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

[deezelpope]

What exactly do you mean by "other template modefications"???

With some styles, you need to make a button.

[Arda MENDES]

Originally Posted by libabom

"I attempt to load 6.0 version for 3.6.4 but while loading xml files the screen freezes and its unable to load files. What should i do now? "

Problem's still goin' on. What must we do?

[FleXy]

Originally Posted by deezelpope

What exactly do you mean by "other template modefications"???

With some styles, you need to make a button.

i mean that thanks button didn't show on the template used by default, but into other installeted templates all work fine and I seen thanks button.

[NolF]

There are 2 reasons the button wouldn't show.
A) Templates are not up to date (template hooks)
B) You haven't uploaded the images in all the styles you are using. Different styles use different directories for their images. THe button uses the variable $stylevar[imgdir_button] used by each theme, so just upload it to your buttons directory of each theme and should work.

Originally Posted by Arda MENDES

Problem's still goin' on. What must we do?

You mean the screen freezes when you are installing the product?
According to the instructions first upload all the files to the ftp of the site, and then when installing the product select YES on the Allow Overwrite option.

Originally Posted by Monyet

how to fix that?

It would be helpful to know what you were doing when that error came up. For example removing or giving a thanks... who knows.

[FleXy]

Originally Posted by NolF

There are 2 reasons the button wouldn't show.
A) Templates are not up to date (template hooks)
B) You haven't uploaded the images in all the styles you are using. Different styles use different directories for their images. THe button uses the variable $stylevar[imgdir_button] used by each theme, so just upload it to your buttons directory of each theme and should work.

Thank for your answer.
About first one A) where can I check this and correct? I think problem on this...
B) no, because I didn't see thanks counter into the postbit for every user, also like I didn't see thanks button.

ps. sorry for my english

[NolF]

Originally Posted by FeXy

A) where can I check this and correct? I think problem on this...

You fisrt need to have your forums updated to 3.6.7 (3.6.6 minimum) Then when you login to your admincp there will be a message on the top saying something like

There are currently XX customized template(s) that need to be updated or reverted. Some sections of vBulletin may not function if you do not do this!

Click here to view these templates!

Click on the link and it will take you to a menu with all the outdated templates.
For this hack you are interested on updating
postbit, postbit_legacy, navbar, and memberinfo
so click on "[View History]" on those templates, and you will be able to compare the changes between the templates.
You will have more yellow lines depending on how modified your template is, but you are looking for green and reds. and specially the ones called $template_hook_[var] or something like that. If you don't want to revert your template, you will have to add these hooks to your current template manually.

Once added the template hooks, this modification should work no problem ^^. In addition if you want to update all your templates, it is very useful to use the modification post of vbulletin here to determine the importance and the nature of the updates

[Lionel]

Originally Posted by Ramsesx

Thanks for your kind help NolF, it was as you said, after upgrading the templates it is fine now. I even found out how to get this running on GARS

can you tell us how?

[Mommyland]

Originally Posted by echocpt

Ok so i just installed the post thankyou hack 6.2 and i was like score this is great. Then this jst randomly happerned, every reply post after 1st one gets a double button for thanks and so on till its like 17th post with 17 thanks buttons.



Can any1 think why this is happerning ?? Help Please

Thanks.
Also i don't want to turn thank first post only on. Also ud still get written in header so any surgestions?? Also im running on version 3.6.7 PL1

I am having the same problem i searched and read the thread did the suggested things but its still happening

[NolF]

You need to have product template hook vb367 fix.zip installed. It is provided on the first post.
If you have it installed and still happens might be because you are not using 3.6.7. The patch is designed to work with 3.6.7 and stop working on 3.6.8

[FleXy]

Originally Posted by NolF

You fisrt need to have your forums updated to 3.6.7 (3.6.6 minimum) Then when you login to your admincp there will be a message on the top saying something like

Realy thank You! It's was helpful! I use 3.6.5 template. Where here THANKS button :-)

I remake template from new one, install manuany all old hacks and template editing.
It's takes long time, but now work fine