Post Thank You Hack 1.10

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Post Thank You Hack 1.10

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 granted liking by ALL the members of your forum.

The hack has been tested VERY well, including 5 weeks of beta testing, but I'm only human I can't guaranty there are no problems.

There is a similar hack called 'Automatic Thank You Hack'. That hack only lets you thank the first post of a thread and not just any post. The options in this hack doesn't compare to my hack. It's also unsupportive and was release for an older version of vBulletin.

Features:

• Comes with easy installer/updater/uninstaller file
• Places an easy to use button next to the edit button
• Separate looks for postbit and postbit_legacy
• Places all Thank Yous into one small box
• [NEW]Uses only ONE query every time you view a showthread page!
• Users can't thank twice
• Users can't 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 Thank Yous from a single post
• Turn on and off hack
• 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
• [NEW]Option to add to post count when someone clicks 'thanks'.
• [NEW]Option to give a user who receives thanks reputation points.
• Ban Usergroups
• Ban Users
• Update Counters in ACP (found in 'Import & Maintenance')
• Uses Phrases
• Guaranteed to be liked by ALL users on your forum!

Installation information on hack:

• Files edited: 3
• Templates edited: 4
• New Phrases: 44 (installer installs them)
• New Templates: 2 (installer installs them)
• Queries: 15 excluding phase and template queries (installer installs it)
• Files to upload: 4
• Time to install: between 5-10 minutes

Updates:

Version 1.0 (12/28/04):

• Release

Version 1.01 (1/10/05):

• [FIX]Templates stay when you upgrade your forum

Version 1.02 (2/22/05):

• [NEW]Installer Has Installer for After You Upgrade Your Forum
• [NEW]Search for a users thanked posts
• [NEW]Search for all thanked posts

Version 1.03 (2/23/05):

• [FIX]Turn hack on for only first posts of threads now works

Version 1.10 (5/9/05):

• [FIX]Compatibility for vBulletin 3.0.7
• [FIX]Reduced the amount of queries need to run this hack every time you view a showthread page to only ONE query. No more 1 to 2 queries per post that comes up.
• [FIX]I cached the templates used to save 1 query.
• [NEW]Option to add to post count when someone clicks 'thanks'.
• [NEW]Option to give a user who receives thanks reputation points.

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
2. Showing post after 'thanks' (admin view)
3. Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
4. Stats in member?s profile
5. Hacks settings
6. Update counts view

I'll try to get some updated pictures up soon.

[gembels]

thanks.. i just uninstall it but do not change any uninstall instruction until done.. then i do install and now all done.. fixed.. thanks bro.. two thumbs up for u.. check installed !

greetz from gembels indonesian society

[Bison]

Originally Posted by Abe1

OK Guys. The updater has been fixed. Anyone who used the updater download the file again and upload the installer file. Run it and click 'update from 0.6 to 1.0. Don't do the file edit.

Very nice piece of work Abe1 ... thank you!

*** Installed ***

[TCB]

This mod is very thoughtfull... great work

I have just installed it and will check it this week.

[red_baron2000]

thank you for the update ..on my way to try this version cheers

[bubbasmurf]

I'm not getting the thanks button next to the edit button to show up, everything else is ok. I put the Button Image in my images/buttons folder.
I dont know what went wrong.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by bubbasmurf

I'm not getting the thanks button next to the edit button to show up, everything else is ok. I put the Button Image in my images/buttons folder.
I dont know what went wrong.

Did you do the file and template edits?

[VB-Fanatiker]

Great Hack! :classic: :classic:
I can't upgrade my Board because of thousend hacks. Will this work with vb 3.0 too? Somebody with 3.0 just done it?
Thanks!

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by VB-Fanatiker

Great Hack! :classic: :classic:
I can't upgrade my Board because of thousend hacks. Will this work with vb 3.0 too? Somebody with 3.0 just done it?
Thanks!

As far as I know there should be no problem. I didn't test it on it but the features are basic and should work on any 3.x.

[VB-Fanatiker]

Originally Posted by Abe1

As far as I know there should be no problem. I didn't test it on it but the features are basic and should work on any 3.x.

THANK YOU! I need this hack and I test it now. If it works I'll tell you.
Best regards of germany




EDIT: It works perfectly with vB 3.0

VB-Fanatiker clicks INSTALL

[bubbasmurf]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Did you do the file and template edits?

Yes did all the file and template edits, I will uninstall and try again to check everything.

[mindbuster]

Cool hack, though on my new upcoming forums it would have the opposite effect, it's a forum for a mmorpg game, with a hall of fame forum, so when someone ingame get's a good loot and make a thread about it, everyone go in and say "Gratz" to him, then he would click "Thanks" on all the "Gratz" replies, meaning all who said "Gratz" to him would get alot of "Thanks" ending up with alot of "Gratz" instead of "Thanks".

But, very usefull anyway, i can just make it as a "Gratz Hack" instead, and only have it in that one hall of fame forum, then the guy getting a good loot ingame would get alot of "Gratz" counts, standing out as a heavy looter, this would encourage ppl to post their loots in the hall of fame. :smoke:

On my TODO list :wink:

[mindbuster]

Ok, i downloaded the zip, but the instructions.txt doesnt say anything about which files needing editing :ermm:

[Slapp3r]

Thanks *clicks install*

[Slapp3r]

I cannot see the button how do i do file and template edits thanks for the help

[mindbuster]

Anyone got instructions on file/template edits ?