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.
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Pictures:
Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
I've installed this hack and works just fine, but I'd like to ask you guys if you know any hack who does exactly the opposite job. Let's say a "Post No Good Hack" :down:. I really need something like that...
Thanks
There have been MANY MANY additions, changes, and fixes to this version. Also, there have been many changed to the template edits so make sure you check to make sure they are all 100% correct. (Some are minor edits that you many not see if you just compare with your eyes, but make a big difference.)
I'm releasing this as a Release Candidate just because it contains a lot on changes. There are no known bugs with the exception of the integration between this hack and Post Groan Hack. Once I release the official update, it should be working. I just didn't write up the update for Post Groan yet.
Here are some of the features just posted quickly:
AJAX code moved to a file.
templates are cached in showpost
NEW - Option to delete all of a users thanks.
Post thanks actions moved to files.
New ACP options.
Index the PostID column in the post_thanks table (huge help you large forums!)
If you delete a user, all this thanks are deleted.
When you change a Username, any thanks he gave his name changes by.
When you physically remove a post, the thanks are deleted.
New Setting - Post Count Needed to Use the Thanks Button
Delete thanks when you hard delete a thread.
New Setting - Ban Usergroups from Getting Thanks
New Setting - Disable Giving Thanks if Post is X Days Old
Please post back ASAP if you see any problems or with you comments and suggestions about this update.
Enjoy!
RC2 released
Fixed the bug with PMS
Just re-upload the XML file. (nothing else changed)
RC3 released
Fixed 2 bugs
Only 2 files were changed.
post_thanks.php
functions_post_thanks.php
No need to uplaod the XML. Nothing changed in it since RC2. (Do upload if you are updating from RC1)
There have been MANY MANY additions, changes, and fixes to this version. Also, there have been many changed to the template edits so make sure you check to make sure they are all 100% correct. (Some are minor edits that you many not see if you just compare with your eyes, but make a big difference.)
I'm releasing this as a Release Candidate just because it contains a lot on changes. There are no known bugs with the exception of the integration between this hack and Post Groan Hack. Once I release the official update, it should be working. I just didn't write up the update for Post Groan yet.
Here are some of the features just posted quickly:
AJAX code moved to a file.
templates are cached in showpost
NEW - Option to delete all of a users thanks.
Post thanks actions moved to files.
New ACP options.
Index the PostID column in the post_thanks table (huge help you large forums!)
If you delete a user, all this thanks are deleted.
When you change a Username, any thanks he gave his name changes by.
When you physically remove a post, the thanks are deleted.
New Setting - Post Count Needed to Use the Thanks Button
Delete thanks when you hard delete a thread.
New Setting - Ban Usergroups from Getting Thanks
New Setting - Disable Giving Thanks if Post is X Days Old
Please post back ASAP if you see any problems or with you comments and suggestions about this update.
Enjoy!
awesome, ive been trying to figure out some of this.
suggestions for future release... Ability to search posts/threads in which Thanks was given (user-specific).
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Originally Posted by GearTripper
some added stats w/ a searchable Thanks column into the Members List page would be awesome.
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Originally Posted by GearTripper
what i mean in this which was posted by a user on one of my forums...
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I was wondereing if there is a chance to see all the threads I have used the Thanks button?
from what i understand, this is not yet possible. i know from within the User's profile, you are able to find all posts in which a user has received thanks, but you cannot find all posts in which a user has given thanks?
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03-05-2007, 05:39 PM
thanks
