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Note: These instructions are for VB 3.8. See post #35 by michal72 for a VB4 adaptation.

First off, the "Likes" system on vBulletin.org is custom and does not use any other hacks- however it is too custom to be released. Instead you can modify an existing mod to do mostly the same thing.

Several people have asked me for info on how to do this so I figured I'd write it up and post it here.

You can see what it looks like on my live forum: http://www.juot.net/forums/showthread.php?t=60059



You need the latest version Abe1's Post Thank You Hack (7.7): Here.

What you can see above was done with this mod plus some phrase changes and template edits, and an optional plugin edit.

So step 1 is make sure you have the ?Thank You? mod installed and working.

Step 2 is to change the following phrases. In Admin CP use Phrase Manager to "translate" these phrases from "Thank You" to "Like(s)":

You can of course use your own translations but this is what I used-

Phrase Name | Translation:
post_thanks_already | You have already liked this post!
post_thanks_remove_user | Remove Your Like
post_thanks_search | Find All Liked Posts
post_thanks_search_user | Find all liked posts by {1}
post_thanks_search_user_gave | Find all posts liked by {1}
post_thanks_thanked_post | Liked Post
post_thanks_thanks | Likes
post_thanks_time_post | Liked 1 Time in 1 Post
post_thanks_times_post | Liked {1} Times in 1 Post
post_thanks_times_posts | Liked {1} Times in {2} Posts
post_thanks_total_thanks | Total Likes
post_thanks_user_says | The Following User Likes This Post:
post_thanks_users_say | The Following {1} Users Like This Post:

Some of the above we won't actually use in my implementation but best to fix them all to be consistent.

Step 3:

At this point we need to have a "like.png" file in your images/buttons/ directory and the button directory for every custom style you have, if any. I will attach a couple of options but consider finding or making one unique to your forum.

Step 4:

Now we have to edit a couple of templates.

Edit the template: post_thanks_button

Replace it all with this:

Code:
<a href="post_thanks.php?$session[sessionurl]do=post_thanks_add&amp;p=$post[postid]&amp;securitytoken=$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" id="post_thanks_button_$post[postid]"<if condition="$vboptions[disable_ajax] != 2"> onclick="return post_thanks_give($post[postid], <if condition="$vboptions[post_groan_integrate]">true<else />false</if>);"</if> <if condition="$display_thanks_image == 'none'">style="display:none"</if> rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/like.png" alt="Like This Post" border="0" /></a>
Note: The above template will work correct if you use the "Post Groan Hack" which I also use. You can convert the "Post Groan Hack" into an "dis-like" system basiclly the same way we are changing "Thank You" to "Likes."


Edit the template: post_thanks_postbit_legacy OR post_thanks_postbit (whichever postbit you use)

Replace it all with this:

Code:
<div style="background-color: #CAEBDA; border: 2px ridge #7BBA99; border-width: 2px 2px 2px 2px; padding: 2px; width:99%; margin: 0px auto 0px auto; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; margin-top:auto; margin-bottom:0px;">

<table border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="100">
<strong>Likes: ($post[post_thanks_amount_formatted])</strong><br />
				
</td><td>
<div style="float:left;">$post[post_thanks_bit]</div> <div style="float:right;"><if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6"><a href="post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_remove_all&amp;p=$post[postid]"<if condition="$vboptions[disable_ajax] != 2"> onclick="return post_thanks_remove_all($post[postid], <if condition="$vboptions['post_groan_integrate']">true<else />false</if>);"</if> rel="nofollow">Delete All</a></if><if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6 AND $post['show_thanks_remove_option']"> | </if><if condition="$post['show_thanks_remove_option']"><a href="post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_remove_user&amp;p=$post[postid]"<if condition="$vboptions['disable_ajax'] != 2"> onclick="return post_thanks_remove_user($post[postid], <if condition="$vboptions['post_groan_integrate']">true<else />false</if>);"</if> rel="nofollow">Unlike</a></if></div>
</td></tr></table>
</div>

At this point you should have a nice light-green "Like" box appearing below each post someone "Likes." You might want to stop here.

The last steps are only if you want to integrate the Like box INTO the posts like on my forum.

If you do the next step is pretty easy-

In Admin CP -> Plugin Manager, edit the plugin: Post Thank You Hack on hook: postbit_display_start

Find the line:

Code:
eval('$template_hook[postbit_end] .= " ' . fetch_template('post_thanks_box') . '";');
and change it to:

Code:
eval('$template_hook[postbit_signature_end] .= " ' . fetch_template('post_thanks_box') . '";');
OK This will move the "Like" box into the actual post table instead of below it.

Again this is a good place to stop if you are happy.

However there is one more template edit I did to keep the Like Box inside the post but at the very bottom of it regardless how short the post might be. In this case we must edit the postbit_legacy template. (I don't use the regular postbit template so I don't have any further instructions for people who use regular postbit. The following is ONLY for postbit_legacy.)

IMPORTANT- Copy all of your postbit_legacy template to a text file and save it as a backup in case you make an error or the instructions don't work for you. You can also "Revert" the template but that will undo ALL customizations you may have made.

Find in postbit_legacy:

Code:
<td class="alt2" width="175" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px">
Change it to:

Code:
<td class="alt2" rowspan="2" width="175" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px">
Find:

Code:
$template_hook[postbit_signature_end]
And delete it.

Find:

Code:
		<!-- / edit note -->
		</if>

	</td>
</tr>

Add BELOW it:

Code:
<tr>
<td class="alt1" valign="bottom">
$template_hook[postbit_signature_end]
</td>
</tr>
----

And that should do it.

Of course you are encouraged to make some customizations... Most of what you'll want to change is in the top part of the post_thanks_postbit_legacy template. The background color, border style, and the like are all controlled by this code:

Code:
<div style="background-color: #CAEBDA; border: 2px ridge #7BBA99; border-width: 2px 2px 2px 2px; padding: 2px; width:99%; margin: 0px auto 0px auto; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; margin-top:auto; margin-bottom:0px;">
On my forum I actually use a background image texture but did not include it here as it is an unnecessary complication.

Feel free to play around and tweak the box to your liking. :up:
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Has anyone been able to integrate this hack with vB's notification system? So for example, every time a user receives a "thanks" or "thumbs up" they'd receive a notification just like they would if they received, say, a VM? If so, how was this accomplished?
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Here ya go....

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=279907
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Thank you very much, this was just what I was looking for
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OK, maybe I am a little late in this, but I've installed it, like it but I can't make the box move inside the post area, no matter what I tried.

I can make it move inside but:

- If I put it below the signature, then all the buttons at the bottom of the post get mangled.
- If I put it above the signature, the signature doesn't show and the buttons get mangled again.
- If I put it above the post, everything disappears, and the buttons get screwed up again.

I am using vB 4.2.2 and the postbit (not postbit_legacy) template.

Ideas?

--------------- Added [DATE]1441621426[/DATE] at [TIME]1441621426[/TIME] ---------------

OK, I've managed to solve the issue I had with this hack, or at least, I've managed to move the statistics box inside the postbit area, below the signature. The offending part, was the post_thanks_box template. As it was, when I installed the hack, it looked like this:

Code:
<li class="postbit<vb:if condition="$vboptions['legacypostbit']">legacy</vb:if> postbitim" id="post_thanks_box_{vb:raw post.postid}"<vb:if condition="!$post_thanks_box == 1"> style="display:none"</vb:if>>
	{vb:raw post_thanks_box}
</li>
I changed the li and /li to div and the problem of screwing up the buttons at the end of the post disappeared. So, here is what you have to do, to move the info box inside postbit.

1. Change your post_thanks_box template, to:

Code:
<div class="postbit<vb:if condition="$vboptions['legacypostbit']">legacy</vb:if> postbitim" id="post_thanks_box_{vb:raw post.postid}"<vb:if condition="!$post_thanks_box == 1"> style="display:none"</vb:if>>
	{vb:raw post_thanks_box}
</div>
2. Change the plugin postbit_display_complete in the Plugins manager to:

Code:
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_post_thanks.php');

if (!(defined('LOCATION_BYPASS')) && !(post_thanks_off($this->thread['forumid'], $this->post, $this->thread['firstpostid'], THIS_SCRIPT)))
{
	global $ids;

	$thanks = fetch_thanks($this->post['postid'], $ids);

	if (thanked_already($this->post) && $this->registry->options[post_thanks_delete_own])
	{
		$this->post['show_thanks_remove_option'] = true;
	}

	if ($this->post['post_thanks_amount'] > 0 && $this->thread['isdeleted'] == 0)
	{
		$this->post['post_thanks_bit'] = fetch_thanks_bit($this->thread['forumid'], $thanks);
		$this->post['post_thanks_user'] = $post_thanks_user;
		$this->post['post_thanks_amount_formatted'] = vb_number_format($this->post['post_thanks_amount']);

		$post_thanks_box = fetch_post_thanks_template($this->post);
	}

	$templater = vB_Template::create('post_thanks_box');
	$templater->register('post', $post);
	$templater->register('post_thanks_box', $post_thanks_box);
	$template_hook['postbit_signature_end'] .= $templater->render();
}

if ($this->registry->userinfo['userid'] != 0 && !(defined('LOCATION_BYPASS')) && !(post_thanks_off($thread['forumid'], $post, $thread['firstpostid'], THIS_SCRIPT)))
{
	$display_thanks_image = 'none';

	if (can_thank_this_post($post, $thread['isdeleted']) && !thanked_already($post))
	{
		$display_thanks_image = '';
	}

	$templater = vB_Template::create('post_thanks_button');
	$templater->register('post', $post);
	$templater->register('display_thanks_image', $display_thanks_image);
	$template_hook['postbit_controls'] .= $templater->render();
}

if ($this->registry->options['post_thanks_show_stats_postbit'])
{
	$post['post_thanks_user_amount_formatted'] = vb_number_format($post['post_thanks_user_amount']);
	$post['post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted'] = vb_number_format($post['post_thanks_thanked_times']);
	$post['post_thanks_thanked_posts_formatted'] = vb_number_format($post['post_thanks_thanked_posts']);

	$templater = vB_Template::create('post_thanks_postbit_info');
	$templater->register('post', $post);
	$template_hook['postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts'] .= $templater->render();
}
3. You may try using the post_thanks_postbit, the way I changed it, to better fit the postbit template:

Code:
<div style="background-color: #E1E4F3; border: 2px ridge #7BBA99; ; border-width: 2px 2px 2px 2px; padding: 2px; width:100%; margin: 0px auto 0px auto; margin-top:auto; margin-bottom:0px;">

<table border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="100">
<strong><b>Likes ($post[post_thanks_amount_formatted]) :</b></strong><br />
				
</td><td>
<div style="float:left;">$post[post_thanks_bit]</div> <div style="float:right;"><if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6"><a href="post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_remove_all&amp;p=$post[postid]"<if condition="$vboptions[disable_ajax] != 2"> onclick="return post_thanks_remove_all($post[postid], <if condition="$vboptions['post_groan_integrate']">true<else />false</if>);"</if> rel="nofollow">Delete All</a></if><if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6 AND $post['show_thanks_remove_option']"> | </if><if condition="$post['show_thanks_remove_option']"><a href="post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_remove_user&amp;p=$post[postid]"<if condition="$vboptions['disable_ajax'] != 2"> onclick="return post_thanks_remove_user($post[postid], <if condition="$vboptions['post_groan_integrate']">true<else />false</if>);"</if> rel="nofollow">Unlike</a></if></div>
</td></tr></table>

</div>
<br />
I also cleaned up a little the way the "Likes" information is displayed in the user profile. While it is not the perfect way to do it (I should have created more phrases etc), again, as it is, it serves me fine, so I am posting it here.

Code:
<h5 class="subsubsectionhead">{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_total_thanks}</h5>
<dl class="stats">
	<dt>{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_total_thanks} given</dt>
	<dd>{vb:raw userinfo.post_thanks_user_amount_formatted}  -- <a href="post_thanks.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=findthanks_user_gave&amp;u={vb:raw userinfo.userid}">{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_search_user_gave, {vb:raw userinfo.username}}</a></dd>
</dl>
<dl class="stats">
	<dt>{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_total_thanks} received</dt>
	<dd><vb:if condition="$userinfo[post_thanks_thanked_times] == 1">
		{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_time_post}
	<vb:else />
		<vb:if condition="$userinfo[post_thanks_thanked_posts] == 1">
			{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_times_post, {vb:raw userinfo.post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted}}
		<vb:else />
			{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_times_posts, {vb:raw userinfo.post_thanks_thanked_times_formatted}, {vb:raw userinfo.post_thanks_thanked_posts_formatted}}
		</vb:if>
	</vb:if>  --  <a href="post_thanks.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=findthanks&amp;u={vb:raw userinfo.userid}">{vb:rawphrase post_thanks_search_user, {vb:raw userinfo.username}}</a></dd>
</dl>
My patch is not perfect, as it still screws up the signature, if you attempt to put the box above it, but it works when the box is under the signature and I am happy with it.

I hope this helps some people here.
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Using the hack from post #35, I'm having a few issues:
1) I click like, then "remove this like", and the page refreshes saying:
"user, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:"
2) Also getting a weird box (I think for the collapse, but that is turned off and it still shows). What's the best way to fix that?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sk6hcn8789...58.45.png?dl=0
3) When I click "thanks" on a post with other thanks, and then remove my thanks, it collapses the box with other likes so I can't see them until I refresh the page.

Any help resolving this would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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