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

[Tulsa]

Abe,

I'm trying to get this functional into a mobile skin and the postbit legacy template is a bit unorthodox, here's the format currently operating on this skin, using simply text for the common commands.

<!-- message, attachments, sig -->
<div align="$stylevar[right]">
<if condition="$post['editlink']"><a href="$post[editlink]">Edit | </a></if>
<if condition="$post['replylink']"><a href="$post[replylink]">Quote | </a></if>
<if condition="$post['replylink']"><a href="#reply">Reply</a></if>
</div>
<br />
</div>
        <!-- / message -->

In order to call the thanks and groan buttons what would I need to add to this template?

[Geek Specialtie]

Thanks, working perfectly. Very easy install and great options in the configuration.

[ETDC]

Abe1 - is this no longer supported?

[choccyclaire]

Hey, have you ever thought about setting up an option so that a member is notified when they are thanked?

How hard would this be to do?

[kbachhav]

On our test site we upgraded vBulletin from 3.7.4 to 3.8.3.
Post Groan Hack plugin : 4.1
Post Thank You Hack : 7.7
When we enable above plugins then showthread page display blank page.After disable this plugin it works fine.
Can any one explain this plugins are compatible with latest version of vBulletin 3.8.3.? or how can figure out.

[chriscodes]

im using a custome theme and i dont see the say thanks button or anything,, please help

[jboyd]

Originally Posted by Tulsa

Abe,

I'm trying to get this functional into a mobile skin and the postbit legacy template is a bit unorthodox, here's the format currently operating on this skin, using simply text for the common commands.

<!-- message, attachments, sig -->
<div align="$stylevar[right]">
<if condition="$post['editlink']"><a href="$post[editlink]">Edit | </a></if>
<if condition="$post['replylink']"><a href="$post[replylink]">Quote | </a></if>
<if condition="$post['replylink']"><a href="#reply">Reply</a></if>
</div>
<br />
</div>
        <!-- / message -->

In order to call the thanks and groan buttons what would I need to add to this template?

Tulsa in my mobile themes that are based for iphones or blackberrys i just added
$template_hook[postbit_controls]

Sadly this causes mobile pages to reload when thanks are given i have not figured out a way to correct that i hope someone post with a better way to do it but if not at least you know of one way that works.

Also if you use hacks like the panic button or simular you will need to go into the template for that hack and remove everything. so that they will not show up in your mobile theme

Originally Posted by chriscodes

im using a custome theme and i dont see the say thanks button or anything,, please help

$template_hook[postbit_controls]
adding that after you postbit buttons should help you also

[ETDC]

Originally Posted by jboyd

Sadly this causes mobile pages to reload when thanks are given

The same thing happens on a standard web browser with mine.

Does anyone know how to get this working?

[Tulsa]

Originally Posted by jboyd

Tulsa in my mobile themes that are based for iphones or blackberrys i just added
$template_hook[postbit_controls]

Sadly this causes mobile pages to reload when thanks are given i have not figured out a way to correct that i hope someone post with a better way to do it but if not at least you know of one way that works.

Also if you use hacks like the panic button or simular you will need to go into the template for that hack and remove everything. so that they will not show up in your mobile theme


$template_hook[postbit_controls]
adding that after you postbit buttons should help you also

Thanks, that certainly got them in there.

[MentaL]

To remove the amount of times you have thanked someone and to keep the amount of thanks recieved, edit the following template and replace with;

post_thanks_postbit_info

<if condition="$post[userid]">
    <div>
        <if condition="$post[post_thanks_thanked_times] == 1">
            $vbphrase[post_thanks_time_post]
        <else />
            <if condition="$post[post_thanks_thanked_posts] == 1">
                <phrase 1="$post[post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted]">$vbphrase[post_thanks_times_post]</phrase>
            <else />
                <phrase 1="$post[post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted]" 2="$post[post_thanks_thanked_posts_formatted]">$vbphrase[post_thanks_times_posts]</phrase>
            </if>
        </if>
    </div>
</if>