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.
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.
MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL! You will get an email when a new version is released.
Pictures:
Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
(1) An option for a member to see the posts he or she was thanked in descending order of date. Presently the members who are thanked come to know only if they visit the thread again. So the purpose is a little defeated.
Done already. Link in user profile.
Quote:
Originally Posted by hurry
(2) An option for a member to receive a popup notification or a pm or an email when he or she is thanked.
Interesting. I think your members in the long run will tell you to disable it because of how often they get it. I'll see what I can do.
Quote:
Originally Posted by hurry
(3) An option to see all the thanked posts for the last month for example (time frame can be specified) with the exact members who thanked a post in a kind of summary of quick view without the post text.
Not sure I would try to do it. It can be very hard to make. Maybe some one else wants to make an addon.
For anyone with a large forum with a lot of thanks this v6x will be a HUGE help.
With over one million thanks issued on my board the loads the server were so large I had to disable it. About two weeks ago Abe gave me a pre-release version of this and it is like night and day. With the v5x I was getting server loads of 15.00-20.00. With this new update I run my usual 1.00-0.50, almost like it's not even there.
Thanks again Abe for working with me on this and I hope my situation was able to help you out with this.
Should I go ahead and install this RC version over my pre-release test version or wait for a final v6? I really don't need the new features.
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03-07-2007, 11:57 AM
