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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

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[Videx]

Originally Posted by Hippy

[B]STAFF EDIT:

OMG Can we just get over this already? The original author dropped dead two years ago and forgot to click "reusable code". So does that really mean nobody will ever be able to update this mod to actual working status and we all have to keep tap dancing around the issue?

Seriously. Make an effort to contact the guy. But if you can't then can we please assume he would be honored to have others improving on his efforts? It's completely absurd that 3 out of every 4 posts now just complain it doesn't work because they can't decipher the code to get an updated version from some other person's .sig.

[edytwinky]

Originally Posted by Hippy

anyway you can change the font size by searching for

.posttitle
and see what stylevar it is and change the font from 14 to what ver you like

Is there a way to make it point to whatever the postbit font size is?

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by edytwinky

Is there a way to make it point to whatever the postbit font size is?

stylevar
postbit_font
change the font size there

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Videx

OMG Can we just get over this already? The original author dropped dead two years ago and forgot to click "reusable code". So does that really mean nobody will ever be able to update this mod to actual working status and we all have to keep tap dancing around the issue?

Seriously. Make an effort to contact the guy. But if you can't then can we please assume he would be honored to have others improving on his efforts? It's completely absurd that 3 out of every 4 posts now just complain it doesn't work because they can't decipher the code to get an updated version from some other person's .sig.

Can we assume you'd be honored to have squatters living in your home if went away for a vacation and got stuck away for home for some reason?

The answer is absolutely not. Until Abe1 returns to give permission this mod will never be updated in the first post and no one will ever be able to release their own version elsewhere.

That's the way it is.

That said, installing *ANY* mod without reading AT LEAST the first post is DUMB- you have no idea what you are installing or what it may do to your forum. I can understand when someone seeing 50 pages of comments and aren't going to read them all- but the first post? No excuses.

[Hippy]

-snipped-
never mind
I got my answer
posted at the same time

[Videx]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Can we assume you'd be honored to have squatters living in your home if went away for a vacation and got stuck away for home for some reason?

The answer is absolutely not.

You're right. If I go away for two years and nobody can reach me, I fully expect my house to be left completely vacant. Oh wait - that's such a silly position I can't beleive you actually said it. Can you please contact my local sheriff and tell him about this odd theory? Because I can assure you in the Real World things just don't happen this way. As soon as I stop checking in, a person will sell my house and all my belongings to someone else. VB should operate under the same principle.

[edytwinky]

Any plans to get this to work with the Activity Stream?

[tareqbd]

How can I use it in vbulletin mobile style premium. I am using it with dartho style but I need to it to work with vbulletin provided mobile styles with hide hack system as well. Please send me some solution. I am using vb 4.1.3
Thank you.

[blueperspective]

I'm using 4.2.0 and this mod creates me problem.
Look how it looks:




Any help/suggestions?!

[Hippy]

blueperspective
I pmes you..

If this workes out
we will be adding
more info to the thread