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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

[TheGorf]

I am repeatedly getting this error in my forums:

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:

Invalid SQL:

                       REPLACE INTO vb_search (userid, ipaddress, personal, searchuser, forumchoice, sortby, sortorder, searchtime, showposts, orderedids, dateline, displayterms, searchhash)
                       VALUES (0, '173.160.151.225', 1, 'Hugs & Hisses', '', 'post.dateline', 'DESC', 0.00521, 1, '82076,81918,80565,80397,79291,78669,78659,78334,77976,77744,77266,76845,76782,76717,76494,76449,76445,76304,75850,75787,75386,75385,74770,74633,73678,73162,73035,72371,72230,71802,71394,70338,69937,68475,67925,66787,66205,66188,66098,64710,64644,64296,64069,63850,63826,63627,63545,63493,63487,63411,63202,62754,62329,61424,60658,60652,59645', 1270507241, 'a:6:{s:5:\"words\";a:0:{}s:9:\"highlight\";a:0:{}s:6:\"common\";a:0:{}s:5:\"users\";a:1:{i:813;s:17:\"Hugs & Hisses\";}s:6:\"forums\";i:0;s:7:\"options\";a:3:{s:11:\"starteronly\";i:0;s:11:\"childforums\";i:1;s:6:\"action\";s:7:\"process\";}}', 'ba678b6b15c81aac30e8c7c52ddb73a8');

MySQL Error   : Table 'pnwhs_forums.vb_search' doesn't exist
Error Number  : 1146
Request Date  : Monday, April 5th 2010 @ 03:40:41 PM
Error Date    : Monday, April 5th 2010 @ 03:40:41 PM
Script        : http://forums.pnwhs.org/post_thanks.php?do=findthanks&u=813
Referrer      : 
IP Address    : 173.160.151.225
Username      : Unregistered
Classname     : vB_Database_MySQLi
MySQL Version :

I see quite clearly where it is coming from. Line 278 of post_thanks.php is the file that has that SQL query and is part of the IF block that has the do=findthanks. However this script also generates the error for do=findthanks_user_gave as well. If I go look in the vB database there is no "search" table. Anyone have any idea why this is?

*edit*
Ok I see that this is a common error in this hack and that the best solution appears to be this:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=396

However, why am I commenting out dozens of lines of code? Is this actually broken then? Abe1 would you care to comment on this?

[War.Frog]

Originally Posted by TheGorf

However, why am I commenting out dozens of lines of code? Is this actually broken then? Abe1 would you care to comment on this?

Abe1 has gone MIA I'm afraid.

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by TheGorf

However, why am I commenting out dozens of lines of code? Is this actually broken then? Abe1 would you care to comment on this?

You are commenting out the lines that are involved in the search function, which has never worked for 4.02.

See https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=760

[Vaira]

Originally Posted by grc

When I made the edits I described it also changed the font size of the users who are listed on my forum. Are you perhaps talking about the horizontal screen real estate taken up by the usernames plus the dates? You might consider just turning off the dates. So far as our forum users are concerned I don't think the date is all that important. In fact, I doubt they even know that that option is available since I've never activated it.

Thanks. I have turned off the date. Anyway I would like to know how to make the font size of the listed user smaller......your 'hack' affects definetively the headline, not what's listed in the box!

[grc]

Originally Posted by Vaira

Thanks. I have turned off the date. Anyway I would like to know how to make the font size of the listed user smaller......your 'hack' affects definetively the headline, not what's listed in the box!

I guess I changed the font of the user's name elsewhere, possibly not related to this hack of the thanks mod. I was thinking the usernames were changed when I did the hack. I reversed it on my forum and I see that the usernames stayed the same, smaller size.

Frankly, I can't remember how I did it but I think its somewhere in the Style Variable Editor. Sorry for the misdirection.

[TheGorf]

So now I find that with this mod, a user deleting their own thanks gets a permission denied error, but the thanks still gets deleted.

The block of code is on about line 116 and starts:

PHP Code:

if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'post_thanks_remove_user')
{
    ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('post_thanks_main_remove_user_thanks_start')) ? eval($hook) : false;

    if (!(delete_thanks($postinfo, $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])))
    {
        $using_ajax ? exit : print_no_permission();
    } 


So I altered the logic in that block and removed the bang from infront of delete_thanks() and it works fine now. Another bug in this hack... *sigh*

Oh and while we are on the subject, is anyone else having problems with this hack using AJAX? No matter what options I select adding or removing a Thanks causes a full page refresh.

[Kolbi]

Can´t reproduce these issues..

[Antonio Pereira]

Inside a Thread if a try Inline Mod (Select All) only select a first post.

Anyone can reproduce this bug?

Best Regards

[mad@Max]

Mostly for developer.
Some improvements with js for OOP: one namespace, autoset events, less size.
Would be even better if the hack work with xml

[Antonio Pereira]

Originally Posted by mad@Max

Mostly for developer.
Some improvements with js for OOP: one namespace, autoset events, less size.
Would be even better if the hack work with xml

This fix that bug?

Inside a Thread if a try Inline Mod (Select All) only select a first post.

Anyone can reproduce this bug?

Best Regards

Best Regards