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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

[TinCow1]

Originally Posted by Hippy

that makes a large space ..
I don't have this issue with spacing
in my sig is all the fixes for this mod and it works perfect as it should spacing and all
if the spacing is still off it's a template issue or a custom style conflicting

All I can say is that with your code I had no spaces after the commas, it was just NAME,NAME. While I have many heavily customized styles, it was also that way on vB default, which I have not customized. Adding in the second   fixed the problem for me on all styles and only added in a normal sized space. It now looks entirely proper on my site. If your code as written gives good spacing for others, then it's obviously best not to add in an additional space. However, your code didn't add the space for me, and it seems clear it didn't add it for haidm either. Perhaps we're both running some other module that is causing this difference in appearance.

[Mark.B]

Originally Posted by Ricsca

in vb 4.1.10 dont install....

I am running on 4.1.10, no issues at all.

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by Ricsca

in vb 4.1.10 dont install....

then you are not using the updated one if it does not work for you

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by TinCow1

All I can say is that with your code I had no spaces after the commas, it was just NAME,NAME. While I have many heavily customized styles, it was also that way on vB default, which I have not customized. Adding in the second   fixed the problem for me on all styles and only added in a normal sized space. It now looks entirely proper on my site. If your code as written gives good spacing for others, then it's obviously best not to add in an additional space. However, your code didn't add the space for me, and it seems clear it didn't add it for haidm either. Perhaps we're both running some other module that is causing this difference in appearance.

yeah running into additional.css you may run into this issue ..
not a problem but 99% don't need it but when it was nentioned I tested it is all..
I am glad you got it looking go in your site ..
but as vb goes on things change so the mods that use this comma need to be updated .. check out some of Paul M's:up: mods..
youll see the comments there ...anyway what counts is that it works and there are no errors ..
sometime mods need small tweaks

enjoy

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by Ricsca

in vb 4.1.10 dont install....

like eveyone here said it works with no issue ..
and these are the people that are helping kleep this great mod alive..

If you have a question or read things confirm before posting a comment like that ..

I can show you 100 sites that use it with vb4.1.19 that work as it should 100%

enjooy and have a great day

[thermax04]

Installed on 4.1.10
i need to know where I can find this word to translate:
The Following User Says Thank You to xxxx For This Useful Post

[Hippy]

$vbphrase[post_thanks_user_says]

admincp
Languages & Phrases
search for

The Following User Says Thank You to {1} For This Useful Post:

make sure you have Phrase Text and Phrase Variable Name checked before you hit find
then edit it to

what you like you need to leave {1} tho anything else you can change

example

changet to The Following User Said Thank's to {1} For This Post yhen hit save

[thermax04]

Originally Posted by Hippy

$vbphrase[post_thanks_user_says]

admincp
Languages & Phrases
search for

The Following User Says Thank You to {1} For This Useful Post:

mak sure you have Phrase Text and Phrase Variable Name checked before you hit find
then edit it to


The Following User Says Thank you to {1} For This Useful Post

Thanks, i found it and translated it.
Now, i want also to translate those (in user Info):
Thanks: x times
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
where I can find them?

[Hippy]

search Languages & Phrases
the same way but add thank for the search word and youll see them all
make sure you have Phrase Text and Phrase Variable Name checked before you hit find

enjoy

[thermax04]

Originally Posted by Hippy

search Languages & Phrases
the same way but add thank for the search word and youll see them all
make sure you have Phrase Text and Phrase Variable Name checked before you hit find

enjoy

I tried but i found too many results, i don know which one to change
Can I change them in the product-post_thanks.xml file then import it again?

Found them , changed them
Thanks