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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

Someone after to have upgraded the product have tried to uninstall it? It work without problems or you have got a db error?

[dtommy79]

On my custom skin the thanks image still won't appear.

Any idea?

It also gives a different background to the button:



and there are still some alignment issue in the postbit

[SemperFideles]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Check post 2 in this thread.

Thanks I thought I was going crazy. I was reading the features list in the Product and it still said:

# Search for a users thanked posts
# Search for all thanked posts

If I hadn't read those in Post 1 I wouldn't have asked. Thanks for your hard work.

[KristerSwe]

Originally Posted by Charlie98902

It is just a forum thanks mod not a blog or Article thanks mod.

Yes sorry for my bad explain...i know its a forum addon. what i mean is if i can use it for the forum part on my publishing suite... had been great when its first class addon.... anyone try it on a vB4 publishing suite ??

[TandyServices]

Hi, I'm having a problem with the postbit. When I install this hack, the first post has everything showing fine. But every post after that gets an extra thank you button and thank you count in the postbit. One adds on every new post. I've attached images to show what I mean. I can't use this mod if it is showing like this, so for now I had to uninstall.. Could you please help me with this? Thanks

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by dtommy79

On my custom skin the thanks image still won't appear.

Any idea?


and there are still some alignment issue in the postbit

Fixed in next version.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by TandyServices

Hi, I'm having a problem with the postbit. When I install this hack, the first post has everything showing fine. But every post after that gets an extra thank you button and thank you count in the postbit. One adds on every new post. I've attached images to show what I mean. I can't use this mod if it is showing like this, so for now I had to uninstall.. Could you please help me with this? Thanks

Some other hack you installed is causing this. This is not an error with my hack. It means that someother hack is not using the $template_hook system properly.

[Abe1]

Version 7.82 (01/03/10):

• Fixed info alignment issues in the postbit for custom edited phrases.

[dtommy79]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Fixed in next version.

Thank you.

And what about the thanks image not showing up in custom skins?

[TandyServices]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Some other hack you installed is causing this. This is not an error with my hack. It means that someother hack is not using the $template_hook system properly.

Thanks figured it is BBR - Useful Links on Member Action Dropdown. turned that off and all works fine.. Thanks alot for your help.. Great mod.. Are you going to do the no thanks mod too??