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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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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[lycheepassion]

hey how can I get this to work in the newest v of vb w/ experience, thanks!

[sadiq6210]

All my users were asking:
Who thanked us and where ??

Anybody can apply this feature in this hack ?

[Miss T]

hey everybody

ive desperately tried to get an overview of the thread here but to no avail...

can someone please help with the following

i currently run vb 3.8 with post groan 3,3 and post thanks 7.7 - they are integrated

i need to have all the groans and thanks with me when i migrate to vb 4.1 PL2 or my users are going to kill me... this feature has been used more than 700.000 times this year alone

1. how do i make sure the posts make the migration (if its written in some post - please direct me cause i completely lost overview in this thread)

2 can i still integrate post groan/thanks with eachother - if yes what versions should i install and do they need modifications to work? (the latest?)

I know somebody most likely asked this before me - but i couldnt distinguish the posts anymore

Please help

Merry x-mas

[61944255044e]

Hi All

After installing in my banner I get these issues.
'Warning: ksort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in [path]/includes/functions.php(6875) : eval()'d code on line 30'
and
'Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/functions.php(6875) : eval()'d code on line 32'

I am running version 4.0.8, any ideas

Cheers
Sam

[TheGorf]

ANyone have any good substitutes for this mod? Since Abe abandonded it, it SUCKS.

Anyone else working on a mod similar to the Thanks/Groan stuff?

[yellowpeter]

In what way you see Abe is not supporting this anymore?

[zelnik]

Originally Posted by TheGorf

ANyone have any good substitutes for this mod? Since Abe abandonded it, it SUCKS.

Anyone else working on a mod similar to the Thanks/Groan stuff?

If you have a valid VBSEO licence they're currently adding a new 'thanks' system into vbseo.

Originally Posted by yellowpeter

In what way you see Abe is not supporting this anymore?

The simple fact that ABE hasn't been on here in little over six months gives it away?!

[mikeinjersey]

How is the method determined when only a certain amount of Thanks are allowed per day ?

I set it to 5 yesterday...I used all 5.

but now today, the option to Thank is still not there. Does it go by a 24 hour period or something ?

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by mikeinjersey

How is the method determined when only a certain amount of Thanks are allowed per day ?

I set it to 5 yesterday...I used all 5.

but now today, the option to Thank is still not there. Does it go by a 24 hour period or something ?

I would say it would be a 24 hour period

But i never even knew it had that option ...

[61944255044e]

Originally Posted by 61944255044e

Hi All

After installing in my banner I get these issues.
'Warning: ksort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in [path]/includes/functions.php(6875) : eval()'d code on line 30'
and
'Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/functions.php(6875) : eval()'d code on line 32'

I am running version 4.0.8, any ideas

Cheers
Sam

Anybody got any ideas on the errors, I have been able to establish that it only happens when someone is logged in.