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.

[datainternet]

Hi,

First of all: This is really a great hack.

I have only a small (template) problem and I hope you can help me.

I attached 2 screenshots so you can better see how the situation is.



This is the situation when a user thanked a Post of another user in the thread.



This is the situation when a user thanked a Post of another user in the end of the thread. This is the last post.

You see there is missing a border-line.

I have no idea how to solve this problem. Hope you have more ideas.


It would be really great when you could help me with this little problem and so make the hack perfect for me .

MFG datainternet

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by datainternet

Hi,

First of all: This is really a great hack.

I have only a small (template) problem and I hope you can help me.

I attached 2 screenshots so you can better see how the situation is.



This is the situation when a user thanked a Post of another user in the thread.



This is the situation when a user thanked a Post of another user in the end of the thread. This is the last post.

You see there is missing a border-line.

I have no idea how to solve this problem. Hope you have more ideas.


It would be really great when you could help me with this little problem and so make the hack perfect for me .

MFG datainternet

Nothing to do with me. It seems to be a vB problem with legacy. Go look, if you dont have any thanks on the bottom, there is still something connected that shouldn't be.

[eXtremeTim]

Good to see this new version out. I will see about upgrading tonight.

[TTG]

Upgraded with no problems on 3.0.6 .. great hack

[Watson]

I still get no options whatsoever, done a fresh install on this, and my Admin options are empty

[mgurain]

Hello Abe1 ,,

Very nice hack !! I am interested in installation, but before that I would like to know :

1. What vb files will be changed by the hack ? because I am always saving a backup copy of the files which I depend on to do any modification required by a hack,

and by installing your hack without knowing the changed files I will loose consistency of my files !!

2. I need a psd of thanks button to change the text to my language

thanks in advance,,

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Watson

I still get no options whatsoever, done a fresh install on this, and my Admin options are empty

Sorry, I've got no clue. I'd have to see your database.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by mgurain

Hello Abe1 ,,

Very nice hack !! I am interested in installation, but before that I would like to know :

1. What vb files will be changed by the hack ? because I am always saving a backup copy of the files which I depend on to do any modification required by a hack,

and by installing your hack without knowing the changed files I will loose consistency of my files !!

2. I need a psd of thanks button to change the text to my language

thanks in advance,,

1) My installer doesn't actully change the files. You have to do it but it lets you know what to do. Anyways, the files are:
showthread.php
admincp/index.php
includes/functions_showthread.php

2) Sorry, I dont have one.

[mgurain]

thanks for your clarification.
I asked the question because I installed a hack that did change a file without me knowing, so I am now carefull of installers

I managed to create my own image,,

thanks,,

[mgurain]

hello,,
I installed the hack but errors occured when using it !
knowing that I am already installing (Yet Another Award System) if it causes the error as somebody said !

Every thing is ok even the thanks comes and my click on it counted, but :
when I click on it this error message appears :

There seems to have been a slight problem with the منتدى شبكة الجارودية الثقافية database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.7:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE user
SET reputation = + reputation
WHERE userid = 1

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '+ reputation
WHERE userid = 1' at line 2

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Tuesday 10th of May 2005 10:28:46 AM
Script: http://forum.aljarodiah.net/post_tha...thanks&p=79030
Referer: http://forum.aljarodiah.net/showthread.php?t=7019
Username: خادم لأهل البيت
IP Address: 212.138.47.21

any help please,,