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 mystic10

sir, i have installed this hack..i have verison 3.6.8pl2 and customized skin by extreme iphorum...problem is that when ever members press the thanks button they dont see the hidden content till they refresh the page...can u kindly help me plz

What hidden content?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by iettafune

sorry but in my forum i see this hack

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and not

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Depends if you have legacy view or not.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by SemperFideles

I know this is supposedly resolved in 7.2 but I've had 7.2 installed since 25 Jan and I just started getting this error on one thread today:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 183

I have re-uploaded every single file, reinstalled but I still get the error on this single thread. Is there any issue where the Thanks on a page can get corrupted in the dB?

I need access to someones ACP that is getting this error. I can't fix it w/o being able to play with the error.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by YLP1

Hi Abe, I double checked that all files are uploaded and reviewed each template and confirmed the hooks exist.

I even re-uploaded the files and the page still refreshes after clicking the thanks button.

My vb 3.6.8pl2 on my own server is working correctly.

If you want to take a gander here is the url: http://YourMichigan.com

I don't know what else to look at.

Thanks in advance.

Can i look at your ACP? I can't really fix any other way.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by SemperFideles

Abe,

Did you see this thread? I'm running 3.6.8 and, as I stated, it's only happened with two different threads for no apparent reason. I have been using the Post Thank You hack for several months and this error occurred with just two threads very recently. I have the latest Post Thank You hack installed.

Please, if you can give me ACP access, i can fix it. I need the links to the error pages also.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by georgedd

Hi:
I'm currently using version 7.2 of Thanks with vBulletin 3.6.8 One problem I'm having though is deleting all thanks made by a specific member using the Special Action. When I enter the member's user ID (ie: 27668) and press enter, I get the following error:



Any help appreciated. I need to delete that member's thanks, since he spammed the forums with over 50k thanks.

Can I check your ACP?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Meghwar

Hi all

my thank you working on most of my templates but one of them is not working at all neither any function or the members area.

i uninstall and re-install, same nothing on that template.

the funny thing that template worked on the older version and not the 7.2
with VB 3.7.X

any help please

Can you give me access to your ACP? I can't look at it.

[CLF]

Thank you, Abe! It works like it should now. Thank you for helping me!

[georgedd]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Can I check your ACP?

Thanks Abe1. I went ahead and just uninstalled then reinstalled the hack to clear the corrupted stats, so there's not much to look at now. Not sure how the member was able to basically make 50k thanks in a couple of hours, but I was running an older version of the hack (5.x I think) when it happened. It's now running the latest version. He was even able to thank posts in threads that were viewable only to moderators. Hopefully it had something to do with the older version.

[ellyssian]

well as a "blonde guy" i need to ask..this mod works only in default v bulletin style....?or it can be done and in other styles...and if so can it be done with the "hide tag" involved with the post thank you hack..so that only the guys..that say thanks...could see the hide links..?in advance in black smart skin i see only thanks this...thank you in advance...!!!!