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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

[mad@Max]

Abe1, i propose this realization of js.
P.S. I found a bug, if you remove your thanks (in the box when there are other thanks), then the box will be removed too (in file it fixed).

[Globus]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Version 7.82 (01/03/10):

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

Still having the issue

[Cface]

Installed.
I only wish it worked with the "sids hide hack" ver 0.4.0 beta 3

[meissenation]

I fixed the alignment issue by changing the post_thanks_postbit_info template to be the following:

<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 style="white-space:nowrap; display:inline; float: {vb:stylevar left};">{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_time_post}</dd>
	<vb:elseif condition="$post['post_thanks_thanked_posts'] == 1" />
		<dd style="white-space:nowrap; display:inline; float: {vb:stylevar left};">{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_times_post, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted}}</dd>
	<vb:else />
		<dd style="white-space:nowrap; display:inline; float: {vb:stylevar left};">{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>

(I changed all the "float: {vb:stylevar right}" to be left.)

[I.am]

Oh finally fixed. Thanks^^

[40K Radio]

I searched and could not find but I am having a slight problem.

Thank you meissenation for the code to fix the alignment

Before that code the Blog number link was before the Thanks but the actually Blog was below

After changing this to the code that meissenation gave the blog number is after thanks but the Blog is still below like this
Attachment 109403

How can I fix this?

Thanks.

[War.Frog]

I just had a number of users with different browsers and operating systems test out this hack on my test forum and they all experienced the refresh/jump-to-first-page problem. I really hope this is fixable.

[RedHacker]

I have upgraded to th vBulletin 4 from 3.8.1 Version... I had this addon from 3.8 Version... The Thanks Post will lost if put this version...?

[linuxututs]

Here is the "post_thanks_7_80.zip" version if someone wants/needs to revert to it or just use it instead.
I never upgraded myself, because I haven't found anything wrong with it.

Abe1, Please let me know if you want me to delete this. ( Just trying to help )
This is one of those Mods that should be a vBulletin default built-in feature, and another must have for me.

Thanks,

[woffie]

Originally Posted by linuxututs

Here is the "post_thanks_7_80.zip" version if someone wants/needs to revert to it or just use it instead.
I never upgraded myself, because I haven't found anything wrong with it.

Abe1, Please let me know if you want me to delete this. ( Just trying to help )
This is one of those Mods that should be a vBulletin default built-in feature, and another must have for me.

Thanks,

That is what I am using. I just did the legacy fix posted on page 5 of this thread and have had no problems at all. Of course everytime I add a new skin I have to apply the fix, but no big deal.