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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

[ForceHSS]

does not work with the mobile style you would need to recode it

[UKCE_Hitman]

Originally Posted by HansMuenchen

Hello,

does this mod also works with 4.2 or does a Version exist for VB4.2?

Thnx for the answers
Hans

its says This product is not compatible with version 4.2.0 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 4.0.0 beta 4 / Incompatible with 4.1.0 alpha 1 and greater)

when i try it any suggestions
Thanks in advance

my bad got it fixed thanks again for this wee mod

[illkeyone]

How did you get it fixed? I also have the same compatibility error.
Thanks

[Hippy]

Read the staff note in the first post

[illkeyone]

Well, it was VERY amateur that I didn't read the whole 1st message before posting here and spending your time for nothing

Sorry, a few years with no work on forums and I'm an amateur again

Regards.

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by illkeyone

Well, it was VERY amateur that I didn't read the whole 1st message before posting here and spending your time for nothing

Sorry, a few years with no work on forums and I'm an amateur again

Regards.

Don't worry you are not the first or will be the last to not read the op post

[Hippy]

Wasn't ment the way you took it. if I felt that way then I wouldn't of answered .. if i was at home with a keyboard I would of put it differently I guess I was Just quickly trying to help point you in the right direction .
Answering from a cell phone at work. I will reframe from. Sorry you took it the wrong way.

[illkeyone]

By the way, since the latest version now is 4.2.0 pl1, it didn't accept your line
So I - this time finally - used my brain and edited it as 4.2.1 for it to perform the import - of course it worked its not quantum physic.

Thanks a lot sir

PS: I didn't mean that you offended me I was serious about what I've told in my previous msg.

Well, thanks for all the help I'm back into learning some vbulletin structure Regards sir(s).

[Hippy]

I felt the same way years ago.. when I would ask, after a while waiting and waiting .. (With no replies ) I felt the same ( ) so I made a effort to read , read , learn and help. I know how I felt after waiting and no answer ( stinks).
Most are here to help some and some are here to learn..
Forcehss and I try our hardest and we don't expect people to know that the author has not been here in 2 years and in this case it's keep alive by the ones mentioned in a post I made (found in the first post ).. sit back relax .. most mods are keep up by the author..
I would of missed it too

enjoy

[d34fdumbbl1nd]

Originally Posted by skopshayev

ForceHSS,

There is a bug:
Inline mode-> select all
It selects only first post on the page. Disabling hack restores normal behavior.

Thank you
BTW tried to do groan from your version of thanks, it works fine without integration.

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

one of the reasons why I have 3 different versions there

I got it. But actually i don't why you are talking of three different versions in this case.

the problem is in the template post_thanks_box. there is a reference to postbitim the im in the class breaks the thread inline moderation (top of the thread). it seems to me that vBulletin grabs all elements with this class to check if there is any checkbox checked.

here is the fixed part in the product-post_thanks.xml

[...]
		<template name="post_thanks_box" templatetype="template" date="1262489133" username="Abe1" version="7.83"><![CDATA[<li class="postbit<vb:if condition="$vboptions['legacypostbit']">legacy</vb:if> postbitim" id="post_thanks_box_{vb:raw post.postid}"<vb:if condition="!$post_thanks_box == 1"> style="display:none"</vb:if>>
	{vb:raw post_thanks_box}
</li>]]></template>[...]

this Fix is tested in vBulletin 4.1.12