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.
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)
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).
Just upgraded it from 5.3 to 7.2, Suddenly the thanks option is not appearing on some of the threads anymore. Everthing looks just fine with correct thanked and thanks info. but its not showing the thanks button/option anymore.
ALSO everything is showing double like:
Posts: 155 Thanks: 21
Thanked 15 Times in 10 Posts Thanks: 21
Thanked 15 Times in 10 Posts
what have i done wrong?
i am running 3.6.8 patch level 2
thanks for the advice in advance
Make sure you removed any template edits you made. The current version requires no template edits.
one of my mods found that if they copy the thanks link for a given post and put it in an image tag in the thread, then anyone who views the thread will automatically thank that post.
as a bypass for now I have just added post_thanks.php as a censored word so it gets blocked from posts.
I am running a new board v. 3.6.8. The button isn't showing on either postbits. I did confirm that the templates had the correct code via the instructions.
Are you sure you got this with the latest version? Also, how can i duplicate this error?
yes is very simple.
Install vbulletin, install gars, install post thanks, setup one forum to "Review Type", create more one page into one thread, thanks the thread with more one page.
When you read the second page get this error.
Another question: is possible to take username with musername function to get styled username? Thanks