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

[mvigod]

Originally Posted by AzzidReign

BUG REPORT
I didn't look around to see if people have had this same problem but when I go to use the special actions script to delete all thanks from a user, it will say it deleted all the thanks but it will only delete 1. So if someone boosted to get 200 thanks...we have to do that 200 times to get rid of all the thanks.

I am having this same problem. Any updates on a fix?

[Fifthe1ement]

Others have mentioned this not working in Firefox but why does no one ever get back to them. Someone please help me out? On my site it works in IE7 but not in FF.

Thanks,

FifthE1ement

[KinG__________]

Originally Posted by GearTripper

read a couple posts above yours...


you need this one... post thanks 6 3 vb3 6 8.zip

Yea bro Now I Install Is , But Now The Prob Is Thanks Button Is Not Visible , I upload every thing In FTP , I Upload the thanks button In every style /buttons/ << here ... But The thanks Button not visible :erm:

[BeyondMedieval]

I have some problem with the thank you hack
works well but i do get the

Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

shows up twice on post..any idea why this??

[Fifthe1ement]

Yeah it seems to only work in IE but firefox so it is probably related to King's problem also. Why won't the dev respond?

[andreamarucci]

Do you think that this mod could also be used to say "Happy Birthday" instead of thanks? I ask this since on my forum every birthday there a flood of messages saying "Happy birthday" so I'm thinking about using this mod to say this instead of just thanks.

What kind of modifications I've to do?

[slyreptile]

How can I turn off/prevent the number of thanks being given by a user from showing in their postbit? I don't want users to see how often someone gives thanks. Can this be added as a feature?

[Fifthe1ement]

Ok now I feel like a schmuck. If you have installed this mod and are unable to see the "Thank You" button while using either FireFox or Internet Explorer you need simply empty your file cache. The problem lies mainly with FireFox as it is the only browser to come with default settings that doesn't update sites on the fly. To fix the button not appearing simply clear your private data (cache) by going to Tools, Clear Private Data, clear everything, restart the browser, and go back to the site you want.

I hope this can help people that had the same issue as I did. You wouldn't believe how many of my forum members were unable to see the thank you hack that were using FireFox, ALL OF THEM! All IE7 users had no issues and neither did Opera users. I'm not here to dispute browser differences but rather provide a quick fix for those in need.

Enjoy,

FifthE1ement

[ff-w]

Originally Posted by KinG__________

But Now The Prob Is Thanks Button Is Not Visible , I upload every thing In FTP , I Upload the thanks button In every style /buttons/ << here ... But The thanks Button not visible :erm:

same here, i see the 0 thanks and 0 recieved so i guess i did the postbit stuff correctly, but the thanks button or even the word thanks is not there.

cleared the cache in firefox, checked the site with IE to be sure.

uploaded the files to the specified areas, edited the global php. made sure ajax is turned on in the admincp

any ideas?

thanks

[Fifthe1ement]

Originally Posted by ff-w

same here, i see the 0 thanks and 0 recieved so i guess i did the postbit stuff correctly, but the thanks button or even the word thanks is not there.

cleared the cache in firefox, checked the site with IE to be sure.

uploaded the files to the specified areas, edited the global php. made sure ajax is turned on in the admincp

any ideas?

thanks

Have you manually edited and checked your style files for integration? See included style doc in the install archive. I'll try to help you more if I can since the creator is never going to.

Fifth