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.

MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL!
You will get an email when a new version is released.

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

[AndyA]

Did you also install the hook fix file ? That fixed it for me.

[whealey]

I feel like such a n00b asking this...but could someone please tell me where the postbit and postbit_legacy files are... I have found what I think is them...but they are called postbit.php and postbit_alt.php...I dont think that is them.

[utahraves]

Um.... I imported the 6.2 and it's really messed up... it posts like a lot of (THANKS) boxes on the post.... can someone help me?

http://www.utahraves.com/showthread.php?t=242

That's the thread that i'm trying to work on....

[m_k]

got everything working now on 3.6.7, though I had a few bumps along the way... all seems to be ok except than when checking for all thanked posts from the user profile page, I get a blank page as a result

i searched this thread for similar, but didn't see a clear answer to the problem

[Ciber Digit@l]

Please help me. I've this error:

Warning: Illegal offset type in /includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 110

Thank you a lot

[Jelmertjee]

I've installed the 3.6.7 hook fix, but still the mod isn't working properly.. Any ideas what's causing this (the post thanks are being repeated, same error posted earlier in this thread).

[ForYou]

Hello ,

I'm use costum style and the post thanks hack not work on it , but in the defaullt style it is work without any problem , is there any any help for fix this problem ,

regards

[buileminh]

This hack does not work with my customized style either. NO thanks button is displayed!

[fpattberg]

I have the same problem. No thanks button is displayed. I use 6.2 and have got the 3.6.7 fix.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Fabian

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by snake-boy

I think I'm having the same problem, I upgraded from 5.3 and thanks button has vanished!

I hoped installing the fix attached to this thread would possibly solve it, but nope. The options are available in my admincp to configure, but no sign of a thank you button anywhere on the forums..

Help!?

Edit: Just FYI, I'm running 3.6.7

Originally Posted by Stromba

Have upload everything and dont see the Thanks button on the forum..???
Use the latest version VB 3.6.7 PL1

Originally Posted by snake-boy

Well, you CAN thank yourself. You just need to enable it in the options...

I have checked and re-checked all steps of the installation and am certain everything is correct, yet there's still no sign of the thanks button after upgrading from 5.3 to 6.2.

If this isn't fixed really soon I guess I will have to roll back to 5.3 and do all those damn template edits manually (again)

Abe1 - please help us figure out what's wrong?

-snake

Originally Posted by ForYou

Hello ,

I'm use costum style and the post thanks hack not work on it , but in the defaullt style it is work without any problem , is there any any help for fix this problem ,


regards

Originally Posted by buileminh

This hack does not work with my customized style either. NO thanks button is displayed!

Originally Posted by fpattberg

I have the same problem. No thanks button is displayed. I use 6.2 and have got the 3.6.7 fix.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Fabian

Do all you guys not know how to look a page back or 2 or do a search to find the answer?????? vBulletin added some '$template_hook' variables to templates. You should have to update your custom styles to include these variables to get this hack working right. If you dont do this now, then when vb comes out with their plug-ins, you will have the same problem.

Originally Posted by valdet

Whenever someone opens a thanked thread/post I get this error

Warning: Illegal offset type in /includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 110

I have also switched back to 6.0, and had to manually do the template edits, because 6.2 is not showing the button.

Any ideas..

Originally Posted by Ciber Digit@l

Please help me. I've this error:



Thank you a lot

No clue. I would have to check your forum out. Try using the Post Thanks Recounters.

Originally Posted by Jelmertjee

I've installed the 3.6.7 hook fix, but still the mod isn't working properly.. Any ideas what's causing this (the post thanks are being repeated, same error posted earlier in this thread).

Not sure. I would have to check you ACP

Originally Posted by WAHMama

Is there a way to change the text for the Thanks? What I mean is not all posts are being thanked for being "helpful" sometimes you just want to say Thanks because someone said soemthing nice about a photo you posted or a comment you made. I looked in the admin options and didn't see that, so I was hoping there was a place I could change that

This hack is fully customizable. Check the phrases.

Originally Posted by m_k

got everything working now on 3.6.7, though I had a few bumps along the way... all seems to be ok except than when checking for all thanked posts from the user profile page, I get a blank page as a result

i searched this thread for similar, but didn't see a clear answer to the problem

Make sure you are not using the old template edit link.