Show Thread Enhancements - [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

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

Post Thank You Hack 7.7

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.

Version 7.5 (05/12/08):

• Updated files: post_thanks.js, post_thanks.php, functions_post_thanks.php
• Updated template: post_thanks_button
• Added securty token check for all thanks added. This will prevent a user from giving out a link or somehow making an image that will get him a lot of thanks.
• Should have fixed some 'foreach()' errors.
• Fixed Delete All of a Users Thanks bug
• vBulletin 3.7.x compatible only

Version 7.6 (06/02/08):

• FIX: Fixed Security Check for vb 3.7.1
• Updated files: functions_post_thanks.php

Version 7.7 (07/28/08):

• FIX: Fixed problem with giving thanks using Blazer (palmOS browser).
• Updated file: post_thanks.js
• Updated templates: post_thanks_button, post_thanks_postbit, post_thanks_postbit_legacy
• New option: Show Stats in Postbit?
• New option: Show Stats in Profile?

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

[Smitty]

If any thoughts, don't let the button show to unregistered visitors.

I've had this running for a few years now. Am on vB 3.8.7 and no problems.

[j-bo]

Does anyone know if you can make the "thank box" not show any users or anonymous users instead of each username that makes the thanks?

Meaning... some want to thank some folks, but they don't want others to know that they thanked someone. If that makes any sense.

The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to j-bo For This Useful Post:
Remove All
coltontomlin33 (Today), deuxlatch (Today), jixxxer (Today), KP959 (Today)<<<<<<<<TRYING TO MAKE THESE IN RED INVISIBLE OR ANONYMOUS

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by j-bo

Does anyone know if you can make the "thank box" not show any users or anonymous users instead of each username that makes the thanks?

Meaning... some want to thank some folks, but they don't want others to know that they thanked someone. If that makes any sense.

The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to j-bo For This Useful Post:
Remove All
coltontomlin33 (Today), deuxlatch (Today), jixxxer (Today), KP959 (Today)<<<<<<<<TRYING TO MAKE THESE IN RED INVISIBLE OR ANONYMOUS

Edit the template: post_thanks_box_bit

The code that shows the username is:

<a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$thank[userid]" rel="nofollow">$thank[username]</a>

Edit or remove it.

[j-bo]

Thank you BirdOPrey5

[Chance4Today]

Hi all~!

I have never had a issue with this hack since it was I became a member. I recently transferred to a new host and I am now receiving a error when you click on the Thank You button

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 55

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 107

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 111

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 119

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 130

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 134

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 142

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 211

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 389

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/class_core.php on line 2552

It happens when you click the button or remove the thank you. However it does the operation and shows this error message, once you refresh the page the error message goes away. I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it however that didn't fix anything. I don't know how to fix this init.php or where to begin. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Victor

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by Chance4Today

Hi all~!

I have never had a issue with this hack since it was I became a member. I recently transferred to a new host and I am now receiving a error when you click on the Thank You button

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 55

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 107

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 111

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 119

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 130

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 134

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 142

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 211

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/init.php on line 389

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/soberoda/public_html/justfortodaymeditations.com/forums/includes/class_core.php on line 2552

It happens when you click the button or remove the thank you. However it does the operation and shows this error message, once you refresh the page the error message goes away. I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it however that didn't fix anything. I don't know how to fix this init.php or where to begin. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Victor

Your new host has a later version of PHP installed. Ask the host to turn off PHP deprecated warnings and everything will run normally.

You can also do this by adding

PHP Code:

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED); 


to the top of your global.php file in the root directory.

[Sarah EI]

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

if you are running vb4 then use the one in my sig for the updated one

All I get it is error when I want to import the files from my computer I previous download. I dont know what I am doing wrong.

[Chance4Today]

Originally Posted by djbaxter

Your new host has a later version of PHP installed. Ask the host to turn off PHP deprecated warnings and everything will run normally.

You can also do this by adding

PHP Code:

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED); 


to the top of your global.php file in the root directory.

Sorry but that does nothing but screw up my whole forums

[Simon Lloyd]

A permanent fix is to edit the files; includes/init.php, includes/class_core.php, etc. and on the line the problem is (i.e. on line 101) there should be something like:

$variable =& new Class();

Just remove the &.

[Sarah EI]

I ve downloaded the files to my PC,import product,upload the XML file from my computer, choose file, import and I get this:

"XML Error: Invalid character at Line 92"

Or line 92,43,56..