Show Thread Enhancements - [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

vB 4.0 version of this hack here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231666

Post Thank You Hack 7.7

About this hack:
One of the biggest problems on forums as you may know is 'posts boosting'. There are users who LOVE to say 'thanks' when ever they can. How can it hurt? Their post count goes up, they have nothing to loose.

There are also users who really like to express their thanks to post but don't like posting a post that looks like they're post boosting.

Then comes the moderators who have to delete people's thanks yous so a thread can look readable with out the thanks yous thrown around.

Finally comes the posters of these useful posts. They have no idea how many people really likes their posts if only some people say 'thanks'.

What this hack does is fix ALL these problems - except those users who like post boosting. This places a button called 'thanks.' When a user clicks on it, it places his username in a box right under the post saying that so-and-so says 'thanks' for the post. Every-one who clicks is placed in one box.

By giving your users the extra feature, you forum will look allot nice and organized. It is a guaranteed liking by ALL the members of your forum.

Features:

• Uses vBulletin easy Product installer/updater/uninstaller
• Uses AJAX technology so your users don't have to refresh when they thank.
• Places an easy to use button next to the edit button
• Separate looks for postbit and postbit_legacy
• Places all Thanks into one small box
• Uses only ONE query every time you view a showthread page!
• Users can't thank twice
• Option to not allow users to thank their own post
• Guests don't see 'thanks' button
• Counts how many thanks a user gives
• Counts how many thanks a post gets
• Shows how many thanks a user gave in every post of his
• Shows how many thanks a user gave in profile
• Shows how many thanks a user got
• Shows how many posts or a user are thanked
• Shows info in profile
• Search for a users thanked posts
• Search for all thanked posts
• Administrator can remove all Thanks from a single post
• Users can remove their own Thanks
• Turn on and off hack totally
• Turn on and off hack for only some forums
• Option to turn off hack for all but the first post of a thread
• Option to turn off hack for all but the first post of a thread in specific forums
• Option to turn off hack view of date for specific or all forums
• Option to add to post count when someone clicks 'thanks'.
• Option to give a user who receives thanks reputation points.
• Ban Usergroups
• Ban Users
• Uses Phrases
• Cache Templates
• Guaranteed to be liked by ALL users on your forum!

Installation information on hack: (If installed on vb 3.7)

• Files edited: 0
• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 7
• Time to install: 1 minute max

Updates:

Version 7.0 (12/20/07):

• Release of this hack for vBulletin version 3.7
• This version works on all vBulletin versions from 3.6.0 and up

Version 7.1 (12/24/07):

• Fixed up the vb3.7 profile block code including fixing showing your info and not the member you are looking at.

Version 7.2 (01/24/08):

• Updated files: post_thanks.php, functions_post_thanks.php
• Updated templates: post_thanks_memberinfo_block, post_thanks_member_info
• New option: Remove User's Thanks Count When Deleting Post
• New phrase: post_thanks_search_user_gave
• FIX User reputation level now updates. (Thanks to liwo for this one.)
• NEW Added option to view all posts a user has thanked.
• FIX Fixed Special Action - Delete All of a Users Thanks
• FIX Should have fixed some 'foreach()' errors.

Version 7.3 (03/15/08):

• Updated file: functions_post_thanks.php
• Updated template: post_thanks_memberinfo_block
• Deleted template: post_thanks_memberinfo_css
• New option: Choice to use Markup Usernames or not. (Thanks to Namaless)
• New option: Ban User from Getting Thanks
• New option: Max Thanks a User can Give Per Day
• FIX Fixed repeating bug on vb 3.6.7 forums.
• CHANGE Changed where the post thanks info shows on the Profile Page. Moved to same box as statistics. (This will require a template edit if you are running vb3.7 beta 2-4)

Version 7.4 (03/21/08):

• FIX: Fixed Profile Stats for vb3.7.0 RC1 users.

Version 7.5 (05/12/08):

• Updated files: post_thanks.js, post_thanks.php, functions_post_thanks.php
• Updated template: post_thanks_button
• Added securty token check for all thanks added. This will prevent a user from giving out a link or somehow making an image that will get him a lot of thanks.
• Should have fixed some 'foreach()' errors.
• Fixed Delete All of a Users Thanks bug
• vBulletin 3.7.x compatible only

Version 7.6 (06/02/08):

• FIX: Fixed Security Check for vb 3.7.1
• Updated files: functions_post_thanks.php

Version 7.7 (07/28/08):

• FIX: Fixed problem with giving thanks using Blazer (palmOS browser).
• Updated file: post_thanks.js
• Updated templates: post_thanks_button, post_thanks_postbit, post_thanks_postbit_legacy
• New option: Show Stats in Postbit?
• New option: Show Stats in Profile?

Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.

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Pictures:

1. Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
2. Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
3. Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
4. Stats in members profile and link
5. Link in Search drop down menu
6. Hacks settings

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by foxy11

I was trying to work out how you could

It would appear that it is now working fine for the users who were having problems yesterday, i'm just waiting for 1 to confirm its fixed...

From reading other posts and the symptoms it sounds like it must have been a cache/cookies related issue?

Thanks very much for your time!

It is possible since the javascript file was updated. The part that told the browser to make it ajax was fully done in the browser. Now it it done part in the browser and part in the javascript file. So any anyone who had not done a ctrl F5 since the upgrade, would not get AJAX working. What would happen is that the thanks would be given using AJAX but then the broswer would still go to the link where AJAX is given. Since the AJAX already gave the thanks, the user gets a no permission message.

Ctrl F5 on any page of your site would do the trick.

[soundbarrierpro]

Thank you, definitely using this one.

[vitrag24]

i'm not updating as i've fixed hide hack compatibility issue with a gr8 difficulty with 7.6 of this thanks.

hope osmeone will create hide mod compatible with this mod for 3.7.X soon.
anyways,Thakns.

[minik]

Warning: require_once([path]/includes/functions_post_groan.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 96

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/cforum/public_html/includes/functions_post_groan.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/cforum/public_html/includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 96

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by minik

Warning: require_once([path]/includes/functions_post_groan.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 96

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/cforum/public_html/includes/functions_post_groan.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/cforum/public_html/includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 96

Turn off the option to integrate this hack with post groan hack.

[AuroraStorm]

This was one of the favorite hacks on my board but unfortunately I had to disable it. We couldn't see that the post thanks were going up, it wont show on the navbar even before we put the vbMoods in and reinstalling it didn't fix the problem...

[Kalina]

I am running vbulletin version 3.7.2 Patch Level 1, I just upgraded from 7.5 to 7.7 of this plugin and now have this error at the top of all showthread pages.

Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]/includes/class_postbit.php(297) : eval()'d code on line 8

[<MG>CP]

I still am only getting:

"The Following "number" Users Say Users Say Thank You to "username" For This Useful Post: "

With no names mentioned, just blank. I searched and spent time reading all 60+ pages with no luck as to what I am missing... Thanks in advance for any help.

[revmitchell]

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error.]]>

This is the error I am getting any thoughts?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by <MG>CP

I still am only getting:

"The Following "number" Users Say Users Say Thank You to "username" For This Useful Post: "

With no names mentioned, just blank. I searched and spent time reading all 60+ pages with no luck as to what I am missing... Thanks in advance for any help.

Can i check your forum out?