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.

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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

[vertigo jones]

Thanks Abe1 for this hack. I installed this the other day and everyone loves it. I changed things up a little bit and made it so when user click the thanks or groan it keeps a running total (+3 or -1, that type of thing) and displays that. The buttons also grey out instead of disappearing.

You can see it at http://www.stirrdup.com if you're logged in if anyone is interested.

I thought I had seen this sort of thing requested somewhere or another. I'll throw it together and upload it somewhere if anyone wants it, though I don't know how tough it would be to edit it to work with a default installation.

Thanks Abe!

[chiwexa]

I've got a question. To express, I made a little animated graphic.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by chiwexa

I've got a question. To express, I made a little animated graphic.

Edit the post_thanks_postbit template. Look at one of the first things in there. I think you have to change a number from 5 to 0.

[chiwexa]

Thank you. Another question:

I don't see a border around the Thanks-Box in the postbit_legacy, but in postbit I do.

post_thanks_postbit:

<div style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt2" style="padding:0px">
<if condition="$post['post_thanks_amount'] == 1"><strong><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[post_thanks_user_says]</phrase></strong>
<else /><strong><phrase 1="$post[post_thanks_amount_formatted]" 2="$post[username]">$vbphrase[post_thanks_users_say]</phrase></strong></if>
</td>
<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6"><td class="alt2" style="padding:0px" align="right" nowrap="nowrap">
<a href="post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_remove_all&amp;p=$post[postid]"<if condition="$vboptions['disable_ajax'] != 2"> onclick="post_thanks_remove_all($post[postid], <if condition="$vboptions['post_groan_integrate']">true<else />false</if>); return false;"</if> rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[post_thanks_remove]</a>
</td></if>
<if condition="$post['show_thanks_remove_option']"><td class="alt2" style="padding:0px" align="right" nowrap="nowrap">
<a href="post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_remove_user&amp;p=$post[postid]"<if condition="$vboptions['disable_ajax'] != 2"> onclick="post_thanks_remove_user($post[postid], <if condition="$vboptions['post_groan_integrate']">true<else />false</if>); return false;"</if> rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[post_thanks_remove_user]</a>
</td></if>
</tr>
<tr><td class="alt1" colspan="3"><div>$post[post_thanks_bit]</div></td></tr>
</table>
</div>

post_thanks_postbit_legacy no Border?!

<div style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr valign="top">
<td class="alt2" width="162">
<if condition="$post['post_thanks_amount'] == 1"><strong><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[post_thanks_user_says]</phrase></strong>
<else /><strong><phrase 1="$post[post_thanks_amount_formatted]" 2="$post[username]">$vbphrase[post_thanks_users_say]</phrase></strong></if>
<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6"><br />
<a href="post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_remove_all&amp;p=$post[postid]"<if condition="$vboptions[disable_ajax] != 2"> onclick="post_thanks_remove_all($post[postid], <if condition="$vboptions['post_groan_integrate']">true<else />false</if>); return false;"</if> rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[post_thanks_remove]</a>
</if>
<if condition="$post['show_thanks_remove_option']"><br />
<a href="post_thanks.php?do=post_thanks_remove_user&amp;p=$post[postid]"<if condition="$vboptions['disable_ajax'] != 2"> onclick="post_thanks_remove_user($post[postid], <if condition="$vboptions['post_groan_integrate']">true<else />false</if>); return false;"</if> rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[post_thanks_remove_user]</a>
</if>
</td>
<td class="alt1">
<div>$post[post_thanks_bit]</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

[Merrillizer]

Tonight I tried to fix this hack, I have 3.6.7 PL1. After I thank someone, I get this at the very top of the page, above the header....

Warning: Illegal offset type in /includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 110

Warning: Illegal offset type in /includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 110

Then, when I try to post in the thread that I just thanked someone in, I get this error...

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /homepages/42/d193140338/htdocs/marshmarauders/forums/includes/class_core.php
Line: 3083

Any help? I would like to use this MOD. However I have disabled it again until I can get some help.

[adc-arab]

i have vb v3.6.7 pl1 after i upgraded the mod from v5 to v6.2 i can't see the thankyou button or the users who thanked the post writer, dunno what the cuz and i done everything exactly as the Instructions says and i upload every file in the right palce -_- any help plz i really need it to work thx alot

edit: also i have the product template hook vb367 fix installed -_-

[vcoderzdotcom]

Originally Posted by adc-arab

i have vb v3.6.7 pl1 after i upgraded the mod from v5 to v6.2 i can't see the thankyou button or the users who thanked the post writer, dunno what the cuz and i done everything exactly as the Instructions says and i upload every file in the right palce -_- any help plz i really need it to work thx alot

i'm having the same problem here , please help ASAP

[Abe1]

Please read this: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=229448 (post 2)

[adc-arab]

i didn't get what i have to do with this post -__- would u explain more is there some changes i have to do to show the thankyou button and the users who thanked the post writer if so could u explain more
thx alot for ur support

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by adc-arab

i didn't get what i have to do with this post -__- would u explain more is there some changes i have to do to show the thankyou button and the users who thanked the post writer if so could u explain more
thx alot for ur support

You have to revert the templates that have a $template_hook in it.