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

[kiFF]

After installing this, my forum reverted back like 3 days. I lost a lot of posts.

Probably because I installed it on 3.6.8. But I thought it was supposed to work on 3.6.8. Maybe I installed it wrong? Are we supposed to do something different for 3.6.8? I did read the 3.6.8 instructions when installing it.

[zmmmzz]

lol

[kiFF]

Something funny?

[Smitty]

I hate to say this, but I'm still using version 6.2 (or so it says in my adminCP > Plugin and Products system). Have there been any changes to the database in the updates that I should be aware of before I upgrade to version 7.1?

I'm still running vBulletin 3.6.7 but will be upgrading vBulletin when the stable release comes out for 3.7

[music legend]

Originally Posted by steve1966

disregard my support i have fixed now and the mods cool

how did you fix your problem?

[rinkrat]

My thank button is looped so there is one on the first post then two on the second adn three on the third etc.. and also the list of "Thankers" is after every post instead of just the first one! I managed to get rid of the multiple thanks by limiting thanks to the first post, but still the list of thankers is after EVERY POST in the thread which clutters the whole page.

How do I fix this?

[softvnzla]

As I can change the button thanks to another poscion?

[Mixibiza]

Problem Solved :d

[grc]

I don't know if anyone is interested in this and I hope it is okay to post how I hacked this hack for some customizing.

We have a prayer request forum on our site and several people asked me if they could have a "praying" button that is like the "thanks" button. Last night I took it on and succeeded in "hacking the hack."

I actually worked off of the "groan" because I wasn't sure how things worked and didn't want to mess up the thanks hack. However, I see now that I could use either one. Basically, I took the "groan" hack and ran the files through a find and replace process to change "groan" to "praying!" I then edited the phrases in the main php file, created a "praying" gif, and installed it.

Finally, I renamed the php files.

While I was on a roll, I did another version for "laughing" - another request I've had.

Things aren't perfect, for instance, some of the phrase names are a little weird, but they work just fine.

Our users love the Thank you hack and I think they are going to get a kick out of the other versions of the "hacked hack."

[grc]

Originally Posted by steve1966

Hi sorry to be a pain but i have installed this hack and when i click on the thanks button the button disapears and no thanks is added what have i done wrong?

thanks

I know you said you solved it, but you didn't say how. My bet is that you forgot to upload the post_thanks.php file that is in the root of the upload folder.

BTDT