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).
Surprisingly you are very right. Out of over 4500 sites that must use this hack, I got maybe 5 or 6 very small donations. I'm not sure why, but it seems like people think that these hacks are automatic with their purchase of vBulletin. I get countless people still harassing me through PM, requesting when it will be released for 4.0.
The answer is pretty simple. I get $75 an hour for a custom hack I make. I all need to do it make 1 hack that takes and hour, and I made more money then I ever did with Post Thank You hack. Not only is it free, but some of you seem like it is an obligation for me to release it. I do know it is very important part of you website, but hey, I got to make a living and do this in my free time. If you really need it so badly, pay for it. Oh, and BTW, Post Thanks hack takes a lot longer then 1 hour. I must have spent hour and hours on it already upgrading it. I hate vBulletin with passion for what they have done to 4.0. They keep making 1 change at a time to different parts of their code. This time it was the design, by 3.5 it was the how hacks get installed. While this is all fine and dandy for you guys, it's a pain as hell to us developers who have to keep writing their hacks from scratch.
Thanks for the candor. If you make this a custom hack that users have to pay for then I'm willing to pay for it. Your post confirms why there is a gap between the theory of open source and the reality of it. I'd much rather pay for a hack that you've put your intellectual property into but am heartened that you're still taking on the work.
I would like to give thanx for a few of you that did send a donation recently. The latest is that I have the postbit just about done. I finally got the remove all and remove user thanx there.
Now, who can come up with the new images for 4.0? I'm no design artist and I need someone wip up a "thumbs up". While you guys are waiting for this hack to be released, I'm sure you all are twiddling your thumbs.
For those of you who can make one, it has to match the design of the new images at the bottom of each post, like the edit and reply images. There should be 2 images, a reg one and one when a user moves over it, like how vb has it. The size should be the same height as those images. Side to side should not matter as long as it is relative to the others.
Now, who can come up with the new images for 4.0? I'm no design artist and I need someone wip up a "thumbs up". While you guys are waiting for this hack to be released, I'm sure you all are twiddling your thumbs.
As you know the word 'reply' etc is not a button, its the image to the left of it.
The image is so small you lose the actual quality of the image by reducing it to 16x16.
[AJAX] Post Thank You Hack Details »»
About Developer
DB Changes 
No support by the author.
12-29-2009, 01:39 PM
