Show Thread Enhancements - [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

vB 3.7 version of this hack here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=165673
vB 4.0 version of this hack here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231666

Post Thank You Hack 7.4

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: (If installed on vb 3.7)

• Files edited: 0
• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 7
• Time to install: 1 minute max

Updates:

Version 7.0 (12/20/07):

• Release of this hack for vBulletin version 3.7
• This version works on all vBulletin versions from 3.6.0 and up

Version 7.1 (12/24/07):

• Fixed up the vb3.7 profile block code including fixing showing your info and not the member you are looking at.

Version 7.2 (01/24/08):

• Updated files: post_thanks.php, functions_post_thanks.php
• Updated templates: post_thanks_memberinfo_block, post_thanks_member_info
• New option: Remove User's Thanks Count When Deleting Post
• New phrase: post_thanks_search_user_gave
• FIX User reputation level now updates. (Thanks to liwo for this one.)
• NEW Added option to view all posts a user has thanked.
• FIX Fixed Special Action - Delete All of a Users Thanks
• FIX Should have fixed some 'foreach()' errors.

Version 7.3 (03/15/08):

• Updated file: functions_post_thanks.php
• Updated template: post_thanks_memberinfo_block
• Deleted template: post_thanks_memberinfo_css
• New option: Choice to use Markup Usernames or not. (Thanks to Namaless)
• New option: Ban User from Getting Thanks
• New option: Max Thanks a User can Give Per Day
• FIX Fixed repeating bug on vb 3.6.7 forums.
• CHANGE Changed where the post thanks info shows on the Profile Page. Moved to same box as statistics. (This will require a template edit if you are running vb3.7 beta 2-4)

Version 7.4 (03/21/08):

• FIX: Fixed Profile Stats for vb3.7.0 RC1 users.

Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.

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Pictures:

1. Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
2. Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
3. Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
4. Stats in members profile and link
5. Link in Search drop down menu
6. Hacks settings

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by efil

Hi,
After the upgrade the ajax is not working.

Originally Posted by Danny Boy

Excellent hack, thank you for the update, Abe.

I have one question, is it normal for the entire page to refresh when you give or remove a thanks? This never happened in the 5.x series.

Thank you,
Dan

Make sure you uploaded all the files and did all the template edits.

[menababu]

Thanks .installed and working great on 3.6.5

[big dan]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Make sure you uploaded all the files and did all the template edits.

Thank you a reupload of all files did the trick.

[redlabour]

BUG

At every "Thanks" that i will give i get the "No Permission" Screen. After getting back and refreshing the "Thanks" i want to give is given.

I have updated and done all Templateedits.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by redlabour

BUG

At every "Thanks" that i will give i get the "No Permission" Screen. After getting back and refreshing the "Thanks" i want to give is given.

I have updated and done all Templateedits.

I wouldn't call it a bug, since it seems like a problem on your end only. If I can view your ACP I can try to figure out the problem with the installation.

[mktrilogy]

Thanks for this hack.

[tobybird]

I've modified this ever so slightly to make it "girly" as my forum is for women. Anyway, I launched it about 10 minutes ago and my members LOVE it. Thanks and great job!! :up:

[cirdok2]

Just 3 questions :

1) is it possible to count the "thanks" as replies in the forum home?
2) a post that has been just thanked, doesn't go up, but I'd like it to go up

EDIT: just found this that I guess answers my questions...
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=363

3) is it possible to customize the thanks, allowing users to insert a small phrase? (so they can say "thanks", "good job", "bravo"!", as they wish...)

Thanks

[foulplay]

For some reason on GARS Comment, I use the postbit template and I'm receiving this error in which I never encountered from this previous post thanks upgrade:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 190

What is causing this? I've reuploaded all the files and did the template edits. At the moment this hack is disabled until a fix comes up.

[romanticyao]

from my exp, for those having problem with the upgrade, do the following will solve the issue...

step one: reupload all the files

step two: import xml file again(very important...)