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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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]

Wow, thanks for the new release. Awesome job.

[deezelpope]

Thanks for the update! Do you recommend an uninstall and starting over, or just an overwrite? I apologize for my questions...this is my first update.

[C_P]

Umm Abe, usually your modifications are spot on. However, I had your prior version (did not remove it and simply added or uploaded all your files suggested, overwrote Y in products, and did every single template edit you put in your notes overwtitting existing sections already existing in the templates from prior version...
So far the issues I am having is when I click thanks button it goes away but does not thank. When I click the Find all thanked posts by USERNAME option in profile it takes me to an error page.
Another issue, when you click on Remove Your Thanks it adds the Thanks button back, does not remove the thanks given. When I refresh the page it comes back.
FYI, vBulletin Version 3.6.5
I also went into the admin CP option of this mod and selected to save not changing anything and still same issues

[Tearstone]

So far so good on 6.0. The only thing that did not work for me was:

in SHOWTHREAD:

find:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_post_loader.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
--------------------------------------------------------------------

AFTER place this:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
<!-- Start Post Thank You Hack -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/post_thanks.js"></script>
<!-- End Post Thank You Hack -->
--------------------------------------------------------------------

I did not find that line at all in my SHOWTHREAD, although on this one particular site I am still running 3.5.4?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Tearstone

So far so good on 6.0. The only thing that did not work for me was:

in SHOWTHREAD:

find:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_post_loader.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
--------------------------------------------------------------------

AFTER place this:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
<!-- Start Post Thank You Hack -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/post_thanks.js"></script>
<!-- End Post Thank You Hack -->
--------------------------------------------------------------------

I did not find that line at all in my SHOWTHREAD, although on this one particular site I am still running 3.5.4?

Just place it in between the 'head' tags.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by deezelpope

Thanks for the update! Do you recommend an uninstall and starting over, or just an overwrite? I apologize for my questions...this is my first update.

No need to uninstall. Just re-do the template edits. and upload the files and product file.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by C_P

Umm Abe, usually your modifications are spot on. However, I had your prior version (did not remove it and simply added or uploaded all your files suggested, overwrote Y in products, and did every single template edit you put in your notes overwtitting existing sections already existing in the templates from prior version...
So far the issues I am having is when I click thanks button it goes away but does not thank. When I click the Find all thanked posts by USERNAME option in profile it takes me to an error page.
Another issue, when you click on Remove Your Thanks it adds the Thanks button back, does not remove the thanks given. When I refresh the page it comes back.
FYI, vBulletin Version 3.6.5
I also went into the admin CP option of this mod and selected to save not changing anything and still same issues

Please make sure you installed all files in the right place and re-did all the template edits. Also, make sure you revert any Post Thanks templates.

[subnet_rx]

Thanks for the update, this is a hack that my users really love and I have some users where half their post counts are thanks. Anyway, I just installed this and I have a problem I can't figure out. All thanks and groans are posting twice. So, if I thank someone, the edit that puts in "The following users thank you..." is there twice. Where is this located at? Because I have went over the template edits again and don't see where I doubled this up. I do have the new post groan 3.0 gold hack installed also. It shows the same behavior. If someone has a thanks or groan, it shows up twice. Both, and I have four additions to the bottom of the post.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by subnet_rx

Thanks for the update, this is a hack that my users really love and I have some users where half their post counts are thanks. Anyway, I just installed this and I have a problem I can't figure out. All thanks and groans are posting twice. So, if I thank someone, the edit that puts in "The following users thank you..." is there twice. Where is this located at? Because I have went over the template edits again and don't see where I doubled this up. I do have the new post groan 3.0 gold hack installed also. It shows the same behavior. If someone has a thanks or groan, it shows up twice. Both, and I have four additions to the bottom of the post.

Look at the end of the postbit.

[C_P]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Please make sure you installed all files in the right place and re-did all the template edits. Also, make sure you revert any Post Thanks templates.

Thank you for the reply Abe. I did this twice now with same results. What am I missing? Can you check your PM please and let me know?