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

[Desibabu19]

I installed this in my forum. Great hack and our members liked it very much.
I dont see thanks button in the first post of any thread in any forum.

In Post thanks settings, we have
Only First Post = No

Should this be turned YES. Since the setting says "only" first post, I set it off. Because I wanted Thanks button on all posts including first post.

How do I go about setting this up ?

We have hack to display first post in all pages of the same thread. could this be causing a problem ?

thanks in advance for your help..

[powerful_rogue]

Hi,

Ive got the mod installed, however I need to add a box around it so it matches the other items. Ive added an attatchment.

Ive looked in postbit_legacy, however can find no reference tot his mod. Ive also looked in post_thanks_postbit_legacy but cant work out where I need to put the following bit of code:

<div class="pbit"

Any help greatly appreciated

[Adam H]

Originally Posted by powerful_rogue

Hi,

Ive got the mod installed, however I need to add a box around it so it matches the other items. Ive added an attatchment.

Ive looked in postbit_legacy, however can find no reference tot his mod. Ive also looked in post_thanks_postbit_legacy but cant work out where I need to put the following bit of code:

<div class="pbit"

Any help greatly appreciated

Ive also just installed and want to know this ?

Also where it says

The Following User Says Thank You to Iearn-Money For This Useful Post:

How can i edit this as id like it a shorter sentence

[mystic10]

author of this hack..kindly read our problems....i am still having the problem with security token...everytime someone clicks on thanks they get a security token message..image below of the exact problem

[cmmguy]

Installed this... very cool.

My best contributers really liked this mod. The rep system became useless for it's intended purpose(which is ok).

One question, how do I see a list of members ranked by their thankyou count - sort of how you can see the members ranked by posts or rep points in the member listing?

Can Thank You's be listed in the member listing.

(My apologies if this has been answered, I tried to search in this thread but found nothing. If it was covered, a link is all I need.)

Many thanks again!!

[vbboarder]

Thanks for this great mod! I have a feature request:
Provide a 2nd set of "Ban Usergroups" & "Ban User" settings in VB Options so that when this mod is enabled for all posts, one set of "Ban Usergroups" & "Ban User" can be applied to first posts only, and another set can be applied to all postings. By having 2 sets of these settings, the admin can allow all users to thank first posts while allowing only admins, moderators, & thread creators to thank all posts. Thanks for considering

[jluerken]

Hi Abe,

just a short question:
During the night while the cronjobs are running I am getting an error message in my logfiles which looks like a problem with your addon

PHP Code:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.3:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT
                        thankedcount
                        FROM vb3_user
                        WHERE userid=3;

MySQL Error   : Unknown column 'thankedcount' in 'field list'
Error Number  : 1054 


Do you have an idea?

[jluerken]

Abe I found the problem. It was not from your hack but an old one which did non uninstall correct.

[II AnDo II]

can some one please help me, i want to change the postbit legacy text.....

Thanks:

want to change it to

Gave Thanks

-----------------------------------

Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

want to change it to

Received Thanks: 0

thanks for any info

[gag girl]

Hmmm, this one doesn't seem to want to upload for me. I have uploaded the upload folder to my forum root, but when I tried to upload the product, it wouldn't do it. It looked like it was going to, but it never do, so I backed out.

Any reason why that would happen?