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[AJAX] Post Thank You Hack · **Released**: 12-29-2009

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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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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Maxi62 · #**1392** 03-21-2011, 10:42 PM

Gives this for vb4.12 ?

Eduardo Leon · #**1393** 03-23-2011, 02:38 PM

well i give this option for these users that use it vbulletin 4.1.2 or more

Thnx !

Omniverse · #**1394** 03-23-2011, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zxleo

well i give this option for these users that use it vbulletin 4.1.2 or more

Thnx !

Thanks. Installed no problem

Great Hack.

Phaedrus · #**1395** 03-24-2011, 05:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zxleo

well i give this option for these users that use it vbulletin 4.1.2 or more

Thnx !

LOL. I was about ready to load up a version with the xml change for people who didn't know how. I guess I was beaten to the punch. I have fixed the Groans hack though, and made it so it integrates with this hack.

sulasno · #**1396** 03-24-2011, 06:02 AM

do I need to uninstall or simply overwrite the existing version with the new file ?

I wish that more features could be added to the mod;

disallowing certain users from using this mod would be great (to stop anyone from abusing the mod)

Phaedrus · #**1397** 03-26-2011, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sulasno

do I need to uninstall or simply overwrite the existing version with the new file ?

I wish that more features could be added to the mod;

disallowing certain users from using this mod would be great (to stop anyone from abusing the mod)

There is an option in this hack to ban certain users. If you have the last version of this hack already installed the one above is no different.

Phaedrus · #**1398** 03-26-2011, 01:56 AM

In order to integrate the thanks/groans hacks in 4.1.2 I had to make some changes to the includes/function_post_thanks.php file and to the XML.

I provide it here so that the two will integrate if you use both of them. This is only necessary if you want the two mods to integrate. Use it with the one that I uploaded into the thread for the Groans hack, with those two uploaded and then installed (best to remove/install as it creates duplicate tables in some areas of your dbase if you just overwrite), your hacks should integrate making it so that the groans button and the thanks buttons act in concert and you can disallow users to both thanks/groans the same post.

The integration setting is in the groans hack.

raicars · #**1399** 03-26-2011, 04:06 PM

Please help me.
i can't
# Search for a users thanked posts
# Search for all thanked posts

Been Told · #**1400** 03-26-2011, 08:12 PM

Hi there,
first of all thanks for a GREAT hack!
I have one small problem...
I recently upgraded to vB 4.1.2 and updated the Post Thank You hack too. Now when people press the Thank You button/link, it disappears, but there thanks don't appear under the post like they did before the update.
If the user reloads the page or goes somewhere else and returns to the post, their thanks is there.

Is there any way to fix this?

Phaedrus · #**1401** 03-27-2011, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Been Told

Hi there,
first of all thanks for a GREAT hack!
I have one small problem...
I recently upgraded to vB 4.1.2 and updated the Post Thank You hack too. Now when people press the Thank You button/link, it disappears, but there thanks don't appear under the post like they did before the update.
If the user reloads the page or goes somewhere else and returns to the post, their thanks is there.

Is there any way to fix this?

Refresh your post cache. It is most likely your java stuck in limbo.

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