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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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

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[ccozkaraca]

Originally Posted by grc

I'm not Abe, but I couldn't help but think the vBulletin Polling options would be a better way to collect that kind of information. Do the post, then add a poll on whether or not users will attend. You can even turn on the ability to record who voted what.

Yes may be polls can be used like this.

But imagine you have trips/organization forum.

In this forum when users open thread, the other users will choose ;

*attending
*may be attending
*not attending


or only attending.

Is there anything like this ? Or could be done ?

It can be very usefull for the club forums :up:

Thanks alot...

[grc]

Originally Posted by ccozkaraca

Yes may be polls can be used like this.

But imagine you have trips/organization forum.

In this forum when users open thread, the other users will choose ;

*attending
*may be attending
*not attending


or only attending.

Is there anything like this ? Or could be done ?

It can be very usefull for the club forums :up:

Thanks alot...

It still sounds to me like you're describing the poll function. That's exactly what it does.

[ccozkaraca]

Originally Posted by grc

It still sounds to me like you're describing the poll function. That's exactly what it does.

Yes but imagine you have 1000 members. Everyone has to vote that pool to see who is coming to that organization.

This is not what i want and nonsense...

If the mod owner could modifiye this hack, it will be so awesome...
I am sure alot of people would love it.

[sulasno]

the attendance button could only be useful in a thread not globally;

I wouldn't want the attendance button in all my forums;

if you want the attendance button globally, it would be possible then

[ccozkaraca]

Originally Posted by sulasno

the attendance button could only be useful in a thread not globally;

I wouldn't want the attendance button in all my forums;

if you want the attendance button globally, it would be possible then

Yes i agree with you. I also don't want the attendance button in all my forums.

[grc]

Originally Posted by ccozkaraca

Yes but imagine you have 1000 members. Everyone has to vote that pool to see who is coming to that organization.

This is not what i want and nonsense...

If the mod owner could modifiye this hack, it will be so awesome...
I am sure alot of people would love it.

Okay I guess. Maybe Abe will create a hack for you or maybe you'll find one that suits you.

I don't think it's nonsense though. When you create a poll you have the option of making the votes public, so no one has to vote to see how others voted. All one has to do is click on poll results and they'll see who voted what.

Still, if you say it won't work, then it won't work. No worries, and good luck with the project.

[djrounak]

i uploaded all files properly but while importing xml it says me

Please upload the files that came with this Hack before installing or upgrading!

can u guide me whats the issue

i am using 4.1 vb

[MikQuattro]

I'm just curious....at what point does the staff of vB.org step in and do something about the lack of support for a mod? It's not like this mod has a quirk or two, this thread is riddled with people who are getting database errors left and right, this mod has serious issues. At the very least, someone needs to come in and uncheck the "Supported" field, because this mod is definitely NOT being supported, and that is one of the main things I look for before I install a mod. The author hasn't been on in what....2 months? I realize that some of you are going just tell me to quit whining and uninstall it if I don't like it, but it's not about that. People are still installing this mod thinking it's going to be supported and it's not. The biggest shame is it's a nice little mod that my members really appreciated.....

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by MikQuattro

I'm just curious....at what point does the staff of vB.org step in and do something about the lack of support for a mod? It's not like this mod has a quirk or two, this thread is riddled with people who are getting database errors left and right, this mod has serious issues. At the very least, someone needs to come in and uncheck the "Supported" field, because this mod is definitely NOT being supported, and that is one of the main things I look for before I install a mod. The author hasn't been on in what....2 months? I realize that some of you are going just tell me to quit whining and uninstall it if I don't like it, but it's not about that. People are still installing this mod thinking it's going to be supported and it's not. The biggest shame is it's a nice little mod that my members really appreciated.....

There is no such point.

First, the add-on IS working for many people.

Second, at a certain point, you are free to take the add-on and work on it yourself to correct whatever errors you're having, or hire someone else to correct those errors.

Third, in vBulletin 4.x there are so many bugs remaining in the code that it's unclear whether the problems that people are having is a problem with this add-on or with vBulletin.

Fourth, a LOT of things changed from vb 4.0 to 4.01 to 4.02, requiring that many add-ons and styles had to be reworked to accommodate those changes.

Fifth, in my experience, when an add-on is working perfectly for some people and not for others, it is almost always the result of a conflict between that add-on and another add-on. Try disabling your other add-ons one by one until this one works. When you identify the conflict, you can at least make a decision as to which add-on you want more - this one or the one it's conflicting with.

[MikQuattro]

You completely missed the point of my post.....which was/is.....this mod is not being supported as the vB.org "system" suggests it should be. The "Supported" field is checked, yet this mod is not being supported. It has nothing to do whatsoever with anything you stated....the mod (and it's relationship to vB4) could be a complete mess, but if the author was working to fix them and/or helping people deal with them, then you could say the mod was being "supported". As it stands at this moment, it is not, and THAT was the only thing I was trying to bring to the attention of the staff (or whoever deals with such things).