[AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

Post Thank You Hack 4.5

Click here for the vb3.6 version of this hack.

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.

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: 4
• Files to upload: 1
• Time to install: 5 minutes max

Updates:

Version 2.0 GOLD (10/02/05):

• GOLD Release of this hack for vBulletin version 3.5

Version 2.1 (10/23/05):

• [BUG FIX] When merging/splitting threads
• [BUG FIX] When a user deletes his thanks (now removes post/rep count if option(s) on)
• [ADD PHRASE] post_thanks_user_says
• [ADD PHRASE] post_thanks_time_post
• [ADD PHRASE] post_thanks_times_post
• [ADD PHRASE] post_thanks_times_posts
• [DELETED PHRASE] post_thanks_thanks_amount

Version 2.2 (10/23/05):

• [ADDED] Re-counters. Found under Maintenance->Update Counters in your ACP.

Version 2.3 (11/05/05):

• [ADDED] Cache Templates

Version 2.4 (11/07/05):

• [ADDED] Setting to disallow users from deleting their own thanks.

Version 2.5 (11/09/05):

• [FIXED] All number outputs run through your vb setting of number format. (e.g. 1234 will now show as 1,234)

Version 2.6 (12/04/05):

• [FIXED] Number outputs for numbers between 1,000 and 1,999
• [FIXED] Showing of the thanks button on deleted threads pages.

Version 2.7 (12/18/05):

• [ADDED] Made the Thanks button a template
• [ADDED] Made a template group for this hacks templates
• [FIXED] One template edit. Find correction in zip file.
• [CHANGED] Made a pop-up now when you click Thanks instead of refreshing the page.
• [FIXED] Made the line when you give reputation points for thanks, a phrase.
• [ADDED] Paypal link so you can make a donation for this hack.

Version 2.8 (2/5/06):

• [FIXED] Removed one query thanks to AnhTuanCool (Abe clicks 'thanks')
• [ADDED] Option to allow users to thank their own post
• [ADDED] Option to allow a pop=up or refresh after a user clicks thanks

Version 2.9 (2/8/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed allot of things in regard to deleting thanks using the "remove all thanks" and "Remove your thanks".

Version 3.0 (2/10/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed one more thing in regard to "remove all thanks".
• [FIXED] Re-wrote the thanks actions so it they useless queried when you give or remove thanks.

Version 3.1 (2/11/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed bug with reputation.

Version 3.2 (2/13/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed another bug with reputation.
• [FIXED] Sped up the one query used to retrieve the thanks.

Version 3.3 (2/14/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed bug with removing own thanks.

Version 3.4 (3/17/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed a few bugs.

Version 4.0 (4/17/06):

• [ADDED] AJAX technology so your users don't have to refresh the page they are viewing!

Version 4.1 (4/18/06):

• [FIXED] Crashing of 'quick reply' when using Firefox.

Version 4.2 (4/23/06):

• [FIXED] If you have vboption 'Add Template Name in HTML Comments' set to 'Yes', button was not showing.
• [FIXED] Uncached template when viewing a PM
• [FIXED] Getting sent to index page when clicking thanks on some forums.
• [FIXED] Link to member's profile from the thank box.
• [FIXED] The post thank count not updating. (Recommend you recount thanks. (ACP->Maintenance->Update Counters)

Version 4.3 (5/4/06):

• [FIXED] Optimized a lot of the templates.
• [ADDED] Easy integration with my Post Groan Hack.

Version 4.4 (5/7/06):

• [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.

Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.

MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL!
You will get an email when a new version is released.

Pictures:

1. Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
2. Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
3. Showing post after 'thanks' (admin view)
4. Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
5. Stats in members profile and link
6. Link in Search drop down menu
7. Hacks settings

This hack is created for your use free of charge. No payment is requested. However, if you would like to donate money for the work I put in to this hack, a donation would show your appreciation.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Milad

the visitors don't see the button picture but the link is still existing
take a look at the source of this page http://www.basharialep.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1259

<a href="showthread.php?do=post_thanks_add&amp;p=14350" id="post_thanks_button_14350" onclick="post_thanks_give_14350(); return false;" rel="nofollow"></a>

I added rel="nofollow" but spiders are still clicking it

Thanks for your help

I still dont understand. I dont see it source code, but even if they did click, it would just return them since they have no userID.

[Milad]

On WHO Google faces no permission errors

and I don't prefer this to happen because It's better if he indexes a new page instead

really you dont see this in my page source?

<a href="showthread.php?do=post_thanks_add&amp;p=1435 0" id="post_thanks_button_14350" onclick="post_thanks_give_14350(); return false;" rel="nofollow"></a>

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Milad

On WHO Google faces no permission errors

and I don't prefer this to happen because It's better if he indexes a new page instead

really you dont see this in my page source?

I found it in there but dont know what to do about it.

[HuangA]

Abe> Search engines gets the same HTML as guests (unless there are hacks that forwards it to archive); however, as opposed to guests, Search Engines sees it at raw source level, doesn't matter whether or not the icon is 'displayed' on screen. And it sees in the HTML there's a link, so it follows. Adding the rel="nofollow" in the a href tag tells it to not follow the link all together. I've gone ahead and added it to my forum now.

As to WHY it still clicks it, it may be a cached version of your page or something. It should stop after a while...

[Milad]

Originally Posted by HuangA

As to WHY it still clicks it, it may be a cached version of your page or something. It should stop after a while...

I hope that, and you agree with me that if I add it, spiders wouldn't click it. don't you?

Originally Posted by Abe1

I found it in there but dont know what to do about it.

Add it as we did

Thank you

[D.Ilyin]

Abe1 hi, it's not a BUG but.....
When using this hack you can:
1. Click "Add reputation"
2. and then click Thanks button.
BUT:
1. when you already clicked Thanks button
2. You can't add reputation.
May be add option "Check if already added reputation" ?

And another sugestion.....
Some users are "maniaks" and click thanks button for peoples who helped them once time in many different posts.
It it possable to link with a $vbulletin->options['reputationrepeat'] for chek?

Regards,
Dmitriy

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by D.Ilyin

Abe1 hi, it's not a BUG but.....
When using this hack you can:
1. Click "Add reputation"
2. and then click Thanks button.
BUT:
1. when you already clicked Thanks button
2. You can't add reputation.
May be add option "Check if already added reputation" ?

And another sugestion.....
Some users are "maniaks" and click thanks button for peoples who helped them once time in many different posts.
It it possable to link with a $vbulletin->options['reputationrepeat'] for chek?

Regards,
Dmitriy

Please explain the first request a little better.

As for the second, what would that help? You can give rep points only once per post for using the thanks button.

[D.Ilyin]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Please explain the first request a little better.

As for the second, what would that help? You can give rep points only once per post for using the thanks button.

about first.... well.....My users can add reputation and then click Thanks button (it add reputation too) for a one post.... But when we try to click Thanks and after add reputation (with own forum functions) they get error:
"You have already add reputation bla-bla-bla"
Can you add checking for "smart" users that they can't add reputation and then click Thanks?

About second...... for now i do not know how say it with different words
My English has very low level.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by D.Ilyin

about first.... well.....My users can add reputation and then click Thanks button (it add reputation too) for a one post.... But when we try to click Thanks and after add reputation (with own forum functions) they get error:
"You have already add reputation bla-bla-bla"
Can you add checking for "smart" users that they can't add reputation and then click Thanks?

About second...... for now i do not know how say it with different words
My English has very low level.

I understand now. I will add it to the list.

[HuangA]

Originally Posted by Milad

I hope that, and you agree with me that if I add it, spiders wouldn't click it. don't you?

I do believe so. Spiders -- espeically google -- are taught to not follow the rel="nofollow" links. I really don't see why its following it other than a cached version of the link. Double check your html on the frontend as whatever Google's access level is (AKA, guest, logout; unless you've applied other hacks) and view the source to see if things are coming up correctly, and if it does, then ignore it for a few days and see if things change for the better.