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

[BonsaiNut]

I am having trouble getting this hack to work on my site (www.bonsainut.com).

I am running vB version 3.8.4 v 2
I downloaded Post Thanks Hack 7.7

I installed the Mod:
I uploaded the files via FTP
I installed it via the Product Manager in my control panel
I hit "install" in this thread

It shows up in my vB Options Menu
I checked the options and make sure everything is turned "on"
But I don't see any "thanks" button on the posts

Interestingly, if I check my User CP, and my user Statistics, the Posts Thanked list shows up in my statistics (current count zero). But otherwise I cannot detect Post Thank You functionality anywhere on my site.

I assume there is a conflict with another Mod, or some customization code (?) but for the life of me I can't figure it out. I am not receiving any error codes...

[Simon Lloyd]

Originally Posted by BonsaiNut

I am having trouble getting this hack to work on my site (www.bonsainut.com).

.........But I don't see any "thanks" button on the posts

Interestingly, if I check my User CP, and my user Statistics, the Posts Thanked list shows up in my statistics (current count zero). But otherwise I cannot detect Post Thank You functionality anywhere on my site.

I assume there is a conflict with another Mod, or some customization code (?) but for the life of me I can't figure it out. I am not receiving any error codes...

I think you'll find that you just have the path to the images wrong

[BonsaiNut]

Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd

I think you'll find that you just have the path to the images wrong

Can you be more specific? If not, I can go searching Thank you for the help so far

[BonsaiNut]

Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd

I think you'll find that you just have the path to the images wrong

Ok let me rephrase what I said I know I have a custom folder for images (buttons). I have installed the post thank you files in BOTH FOLDERS - the default AS WELL AS my custom folder. The mod does not work.

Do I have to modify the Post Thank You code in order to point it to a different folder? Or do I need to return my vBulletin install to default folders in order to get the Mod to work?

[Simon Lloyd]

The image will look like this

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/post_thanks.gif" alt="$vbphrase[post_thanks_thanks]" border="0" />

Just to prove whether it's that change it for the full url so

http://www.mysite.com/forums/style/images/buttons/post_thanks.gif

And see if that makes a difference

[BonsaiNut]

Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd

The image will look like this

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/post_thanks.gif" alt="$vbphrase[post_thanks_thanks]" border="0" />

Just to prove whether it's that change it for the full url so

http://www.mysite.com/forums/style/images/buttons/post_thanks.gif

And see if that makes a difference

Ok just to be 100% certain that I am doing this correctly...

I went into the Post Thank You Hack Templates
I opened the template for post_thanks_button
The original code looked like:
<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/post_thanks.gif" alt="$vbphrase[post_thanks_thanks]" border="0" />
I edited to this:
<img src="http://www.bonsainut.com/forums/images/bonsainut/buttons/post_thanks.gif" alt="$vbphrase[post_thanks_thanks]" border="0" />

It still does not work I checked the above hard-coded directory, and the button IS in that directory. Thank you for your help!

[EDIT]

Ok... interestingly I was playing around with postbit and postbit_legacy, and by moving code around I could get the button to display... but still no functionality. I would click on the button, but the display would not change to show "thanks"...

[Simon Lloyd]

Have you got all ajax enabled on your site? AdminCp>vBulletin Options>General Settings>Disable Ajax Features>Enable All Ajax features

Remember that this mod does conflict with other mods that use ajax!

[BonsaiNut]

Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd

Have you got all ajax enabled on your site? AdminCp>vBulletin Options>General Settings>Disable Ajax Features>Enable All Ajax features

Remember that this mod does conflict with other mods that use ajax!

Yes, I do have Ajax enabled.

I assume the conflict I am having is with my custom design. In retrospect, I wish I had run with something a little more generic. I think I am going to upgrade my site to 4.0, and at that point use very limited customization...

[Simon Lloyd]

Well i don't know that vb4 is the way to go, ideally you should find out why iy's not working with yours as it could spell trouble later for other mods...etc

[Pocket Aces]

still doesn't have the option to delete all thanks a single user received?