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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You will get an email when a new version is released.

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

[kimtown]

Thank you

[Kalina]

I found a strange bug. I had a thread going and ended up having to ban the original poster of the thread, any thanks on that page caused an error. I had to delete them all, tried thanking again, and it caused the error again, only on page 1 of the thread, where the banned member had been the creator of the thread.

[Darthvader2007]

What about forum prune ??
Will this decrease your thanks counts in your profile ?
This for the thank you ranklist.

[fatal1980]

Hello,

I just upgraded from 6.1 to 7.1.

For some reason the thanks button is missing... any ideas? I am running 3.6.8

I was thinking of uninstalling and reinstalling, but would that delete all my previously thanked posts?

thanks!

[Skavenger]

hi, I have a little problem with a feature

I use this hack in a category with a few forums only, so any time I create a new forum, I have to add it in the "induvidual forums to turn post thank you hack off" setting. I was wondering if there is any possibility to make something more usefull, like a radio button to choose "include this forums" or "exclude this forums" and put the IDs there, for example. I hope you understand what I mean, my english is not good...

thanks!

[BadgerDog]

Hack has been generating errors....

Here's a typical one ...

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.7:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM post_thanks WHERE postid IN () ORDER BY username ASC;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') ORDER BY username ASC' at line 1 Error Number : 1064
Date : Friday, January 18th 2008 @ 06:25:54 AM
Script : http://www.xxxxx.com/post_thanks.php...sing_ajax=1&p=
Referrer :
IP Address : xx.xx.xx.xxxx
Username : Badger
Classname : vB_Database

Some information XXX'd out for privacy...

Regards,
Badger

[kimtown]

Hi there...everyone loves this thanks button!! I have a question on how to change what it says when you click it.

Right now it says: The Following User Says Thank You to XXXX For This Useful Post:

How do I change that to just say THANKS or THANK YOU?

Thanks in advance

[Reminisce32]

Hi. I installed and for some weird reason in the part of the thread under where the users avatar is where it says:
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

^^ that duplicates every post.

so for post #2 in the thread, in that users profile it will show:

Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

then for post #3 in the thread in THAT users profile will show:
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

...whats the problem?

[vauge]

My users are interested whom they have thanked.

What is challenge to add this?

Thanks!

[Kalina]

I ran the "special actions" function to delete all thanks a user gave and nothing actually happens, I still see all the "thanks" they gave.