Show Thread Enhancements - [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

vB 4.0 version of this hack here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231666

Post Thank You Hack 7.7

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.

Version 7.5 (05/12/08):

• Updated files: post_thanks.js, post_thanks.php, functions_post_thanks.php
• Updated template: post_thanks_button
• Added securty token check for all thanks added. This will prevent a user from giving out a link or somehow making an image that will get him a lot of thanks.
• Should have fixed some 'foreach()' errors.
• Fixed Delete All of a Users Thanks bug
• vBulletin 3.7.x compatible only

Version 7.6 (06/02/08):

• FIX: Fixed Security Check for vb 3.7.1
• Updated files: functions_post_thanks.php

Version 7.7 (07/28/08):

• FIX: Fixed problem with giving thanks using Blazer (palmOS browser).
• Updated file: post_thanks.js
• Updated templates: post_thanks_button, post_thanks_postbit, post_thanks_postbit_legacy
• New option: Show Stats in Postbit?
• New option: Show Stats in Profile?

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

[Fangs404]

Originally Posted by Fangs404

We're using this mod, and I quite like it. I have a question, though. In every forum I've seen that had a thanks mod, hitting thanks bumped the thread. I don't see an option for that. How easy would that be to add in as an option?

If anyone's curious, I figured this out myself using the Bump Threads mod. It's very simply to make hitting thanks bump the thread.

First, open post_thanks.php. Find this line:

PHP Code:

if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'post_thanks_add') 


Inside that if block, find this line:

PHP Code:

if ($using_ajax) 


Right above that line, add this small chunk of code:

PHP Code:

$threadman =& datamanager_init('Thread', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_ARRAY, 'threadpost');
$threadman->set_existing($threadinfo);
$threadman->set('lastpost', TIMENOW);
$threadman->save(); 


The thread will now be bumped to the top upon hitting thanks.

A note to the mod writer: this is a handy feature, and it'd be trivial to add an option in the admin panel to enable/disable the bumping of threads upon hitting thanks. Love the plugin.

[edit]
By the way, I'm on a 3.7.3 PL1 install for what it's worth.

[theOZer]

Thank you, Fangs404. Great input for this thread; thanks for sharing this code.

[BucWiLd]

anybody know where to get other thanks you buttons?

[subnet_rx]

Originally Posted by bluidkiti

Members at my board are reporting a problem also. This is the error message they report:



Even though they receive the message, it still posts their thanks. I agree with the above:



because I really like this mod.

Same thing here, need a solution.

[bryanb]

Quick question: How do I search for "most thanked user" for a certain period of time? Let's say - most thanked member of October etc.

And "Most Thanked Post" - that would be great.

Trying to figure this out but can't do it.

Please advise - thanks!

[bluidkiti]

Originally Posted by NathanLedet

Looked in template postbit and didn't see how to do this, so I appreciate the help...

How can I move the Thanks button to the left of all of the other buttons rather than the right side? Thanks

To move thank button to the left of the edit button:

in postbit_legacy find $template_hook[postbit_controls]

move it from current position to above <if condition="$post['editlink']"> .

Should look like below when moved:
<!-- controls -->
$template_hook[postbit_controls]
<if condition="$post['editlink']">

[JackFranklin]

I hope you can help me!

Before uninstalling your product (I mucked it up) I did a complete back up of the table which holds the records, so that when I reinstalled I could add the records to the DB. I have done this but it is still not displaying. It still displays 0 everywhere. Do you know why this is?

EDIT - I rebuilt all the thread info and it works - thanks.

[Stagehandspace]

Just installed the Mod and it appeared right away.

Started searching on how to add my button. I found the recent post on how to move the button but I did not have any luck on how to add it.

Could someone assist me please with adding my own custom button.

Thank You In Advance

(Marked as Installed)

Stagehand

[brvheart]

This works great in one of my styles, but the other it is missing the postbit thanks - can I add $postthanks where I want it show up?

I added this from the 3.5.x hack and it worked, but I did not know if that was the right way to do it in the custom style-

<!-- Start Post Thank You Hack -->
<if condition="$post[userid]">
<br />
$vbphrase[post_thanks_thanks]: $post[post_thanks_user_amount]
<br />
<if condition="$post[post_thanks_thanked_times_on] == 1">
$vbphrase[post_thanks_time_post]
<else />
<if condition="$post[post_thanks_thanked_posts_on] == 1">
<phrase 1="$post[post_thanks_thanked_times]">$vbphrase[post_thanks_times_post]</phrase>
<else />
<phrase 1="$post[post_thanks_thanked_times]" 2="$post[post_thanks_thanked_posts]">$vbphrase[post_thanks_times_posts]</phrase>
</if>
</if>
</if>
<!-- End Post Thank You Hack -->

[shahryar_neo]

same thing here :

# 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

but i know where is the problem because i had Post Thank You Hack version 7.6 and it's good but after that want to upgrade i overwrite the new javascript file with older and this is the problem . does anybody have "post_thanks.js" file from 7.6 ?

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My Problem Solved ! Just Download the older version from attachments and downgrade to that version ( replace the javascript file and upload xml file ( overwrite = Enable ) in Admin CP ...

Thanks