Show Thread Enhancements - [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

Post Thank You Hack

STAFF EDIT:
Note - The mod author has been unreachable for some time, but the vbulletin.org community has stepped up to provide a number of individual fixes over the years. ForceHSS, Hippy, and Seven Skins have all combined many of these fixes into product files.

ALL CREDIT STILL GOES TO ABE1 And this is still 'his' mod. Please still mark the mod as installed if you use any version of it.

That said so you don't need to apply a dozen + small fixes yourself you should consider downloading one of the updated packages below:

Hippy has one in this post.

AND / OR

ForceHSS has one in this post.

AND/OR

Seven Skins has one in this post.


- Original File Specs: post_thanks_7_82.zip (26.4 KB, 24844 downloads) - Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).
- There are five total patched versions available, some with and without the search fix - I've replaced the main file with the patched versions... please be sure to download and install the correct version, the main mod post contains links to additional information and patched files!
- If Abe1 returns he can request these packages be removed.


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:

• Files edited: 0
• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 8
• Time to install: 1 minute max

Updates:


Version 7.80 (12/30/09):

• Release of this hack for vBulletin version 4.0

Version 7.81 (01/02/10):

• Fixed some install and uninstall database errors.
• Made styling for postbit legacy a little better.
• Fixed the "separator" issue.
• Javascript file updated.

Version 7.82 (01/03/10):

• Fixed info alignment issues in the postbit for custom edited phrases.

NOTE: *** Offer for paid services removed ***

[Za4a Tuner]

Uninstalled after nearly 6 years of use
After my update from 3.8.7 to 4.1.2 the hack doesn't work at all. The coder was last online in june 2010 ... i think, thats the end of the hack

[NarutoFTW]

Anyone got notification upon being thanked working? and check thanked posts?

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by Za4a Tuner

Uninstalled after nearly 6 years of use
After my update from 3.8.7 to 4.1.2 the hack doesn't work at all. The coder was last online in june 2010 ... i think, thats the end of the hack

should of disabled all hacks when updating from vb3 to vb4 and then used the vb4 thank mod to update the one you had installed..
all would of worked out..

[Phaedrus]

I've fixed the mod for my site, it's been uploaded into the thread a few posts ago. I've also been working on the Groan hack for integration, etc. I think I have a working version, but I need to test it more and set it live before I upload that one.

[mitch84]

Originally Posted by Phaedrus

I've fixed the mod for my site, it's been uploaded into the thread a few posts ago. I've also been working on the Groan hack for integration, etc. I think I have a working version, but I need to test it more and set it live before I upload that one.

Hi, if you disturb them, I think you should open a new topic, thank you

[Za4a Tuner]

Originally Posted by Hippy

should of disabled all hacks when updating from vb3 to vb4 and then used the vb4 thank mod to update the one you had installed..
all would of worked out..

Hy,
i disabled all hacks before updating
My problem is, that the coder won't update this version ... last only last year.
If the hack will work with the actually vBversion ... what's up with the next vBupdate? Will the hack work? If not -> my users will "kill me"
So i decided to uninstall the hack

[MrD]

Hi,
@Chris: there is an other Hack, that use the Same. And he have an Importer for this Hack
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=243510
Maybe, the New vbseo have an Like System

[Za4a Tuner]

Originally Posted by MrD

Hi,
@Chris: there is an other Hack, that use the Same. And he have an Importer for this Hack
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=243510
Maybe, the New vbseo have an Like System

Hi,
thanks for your link, but the importer is not in the free version, you have to buy a pro version to get the importer.

[Phaedrus]

As I was testing my integration of the Post Groan/Post Thank You hacks, I noticed one problem with both of them. The search function it calls doesn't work at all. I turned off the profile stats so that people won't be clicking links and getting database errors, however... I'm working on fixing that too. It calls to a table that no longer exists in vb4, I wonder how long that has been a problem.

Anyway, if you are running this, you'll want to turn off the stats in the profiles, as the links to searches that it adds to your profiles will throw database errors. I'm working on fixing that too...

*sigh* this upgrade has been painful.

[Chase]

Can someone confirm if this works on 4.1.2? I will be upgrading from 3.8.4