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

[jgommel]

Anyone? I'd like to uninstall this, but can't w/out getting DB errors.

[Exitilus]

Originally Posted by jgommel

I can not UNINSTALL this hack -- after uninstalling I get the following error:

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Database error in vBulletin 3.6.0:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT userid, usergroupid, IF(displaygroupid=0, usergroupid, displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid, username, posts, post_thanks_thanked_times
FROM vb_user
ORDER BY post_thanks_thanked_times DESC LIMIT 0, 10;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'post_thanks_thanked_times' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Tuesday, September 5th 2006 @ 07:20:26 PM
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If I reinstall the hack, my site is fine. As soon as I try to uninstall it again, I get the same error. Please help, this is very frustrating to say the least.
I could just disable the hack, but that's not an option.

It's saying the column post_thanks_thanked_times couldn't be found. Create it and it should uninstall

[jgommel]

You don't understand - that DB error is the result of the uninstall. With the mod installed, that table is installed with it. Once you uninstall the mod, the tables go with it as well. When I then try to access my forum for example: http://www.notworking/forums/, that's wen you get the DB error.

There are a few ways around this -- I could just disable the plugin and ignore it, but that defeats the purpose. I could also probably add the table 'post_thanks_thanked_times' back into the DB and that may patch the problem, but again that's defeating the purpose of an uninstall.

[Sidewindr]

I'd like to change the Thank text to "This Helped Me" for example .. what are the phrases I need to change ?

[jgommel]

I'd just like to uninstall it... all of it...

[LBSources]

Abe .. Any possible reason to why when thanks are given to a member for a post its given to the 'giving' member ..

EX: If i give thanks to someone it shows the member at 0 and me at 1 thanks..

tongue twister, but i hop you understand ..

[LBSources]

Nevermind .. I got them confused..

Thanks: X
Thanked in posts: X

i guess ..

[boing]

Guys this hack got a hole in it,

someone in the banned usergroup able to give thanx now.

[zfrank1]

How can I turn off "thanks-button" if thread is closed. I want this button only if thread is open.

[Aylwin]

This is a great mod! I've been trying to figure out a way to keep track of (and hopefully reward) the most useful members.

Is there any way to show "Thanked in posts" as a column on the Members List? I would like to be able to sort members based on this so I know who's been thanked the most.