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)
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!
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.
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:
Code:
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.
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:
Code:
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.