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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

[Hippy]

dont uninstall just over write .. files and xml file ..or you will loose all thanks..
the update just removes the comented out search part you can do this

Originally Posted by slipkot

At template "post_thanks_memberinfo_block" you need to remove the comments... <!-- and -->

and no need to update

[TinCow1]

Does anyone know what code changes would be required to make the list of Thanks received only visible to the person who made the post?

[elwizard]

Working fine when using English as default lang, but there're some mistakes when using another langs. Thank you anyway.

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by elwizard

Working fine when using English as default lang, but there're some mistakes when using another langs. Thank you anyway.

because it was made for English if you want to translate it you can

[Zeckson]

I have installed this hack on my forum and it worked great! However, being a photo forum, most of my members would prefer to LIKE the photo post rather than THANK the photo post. Is it possible that the THANK button change into a LIKE button?

I know about the Facebook LIKE but I wanna keep the LIKES to within my forum. Can this be done?

[DS MrSinister]

@Zeckson

For the button edit the phrase called post_thanks_thanks.

to do this login to admincp go to

Languages & Phrases --> Search in Phrases --> place post_thanks_thanks in the search box. make sure you have Phrase Text and Phrase Variable Name checked.

click on edit and type Like Or Likes or what ever you want it to say.

Hope this helps

--Sin

[elwizard]

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

because it was made for English if you want to translate it you can

Yes, I did it. I translated Mod thanks into Spanish lang (my native lang).
I'm really very interested to use this mod on my board, but I need to solve this problem. I guess, problem is not the lang.
It must be something of PHP script, or mod install code or something so, not exactly the lang.

When i choose English lang (testing in localhost before add any change to the server), everything works fine, but when I change the lang to Spanish, is then when I receive next issue:

PHP Code:

Warning: Invalid CRT parameters detected in [path]\includes\functions.php on line 4829 


I edited PHP file functions.php to check this issue, but it seems to be a a non-directed issue caused by the mod.

Currently I'm checking all PHP mod thanks code to find the cause, and also the install XML code file.

I also tested changing the template (Default style and MW3 theme by MMORPG Games) and error issue is displayed in both cases, when I use Spanish lang.
When I use English lang, no error is displayed, so I believe the template is not the cause of the mistake.

Testing on Vb 4.1.10 version. I have only installed Spanish lang (from vbhispano - elmer), MW3 theme by MMORPG Games (downloaded from here) and this Thanks mod, nothing else.

Still trying to find the problem. Thanks in advance and sorry by my English.

[Hippy]

@elwizard .. thanks for try to keep up to date ,,
when you figure please be sure to post back
thanks

[elwizard]

Don't worry Hippy. I'm getting advances about this issue. All seems to be an issue in vbdate vbulletin function when using this mod. I'll post here my results when finished

[Hippy]

been using this for year and all the boaards I admin at .. not to mention the hours into this mod as forceHSS to keep it alive..

I am sure its vb they fix 10 things and break 50.. or more..

lol