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)
Added securty token check for all thanks added. This will prevent a user from giving out a link or somehow making an image that will get him a lot of thanks.
Should have fixed some 'foreach()' errors.
Fixed Delete All of a Users Thanks bug
vBulletin 3.7.x compatible only
Version 7.6 (06/02/08):
FIX: Fixed Security Check for vb 3.7.1
Updated files: functions_post_thanks.php
Version 7.7 (07/28/08):
FIX: Fixed problem with giving thanks using Blazer (palmOS browser).
I got a problem and i hope you can help me fix it:
Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM vb_post_thanks AS post_thanks INNER JOIN vb_user AS user USING (userid) WHERE post_thanks.postid IN (0,15812,15816,15821,15824,15825,15831,15832,15838 ,15847,15849,15850,15855,15935,15968,16052,16055,1 6064,16469,16471) ORDER BY post_thanks.username ASC;
MySQL Error : SELECT command denied to user 'iwsgamin_iwsvb'@'localhost' for column 'userid' in table 'post_thanks'
Error Number : 1143
Kind regards,
Dutch_Boy.
I have made no changes to my site. This morning it was working fine, now I get the same error.
Were able to resolve this issue?
Warning: require_once([path]/includes/functions_post_thanks.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 1
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/beneamat/public_html/includes/functions_post_thanks.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/beneamat/public_html/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 1
this hack works with 3.8.4 install the hack then install My "Thank You Hack" Postbit Template ,Version: 1.00, by Boosted Panda. and it works great. but with my style the thanks button image is not all there. (just a box with a red cross and thanks in it.)
This means the button image is not in the right directory. Right-click on the red X and look at the Properties. It will show you the path and file name it is looking for. Place the fil in the correct spot, or create a button that matches your style with the correct filename and place in appropriate directory.
Would still like to find a way to have a post marked New once it has been thanked or to have the author of the post PM'd or otherwise notified when their post is thanked. Maybe a New Thanks notification with the rest of the options on the Notifications menu?
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08-24-2009, 11:03 PM
