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 granted liking by ALL the members of your forum.
[FIXED] Bug with AJAX if you had the date showing.
Version 4.5 (6/19/06):
[FIXED] Bug with AJAX if you had hacks that added things to your output.
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Pictures:
Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
Showing post after 'thanks' (admin view)
Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
Stats in members profile and link
Link in Search drop down menu
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hi Abe1
same problem here like mholtum
i had your version 3.4 and it worked perfectly.....when i imported the xml file for 4.1 ...suddenly the button disappeard.......(like mholtum)
i imported the xml for 3.4 back and every thing is normal again...
i checked it also with my test board (in my pc) ..same result...
Abe1 - after you fixed this by me my Users found out a new Bug. The Counters of "Thank yous" are back to zero after your fix and now not every Thanks is counted.
i had version 2.0 gold running @ my board,
and now i did an update to 4.0 and even 4.1 .
1. "Bug"
There is no Thanks-Button shown @ the postbit
2. "Bug"
At the memberinfos in the postbit there are even the old thanks shown (Thanks: 5),
but when i klick in the member.php (public profile) the link => Find all thanked posts by "username"
no thanked posts will be found!
Above is shown => "Total Thanks: 5 "
Bug? Or incompatible hack somewhere?
When youpost your thank, the username is added to the thanks list. When you click on it, it directs to the member profile like it should (http://domain.com/forum/member.php?u=1).
After you refresh the page, the usernames in the thanks list change to (http://domain.com/forum/\"member.php?u=1\")
hi Abe1
same problem here like mholtum
i had your version 3.4 and it worked perfectly.....when i imported the xml file for 4.1 ...suddenly the button disappeard.......(like mholtum)
i imported the xml for 3.4 back and every thing is normal again...
i checked it also with my test board (in my pc) ..same result...
there is some thing with xml file i think....
Make sure you revert any templates you edited that belong to Post Thanks Hack.
i had version 2.0 gold running @ my board,
and now i did an update to 4.0 and even 4.1 .
1. "Bug"
There is no Thanks-Button shown @ the postbit
2. "Bug"
At the memberinfos in the postbit there are even the old thanks shown (Thanks: 5),
but when i klick in the member.php (public profile) the link => Find all thanked posts by "username"
no thanked posts will be found!
Above is shown => "Total Thanks: 5 "
There where template changes since 2.0 until now. You should look at them and correct them in your edits.