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.
New option: Remove User's Thanks Count When Deleting Post
New phrase: post_thanks_search_user_gave
FIX User reputation level now updates. (Thanks to liwo for this one.)
NEW Added option to view all posts a user has thanked.
FIX Fixed Special Action - Delete All of a Users Thanks
FIX Should have fixed some 'foreach()' errors.
Version 7.3 (03/15/08):
Updated file: functions_post_thanks.php
Updated template: post_thanks_memberinfo_block
Deleted template: post_thanks_memberinfo_css
New option: Choice to use Markup Usernames or not. (Thanks to Namaless)
New option: Ban User from Getting Thanks
New option: Max Thanks a User can Give Per Day
FIX Fixed repeating bug on vb 3.6.7 forums.
CHANGE Changed where the post thanks info shows on the Profile Page. Moved to same box as statistics. (This will require a template edit if you are running vb3.7 beta 2-4)
Version 7.4 (03/21/08):
FIX: Fixed Profile Stats for vb3.7.0 RC1 users.
Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.
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Pictures:
Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
Why am I getting this JS error rarely happening from time to time, not ALL the time, once the error, the Thank button is hidden but no thanks has been posted, as shown:
Did you edit the post_thanks templates at all? Can you give me a better idea of how you get this error?
I dont support other hacks. You have to find someone else to do it.
This is just too bad although I find it kind of normal that you don't.
The database hack is a great mod and many forums use it, even here! Using that hack, the fact that somebody posts a file on the first post is usually the one which we would thanks for the file but it does not appear. But now the Thnaks button does not appear with it. Anyhow, I'll try to ask in another thread.
Thanks for having taken the time to answer my question. And thanks again for your great mod.
I have both THANKS and GROAN hacks install, but it's taking too much space on the right side.
Can someone quickly point me to a code change I have to do to go from this look:
to this one:
The second one looks so much more compact and I can't find the code anywhere.
I am sure it has been posted already, I just can't find it
Please help me out.
I have both THANKS and GROAN hacks install, but it's taking too much space on the right side.
Can someone quickly point me to a code change I have to do to go from this look:
to this one:
The second one looks so much more compact and I can't find the code anywhere.
I am sure it has been posted already, I just can't find it
Please help me out.
Joe
It is in the templates. One of the template edits you ade for the hack.