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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

[djbaxter]

It does make sense.

Admin CP | Settings | Options | Post Thank You Hack

Find

Ban Usergroups
Any UsergroupID placed here will ban any user from that group from using this hack. They will still see if others clicked 'Thanks' but not see the button.
Enter a list of usergroupID numbers, separated by a | (for example: 1|2|3).

I'll try this. If it works, it would confirm my suspicion that it is triggered by bots trying to do a search for Thanks given by and/or received by a user (I assume a bot because I can't find a way for a human being to do that with this 4.x version).

[JHUMON]

Originally Posted by War.Frog

Hmm...what setting group do you mean? This one doesn't make sense??

As fer as I know 67.195.37.108 Ip is used by yahoo.Google and yahoo visit every forum as a guest.So if any one restricted "Post Thank You hack" for guest the massage will not send in admin email.

I mean Unregistered / Not Logged In user group.

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by JHUMON

As fer as I know 67.195.37.108 Ip is used by yahoo.Google and yahoo visit every forum as a guest.So if any one restricted "Post Thank You hack" for guest the massage will not send in admin email.

I mean Unregistered / Not Logged In user group.

Brilliant! I never thought to check the IP because I was too busy examining the error. The last two such errors for me were Googlebot.

[wolfyman]

I'm gettng a ton of database errors over the last couple days:

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.1:

Invalid SQL:

REPLACE INTO search (userid, ipaddress, personal, searchuser, forumchoice, sortby, sortorder, searchtime, showposts, orderedids, dateline, displayterms, searchhash)
VALUES (0, '66.249.68.182', 1, 'Cowboydugan', '', 'post.dateline', 'DESC', 0.01802, 1, '87990,71581,43702,40300,38931,38213', 1268397220, 'a:6:{s:5:\"words\";a:0:{}s:9:\"highlight\";a:0:{} s:6:\"common\";a:0:{}s:5:\"users\";a:1:{i:1292;s:1 1:\"Cowboydugan\";}s:6:\"forums\";i:0;s:7:\"option s\";a:3:{s:11:\"starteronly\";i:0;s:11:\"childforu ms\";i:1;s:6:\"action\";s:7:\"process\";}}', 'a0f30b5e1b52d1b1435d6831a5aeb90d');

MySQL Error : Table 'mysite_mydb.search' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Friday, March 12th 2010 @ 04:33:40 AM
Error Date : Friday, March 12th 2010 @ 04:33:40 AM
Script : http://mysite.com/forums/post_thanks...er_gave&u=1292

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by wolfyman

I'm gettng a ton of database errors over the last couple days:

Read the 4-5 posts just above yours.

[decipher442]

How do I change the post bit info from this..

Thanks 104
Thanked 251 Times in 173 Posts

to show only this in the postbit...

Thanked: 104

[pozo]

Originally Posted by pozo

I need the option "thread new on thanks"... Is there any possibility to realise that? Thanks in advance, it would be amazing if you could provide me this setting... :up:

Any help ??

[s0lidgr0und]

Originally Posted by MikQuattro

I'm just curious....at what point does the staff of vB.org step in and do something about the lack of support for a mod? It's not like this mod has a quirk or two, this thread is riddled with people who are getting database errors left and right, this mod has serious issues. At the very least, someone needs to come in and uncheck the "Supported" field, because this mod is definitely NOT being supported, and that is one of the main things I look for before I install a mod. The author hasn't been on in what....2 months? I realize that some of you are going just tell me to quit whining and uninstall it if I don't like it, but it's not about that. People are still installing this mod thinking it's going to be supported and it's not. The biggest shame is it's a nice little mod that my members really appreciated.....

It was most likely designed in his free time and will be supported in the same manner. And like you said, if you have such a huge problem with the mod, uninstall it.

[mobe00]

Great mod..

I have a question...how do i align the thanks sentence to the left in postbit. see the attached picture and the red arrow.

[RedHacker]

Originally Posted by mobe00

Great mod..

I have a question...how do i align the thanks sentence to the left in postbit. see the attached picture and the red arrow.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=608