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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

[Tetrabyte]

Hi,

I have installed this mod successfully and am happy - it looks rather good!

The thanks button however is the same colour as my background, and thus users can't see it!

How can I change this?

I think I need to change the class="post_thanks_button" style attributes, but for the life of me can't work out where!

Any help appreciated!

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by addamroy

Hippy... I sent ya a few bucks via Paypal, since you don't have a donate button

Thanks for all your help man I and many others appreciate it I'm sure.

your welcome.. anytime thanks

Originally Posted by Tetrabyte

Hi,

I have installed this mod successfully and am happy - it looks rather good!

The thanks button however is the same colour as my background, and thus users can't see it!

How can I change this?

I think I need to change the class="post_thanks_button" style attributes, but for the life of me can't work out where!

Any help appreciated!

the color of the txt or the button.. will look at it when I get home.. meantime can your post a screenshot thanks

[Tetrabyte]

Originally Posted by Hippy

your welcome.. anytime thanks


the color of the txt or the button.. will look at it when I get home.. meantime can your post a screenshot thanks

Cheers:

[Hippy]

I see two issues there the alignment of the Postbit , Back a couple parts I posted a fix . The button I don't see it, are they in the correct folder? Are you using a custom style that uses it's own image dir? If so you'll need to add the two buttons to that image dir As well

[Hippy]

Send me a link to your site via pm so I can look at it

[mcgra]

Hi Hippy,

Thanks for all the hard work here, this works like a charm on my board except with the formatting on our two main skins, ive tried the various fixes but they have not worked, is there an easy way for the customs skins formatting to apply to the thanks section in the postbit?




The skins in question are from completevb.com aesthetica blue and twisteddark blue, none of the suggested post_thanks_postbit_info changes are having any effect on these two skins.

Apologies if the solution is obvious I am not a coder!

[Hippy]

Nothing is obvious with anything thing custom ... if I was home I could test before posting..I can fix it but not from my cell phone. Lol... your doing good so far . Keep playing.. If you don't get it. I'll be of more help when I get home with those skins they are using a field set around each area like post s joined etc you'll need to add that for it to display correctly

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by Tetrabyte

Hi,

I have installed this mod successfully and am happy - it looks rather good!

The thanks button however is the same colour as my background, and thus users can't see it!

How can I change this?

I think I need to change the class="post_thanks_button" style attributes, but for the life of me can't work out where!

Any help appreciated!

Originally Posted by Tetrabyte

Cheers:

since I was a guest I can't see the post thanks button
pm me temp access to the forum
so I can figure out the button issue

but for your post bit alignment issue
since your are using postbit_legacy

you need to open up your post thanks template group and replace your post_thanks_postbit_info template

with

    <dt>{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_thanks}</dt> <dd>{vb:raw post.post_thanks_user_amount_formatted}</dd>
    <vb:if condition="$post['post_thanks_thanked_times'] == 1">
       {vb:rawphrase post_thanks_time_post}
    <vb:elseif condition="$post['post_thanks_thanked_posts'] == 1" />
        {vb:rawphrase post_thanks_times_post, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted}}
    <vb:else />
        <dd style="white-space:nowrap; display:inline;">{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_times_posts, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted}, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_posts_formatted}}</dd>
    </vb:if>
</vb:if>

and remove it
this will fix the alignment issue

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by mcgra

Hi Hippy,

Thanks for all the hard work here, this works like a charm on my board except with the formatting on our two main skins, ive tried the various fixes but they have not worked, is there an easy way for the customs skins formatting to apply to the thanks section in the postbit?




The skins in question are from completevb.com aesthetica blue and twisteddark blue, none of the suggested post_thanks_postbit_info changes are having any effect on these two skins.

Apologies if the solution is obvious I am not a coder!

replace your post_thanks_postbit_info template with

<vb:if condition="$post['userid']">
    <div class="post_field"><dt>{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_thanks}</dt> <dd>{vb:raw post.post_thanks_user_amount_formatted}</dd></div>
    <vb:if condition="$post['post_thanks_thanked_times'] == 1">
       {vb:rawphrase post_thanks_time_post}
    <vb:elseif condition="$post['post_thanks_thanked_posts'] == 1" />
       {vb:rawphrase post_thanks_times_post, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted}}
    <vb:else /><br />
        <div class="post_field"style="white-space:nowrap; display:inline;">{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_times_posts, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted}, {vb:raw post.post_thanks_thanked_posts_formatted}}</div><br />
    </vb:if>
</vb:if>

[addamroy]

Found what I think is a bug.

I'm running version 4.0.7

After recently upgrading the add-on to the version posted by Hippy, I'm experiencing the following issue.

When I click 'remove your thanks' (the thanks I left (as admin) ), it removes the entire post thanks box all together, as if I hit 'remove all thanks'. However, it doesn't remove the thanks themselves, because if I thank the post again, the thanks box reappears with all the previous thanks as well as my own.

Weird!