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

[p@nDa]

Originally Posted by p@nDa

i have installed on my forum the version : 6.0 Gold

can i easily update to newer version importing newest xml over the older , or is better to remove before the old plugin ?

if i have to remove the older before , how can i save the already saved 'thank you' database ?

all done , imported new plugin ( uploading before new files overwriting the older ) .

database still there , thread already posted still there , and thanks function back again !

Thanks for this hack man :up:

[h_kakashi]

I have a problem with this mod after upgrading the forums and upgrading the mod after that. I've attempted to uninstall the mod and reinstall but with no luck.

What happens is when the hack is active all users (and admins) see is the Login screen asking uers to login. This only occurs at the postbit level. The templates have been reverted but no joy.

Would really appreciate some help.

[Jasmin]

This is the most awesome thing ever.

Much better than the reputation system that comes stock.

I set it to give people 1 rep point per thank you... This REALLY keeps good vibe sup on a forum, and makes the community better for all! Thanks, Abe1!!!!!! Or more like Honest Abe1!!!

[Boosted Panda]

Originally Posted by Jasmin

This is the most awesome thing ever.

Much better than the reputation system that comes stock.

I set it to give people 1 rep point per thank you... This REALLY keeps good vibe sup on a forum, and makes the community better for all! Thanks, Abe1!!!!!! Or more like Honest Abe1!!!

So true. Mine being a dog site I changed the phrases from Thanks to Treats, so now the members give each other Treats. They love it, and its a great way to show which members are contributing.

[Boosted Panda]

Abe you should add this to your zip.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=163870

[Veer]

Hello Abe,

I have moved my cPanel server to another host, everything is working fine except the navigation settings link of Post Thank You Hack and some other hacks like that, when i click on "Post Thanks Settings" its getting blank.

I've re uploaded all files and product, but no result, can you guide me how to resolve this problem?

thanks.

[Darthvader2007]

I have some problem with the counter of our thanks statistics.
Our forum have a automatic prune and this delete posts every day to clean up.
All the thanks that is given to people, will be also deleted in our thanks statistics.
But i have set this option out:

Do you want to remove user's thanks count when you delete a post/thread? Setting this option no will make it that a user's post thanks count does not go down if you delete a post. You will have to delete the thanks before you delete the post/thread if you want the post thanks count to go down. If you use the post thanks recounter, any thanks given that were deleted will not be counted.

What is the problem ?
Can someone help us with this problem. ?

[WildAmbitions]

Installed. Thanks! (pun intended?)

[richTV]

Originally Posted by GaiLoan

Hi every one, i have this question, incase a post with a 1000 or more users Thanks, then that post page showing very long down, that be slowing down, any thing to fix that problem ? such as Collapse its or some ? Thanks

a collapseable option would be nice

[Mrdby]

im still using the 3.6 verison on my 3.7.3 and it works fine. I see to many problems with this one.