New Posting Features - [DBTech] Advanced Post Thanks / Like v3 (vB4) [AJAX]

What it is: Advanced Thanks/Like mod is designed to cut down on spam and increase useful content in your forum by using a peer encouragement system - users thank/like each others posts, which can give them access to attachements, post content etc, as well as encourage the thanked person to post more great content.

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Priority support & Product Demos available at: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/forum.php

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* Marking a modification as installed also helps us know how many people are using our work, giving us extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

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Importer from Abe's Thanks mod (vB3 / vB4) and vBSEO "Likes" now available in Lite version!


Major Features: Lite

Require a Button Click: Allows you to hide the content of a post, or hie an attachment, until the person clicks a button on the post.

Statistics: Shows the top 5 people for; Giving / Receiving button clicks.

Collapsable postbit stats: Shows how many button clicks a person has given, received etc in the postbit. Admins can determine what statistics can show in the postbit to control sizes etc. The postbit is also collapsable.

Admin Permissions: Control things such as who can click buttons, require button clicks, what shows in postbit, what options can run concurrently, per forum permisions etc.

Reputation: Add / Remove Reputation for each of your button clicks.

Notifications: Receive alerts when a member clicked on one of the buttons for one of your posts.

Import Thanks: Import script to import "thanks" from Abe's [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack on vBulletin.org. It will work with both vB3 and vB4 versions of this mod.

Import Likes: Import script to import "likes" from vBSEO.


Major Features: Pro

Infinite Buttons: Ability to create new buttons to press! No longer do you need to be limited by Thanks / Like / Dislike.

Auto Collapse Posts: Collapses a post so it doesnt show up by using a formulae for button clicks of your choosing.

User Postbit Config: Lets users decide what postbit stats they want to see.

Additional permissions: Un-click a button. Control how many stats show on the statistics page, set permissions per subforum.

Integrated Controls: You can now integrate the button clicking controls into the post footer, like many of you requested.

Buttons in First Post Only: This allows you to only make the first post thankable. If you forum is based around news, releases or anything similar this will allow your users to easily see the quality of the thread in question.

Button Click Anonymity: This feature will be extremely helpful to forums who like the idea of a "dislike" button, but don't like the drama it brings. Now you can set certain buttons to be anonymous - no one will see who clicked.

Post Colour Thresholds: Ever wanted an easy way for members to tell if a post is helpful or trash? Colour thresholds let you change the colour of posts depending on how many clicks of a button they receive. Members can now see at a glance whether or not a post is helpful, interesting or pointless.



Complete Feature List
Lite

• Front-End
  • Click buttons for posts (permissions and settings permitting)
  • Require button clicks to see content (whole post is hidden)
  • Require button clicks to see attachments
  • Top 5 Given / Received statistics for each button
  • Collapsible postbit statistics
  • (vB4) Forum Sidebar block for button feeds
  • Hottest Threads / Posts page showing most clicked posts and threads
  • Each button can be set as "Default" for Attachments and Content. When posting via Quick Reply, the default button(s) will be set as Required
  • The "thanks bar" in posts displays the number of users who has clicked each button, also for non-forum integration areas
• AdminCP
  • Control display order of buttons
  • Set permissions per usergroup to be able to click and require clicks of buttons
  • Per-category toggle of what buttons are enabled
  • Search interface to find clicks for a specific post
  • Maintenance options; Clean up clicks that are attached to deleted posts, Recalculate the Given / Received statistics, Rebuild Reputation
  • Manual postbit stats relocation
  • Hide APTL info from guests
  • Globally disable notifications for new clicks
  • Disable APTL integration with non-forum areas via vBulletin Options
  • Disable "Total click count" on the "thanks bar"
  • Notifications can be disabled on a per-button basis
  • Disable button text
• Integration
  • Social Groups
  • User Notes
  • Visitor Messaging
  • (vB4) [DBTech] DragonByte Gallery: Images
  • (vB4) [DBTech] DragonByte Reviews: Reviews
• (vB4) Forum Block
  • Tabbed interface to choose between "Recent" and "Top" button clicks
  • Ability to select from any of the available buttons and display the 5 recent clicks from that button
  • "Top" tab on the forum block, lists top clicks for the selected button
  • Control the timespan in which the "Top" period is calculated for
  • Deny usergroup access

Pro

• Front-End
  • "Entry List" page; a browseable list of all button clicks
  • Users can hide postbit items via the UserCP
  • Users can turn off notifications via the UserCP
  • Hottest Threads / Posts has a date range filter
• AdminCP
  • Create unlimited buttons to click
  • Ability to create Post Colour Thresholds to highlight posts in different colours
  • (vB4) Choose what portions of the postbit should be coloured via the post colour thresholds.
  • Minimum posts required to click a button
  • Per-usergroup setting to become immune to clicks of a button
  • Per-usergroup setting whether who clicked a button is displayed
  • Per-usergroup setting to allow disabling clicks of a specific button for a post
  • Per-usergroup setting to allow removing a click of a button
  • Limit button clicks per day
  • Per-forum ability to set each button to only display in the first post
  • Per-forum toggle of what buttons are enabled
  • Set more / less than 5 for the Given / Received statistics
  • Ability to auto-collapse posts using provided formula or input for your own using your custom buttons
  • Move the "Post Like / Thanks" cloud above / below posts, above / below signatures
  • Ability to delete entries found in the Search interface
  • Email notifications (can be disabled globally) on a per-button basis
  • Disable notifications on a per-button basis
  • Set a flood limit (in seconds) that serves as a delay between button clicks
  • Individual users now be excluded from using the mod
  • Turn off individual buttons' integration with non-forum areas
  • Turn off "Given" and "Received stats on a per-button basis
• Integration
  • Blog Entries
  • Blog Comments

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• 1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
• 1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

[regd87]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Please add the following to your config.php file:

PHP Code:

ini_set('display_errors', true); 


Fillip

Sorry, I'm a bit of a noob. Where do I find the config.php file?

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by sadiq6210

Fillip I have strange issue

1- I installed this mod
2- I changed the settings and permission for like / unlike
3- I uninstalled the mod
4- I installed it again
5- The settings and permission is still as same as what I did before I uninstall it, it is not the default !

Why this happen?
When I uninstall and reinstall I should have the default settings

It's possible your database cached the old settings, that could be why. After reinstall, simply hit Repair Cache

Originally Posted by grunty1

Hey, I'm looking to make the 'like this post' / 'dislike this post' buttons available in other languages on my forum. I created a custom phrase with the translation, but I can't figure out how to incorporate the phrases so that they display in whatever language the user has set.

Is there a certain template I need to edit? Or is it impossible to make the text appear as a phrase instead of fixed text?

That's not possible, sorry


Fillip

[grunty1]

Also, I don't know why I forgot to mention this, but recently we had a member create a simple script that allowed went through and could like/dislike every single post in the forum in a relatively short period of time, regardless of whether they had access to the board or anything else.

Script and explanation can be found here: http://bit.ly/x1RiuG

Do you know of anyway to prevent such scripts from being used to abuse the system?

[regd87]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Please add the following to your config.php file:

PHP Code:

ini_set('display_errors', true); 


Fillip

Added it to the config.php file and still nothing, whenever I select any of the options under DBTech the screen to the right of the menu bar just goes white.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by regd87

Added it to the config.php file and still nothing, whenever I select any of the options under DBTech the screen to the right of the menu bar just goes white.

Are you running the i.s.s.w "security" product? If so, please disable it.

Originally Posted by grunty1

Also, I don't know why I forgot to mention this, but recently we had a member create a simple script that allowed went through and could like/dislike every single post in the forum in a relatively short period of time, regardless of whether they had access to the board or anything else.

Script and explanation can be found here: http://bit.ly/x1RiuG

Do you know of anyway to prevent such scripts from being used to abuse the system?

Without seeing the full script (i.e. the bits starred out) it's really hard to tell.

I can say that the Pro version does indeed have a "clicks per day" limit

That being said, you're right in that it doesn't check forum permissions. I will hotfix the Lite version available @ DBTech and push the updated file to vBulletin.org in the next update of APTL


Fillip

[Fangs404]

Nice mod! I have the pro version and have noticed 2 things:

1. Why is there both "Require Thanks to see content" and the [hide] tag? It makes more sense that it should be one but not both. Specifically, the [hide] makes the most sense because it allows the user to place text around the [hide] tag that is visible to everyone without hitting thanks. Requiring the user to check "Require Thanks to see content" is bad for 2 reason:

a. It confuses the user because this option gives no indication that the user must also use the [hide] tag. Specifically, a user that's never used the system before would see the "Require Thanks to see content" and think, "If I check this, when I submit this post, no one will be able to see my content."

b. "Require Thanks to see content" isn't quick reply-friendly. You must go into the advanced reply in order to check this box.

What seems to make more sense would be to just do away with "Require Thanks to see content" and scan every reply for [hide] and react accordingly.

2. The "Post Thanks / Like" box is shown below every user regardless of whether they have received thanks or not. Instead, why not show this only if the user has received thanks to reduce forum clutter?

Thanks for your excellent support! It's good to see a coder support their product like this.

[DragonByte Tech]

Please post Pro support questions in our Pro support forum


Fillip

[Fangs404]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Please post Pro support questions in our Pro support forum


Fillip

Done, thanks!

[regd87]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Are you running the i.s.s.w "security" product? If so, please disable it.

Fillip

Nope, not running the i.s.s.w product....

[DragonByte Tech]

Then if you can't get your server to produce an error message I can't help any further, sorry

Please check for any error log files in your admincp directory.


Fillip