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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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 ***

[Hippy]

welcome

[bremereric]

I am a newbie and I uploaded all files to my host and could not get the plug in to install....what am I missing?

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by bremereric

I am a newbie and I uploaded all files to my host and could not get the plug in to install....what am I missing?

you uploaded the wrong version use the one in my sig for the updated one

[bremereric]

That did it. Is there a reason it hasn't replaced the 7.82.zip underneath the download now?

[Hippy]

the author has no been around so the members have applied the updated to keep the mod alive

[Videx]

I think what he's asking is why isn't there a procedure in place to take over a mod when the author disappears? I have no good answer for that. Even copyrights expire at some point. But release a mod on vb.org and drop dead and nobody is ever allowed to do anything with it. Thus we have mods like this with 42 pages of people asking the same question over and over again.

At the very least we should be able to get a moderator to alter the text in the first post, if only to remove the link to the non-working version.

PS A note to all mod authors: Please always mark your code as "reusable" so this doesn't happen to us with your mods.

[djbaxter]

^^^ An excellent post and an excellent suggestion!

[bremereric]

There are 139 pages that I would and could not start to read. Can someone help this hack out and put the newest version up for people to use.

[Videx]

Originally Posted by bremereric

There are 139 pages that I would and could not start to read. Can someone help this hack out and put the newest version up for people to use.

You're not paying attention. It is strictly forbidden here to modify and distribute another person's mod unless they gave prior permission. So far we've gotten away with this one because the newer versions are fairly well hidden. But eventually someone in power will get wind of what's going on and clamp down.

At least in this case there's another mod that does pretty much the same thing, so all is not lost.

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by bremereric

There are 139 pages that I would and could not start to read. Can someone help this hack out and put the newest version up for people to use.

use the one in my sig