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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

[fi3ryfalc0nZ]

Hey, I've got an extra separator after clicking on Thanks. I saw another post about it, about 10 pages earlier, but it wasn't solved.

[garretbyrne]

To bring up the post count you can go into your SQL DB and find "user" then you find the user you wish to edit and then you click edit (Pencil Image) and go to the bottom to where you can see "post_thanks_*****" then add in the value you wish click save.. you've now just changed the post count for that user.. BUT BE WARNED if you don't know what your doing I would recommend NOT going into the SQL DB one mistake and mess everything up on your site, but if you wish to go ahead make a backup.

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[carrlos]

Originally Posted by garretbyrne

To bring up the post count you can go into your SQL DB and find "user" then you find the user you wish to edit and then you click edit (Pencil Image) and go to the bottom to where you can see "post_thanks_*****" then add in the value you wish click save.. you've now just changed the post count for that user.. BUT BE WARNED if you don't know what your doing I would recommend NOT going into the SQL DB one mistake and mess everything up on your site, but if you wish to go ahead make a backup.

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Under the "user" table I see the following (amongst others):
post_thanks_user_amount
post_thanks_thanked_posts
post_thanks_thanked_times

I don't see user names anywhere. How do I export those 3 fields and import them into my other database? I have already successfully added the post_thanks table but I'm still getting all zero's for the counts.

Edit:
Found each individual user. It would be too much work to change the counts manually. I want each person to retain their count and I want the threads to reflect who gave "thanks" as it did before I upgraded.

[garretbyrne]

Under "User" in PHPAdmin click on Browse and then select your username.. Then in there down at the bottom of the list you'll see all of those three..

[carrlos]

Originally Posted by garretbyrne

Under "User" in PHPAdmin click on Browse and then select your username.. Then in there down at the bottom of the list you'll see all of those three..

I have too many members to update manually. Isn't there an easier way? I imported the post_thanks table but everyone's count is still zero (0).

[ddaybofb]

I have the same problem with some other people here.

When i click Thanks the page reloads.

[garretbyrne]

I've just noticed a problem on my side. When I click thanks on a user it shows up as thanks: 1 for everyone.. then when I go into a thread that has a few people the thanks below the image doubles for every user..

So If i was 1: there would be one thanks, 2: post thee would be two thanks, 3: post there would be 3 thanks.. if it's not clear I'll attach a photo.

[Dr.osamA]

Button image missing in the postbit_legacy

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[huuquynh]

Originally Posted by vulture

See my post. The install script is coded incorrectly are far as I'm concerned as it doesn't take into account if you are doing an upgrade.

Edit: as you uninstalled, you should really check if all the alterations made by the script are in you db. If not, you need to change the install accordingly.

Thanks for your help!

However, I need to make it clear by steps:

1. uninstall the current product.
2. modify the script as your post.
3. install again.

Right?

I don't know how to "check if all the alterations made by the script are in you db. If not, you need to change the install accordingly.". Please show me the best way to do. Sorry becuase my bad English!

Many thanks and Happy New Year!

[jancarlo]

why do not I see pictures of the big toe . Thanks!