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

[Hypo]

Hello,

first I'd like to thank you very much for this modification, it's really massive !

Though, I've got a bug (I think) in this hack.
I regulary hear complainments about that users can't see the hidden part after thankin', not even after refreshing. Also I hear a lot that they can see the hidden part after thankin', but if they go away and come back to see the hidden part again, it won't show up again.

Also I get this error if I want to search at all thanked post for a user:

Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.

Is this a setting or somethin' else?


Thanks in advance,
Hypo

[rrr]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Do you have more then one style?

I only have one style that I use for my forums, but there is still the "default" style installed on my forums, that is not in use.

Is there anything I should be double checking?

[rrr]

Originally Posted by rrr

I only have one style that I use for my forums, but there is still the "default" style installed on my forums, that is not in use.

Is there anything I should be double checking?

I found the problem.

In the "Insructions - vb-3-6-6 - vb-3-6-7.txt" file, the template edit instructions are wrong.

I compared them to the edit instructions for vb-3-6-8 and it looks like this part:

find:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]</div>
--------------------------------------------------------------------

place BEFORE:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right]
--------------------------------------------------------------------

Should be this:

find:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
<if condition="$show['infraction']"><div>$vbphrase[infractions]: $post[warnings]/$post[infractions] ($post[ipoints])</div></if>
--------------------------------------------------------------------

place BEFORE:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts]
--------------------------------------------------------------------

The template hook name seems to have been renamed.

I changed the template hook name to match the 3.6.8 instructions and it worked fine.

Hope this helps

[rrr]

Is there any way to make a conditional so that the "number of thanks" in the postbit only shows if the person has received at least 1 thanks?

[akulion]

Thank you sir this is by far the most useful mod for my forum.

I have many many many mods but nothing compares to the simplicity yet great usability of this mod. Thank you once again for making it, supporting it and continuing to develop it. Vb should have this feature by default in it, without doubt!

Your brother in humanity,
Aku

[Johnnnie]

For me (vb 3.6.8)

it's out off the box, great!

even have build "donate button" build in now

thx

[haytham]

Hi
I have done all the template edits, uploaded the gif to the buttons and installed the product but the button won't show. There isn't even a place for it so I can check why it's missing. Anyone can help? I am using 3.6.8

[Johnnnie]

Originally Posted by haytham

Hi
I have done all the template edits, uploaded the gif to the buttons and installed the product but the button won't show. There isn't even a place for it so I can check why it's missing. Anyone can help? I am using 3.6.8

sorry perhaps stupid answer, depends on the settings (no thanks on own post) then there come's no button into own post

[Brew]

I was looking around for a Thank You button on the first post here....But alas, vB.org isn't using this mod.

So I'll say Thanks here!

[Gersfan]

Wonderful Hack,

I have a great Idea for The Developer for another Version of this Hack, Instead of having Thanks why not have Laughs, Would the The Developer of this hack be possible to do that and Publish it as I'd really like that and also I think other people here would aswell.l

Thanks