Show Thread Enhancements - [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

Post Thank You Hack

STAFF EDIT:
Note - The mod author has been unreachable for some time, but the vbulletin.org community has stepped up to provide a number of individual fixes over the years. ForceHSS, Hippy, and Seven Skins have all combined many of these fixes into product files.

ALL CREDIT STILL GOES TO ABE1 And this is still 'his' mod. Please still mark the mod as installed if you use any version of it.

That said so you don't need to apply a dozen + small fixes yourself you should consider downloading one of the updated packages below:

Hippy has one in this post.

AND / OR

ForceHSS has one in this post.

AND/OR

Seven Skins has one in this post.


- Original File Specs: post_thanks_7_82.zip (26.4 KB, 24844 downloads) - Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).
- There are five total patched versions available, some with and without the search fix - I've replaced the main file with the patched versions... please be sure to download and install the correct version, the main mod post contains links to additional information and patched files!
- If Abe1 returns he can request these packages be removed.


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:

• Files edited: 0
• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 8
• Time to install: 1 minute max

Updates:


Version 7.80 (12/30/09):

• Release of this hack for vBulletin version 4.0

Version 7.81 (01/02/10):

• Fixed some install and uninstall database errors.
• Made styling for postbit legacy a little better.
• Fixed the "separator" issue.
• Javascript file updated.

Version 7.82 (01/03/10):

• Fixed info alignment issues in the postbit for custom edited phrases.

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[Hippy]

Originally Posted by GE-Tom

like to know the same. someone can help us plz ?

THANKS !

this would be the easiest way for you to do it
peek here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peLoq...layer_embedded

Originally Posted by tattooz

there anyway to make the thank you count clickable to show what posts the person was thanked for?

it was taken out , this is explained in this thread somewares..

Originally Posted by AfterWorldForum

Anybody else experiencing trouble with this mod after upgrading to the latest vbSEO patch by any chance? I am seeing some strange behaviour, and this only started after the upgrade. Before I file a ticket, I'd like to try and see if that's really the cause of it.

Thanks

Lot of people I talk to have trouble with addon's when they run vbseo
sorry I can't be of any help

[baghdad4ever]

Originally Posted by grc

Since Abe seems to be busy with other things, I went ahead and hacked the font size on the "Following Users Say..." line on the forums.

Listen, I'm not a coder and all I can say is that it works on my forum -- follow at your own risk and be sure you can go backwards if needed.

Anyway...

In post_thanks_postbit find:

<h2 class="<vb:if condition="!$vboptions['legacypostbit']">post</vb:if>title">

If you're using the legacy (vertical) postbit template: change the word "title" to "bitlegacy"

Otherwise change the word "title" to "content"

Again: I'm no coder - try it at your own risk.

thank you

you fix it

[nike.stars]

mis-posted

[slinky]

I'm seeing the Thanks button breaking my style. First, I had to change the percentage of the space of the buttons on the right, e.g. edit post, reply, etc. The problem is that there is still a breaking of the top of button. It's definitely the Thank You hack as the problem goes away if disabled.

[slinky]

Here is what it looks like.

[sulasno]

in addition to this Thanks hack, would it possible to create a Groans hack ?

this would be fun

[Welshy2008]

I see that this great mod is no longer supported.


But does anyone know how to align the Thanked and Thanks in posbit, please?


Please view the attachment, below for a screenshot.

Many Thanks

[midnz]

Originally Posted by Welshy2008

I see that this great mod is no longer supported.


But does anyone know how to align the Thanked and Thanks in posbit, please?


Please view the attachment, below for a screenshot.

Many Thanks

The postbit alignment issue is resolved in post #854

[Welshy2008]

Perfect, Thank You midnz.

[OverHere]

Greetings All,

This above mod is not exactly the same as I need, so, I am attempting to locate the 'Post Thank you' module which is the same as here:

Please go to http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=1639655 and click on the i.d. 'fermi'. In the drop-down window that will open up, you will see the option: 'Find all thanked posts by fermi'. You are then taken to the relevant page showing all the related posts, which, more importantly, are all clickable, are live links.

Now, if you register at this website and go to http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/member.php?u=175491, then hit Statistics of the i.d. 'fermi', you will see these 2 live link options:

Find all thanked posts by fermi
Find all posts thanked by fermi

You can now conveniently go to either of these 2 options.

The above seems to be the only closest mod to this I can find but, this does not allow the above 2 options to be live links and is generally not as thorough as the above mod.

I would be grateful if someone can lead me to where I can find the precise mods being used by moneysavingexpert.com - I need it to be compatible with VB version 4.0.7.

Thank you,

O.H.