New Posting Features - [DBTech] Advanced Post Thanks / Like v3 (vB4) [AJAX]

What it is: Advanced Thanks/Like mod is designed to cut down on spam and increase useful content in your forum by using a peer encouragement system - users thank/like each others posts, which can give them access to attachements, post content etc, as well as encourage the thanked person to post more great content.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Priority support & Product Demos available at: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/forum.php

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please remember to click the, button to the right if you installed the mod ---->

What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified by us whenever new updates are available.

* For security issues - vbulletin.org will contact all members who have installed a modification whenever a security issue is brought to their attention.

* Marking a modification as installed also helps us know how many people are using our work, giving us extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Importer from Abe's Thanks mod (vB3 / vB4) and vBSEO "Likes" now available in Lite version!


Major Features: Lite

Require a Button Click: Allows you to hide the content of a post, or hie an attachment, until the person clicks a button on the post.

Statistics: Shows the top 5 people for; Giving / Receiving button clicks.

Collapsable postbit stats: Shows how many button clicks a person has given, received etc in the postbit. Admins can determine what statistics can show in the postbit to control sizes etc. The postbit is also collapsable.

Admin Permissions: Control things such as who can click buttons, require button clicks, what shows in postbit, what options can run concurrently, per forum permisions etc.

Reputation: Add / Remove Reputation for each of your button clicks.

Notifications: Receive alerts when a member clicked on one of the buttons for one of your posts.

Import Thanks: Import script to import "thanks" from Abe's [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack on vBulletin.org. It will work with both vB3 and vB4 versions of this mod.

Import Likes: Import script to import "likes" from vBSEO.


Major Features: Pro

Infinite Buttons: Ability to create new buttons to press! No longer do you need to be limited by Thanks / Like / Dislike.

Auto Collapse Posts: Collapses a post so it doesnt show up by using a formulae for button clicks of your choosing.

User Postbit Config: Lets users decide what postbit stats they want to see.

Additional permissions: Un-click a button. Control how many stats show on the statistics page, set permissions per subforum.

Integrated Controls: You can now integrate the button clicking controls into the post footer, like many of you requested.

Buttons in First Post Only: This allows you to only make the first post thankable. If you forum is based around news, releases or anything similar this will allow your users to easily see the quality of the thread in question.

Button Click Anonymity: This feature will be extremely helpful to forums who like the idea of a "dislike" button, but don't like the drama it brings. Now you can set certain buttons to be anonymous - no one will see who clicked.

Post Colour Thresholds: Ever wanted an easy way for members to tell if a post is helpful or trash? Colour thresholds let you change the colour of posts depending on how many clicks of a button they receive. Members can now see at a glance whether or not a post is helpful, interesting or pointless.



Complete Feature List
Lite

• Front-End
  • Click buttons for posts (permissions and settings permitting)
  • Require button clicks to see content (whole post is hidden)
  • Require button clicks to see attachments
  • Top 5 Given / Received statistics for each button
  • Collapsible postbit statistics
  • (vB4) Forum Sidebar block for button feeds
  • Hottest Threads / Posts page showing most clicked posts and threads
  • Each button can be set as "Default" for Attachments and Content. When posting via Quick Reply, the default button(s) will be set as Required
  • The "thanks bar" in posts displays the number of users who has clicked each button, also for non-forum integration areas
• AdminCP
  • Control display order of buttons
  • Set permissions per usergroup to be able to click and require clicks of buttons
  • Per-category toggle of what buttons are enabled
  • Search interface to find clicks for a specific post
  • Maintenance options; Clean up clicks that are attached to deleted posts, Recalculate the Given / Received statistics, Rebuild Reputation
  • Manual postbit stats relocation
  • Hide APTL info from guests
  • Globally disable notifications for new clicks
  • Disable APTL integration with non-forum areas via vBulletin Options
  • Disable "Total click count" on the "thanks bar"
  • Notifications can be disabled on a per-button basis
  • Disable button text
• Integration
  • Social Groups
  • User Notes
  • Visitor Messaging
  • (vB4) [DBTech] DragonByte Gallery: Images
  • (vB4) [DBTech] DragonByte Reviews: Reviews
• (vB4) Forum Block
  • Tabbed interface to choose between "Recent" and "Top" button clicks
  • Ability to select from any of the available buttons and display the 5 recent clicks from that button
  • "Top" tab on the forum block, lists top clicks for the selected button
  • Control the timespan in which the "Top" period is calculated for
  • Deny usergroup access

Pro

• Front-End
  • "Entry List" page; a browseable list of all button clicks
  • Users can hide postbit items via the UserCP
  • Users can turn off notifications via the UserCP
  • Hottest Threads / Posts has a date range filter
• AdminCP
  • Create unlimited buttons to click
  • Ability to create Post Colour Thresholds to highlight posts in different colours
  • (vB4) Choose what portions of the postbit should be coloured via the post colour thresholds.
  • Minimum posts required to click a button
  • Per-usergroup setting to become immune to clicks of a button
  • Per-usergroup setting whether who clicked a button is displayed
  • Per-usergroup setting to allow disabling clicks of a specific button for a post
  • Per-usergroup setting to allow removing a click of a button
  • Limit button clicks per day
  • Per-forum ability to set each button to only display in the first post
  • Per-forum toggle of what buttons are enabled
  • Set more / less than 5 for the Given / Received statistics
  • Ability to auto-collapse posts using provided formula or input for your own using your custom buttons
  • Move the "Post Like / Thanks" cloud above / below posts, above / below signatures
  • Ability to delete entries found in the Search interface
  • Email notifications (can be disabled globally) on a per-button basis
  • Disable notifications on a per-button basis
  • Set a flood limit (in seconds) that serves as a delay between button clicks
  • Individual users now be excluded from using the mod
  • Turn off individual buttons' integration with non-forum areas
  • Turn off "Given" and "Received stats on a per-button basis
• Integration
  • Blog Entries
  • Blog Comments

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of pages generated by this mod which includes:

• 1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
• 1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

[DragonByte Tech]

Have you checked the button permissions in Manage Buttons under DBTech - Post Thanks?

Fillip

[sweetpotato]

Any plan to integration with CMS articles and comments please? For Pro version.

[DirtRider]

I installed this mod did all the setting as in button setup, forums and groups that should see it. However I could not get it to show the bar as it should at the bottom of the thread. I also noticed that when first installed I could expand and collapse the postbits for this but later I could not even do this. So I am not sure if I did something while trying to get it to work that changed this setting. I am also not sure if I need to have the other mod installed before I install this one "[AJAX] Post Thank You Hack"

I am running VB 4.1.10

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by sweetpotato

Any plan to integration with CMS articles and comments please? For Pro version.

There's currently no solid plans to do that, but we're always evaluating new feature opportunities


Fillip

[sweetpotato]

Thanks. Because I intend to buy the pro one (for only 3 months update) so I have to consider the right time to do it. I see some sites use Vbseo like on both blog and CMS.

[Baja]

Ran into a db error after importing vbseo likes and executing any maintenance script:

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.12:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE vb_dbtech_thanks_statistics SET

### UPDATE QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
`likes_received` = '717',
`thanks_given` = '1',
`thanks_received` = '53',
`likes_given` = '12'
WHERE userid = 1;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'likes_received' in 'field list'

This was caused because we didn't want two buttons (thanks + likes), so we deleted the like button shortly after installing APTL and prior to running the importer. The problem is easy enough to fix by running a mysql query to reset dbtech_thanks_entry [varname] = thanks. Although you might consider adding a new maintenance script to reset the assigned button for existing thanks/likes for customers that aren't comfortable with manually editing their db. Either that or have a prompt during the import asking which button to assign the Abe/vBSEO imports to. Just FYI


We also noticed two glitches in the user profile tab:

1) Imported likes are not sorted chronologically. I believe the import script is ordering via vbseo's l_contentid field (post#) instead of the l_dateline field.

2) Approx half of the pages listed are empty. This appears to be related to Thanks_Received vs Thanks_Given. For example: If a member has 1000 total thanks (600 received + 400 given), there will be 30 populated pages (600 / 20 per page = 30) and 20 empty pages that say "No Results to Show". The bizarre thing is the first 30 populated pages have both received + given feedback listed. So it's not simply an issue of given feedback being hidden.

Any idea what's causing the 2nd issue?

[quocmen]

How can I prevent reload post content after post thanks. Because have some music player running.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Baja

This was caused because we didn't want two buttons (thanks + likes), so we deleted the like button shortly after installing APTL and prior to running the importer. The problem is easy enough to fix by running a mysql query to reset dbtech_thanks_entry [varname] = thanks. Although you might consider adding a new maintenance script to reset the assigned button for existing thanks/likes for customers that aren't comfortable with manually editing their db. Either that or have a prompt during the import asking which button to assign the Abe/vBSEO imports to. Just FYI

Not really surprising

I doubt much will be done to compensate for that, if I'm honest.

Originally Posted by Baja

1) Imported likes are not sorted chronologically. I believe the import script is ordering via vbseo's l_contentid field (post#) instead of the l_dateline field.

It's not sorting by contentid, no. Besides, the imported Likes absorb the dateline of the vBSEO likes.

Originally Posted by Baja

2) Approx half of the pages listed are empty. This appears to be related to Thanks_Received vs Thanks_Given. For example: If a member has 1000 total thanks (600 received + 400 given), there will be 30 populated pages (600 / 20 per page = 30) and 20 empty pages that say "No Results to Show". The bizarre thing is the first 30 populated pages have both received + given feedback listed. So it's not simply an issue of given feedback being hidden.

Is that something that can be reproduced on every single profile at some point?

Originally Posted by quocmen

How can I prevent reload post content after post thanks. Because have some music player running.

There's no way to do that, sorry


Fillip

[Baja]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

It's not sorting by contentid, no. Besides, the imported Likes absorb the dateline of the vBSEO likes.

Well I was referring to the thanksimport.php portion here:

FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "vbseo_likes AS thanks
WHERE l_contentid >= " . $vbulletin->GPC['startat'] . "
ORDER BY l_contentid

I assumed that might be what's causing the unusual sorting for imported likes? Note: All likes issued via APTL are sorted correctly.

Here's a screenshot of some imported likes:

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Is that something that can be reproduced on every single profile at some point?

Yes, it's occurring on every profile. I will PM you some links and a test account. Or would you prefer a ticket via dbtech's forum? I'm a licensed customer.

[DragonByte Tech]

If you're using the Pro version you need to post in the Pro support forum


Fillip