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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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 ***

[michal72]

Originally Posted by zeus_r6

According to this thread on vb.com:

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...t=search+table

it says there is no search table in vb4...what can I do about this since the problem didn't arise until I upgraded to vb4?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1534

[zeus_r6]

Originally Posted by michal72

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1534

Thank you very much! Uploaded the new version of post_thanks.php and waiting to see if I get anymore database errors

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by zeus_r6

According to this thread on vb.com:

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...t=search+table

it says there is no search table in vb4...what can I do about this since the problem didn't arise until I upgraded to vb4?

sorry was thinking of another plugin the post above should help

[MalluParadise]

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

sorry was thinking of another plugin the post above should help

i read the entire thread and it's just making me confuse so sum one tell me it's work in vb 4.1.7 or not ?

[LLent]

works for me just fine on 4.1.7 i have it on my main site and test site ....i would start with clean install as it was suggested....

[pfdc]

I tried but it doesn't install on the 4.1.7

The following dependencies were not met:

This product is not compatible with version 4.1.7 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 4.0.0 beta 4 / Incompatible with 4.1.0 alpha 1 and greater)

[ssoc]

Originally Posted by LLent

works for me just fine on 4.1.7 i have it on my main site and test site ....i would start with clean install as it was suggested....

Originally Posted by pfdc

I tried but it doesn't install on the 4.1.7

The following dependencies were not met:

This product is not compatible with version 4.1.7 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 4.0.0 beta 4 / Incompatible with 4.1.0 alpha 1 and greater)

Same here, I got this message too when I tried to install on 4.1.7 (fresh install). Can anyone shed any light on this?

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by pfdc

I tried but it doesn't install on the 4.1.7

The following dependencies were not met:

This product is not compatible with version 4.1.7 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 4.0.0 beta 4 / Incompatible with 4.1.0 alpha 1 and greater)

Originally Posted by ssoc

Same here, I got this message too when I tried to install on 4.1.7 (fresh install). Can anyone shed any light on this?

link on my sig for latest

[pfdc]

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

link on my sig for latest

sorry this is what I got when I tried installing the one from your signature:

XML Error: Not well-formed (invalid token) at Line 1

[LLent]

Originally Posted by ssoc

Same here, I got this message too when I tried to install on 4.1.7 (fresh install). Can anyone shed any light on this?

<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="4.0.0 beta 4" maxversion="4.1.0 alpha 1" />



go into the xml and look for this line .......change maxversion number the text that is red to 4.2.0 and it should upload fine for you