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

[HHU]

Originally Posted by HHU

Abe...

I have my first post set up with the vbulletin.org layout so it shows on every page of the thread.

If I wanted to have a count displaying in my postbit of:

"Thanks received in this thread:"

How would I go about doing that..

So that it would only display the thanks that was given to you in that thread for each individual thread you have.

So if Thread 1 had 5 Thanks in it, then in the postbit it would show "Thanks Recieved in this Thread: 5"

And if Thread 2 had 8 Thanks in it, then it would show "Thanks Recieved in this Thread: 8"

Thanks.

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[vitrag24]

i have installed 5.3 earlier
can u guide me step by step nowe from beginning wht to do to upgrade to 6.2
my vb version is 3.6.4..will it be compatible without any prbs or not?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by vitrag24

i have installed 5.3 earlier
can u guide me step by step nowe from beginning wht to do to upgrade to 6.2
my vb version is 3.6.4..will it be compatible without any prbs or not?

6.2 wont work by you. Install 6.0. just over write the install and re-do all the template edits.

[pspcrazy]

I have v3.6.0 and i install hacks all the time, i had installed this in the past, but later upgraded vb versions and removed the hack. Oddly when i go to install the 6.0 version and install the product xml file, it simply crashes the server. Any idea what's up with that? Thanks abe love this hack

[ppmfic]

Thank you ^^

[csavern]

i am running 3.6.7 PL1 and do not see the thank you in the post i just installed 6.2 and did the patch.
i have been through these post looking how to fix but have not found maybe i overlooked sorry if i have
but i am using the same templates that came with vbulletin
just used my own images
could someone tell me what i have done wrong
seems to be enabled
i can click on a profile and see

ThanksTotal Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Find all thanked posts by David

but no thank you button in the forums

[Lonely Heart]

i'm having a Problem with Version 6.2

My forum Version 3.6.7 PL1

when i clicked on Thank You button i got this message :

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Lonely Heart, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

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when i disable AJAX it's working fine. so what to do since i need AJAX to be Active?

Thanks

[Ramsesx]

Thanks for this hack, but I have one stupid question,

You have to update your templates so they included the latest $template_hook variables.

I don't get it what this means exactly, thanks.

[Franky45]

Hello Abe1.

Have you one tip for this problem?

Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions_post_thanks.php (Zeile 183)

regards

[mrahul]

does this actually count up as a post count or only as a thank count, i.e will it reflect on total posts also, then it would surely boost community stats.