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.
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:
Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
Installed after about 2 hours but I LOVE IT! Everything up and running. Matter of fact on my RW site I didn't do the install and it seems to jump to the top of the thread each time you click on it. But at the SNC that I just did it is working really smooth Thanks again!
For those who couldnt have it show up. I fixed mine.
Here is the thing.
on some templates the mod doesnt automatically work.
you gotta go and follow the instruction that comes with the Template Edits for Custom Styles.txt file. and follow what it says.
for me MEMBERINFO and NAVBAR was already edited but not postbit_legacy and postbit. so i did those manually and its working now.
Dagoor - thank you so much for your help!! I wasn't even aware there was a folder in there for those purposes. Course, I wasn't aware that I had template updates on my board either - so that shows my lack of knowledge about the vb boards!!
Just got a database error sent to my email, I believe this mod caused it
Quote:
Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:
Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM vb3_post_thanks WHERE postid IN () ORDER BY username ASC;
MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') ORDER BY username ASC' at line 1
Error Number : 1064
Date : Wednesday, October 10th 2007 @ 09:41:09 AM
Script : http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/po...ks_remove_user
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10-06-2007, 09:04 PM
it is working really smooth Thanks again!
