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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

[Diablotic]

Does stats in profile work for you guys?
I have "Show Stats in Profile?" enabled in AdminCP but still cannot see links to search all posts that user gave thanks to and all posts of his/hers that got thanked by someone else.

Those stats should be somewhere under total thanks, am I right?

[Mastergumble]

Originally Posted by relaxiha

Have a problem. Will search when the user posts the following message appears.

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:
 
Invalid SQL:
 
			REPLACE INTO search (userid, ipaddress, personal, searchuser, forumchoice, sortby, sortorder, searchtime, showposts, orderedids, dateline, displayterms, searchhash)
			VALUES (0, '66.249.71.47', 1, 'mary-khosh', '', 'post.dateline', 'DESC', 0.03733, 1, '76092,75664,75603,75173,74990,74986,74784,74728,74727,74726,74482,74456,74427,74184,74180,74124,73970,73950,73677,73637,73635,73630,73614,73609,73577,73562,73518,73512,73510,73449,73448,73447,73432,73360,73359,73358,73354,73287,73283,73175,73167,73152,72974,72972,72968,69110,56897,56688,56128,56014,55982,55908,55882,55881,55849,55820,55816,55809,55783,55782,55775,55684,55632,55605,55580,55574,55465,55171,55128,55119,54914,54756,54742,54699,54698,54697,54677,54676,54672,54671,54669,54636,54583,54563,54558,54525,54361,54249,52764,52553,52219,52161,52126,52125,52123,51909,51866,51865,51541,51516,51505,51472,51252,51158,51071,51037,50882,50878,50850,50849,50848,50847,50836,50828,50661,50595,50590,50059,49216,49179,49176,49145,49057,49044,49042,49036,48752,48712,48679,48675,48657,48651,48484,48354,48350,48349,48348,48347,47980,47863,47823,47804,47780,47549,47241,47170,46820,46800,46798,46734,46641,45906,45862,44314,37260,35878,33556,32700,30944,30089,28104,25137,22838,11157,11147,5738,2642,2640,2300,1991,443,436,16', 1267837097, 'a:6:{s:5:\"words\";a:0:{}s:9:\"highlight\";a:0:{}s:6:\"common\";a:0:{}s:5:\"users\";a:1:{i:10038;s:10:\"mary-khosh\";}s:6:\"forums\";i:0;s:7:\"options\";a:3:{s:11:\"starteronly\";i:0;s:11:\"childforums\";i:1;s:6:\"action\";s:7:\"process\";}}', 'd140fb34186735544b25c7ca8aec451c');
 
MySQL Error   : Table '********.search' doesn't exist
Error Number  : 1146
Request Date  : Saturday, March 6th 2010 @ 12:58:17 AM
Error Date    : Saturday, March 6th 2010 @ 12:58:18 AM
Script        : **********/forums/post_thanks.php?do=findthanks_user_gave&u=10038&language=vi
Referrer      : 
IP Address    : ***************
Username      : ثبت نام نشده
Classname     : ***************
MySQL Version :

http://**********/forums/post_thanks.php?do=findthanks&u=10038&language=th

vb.search' doesn't exist

Please help to resolve this issue.

I think everyone is getting this error...

[dihuta]

Hope this mod will also support for Article and Blog entries.
Thanks!

[JHUMON]

Originally Posted by Mastergumble

I think everyone is getting this error...

I hope so.

[RedHacker]

Originally Posted by RedHacker

Search to put before edit button...
Any help....?

Anyone to know....?

[mfbmike]

Still no chance at porting the Post Groan Hack to 4.0?

[ccozkaraca]

Hello Abe1,

I would like to use your mod for two things.

1- As a Thank you Hack.

2- E.g. " Organizations and trip preparation" forum. When a thread opened on that forum and anyother users if would like to attend this trip. They should click add me button ( thank you button ). And we will see end of the threat which users would like to attend to this trip/organization.

May be there is a hack like that. But i couldn't find it. If there is not, wouldn't be a great hack.:up:

So could you show me a way how could i ?

Thanks alot bro...

[cindy helmond]

Hi i have an problem my forum view is not good see ATT
i have many space to sroll down. and see an report button on the buttom
any help ?
Thx

[grc]

Originally Posted by ccozkaraca

Hello Abe1,

2- E.g. " Organizations and trip preparation" forum. When a thread opened on that forum and anyother users if would like to attend this trip. They should click add me button ( thank you button ). And we will see end of the threat which users would like to attend to this trip/organization.

I'm not Abe, but I couldn't help but think the vBulletin Polling options would be a better way to collect that kind of information. Do the post, then add a poll on whether or not users will attend. You can even turn on the ability to record who voted what.

[Rickpwns]

How come I can't see a thank button on postbit?
Also, I can not see the amount of thanks a person has given and received, any fix for this?