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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

[pjkcards]

Originally Posted by Hippy

you replaced all file.. making 100% sure they where over written ???????
and over wrote the xml ???????

then it will work..
if you don't get it
pm me.. Ill come in and fix it..

Ah, I didn't know there were additional files. Fixed. Thanks!

A few things:
1) The "Thanks" button is on the far left. Can I move it just to the left of the "Edit Post" so it is more visiable, and perhaps add a small icon next to it to make it stick out?
2) For the "Thanks x times in x posts", can I have this shown only when they have been thanked at least once? 90% of members probably won't get a thank you, so it is not worth having for everything until they get thanked.

Other than that, excellent mod. Thanks again!

[Hippy]

move thanks button
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1842
the icon should be there if your images are in the correct dir..
make sure you all the images to your custom style dir
youll need a vb:if condition so the thanks will not show for those that did not give or recieve thanks..

[pjkcards]

Originally Posted by Hippy

move thanks button
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1842
the icon should be there if your images are in the correct dir..
make sure you all the images to your custom style dir
youll need a vb:if condition so the thanks will not show for those that did not give or recieve thanks..

Thanks for the move, worked great.

As for the images: I uploaded the files as directed. Do I need to copy the images to somewhere? Where exactly do I need to copy them to?

As for the vb:if condition: what will the condition be such that you have to have at least 1 thank you for it to show?

Thanks again!

[Hippy]

do you have a custom style ?
well it would be something like images/styles/custom_name)/images/buttons
default is images/buttons/
something to that affect ...
where every you have them now you need to figure out where your buttons folder is and add them there for the style your using

[Hippy]

example for you
I work on a few sites with and a few have a couple different skins..

the default skin the images are in images/buttons
the custom style is like this

images/styles/vB_Black/buttons

so for each skin find the button folder and add the images post_thanks-hover.png and post_thanks.png
hope this helps

[pjkcards]

Originally Posted by Hippy

example for you
I work on a few sites with and a few have a couple different skins..

the default skin the images are in images/buttons
the custom style is like this

images/styles/vB_Black/buttons

so for each skin find the button folder and add the images post_thanks-hover.png and post_thanks.png
hope this helps

Thanks for being specific. So I did this, and no luck. I also noticed that a lot of the buttons were in /images/[style name]/buttons
I copied those 2 icons into every one I could find - there are lots of custom styles (and many of them worked - the icon showed). Even when I go to the default theme, the icons aren't showing up (which they should since they are in the /images/buttons, right?).

One of the issues is that my custom theme was renamed in vBulletin Styles, so I'm not sure what directory it is under in the /images/ folder. Is there a way to find this out? I'm surprised my default theme or the default vB theme aren't working - the problem is similar.

As for the vb:if condition: what will the condition be such that you have to have at least 1 thank you for it to show?

Thanks!

[glennybee]

Hi folks,

I can appreciate there's lots of edits and versions floating around in this thread but I'll give it a go.

I'm using the version from this thread. (post_thanks_ version_7.83+integrated postbit_box collapse)

Here is a picture of my postbit...the "Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts" bit is not the same style as the others.

Attachment 144212

Here's my post_thanks_postbit_info template...

<vb:if condition="$post['userid']">
    <dt>{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_thanks}</dt> <dd>{vb:raw post.post_thanks_user_amount_formatted}</dd>
    <vb:if condition="$post['post_thanks_thanked_times'] == 1">
        <dd>{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_time_post}</dd>
    <vb:elseif condition="$post['post_thanks_thanked_posts'] == 1" />
        <dd>{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_times_post, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted}}</dd>
    <vb:else />
        <dd>{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_times_posts, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted}, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_posts_formatted}}</dd>
    </vb:if>
</vb:if>

If anyone could help me out to get it looking the same as the other fields, I'd very much appreciate it.

Thanks!

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by glennybee

Hi folks,

I can appreciate there's lots of edits and versions floating around in this thread but I'll give it a go.

I'm using the version from this thread. (post_thanks_ version_7.83+integrated postbit_box collapse)

Here is a picture of my postbit...the "Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts" bit is not the same style as the others.

Attachment 144212

Here's my post_thanks_postbit_info template...

<vb:if condition="$post['userid']">
    <dt>{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_thanks}</dt> <dd>{vb:raw post.post_thanks_user_amount_formatted}</dd>
    <vb:if condition="$post['post_thanks_thanked_times'] == 1">
        <dd>{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_time_post}</dd>
    <vb:elseif condition="$post['post_thanks_thanked_posts'] == 1" />
        <dd>{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_times_post, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted}}</dd>
    <vb:else />
        <dd>{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_times_posts, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted}, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_posts_formatted}}</dd>
    </vb:if>
</vb:if>

If anyone could help me out to get it looking the same as the other fields, I'd very much appreciate it.

Thanks!

it will never be .. because of the amount it can handle.. so it will vary

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by pjkcards

Thanks for being specific. So I did this, and no luck. I also noticed that a lot of the buttons were in /images/[style name]/buttons
I copied those 2 icons into every one I could find - there are lots of custom styles (and many of them worked - the icon showed). Even when I go to the default theme, the icons aren't showing up (which they should since they are in the /images/buttons, right?).

One of the issues is that my custom theme was renamed in vBulletin Styles, so I'm not sure what directory it is under in the /images/ folder. Is there a way to find this out? I'm surprised my default theme or the default vB theme aren't working - the problem is similar.

As for the vb:if condition: what will the condition be such that you have to have at least 1 thank you for it to show?

Thanks!

can't help like this .. if you like send me a pm with access and I will fix it ..
as far as the if condition I will have to look into it .. not much time atm..

[RFViet]

Doesn't work with vB4.2 !