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

[broonzy]

Many thanks for your hack. I'm using the last version with vb3.8, and I have a question. I'd like to deactivate the TY stats in postbit and in memberinfo, so that you can't see how many times people are thanked and how many times they gave a thank.

Thanks.

[franzis]

I also have two questions.. the first is the same as bronnzy had asked.. how can i deactivate the TY in userinfo and postbit..

And my second question: is it possible to add some usergroups that can use the TY? and how can i add them? comma seperated, or semicolon?

thanks for your help..

LG Franzis

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by 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?

You can remove the info from the template.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by broonzy

Many thanks for your hack. I'm using the last version with vb3.8, and I have a question. I'd like to deactivate the TY stats in postbit and in memberinfo, so that you can't see how many times people are thanked and how many times they gave a thank.

Thanks.

blank out the post_thanks_postbit_info template. Replace the whole template with nothing.

[Abe1]

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

The button should show even if AJAX is off. This hack works fine if you dont have AJAX running. Can you test the hack on a default vb style?

[broonzy]

Originally Posted by Abe1

blank out the post_thanks_postbit_info template. Replace the whole template with nothing.

Thanks a lot Abe1. :up:

[Xplorer4x4]

We just moved server and for some reason when i click the thanks button it either takes me to a redirect page that says the error below in the top left corner, then has a redirect message like thanks for clicking the thank you button. I deleted the hide hack and thanks hack and reinstalled, now i get the error but below the thanked post and above the users who gave thanks box.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in public_html/forum/post_thanks.php(46) : eval()'d code on line 1

[no mods]

I have a problem with the thanks button in opera broswer, it only happens on my site, other site in opera work fine with this mod. I have 3.6.8 vbulletin.

Wehn I click the thankyoubutton is makes it so the page starts over. I checked a new skin install and samething, any ideas.

Pictures.

Before:
http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/6510/beforemk9.png

After:
http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/9941/afternt5.png

It works fine in other bwosers any clue as two why it does this, I have asked other people and they get the same problem on my forum in opera two.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by no mods

I have a problem with the thanks button in opera broswer, it only happens on my site, other site in opera work fine with this mod. I have 3.6.8 vbulletin.

Wehn I click the thankyoubutton is makes it so the page starts over. I checked a new skin install and samething, any ideas.

Pictures.

Before:
http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/6510/beforemk9.png

After:
http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/9941/afternt5.png

It works fine in other bwosers any clue as two why it does this, I have asked other people and they get the same problem on my forum in opera two.

Can it be you never uploaded the javascript file?

Originally Posted by Xplorer4x4

We just moved server and for some reason when i click the thanks button it either takes me to a redirect page that says the error below in the top left corner, then has a redirect message like thanks for clicking the thank you button. I deleted the hide hack and thanks hack and reinstalled, now i get the error but below the thanked post and above the users who gave thanks box.

I dont know what would be causing it. I would have to look at your ACP.

[no mods]

No ive reuploaded everything and reinstalled the xml, still same problem.