Show Thread Enhancements - [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

Post Thank You Hack

STAFF EDIT:
Note - The mod author has been unreachable for some time, but the vbulletin.org community has stepped up to provide a number of individual fixes over the years. ForceHSS, Hippy, and Seven Skins have all combined many of these fixes into product files.

ALL CREDIT STILL GOES TO ABE1 And this is still 'his' mod. Please still mark the mod as installed if you use any version of it.

That said so you don't need to apply a dozen + small fixes yourself you should consider downloading one of the updated packages below:

Hippy has one in this post.

AND / OR

ForceHSS has one in this post.

AND/OR

Seven Skins has one in this post.


- Original File Specs: post_thanks_7_82.zip (26.4 KB, 24844 downloads) - Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).
- There are five total patched versions available, some with and without the search fix - I've replaced the main file with the patched versions... please be sure to download and install the correct version, the main mod post contains links to additional information and patched files!
- If Abe1 returns he can request these packages be removed.


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:

• Files edited: 0
• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 8
• Time to install: 1 minute max

Updates:


Version 7.80 (12/30/09):

• Release of this hack for vBulletin version 4.0

Version 7.81 (01/02/10):

• Fixed some install and uninstall database errors.
• Made styling for postbit legacy a little better.
• Fixed the "separator" issue.
• Javascript file updated.

Version 7.82 (01/03/10):

• Fixed info alignment issues in the postbit for custom edited phrases.

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[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by MistViper

I found the cause:

<dd style="white-space:nowrap; display:inline; float: left;">Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post</dd>

That causes it.

Now only if I knew were it is present so I can remove it...


Did a temporally fix.

Check op post for fix 7.86 just uploaded

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by MistViper

I found the cause:

<dd style="white-space:nowrap; display:inline; float: left;">Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post</dd>

That causes it.

Now only if I knew were it is present so I can remove it...


Did a temporally fix.

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

Here is the fix sorry it took a while

Hey Ladies and Gents - ForceHSS pm'd me with a new version which includes a fix to the postbit display and ask it be attached, so its up and ready for download!

The new file is: post_thanks_7_86 For 4.2.0 - 4.2.3 vb version_with_thanks_postbit_fix.zip

Thanks ForceHSS!

[webfred]

Post Thank You Hack

[Fangs404]

Thanks for the continued development!

[jetkai]

Hmm, why is this happening? I can't find the right template to edit this positioning problem:

http://i.imgur.com/Z71gRBU.png

[tanzeelniazi]

is there any option have first click thanks and then reply after thread unlock ?

[Idiosyncrasy]

Hey all. Since I'm being lazy and don't feel like going through over 3,500 posts in this thread, can you please let me know what is the most current / best version to use in your opinion? I'm inclined to believe it is post_thanks_7_86 For 4.2.0 - 4.2.3 vb version_with_thanks_postbit_fix.zip , but there are a lot of links in the OP.

On another note, not sure if it's acceptable to have full discussion here, but how are your users responding to having the thanks system? A majority of my users want one, but there are some who are very against it. Thanks in advance for any advice.

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by Idiosyncrasy

Hey all. Since I'm being lazy and don't feel like going through over 3,500 posts in this thread, can you please let me know what is the most current / best version to use in your opinion? I'm inclined to believe it is post_thanks_7_86 For 4.2.0 - 4.2.3 vb version_with_thanks_postbit_fix.zip , but there are a lot of links in the OP.

On another note, not sure if it's acceptable to have full discussion here, but how are your users responding to having the thanks system? A majority of my users want one, but there are some who are very against it. Thanks in advance for any advice.

7.86 is the one you should use but if you want a better one use dbtech version

[Idiosyncrasy]

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

7.86 is the one you should use but if you want a better one use dbtech version

Thanks. What makes that one better?

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by Idiosyncrasy

Thanks. What makes that one better?

Depends on what you like in a plugin try both and then pick the one you like. The 7.86 version has had a lot of fixes done by me and a lot of the code changed and new things added compared to the original one. I don't use it myself as I have the pro version of dbtech plugin, but as I said it depends what you are looking for in a plugin so do test each one