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.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by gembels

yes.. i do update from 0.5 to 0.6 and now i do 0.6 to 1.0.. but the phrase on admincp especially on Import do was lost the phrase..

Ok. So far i know it's a problem with the update. I need to find out if the fresh install also doesn't so the phrases. I'll check it out now.

[gembels]

and also.. check http://www.gembels.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?t=8 it was doesn't look every posting have thanks icon.. u really write like that this is the bugs or what.. thanks for the advanced

and after i update the the cyle database all phrase come lost .. sorry my english not well.. that will display like Posts/: 12/0 the phrase gone.. maybe that the problem exactly.. first i upgrade they have the phrase

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by gembels

and also.. check http://www.gembels.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?t=8 it was doesn't look every posting have thanks icon.. u really write like that this is the bugs or what.. thanks for the advanced

There is no bug. The only problem is the updater putting in the phrases that were changed. I will try to fix that asap. There is no problem with free installs.

I don't know what you mean by button not always showing. It wont show if it's your post.

[gembels]

yeah.. u can say that.. but the problem come to me.. take a look the attach image :ermm:

[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.

[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.