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.

MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL!
You will get an email when a new version is released.

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

[DiMoNd21]

Hi!

I have recently moved to another server I did a clean install of vbulletin 3.7.4 . So now there are two databases, one from the old forum and one from the new one. I used ImPEx and got all data from the old to the new one, but after installing this mod all posta-thanks counters of all members have gone away. I mean everyone has 0 thanks.. Is there any way to import the post_thanks data table from the old database to the new one so that everybody will have their number of thanks?

Thank you!

[Loki12]

Hi, this is a great hack, thanks.

I have just one question:

How can I make the font smaller in the postbit, where it says: "The Following User Says Thank You to Hutten For This Useful Post" ??

I think this is too large, and too obtrusive.

[ShiZoPhreN]

Hello Abe1, nice Hack and Thanks

Feature Request: Bump threads when any1 click "thanks" and this with exclude forumids or an option to disable/enable in forumids .. thats where nice..

Thanks in Advance

[mmurtha]

Hi Abe and all,

I just installed this Mod in VB 3.7.4 and came up with this database error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.4:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM post_thanks AS post_thanks INNER JOIN user AS user USING (userid) WHERE post_thanks.postid IN () ORDER BY post_thanks.username ASC;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') ORDER BY post_thanks.username ASC' at line 1
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Sunday, November 9th 2008 @ 01:33:56 AM
Error Date : Sunday, November 9th 2008 @ 01:33:56 AM
Script : http://www.marketersspaceforum.com/p...sing_ajax=1&p=
Referrer :
IP Address : Removed
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

The actual thanks show up under the users posts just fine, but I haven't been able to tell is they are accumulating yet.

I think I was the only one that used it before I shut the Mod off.

How can I fix this problem?

Thanks ...

Mary

[tnedator]

I have been getting a MySQL error for a few days, on an off. Always related to Post_thanks. I am on 3.73, and yesterday updated from version 7.6 to 7.7 of post thanks to see if it would make a difference. It didn't.

This doesn't happen every time a thanks is given. Also, for comletely unrelated reasons my VPS was moved last night to a new hardware node, so this has happened on two different underlying hardware nodes.

I also optimized the MySQL tables to see if there was any issue there:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.3:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT text, languageid, special
FROM phrase AS phrase
LEFT JOIN phrasetype USING (fieldname)
WHERE phrase.fieldname = 'frontredirect'
AND varname = 'reportthanks' AND languageid IN (-1, 0, 1);

MySQL Error   : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number  : 2006
Request Date  : Sunday, November 9th 2008 @ 08:39:06 AM
Error Date    : Sunday, November 9th 2008 @ 08:40:41 AM
Script        : http://www.broncosforums.com/forums/report.php?do=sendemail
Referrer      : http://www.broncosforums.com/forums/report.php?p=449534
IP Address    : removed
Username      : removed
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

[mmurtha]

Hi,

Can one of you guys who still has a copy of the 7.6 Vs put it up as an attachment in a post so we can all get to it?

The only one up there that Abe has available is the 7.7 Vs.

Iknow I'd appreciate a copy of it, as I'm sure others would too.

Or did I miss it?

Anyway, thanks!

Mary

[Loki12]

Originally Posted by Loki12

Hi, this is a great hack, thanks.

I have just one question:

How can I make the font smaller in the postbit, where it says: "The Following User Says Thank You to Hutten For This Useful Post" ??

I think this is too large, and too obtrusive.

Anyone please?

[tester559]

Originally Posted by Kihon Kata

Hi Abe.

This block isn't showing for me:
I've reverted my stats block, still nothing.

I get the same results, this does not show up for me either, in addition I cannot get it to dosplay under the username... the bit that states "thanked x times"

I am using vB 3.7.1 at the moment.. see here www.vwaudiforum.co.uk

Any ideas why? I need an alternative to the rep system..

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Pehchaan

Hello Abe,

I have moved my cPanel server to another host, everything is working fine except the navigation settings link of Post Thank You Hack and some other hacks like that, when i click on "Post Thanks Settings" its getting blank.

I've re uploaded all files and product, but no result, can you guide me how to resolve this problem?

thanks.

Do you see the settings in the regular vb setting area?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Darthvader2007

I have some problem with the counter of our thanks statistics.
Our forum have a automatic prune and this delete posts every day to clean up.
All the thanks that is given to people, will be also deleted in our thanks statistics.
But i have set this option out:



What is the problem ?
Can someone help us with this problem. ?

So the stats go down automatically, without using the recounter?