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

[pretke]

Hi!
I thank one post, after i see double thanks.

See attached

[Gunturz]

hii...
does any one know how to delete all thanks that a user have ?

I've try at admin CP ==> Post Thanks ==> Special Actions
but it didn't work

[SgtSling]

This worked for me.
The only issue I have is the "Show all thanked threads" doesn't work. It never loads. I have 40 thousand total threads. Would that make a difference?

[BlackJacket]

Installed...

But i have a question. Where do i click to thank someone?? lol...

Thanks again.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by pretke

Hi!
I thank one post, after i see double thanks.

See attached

Make sure you did NOT do the template edits.

[Mehdi.K]

I have upgrade my forum to v3.8 and Post Thanks to 7.7, but in Admin Control Panel the post thanks options page does not show and only bottom copyright message appears when I click "Post Thanks Settings".

[rossco_2005]

Thanks, this works great for me. Had to edit it a bit to suit my needs but the idea was good.

One feature that it could use that would really make it great is to detect if a user posts "thnx" "thx" "thanks" "thank you" etc. and automatically convert that into a thank you instead of allowing the post!
I might create that myself if it doesn't already exist.

[dmknights]

*installed*

[KevinL]

Originally Posted by Boosted Panda

Hey everyone I can help out a bit here since I have modified the thanks system a bit on my forum.

For people wanting to change the phrases:

Goto the Phrase Manager -> Search Phrases -> "thanked"
post_thanks_times_posts

The standard phrase is: Thanked {1} Times in {2} Posts

If you want to remove the Thanked: X in X posts... replace the phrase with: Thank: {1}

What this will do is display

Thanks: X

Looks much better in my opinion.

Now to post JUST the Thanks part in the post bit and none of the other garbage here is the code below.

<a href="post_thanks.php?$session[sessionurl]do=post_thanks_add&amp;p=$post[postid]&amp;securitytoken=$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" id="post_thanks_button_$post[postid]"<if condition="$vboptions[disable_ajax] != 2"> onclick="return post_thanks_give($post[postid], <if condition="$vboptions[post_groan_integrate]">true<else />false</if>);"</if> <if condition="$display_thanks_image == 'none'">style="display:none"</if> rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/post_thanks.gif" alt="$vbphrase[post_thanks_thanks]" border="0" /></a>

I attached a screen shot. The thanks are labeled "treats" on my forum.

Sorry this is such an old post...but where do I add this code? I want it to look like that, next to the posts. I changed the phrase and it still shows everything and I have no idea how to just show the 'thanks' and then move it up near the posts...any help would be great

Thanks

[stevieb]

Originally Posted by Mehdi.K

I have upgrade my forum to v3.8 and Post Thanks to 7.7, but in Admin Control Panel the post thanks options page does not show and only bottom copyright message appears when I click "Post Thanks Settings".

I had this, and put a workaround in it.

in

/forums/includes/xml/cpnav_post_thanks.xml

find :

		<navoption displayorder="10">
			<phrase>post_thanks_settings</phrase>
			<link>options.php?do=options&amp;dogroup=post_thanks</link>
		</navoption>

replace with :

		<navoption link="options.php?do=options&amp;dogroup=post_thanks" displayorder="10">
			<phrase>post_thanks_settings</phrase>
		</navoption>

its all working for me now
Stevieb