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

[AllinJac]

Quick and easy.... Very Useful, TY!

[AllinJac]

@ saharial...

I just installed it and it went smooth...

I am not a tech in this at all but just repeating maybe you put it in the images folder and not the buttons folder???

Just a thought if so sorry, just trying to help out...

[|Jordan|]

It doesnt display for me either on 3.8.5 and i even tried the default template (no template edits) and it still doesnt display.

[Rafa-el]

Question, I have a lot of users with reputation count 0 Zero on my fourm so how can I recount, Im sure that Thank you hack is making this little issue in my board, and I do NOT want to remove the reputation count, just updating it with the correct values.

Thanks.

[Rafa-el]

Originally Posted by Rafa-el

Question, I have a lot of users with reputation count 0 Zero on my fourm so how can I recount, Im sure that Thank you hack is making this little issue in my board, and I do NOT want to remove the reputation count, just updating it with the correct values.

Thanks.

Still Have this issue

[youngaussie]

it doesnt work for me when i enable it, it comes up saying :

Warning: require_once([path]/includes/functions_post_thanks.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 1

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/youngaus/public_html/youngaussie/includes/functions_post_thanks.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/youngaus/public_html/youngaussie/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 1

can someone please help me

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by youngaussie

it doesnt work for me when i enable it, it comes up saying :

Warning: require_once([path]/includes/functions_post_thanks.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 1

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/youngaus/public_html/youngaussie/includes/functions_post_thanks.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/youngaus/public_html/youngaussie/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 1

can someone please help me

It looks like you have not uploaded the files to their correct locations. Re-read the instructions.

[obetyance]

Is there a way to show the NUMBER OF THANKS only rather than the names? Maybe the names can be viewed in a separate pop-up page or somewhere upon clicking them.

Showing lots of names is slowing my server down.

Thanks!

[AKINCI]

hi,
how can we push about Topic?

Thanks!

[tidefans]

Hi. I uninstalled the post thanks hack but get the following error when I try to physically delete a thread or post:

SELECT * FROM post_thanks WHERE postid='12345678' ORDER BY username;  MySQL Error   : Table 'websitexxx.post_thanks' doesn't exist

Where should I be looking to remove this problem?

Thanks!