboptions['legacypostbit']">legacy</vb:if>" id="post_thanks_box_{vb:raw post.postid}"<vb:if condition="!$post_thanks_box == 1"> style="display:none"</vb:if>>
{vb:raw post_thanks_box}
</li>

3. Give reputation points for each thanks received.
This will create a link at the users setting page, users are now able to find the post for which they have got thanks. Set the entries to 20 at acp (User reputation options). Controls how many ratings to display in the user's control panel.

This is a temporary solution until the search option will be reintegrated.
Thanks to the original authors for the ideas which are very useful and I am using atm.