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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

[mike8823]

I have downloaded the Thanks button and tried to install and now I am getting an error at the top of the page
(Warning: fetch_template() calls should be replaced by the vB_Template class. Template name: post_thanks_navbar_search in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 4330
Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in [path]/includes/class_bootstrap.php(1403) : eval()'d code on line 95)

Help please..

[BrightStar]

I am not using any mod. Just tweaked it myself part of it.

Thanks

[Hippy]

<div class="post_field">

is your doing?
you also did it to the

<div class="post_field">{vb:raw template_hook.postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts}</div>

this is what this mod is using to display there..
you edited the flag mod and the gender mod in the template
what you can do is remove that from the hook and add it to the
post_thanks_postbit_info template as so

<div class="post_field"> 
<vb:if condition="$post['userid']">
    <dt>{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_thanks}</dt> <dd>{vb:raw post.post_thanks_user_amount_formatted}</dd>
    <vb:if condition="$post['post_thanks_thanked_times'] == 1">
        <dd style="white-space:nowrap; display:inline; float: {vb:stylevar left};">{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_time_post}</dd>
    <vb:elseif condition="$post['post_thanks_thanked_posts'] == 1" />
        <dd style="white-space:nowrap; display:inline; float: {vb:stylevar left};">{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_times_post, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted}}</dd>
    <vb:else />
        <dd style="white-space:nowrap; display:inline; float: {vb:stylevar left};">{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_times_posts, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted}, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_posts_formatted}}</dd>
    </vb:if>
</vb:if></div>

or make a new hook leave the other like you have it use what i posted above as well
or add the code to the new hook and leave the template stock

if other mods or even vb are using the same hook this is what i seen happen you need to do that edit manually to the others as well..

this is why I suggest a new hook so you don't have to

[GeorgeEcuador]

I let him just say thank received.

[BrightStar]

Hippy you are absolutely right, all these changes which you have pointed have been made by me. I do appreciate what you have written and I understand that modifying the templates and adding <div class="post_field"> has cause issues.

I am struggling to understand what is hook and how do I make a new hook so I avoid all these problems?

[Hippy]

ok I'm glad you understand a little so I don't mind going a little farther
go into your admincp
styles & templates
find postbit_legacy template in the styles you have (if more than one)
open it up
now search for (your edit)

<div class="post_field">{vb:raw template_hook.postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts}</div>

right under it add

<div class="post_field">{vb:raw template_hook.postbit_userinfo_post_thanks}</div>

if your going to use the stock template!
if your going to use the template I posted above then just add

{vb:raw template_hook.postbit_userinfo_post_thanks}

and use the template posted above

now still in admincp
go to Plugins & products > click on plugin manager
find your Product : Post Thank You Hack "plugin" there are 10 hook locations
the one that says "postbit_display_complete"
in the hook location column under

product : Post Thank You Hack

click edit..
search for this line

$template_hook['postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts'] .= $templater->render();

replace it with

$template_hook['postbit_userinfo_post_thanks'] .= $templater->render();

save it

you should be all good...

I hope this helps

[wildheart]

Thanks for this great hack and thanks Hippy, you know for what.

Is there a way to make the block that appears under the post smaller?

[jadeboy7]

Originally Posted by wildheart

Thanks for this great hack and thanks Hippy, you know for what.

Is there a way to make the block that appears under the post smaller?

I believe this should help with that.

[cstreater]

So, Abe hasn't been online since June of 2010, it's marked as unsupported, and to get it working you have to read and put together a lot of posts in this thread and patch various files. On top of that it still isn't fully functional.

I guess where I'm going with this, is I'm wondering if someone can officially take it over and start a new thread where everything is consolidated into one post with a single download?

This is one of the most widely used plug-ins of any forums, and I think it would be painful to let it go, especially on a 5 million member forum.

[jadeboy7]

Originally Posted by cstreater

So, Abe hasn't been online since June of 2010, it's marked as unsupported, and to get it working you have to read and put together a lot of posts in this thread and patch various files. On top of that it still isn't fully functional.

I guess where I'm going with this, is I'm wondering if someone can officially take it over and start a new thread where everything is consolidated into one post with a single download?

This is one of the most widely used plug-ins of any forums, and I think it would be painful to let it go, especially on a 5 million member forum.

I think all the most updated information can be found in this post.