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.
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:
Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
I'm seeing some odd behavour with this mod. One of my moderators is showing as having 'Thanked' other posts even when he hasn't ! Also the 'Thanked' section seems to change position within a thread, i.e moves below other posts. Very strange.
Has anyone experienced the latest version of this hack slowing down their forums?
I upgraded vB from 3.6.4 to 3.6.7 and installed the new Thank you hack right away (with extra plugin bug fix).
I then went away for 3 days and returned to lots of complaints of a slow forum. First thing I did was disable all the plugin hacks. I think it's the Thank You hack which is crippling our forum. I have disabled it for now. Is it likely to be having a big effect on the server?
I can confirm that the Thank You hack cripples our forum. I have the latest version plus the hook fix applied on 3.6.7PL1 at www.avforums.com.
I am having to disable the hack which is a great pity since our members love it.
Running the previous version on 3.6.4 caused no problems at all.
Abe, could you possibly look closely into your hack to see whether there is anything which could cause extra drain on the server?
I can confirm that the Thank You hack cripples our forum. I have the latest version plus the hook fix applied on 3.6.7PL1 at www.avforums.com.
I am having to disable the hack which is a great pity since our members love it.
Running the previous version on 3.6.4 caused no problems at all.
Abe, could you possibly look closely into your hack to see whether there is anything which could cause extra drain on the server?
Can I have a look at your phpmyadmin and your forum while the forum is in debug mode?
I'm seeing some odd behavour with this mod. One of my moderators is showing as having 'Thanked' other posts even when he hasn't ! Also the 'Thanked' section seems to change position within a thread, i.e moves below other posts. Very strange.