Show Thread Enhancements - [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

vB 3.7 version of this hack here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=165673
vB 4.0 version of this hack here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231666

Post Thank You Hack 7.4

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.

Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.

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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

[Quantnet]

There seems to be either a bug or my own incorrect template edit

When I look on Who's online, there are lot of Yahoo Slurp Spider that are trying to get to
/forum/post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_add&p=7490

when I click on that link, it will add a thank from me to that post. I never saw this before in the old version.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Quantnet.org

There seems to be either a bug or my own incorrect template edit

When I look on Who's online, there are lot of Yahoo Slurp Spider that are trying to get to
/forum/post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_add&p=7490

when I click on that link, it will add a thank from me to that post. I never saw this before in the old version.

I'll look into it.

[e@sy]

Two errors i have found:

• after i edit a post as admin the button is away !
  
• after i edit a post with quickedit the box who has say thanks ist away. With f5 it come back!

Sorry for my terrible english

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by e@sy

Two errors i have found:

• after i edit a post as admin the button is away !
  
• after i edit a post with quickedit the box who has say thanks ist away. With f5 it come back!

Sorry for my terrible english

I know about the first. Has to do with vb's AJAX on the edit.

Not sure what you mean by the second.

[e@sy]

Originally Posted by Abe1

I know about the first. Has to do with vb's AJAX on the edit.

Not sure what you mean by the second.

Look at the picture.


first normally
secand edit
three edit save

I think also Ajax

[Hayes]

When I delete a post in which a user was thanked, their thank count still remains the same. Is there a way to reset their thanks or make it so when the post/thread is deleted for which they were thanked they lose that many thanks? Thanks!

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Hayes

When I delete a post in which a user was thanked, their thank count still remains the same. Is there a way to reset their thanks or make it so when the post/thread is deleted for which they were thanked they lose that many thanks? Thanks!

Only if you hard delete a post right now will the thanks get removed.

[UbiqPhoton]

Ok, I installed RC1, and got the PM problem, and then updated to RC3, only by updating the xml and re-uploading the files - I didnt make any more template edits, so I dont know if this is where the mistake I made lies.

Currently every so often I am getting error emails with the following in them:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:

                UPDATE user
                SET post_thanks_thanked_times = 1 + post_thanks_thanked_times,
post_thanks_thanked_posts = 1 + post_thanks_thanked_posts, reputation =  +
reputation
                WHERE userid = 7804;

MySQL Error  : You have an error in your SQL syntax.  Check the manual that
corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '+
reputation
                WHERE userid = 7804' at line 2
Error Number : 1064
Date         : Thursday, March 8th 2007 @ 06:08:27 PM
Script       :
http://www.***.com/forum/post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_add&using_ajax=1&p=244373

Should I have redone the template edits when updating to RC3, or have I found another bug here?

[EDIT] this happens when attempting to thank someone.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by UbiqPhoton

Ok, I installed RC1, and got the PM problem, and then updated to RC3, only by updating the xml and re-uploading the files - I didnt make any more template edits, so I dont know if this is where the mistake I made lies.

Currently every so often I am getting error emails with the following in them:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:

                UPDATE user
                SET post_thanks_thanked_times = 1 + post_thanks_thanked_times,
post_thanks_thanked_posts = 1 + post_thanks_thanked_posts, reputation =  +
reputation
                WHERE userid = 7804;

MySQL Error  : You have an error in your SQL syntax.  Check the manual that
corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '+
reputation
                WHERE userid = 7804' at line 2
Error Number : 1064
Date         : Thursday, March 8th 2007 @ 06:08:27 PM
Script       :
http://www.***.com/forum/post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_add&using_ajax=1&p=244373

Should I have redone the template edits when updating to RC3, or have I found another bug here?

[EDIT] this happens when attempting to thank someone.

Do you have reputation set?

[UbiqPhoton]

Yes, + 1