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.

MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL!
You will get an email when a new version is released.

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

[TheInsaneManiac]

So what is Use Markup Usersnames?

Also: Ban User, does this make it so the user can not see the add on at all or does it just make sure this user can not receive thanks? Cause I just want a specific user not able to get thanks, but that can still see others thanks.

[decca87]

hi im interesting in installing this but i wish to use it slightly different if that is ok i would preffer the mod to say something else how would edit this lets say for example i wanted it to say cheers instead of thanks looks a good mod i would just want to know how i could personalise it for my needs thankyou

[princeedward]

is there anyone can help me on this error please..everytime i click to give thanks this error will appear below and to the header of my webpage....

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/mysite/domains/mysite/public_html/includes/functions_post_thanks.php(266) : eval()'d code on line 19

thanks and best regards

[uprentiss]

how do i make this centered in postbit legacy

[Cmangum]

Never could get this to install correctly, kept giving me errors. I must be doing something wrong

[Blackhat]

I never gets past the installation. When I upload the xml file it just loads and loads forever

[dilbert]

Originally Posted by dilbert

I have made no changes to my site. This morning it was working fine, now I get the same error.
Were able to resolve this issue?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Makc666

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/...s_denied_error

This just means that user 'iwsgamin_iwsvb'@'localhost' can't use SELECT command.
Ask you hoster why.

Thanks, I asked my host and the default user does have SELECT.
If I run this query, it works fine.

SELECT *
FROM post_thanks AS post_thanks

If I add a little more back to the query and run this, it still works fine:

SELECT *
FROM post_thanks AS post_thanks
INNER JOIN vB36_user

When I try to run the full query, that's when I get the error.

SELECT *
FROM post_thanks AS post_thanks
INNER JOIN user AS user USING (userid)
WHERE post_thanks.postid IN (0,17834)
ORDER BY post_thanks.username ASC;

In particular, when I add this back, it gives me the permission error:

USING (userid)

I don't understand MySQL very well.
What is USING (userid) doing, and why is it now causing a permission error?

Thanks

[Ruler68jg]

I am experiencing problems with Post Thank you Hack Mod; the first thing is that I can see the thank you button! And when I try to thank sometimes i can and sometimes I can’t and I get this message”

Ruler68jg , you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation. "

Even when I try to remove my thanks also!
what can be the cause of this ?

regards
JG

[bryanb]

Originally Posted by bryanb

Something weird going on on my board.

I've been using this mod for quite some time now, and I've never seen this before. A couple of times, someone has thanked another member and this appears:

The Following 4,294,967,295 Users Say Thank You to (user's name) For This Useful Post

(I've replaced the "user's name" here.)

Now I don't have +4 billion users, and after removing the user's thanks - the statement remains under the "thanked" post.

I can't seem to replicate this anywhere. It's only happened a couple of times.

I'm using Thanks 7.6 on vBull 3.71 PL2

Please help. Thanks!

Originally Posted by bryanb

It's been nearly a year since I've posted this - and it's still happening every once in a while. Does anyone have a clue why this happens?

What gives?

BTW, I'm using vBull 3.8.2 now

Originally Posted by alexchairman

still there is no solution ????????

Originally Posted by HastleGames

i have the same error

Originally Posted by bryanb

I've had this problem for sometime now - and it's just getting worse. I've reset the counters numerous times to no avail.

Could anyone give me some specific guidance on fixing this? I don't want to turn this hack off since my users are accustomed to using this on a daily basis. Thanks!

Is there anyway that someone - anyone - can fix this bug? I'm begging! It's maddening, and I'm not the only person who has this problem.

Hell, I'll even pay someone to fix this!

I've been using this hack for years, my users are accustomed to it, so I don't want to shut it off. PLEASE HELP!!

Thanks!

(vB 3.8.4)

[squishi]

This must be one of the most popular hacks on vbulletin.
Congrats!

I will consider installing it.

From a SEO standpoint, I might have to modify this a little.
All those links to user profiles are not very good for the search engine spiders.
It's best to hide that box from guests.