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[AJAX] Post Thank You Hack · **Released**: 12-29-2009

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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

BasilFawlty · #**3772** 09-11-2019, 10:11 PM

I know this hack isn't supported any longer, but I'm hoping someone might know a fix for a problem that cropped up when I updated to a newer PHP (v 7.1). I'm told on the main vBulletin forum that PHP 7.1 is the latest version of PHPP that vB 4.2.5 will work with. So, I recently moved from PHP5.7 to 7.1. So far the basic forum seems to function fine, but I did run into an issue with this hack (which I really like). When someone clicks the "Thanks" icon in a post, it now throws the following error:

PHP Code:


			
[] operator not supported for strings on line 182 in /home/bcf/public_html/bcf/includes/functions_post_thanks.php

#0 /home/bcf/public_html/bcf/includes/functions_post_thanks.php(137): fetch_thanks('1120562', '', false)

#1 /home/bcf/public_html/bcf/post_thanks.php(64): thanked_already(Array)

#2 {main}

I backed off to PHP 7.0 and the error goes away. I tried looking at the differences between 7.0 and 7.1 in the PHP manual, but didn't see anything that jumped out as something that might cause this.

The code at or around like 182 in the script is:

PHP Code:


			
    180 if (empty($postids))

    181    {

    182        $postids[] = $postid;

    183    }

Any ideas how I might modify this script to work with PHP 7.1? Thanks in advance.

Dave · #**3773** 09-11-2019, 10:16 PM

Just insert

PHP Code:


			
$postids = array();

before line 182.

BasilFawlty · #**3774** 09-13-2019, 01:23 PM

Thank you! I added that just before the "if statement" on line 180 and that solved the problem! Thanks you thank you thank you!

BasilFawlty · #**3775** 10-05-2019, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave

Just insert

PHP Code:


			
$postids = array();

before line 182.

Thanks! That did fix the error problem, but another weird issue persists. When I "Thank" someone in a post, at first I see the names of myself and any others who have added thanks to that post. But if I leave at the forum in question, then come back and look at that same post, the names are no longer listed.

Any ideas or help would be appreciated.

See this for example of issue: https://youtu.be/krg5TExY79Q

shka · #**3776** 10-05-2019, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BasilFawlty

Thank you! I added that just before the "if statement" on line 180 and that solved the problem! Thanks you thank you thank you!

Before if statement on line 180 is wrong position. Dave wrote "before line 182".

So correct is

PHP Code:


			
    180 if (empty($postids))
    181    {
    181a         $postids = array();
    182        $postids[] = $postid;
    183    }

Alternative for line new + 182 is
    182          $postids = array($postid);

But what is your used mod version? On top in version 7.88 this backward incompatibility was removed (running here with vB4.2.5 and php7.1.32)

BasilFawlty · #**3777** 10-05-2019, 10:35 PM

Thank's shka (and Dave). I had misplaced the statement and put it to early. I have placed it exactly before line 182 and now it seems to be working with PHP 7.1. A million thanks to you both.

dnikola · #**3778** 12-20-2019, 09:54 PM

Hi ppl,

can you tell me which version works with 4.2.5 version?
Tried to install post_thanks_7_88_for_vB_423_with_collapse_scroll_p ostbit_fix_and_added_features. zip
but get error
This product is not compatible with version 4.2.5 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 4.2.0 / Incompatible with 4.2.4 and greater)

Regards

chudvs · #**3779** 02-03-2020, 04:39 PM

Working in v4.2.5

with

post_thanks_7_88_for_vB_423_with_collapse_scroll_p ostbit_fix_and_added_features. zip

chudvs · #**3780** 02-03-2020, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dnikola

Hi ppl,

can you tell me which version works with 4.2.5 version?
Tried to install post_thanks_7_88_for_vB_423_with_collapse_scroll_p ostbit_fix_and_added_features.zip
but get error
This product is not compatible with version 4.2.5 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 4.2.0 / Incompatible with 4.2.4 and greater)

Regards

remove the <dependencies> xxxx </dependencies> code completely in the product xml

GhostHunter2010 · #**3781** 04-20-2020, 02:45 PM

doesnt work vb 4.2.5

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