[AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

Post Thank You Hack 4.5

Click here for the vb3.6 version of this hack.

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 granted 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: 4
• Files to upload: 1
• Time to install: 5 minutes max

Updates:

Version 2.0 GOLD (10/02/05):

• GOLD Release of this hack for vBulletin version 3.5

Version 2.1 (10/23/05):

• [BUG FIX] When merging/splitting threads
• [BUG FIX] When a user deletes his thanks (now removes post/rep count if option(s) on)
• [ADD PHRASE] post_thanks_user_says
• [ADD PHRASE] post_thanks_time_post
• [ADD PHRASE] post_thanks_times_post
• [ADD PHRASE] post_thanks_times_posts
• [DELETED PHRASE] post_thanks_thanks_amount

Version 2.2 (10/23/05):

• [ADDED] Re-counters. Found under Maintenance->Update Counters in your ACP.

Version 2.3 (11/05/05):

• [ADDED] Cache Templates

Version 2.4 (11/07/05):

• [ADDED] Setting to disallow users from deleting their own thanks.

Version 2.5 (11/09/05):

• [FIXED] All number outputs run through your vb setting of number format. (e.g. 1234 will now show as 1,234)

Version 2.6 (12/04/05):

• [FIXED] Number outputs for numbers between 1,000 and 1,999
• [FIXED] Showing of the thanks button on deleted threads pages.

Version 2.7 (12/18/05):

• [ADDED] Made the Thanks button a template
• [ADDED] Made a template group for this hacks templates
• [FIXED] One template edit. Find correction in zip file.
• [CHANGED] Made a pop-up now when you click Thanks instead of refreshing the page.
• [FIXED] Made the line when you give reputation points for thanks, a phrase.
• [ADDED] Paypal link so you can make a donation for this hack.

Version 2.8 (2/5/06):

• [FIXED] Removed one query thanks to AnhTuanCool (Abe clicks 'thanks')
• [ADDED] Option to allow users to thank their own post
• [ADDED] Option to allow a pop=up or refresh after a user clicks thanks

Version 2.9 (2/8/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed allot of things in regard to deleting thanks using the "remove all thanks" and "Remove your thanks".

Version 3.0 (2/10/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed one more thing in regard to "remove all thanks".
• [FIXED] Re-wrote the thanks actions so it they useless queried when you give or remove thanks.

Version 3.1 (2/11/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed bug with reputation.

Version 3.2 (2/13/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed another bug with reputation.
• [FIXED] Sped up the one query used to retrieve the thanks.

Version 3.3 (2/14/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed bug with removing own thanks.

Version 3.4 (3/17/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed a few bugs.

Version 4.0 (4/17/06):

• [ADDED] AJAX technology so your users don't have to refresh the page they are viewing!

Version 4.1 (4/18/06):

• [FIXED] Crashing of 'quick reply' when using Firefox.

Version 4.2 (4/23/06):

• [FIXED] If you have vboption 'Add Template Name in HTML Comments' set to 'Yes', button was not showing.
• [FIXED] Uncached template when viewing a PM
• [FIXED] Getting sent to index page when clicking thanks on some forums.
• [FIXED] Link to member's profile from the thank box.
• [FIXED] The post thank count not updating. (Recommend you recount thanks. (ACP->Maintenance->Update Counters)

Version 4.3 (5/4/06):

• [FIXED] Optimized a lot of the templates.
• [ADDED] Easy integration with my Post Groan Hack.

Version 4.4 (5/7/06):

• [FIXED] Bug with AJAX if you had the date showing.

Version 4.5 (6/19/06):

• [FIXED] Bug with AJAX if you had hacks that added things to your output.

Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.

MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL!
You will get an email when a new version is released.

Pictures:

1. Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
2. Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
3. Showing post after 'thanks' (admin view)
4. Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
5. Stats in members profile and link
6. Link in Search drop down menu
7. Hacks settings

This hack is created for your use free of charge. No payment is requested. However, if you would like to donate money for the work I put in to this hack, a donation would show your appreciation.

[stinger2]

Originally Posted by Abe1

$post_thanks_button_image is in the post_thanks_button template. I would ahve to see your acp to see why it doesn't work.

thanks Abe1......but i sstill use 3.4 in the live forum......i did not do the upgrade there...i am testing it in my PC ......

i can copy what ever you like from my ACP in the pc for you........i dont know how to give you access there...

[mfizzel]

Abe, everything works great with the new version but my members have discovered a new error - the counter which displays how many posts they've been thanked in is not updating.

for ex. the member that brought this to my attention, I thanked his post, refreshed the page and he had still been thanked in the same amount of posts...

make sense?

[saba]

does it work with the hide hack

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by NeutralizeR

Uncached template post_thanks_box while viewing a pm.

Will fix.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Za4a Tuner

Hy Abe1,
i did the changes before i updated ->
and i did them now again =>
but the button want appear!

my way now:
first i did all all the templateschanges undone (reset of the templates: postbit, memberinfo and navbar),
and then i put the code of this hack (install.txt) back to the templates!

But i get no button to klick,
and the Link (Find all thanked posts by "username") is still "broken".

I'd have to look at your ACP.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by stinger2

thanks Abe1......but i sstill use 3.4 in the live forum......i did not do the upgrade there...i am testing it in my PC ......

i can copy what ever you like from my ACP in the pc for you........i dont know how to give you access there...

If you gave me your IP address I would be able to get in.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by mfizzel

Abe, everything works great with the new version but my members have discovered a new error - the counter which displays how many posts they've been thanked in is not updating.

for ex. the member that brought this to my attention, I thanked his post, refreshed the page and he had still been thanked in the same amount of posts...

make sense?

Will look into.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by saba

does it work with the hide hack

I didn't come up with an update for that hack yet. I'm sre if you refresh it should work.

[chexx]

Hi Abe,
cool pice...

Worked fine on a fresh 3.5.4 installation, but I had a problem when switching on the "Add Template Name in HTML Comments" feature. Got some strange errors in my browser and tracked them down to the "$post_thanks_button_image" template which gets included within a client script. The vb added comments around the template messed up in my browser...

As I'm new to vb - also new to web development so the comments help me alot - I solved this by changing two PlugIns

"Hook Location : postbit_display_start":
find: fetch_template('post_thanks_button_image')
repl: fetch_template('post_thanks_button_image',0,false) 

"Hook Location : showthread_start":
find: fetch_template("post_thanks_button_image")
repl: fetch_template("post_thanks_button_image",0,false)

With this the "$post_thanks_button_image" template gets included w/o the comments, so this works fine for me. Did this on my local board, so side effects won't harm. Just wanted to say thank's and let you know...

[bashy]

I have just updated to the latest version as it was showing green....
Now its totally screwed my forum, When i click the thanks button it puts the whole forum in the the post that i am thanking?

I have to refresh the page to get rid of it and there is no thanks for the post showing on the post