Show Thread Enhancements - [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

Post Thank You Hack

STAFF EDIT:
Note - The mod author has been unreachable for some time, but the vbulletin.org community has stepped up to provide a number of individual fixes over the years. ForceHSS, Hippy, and Seven Skins have all combined many of these fixes into product files.

ALL CREDIT STILL GOES TO ABE1 And this is still 'his' mod. Please still mark the mod as installed if you use any version of it.

That said so you don't need to apply a dozen + small fixes yourself you should consider downloading one of the updated packages below:

Hippy has one in this post.

AND / OR

ForceHSS has one in this post.

AND/OR

Seven Skins has one in this post.


- Original File Specs: post_thanks_7_82.zip (26.4 KB, 24844 downloads) - Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).
- There are five total patched versions available, some with and without the search fix - I've replaced the main file with the patched versions... please be sure to download and install the correct version, the main mod post contains links to additional information and patched files!
- If Abe1 returns he can request these packages be removed.


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:

• Files edited: 0
• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 8
• Time to install: 1 minute max

Updates:


Version 7.80 (12/30/09):

• Release of this hack for vBulletin version 4.0

Version 7.81 (01/02/10):

• Fixed some install and uninstall database errors.
• Made styling for postbit legacy a little better.
• Fixed the "separator" issue.
• Javascript file updated.

Version 7.82 (01/03/10):

• Fixed info alignment issues in the postbit for custom edited phrases.

NOTE: *** Offer for paid services removed ***

[Hippy]

this is the working version..https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1731
no need for a update.. it work flawlessly if it will not install just open up the xml file and edit the line posted here in this thread

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1741


anyone can post add on for this mod .. they just can use his code..
not that it needs to be recoded anyway..

working on vb4.1.5 pl1 with out 1 issues in every style

[sadiq6210]

Originally Posted by raicars

Product update
Find all thanked posts by User
Find all posts thanked by User
Fix temp:
post_thanks_postbit_info
post_thanks_javascript template

Fix version

After update I cannot see (Remove all thanks)

There is only (remove your thank)

[Hippy]

link me or send me a pm..of your site

[addamroy]

Originally Posted by Hippy

this is the working version..https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1731
no need for a update.. it work flawlessly if it will not install just open up the xml file and edit the line posted here in this thread

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1741


anyone can post add on for this mod .. they just can use his code..
not that it needs to be recoded anyway..

working on vb4.1.5 pl1 with out 1 issues in every style

Will my existing thanked posts and everything else that's involved with the first post/thanks hack be lost if I upload the new version? How do I ensure I don't lose any existing thanks data when I upload the new version?

[Hippy]

unfortunately you must of un-installed before updating .. never un-install a mod if your updating it
I been running this mod since the day it came out and never lost 1 single post thank
when updating.

besure close your board, back up your DB before doing any update just in case something goes bad first..

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by addamroy

Will my existing thanked posts and everything else that's involved with the first post/thanks hack be lost if I upload the new version? How do I ensure I don't lose any existing thanks data when I upload the new version?

Just check "Allow Overwrite" when you import the product XML file and you won't lose anything.

[Videx]

I installed the version at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1546 this morning and got nothing but "500 Internal Server Error" when the icon was clicked.

The solution seems to have been changing permissions on forum/post_thanks.php to 644.

Odd how I seem to be the first person in some 35 pages to get this problem.

[Hippy]

funny default upload to a web server via ftp should set those permissions default..
might be server configuration..
but I assume you got it working ..
thats what counts..

[Videx]

Originally Posted by Hippy

funny default upload to a web server via ftp should set those permissions default..

Really? Should I bug my host to set this to a recommended value for vbulletin addons?

[Hippy]

you can question them on the matter..

folders should be default at 755 and files should be 644...

so I would contact them and ask why the files are getting set to different permissions..
by the way what was it set to when you uploaded it ..?