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

[mrahul]

if suppose I dis-able the hack after installation for a few months, then will the post count will be decreased for users or only the thanks count fetaure will be dis-abled ?

[Mommyland]

Originally Posted by NolF

You need to have product template hook vb367 fix.zip installed. It is provided on the first post.
If you have it installed and still happens might be because you are not using 3.6.7. The patch is designed to work with 3.6.7 and stop working on 3.6.8

Thanks I installed that before and it didnt help, So Ijust unstalled everything reuploaded and its working great thanks again

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by 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

What happened if you use the upload from server option to install the hack?

Originally Posted by 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 :

=========

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.

======

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


Thanks

I would have to look at your forums.

Originally Posted by Franky45

Hello Abe1.

Have you one tip for this problem?



regards

Use the recounters.

Originally Posted by 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.

You have an option to add to post count.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Arda MENDES

Problem's still goin' on. What must we do?

I dont know where the problem is, all i know is that it is no problem with the latest version.

[RTFA]

Everything works, except the thanks button does not show up or the times thanked on the user info on the post bit template. I can see the options in the Admin panel and the thanks reference in the user profile but thats it

http://www.bamauniverse.com/forums/s...ead.php?t=1114



Using VB 3.6.7 and I have installed the hook update fix.

[NolF]

Originally Posted by RTFA

Using VB 3.6.7 and I have installed the hook update fix.

the hook update fix and vB 3.6.7 are no good if the template it self doesn't have the hooks in the first place. Make sure your postbit or postbit_legacy, memberinfo and navbar are up to date (3.6.6 3.6.7 didn't have any template changes)

[RTFA]

Originally Posted by NolF

the hook update fix and vB 3.6.7 are no good if the template it self doesn't have the hooks in the first place. Make sure your postbit or postbit_legacy, memberinfo and navbar are up to date (3.6.6 3.6.7 didn't have any template changes)

Ok, I will check all of those and look for the Hooks. If they are not there (IE up to date
) where do I find them so I can update.

[inteller2k7]

i cant seem to install this could someone explain to me

[RTFA]

Is this the hook you are talking about? This and only this line of code?

$template_hook[postbit_start]

This needs to be installed in the following:

postbit or postbit_legacy, memberinfo and navbar.

Is that what you are saying? The only place I see this is in my custom style in the PostBit.

Make sure above are up to date (3.6.6 3.6.7 didn't have any template changes)

What do you mean up to date? I am running 3.6.7....you mean up to date as in this hook ( as shown above) installed?

[NolF]

Originally Posted by RTFA

What do you mean up to date? I am running 3.6.7....you mean up to date as in this hook ( as shown above) installed?

No. When you upgraded from any version to 3.6.6 or 3.6.7 your nonmodified templates updated. However, modified templates were left untouched and working as if it still was your old version.
In order to update your modified templates correctly, follow the instructions posted here.

Postbit postbit_legacy navbar and memberinfo all have different hooks (different names) the one you mentioned is just one of the postbits. I think there are nine different hooks in each postbit, and navbar and memberinfo have their own hooks, so follow instructions and if done correctly it will work beautifully ^^

PS heavily modified templates will take a while to update so be patient, and make a backup of it ^^

i cant seem to install this could someone explain to me

Makes sure your forum version is 3.6.7 and templates are up to date
Upload all th files to the their corresponding directories.
Makes sure the images go to your templates images directory
Install the product (admincp -> plugins and products -> product admin) [in the bottom part of the page]
Set up your hack configuration
and you are done ^^