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

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Mupetz

Where this edit has to be done ? on the product-post_thanks.xml before install ? Because i don't see any <!-- controls --> line.
I have searched the postbit & postbit_legacy for thank you line so I can move it to the left, didn't fine one.
This is weird, how can i see the button if the $post_thanks_button line isn't there ? ( postbit or postbit_legacy )

Edit in the postbit template

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by SoftDux

Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you mean?

Post Thanks has templates. Look in your templates and styles to edit them.

[Tearstone]

Thank you for staying on top of the fixes on this!

[pandaram]

Hi,thanks for the hack..i have a small issue..i run vB 3.6.4..please have a look at the image below



the thanks numbers are being displayed correctly in the usercp...but the numbers are not being displayed in "postbit" and "memberinfo"

and for some members its getting stuck at 1,even though they have received hundreds of "thanks" in more than a single thread.





Can someone please help me out...?

[firstrebel]

Originally Posted by Abe1

I just uploaded a fix in the first post for someone who does not want to do the file edit and still fix the vb3.6.7 bug.

For those like me just catching up, is the fix for 3.6.7PL1 (using 367_patch.zip) as well as 3.6.7

Thanks

Bob

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by firstrebel

For those like me just catching up, is the fix for 3.6.7PL1 (using 367_patch.zip) as well as 3.6.7

Thanks

Bob

Yes. Works for both.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by pandaram

Hi,thanks for the hack..i have a small issue..i run vB 3.6.4..please have a look at the image below



the thanks numbers are being displayed correctly in the usercp...but the numbers are not being displayed in "postbit" and "memberinfo"

and for some members its getting stuck at 1,even though they have received hundreds of "thanks" in more than a single thread.





Can someone please help me out...?

Make sure you re-did the template edits when up upgraded to 6.0 Gold.

[ForYou]

Hello ,

I was install the new version but it dosen't work on custom style , but it work in defualt style without editany templete ,

what can i do to make it work on custom style ,

Regards

[Zagis]

Hi,

A few days ago, I had to uninstall "Post Thank you Hack" and drop the table "for_post_thanks". When I installed the product again, I restored the backed up table and everything went fine except the stats. I mean all Thanks are there, below of each post except those (see attachment), even if the use has hundreds "Thanks"

Any help please.

P.S. Thanks are given after the re installation are counting normally.

[Mattikana]

When reading a PM, it needs to execute an additional query for an uncached template of your hack.

Also, you can abuse it by posting a link somewhere ( http://www.yoursite.com/forum/post_t..._thanks_add&p=[PostID] ). That way someone can gain more Thanks without people knowing that they thanked his post...