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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by Radibux

Hi,

I use version 7.84 with vBulletin 4.2.2 patch level 4

I have this error when I want delete post:

Database error in vBulletin 4.2.0:

Invalid SQL:

            UPDATE user
            SET post_thanks_thanked_times = post_thanks_thanked_times - 2, post_thanks_thanked_posts = post_thanks_thanked_posts - 1, reputation = reputation - 2
            WHERE userid = '2004';

MySQL Error   : BIGINT UNSIGNED value is out of range in '(`base`.`user`.`post_thanks_thanked_posts` - 1)'
Error Number  : 1690
...
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.5.14

Any help please

Please read first post for fix or use dbtech plugin

[helenblog]

I want to show "Thank" button on my blog post like forum posts showing.

It's possible?

I couldn't change to a New Thank Mod because I can lose number of Thanks on each member profile.

[Carpesimia]

Originally Posted by helenblog

I want to show "Thank" button on my blog post like forum posts showing.

It's possible?

I couldn't change to a New Thank Mod because I can lose number of Thanks on each member profile.

Check out Dragonbytes thank/like mod. It will import your current thanks, and I'd be surprised if it didnt let you like blog posts.

http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/produ...t-thanks-like/

[franzes80]

this is post thank you hack v 7.85 full working on vb 4.2.3 and 4.2.2
I search in google and I found this
Tested in my forum

[Ahsan Ali]

The following dependencies were not met:
This product is not compatible with version 4.2.2 Alpha 1 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 4.0.0 beta 4 / Incompatible with 4.1.0 alpha 1 and greater)

how to solve this issue. i have vb 4.2.2 Alpha 1) >>>?

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by Ahsan Ali

The following dependencies were not met:
This product is not compatible with version 4.2.2 Alpha 1 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 4.0.0 beta 4 / Incompatible with 4.1.0 alpha 1 and greater)

how to solve this issue. i have vb 4.2.2 Alpha 1) >>>?

Please take time to read the full op post

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by franzes80

this is post thank you hack v 7.85 full working on vb 4.2.3 and 4.2.2
I search in google and I found this
Tested in my forum

They took the one I updated and put there name to it I already done all the changes to this version I had it on another site have now uploaded it to here

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by franzes80

this is post thank you hack v 7.85 full working on vb 4.2.3 and 4.2.2
I search in google and I found this
Tested in my forum

I'm sorry but do not re-post mods you "found" on Google- there is no way to know if they are safe.

If the site is legit/safe post a link to it and let people determine for themselves if they want to download it.

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by franzes80

this is post thank you hack v 7.85 full working on vb 4.2.3 and 4.2.2
I search in google and I found this
Tested in my forum

Can you pm me the site you found the plugin I done

[TheLastSuperman]

- 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!

Edit: To be clear, there was no exploit in the original file (that we could see, BOP5 checked it) however Marv noticed some odd database errors and then subsequently asked Dave to look into the code - basically the search table was being used when it should not have been so instead of leaving up one single download link and having many members assume it was current I decided to remove the primary download and replace with patched versions THEREFOR you need to read the two posts by Hippy and ForceHSS (links to those post in the main mod description above) to ensure you're downloading and installing the correct version.

Special thanks to Marv for the report and suggestion plus Dave's assistance as well.