Show Thread Enhancements - [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

vB 3.7 version of this hack here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=165673
vB 4.0 version of this hack here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231666

Post Thank You Hack 7.4

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: (If installed on vb 3.7)

• Files edited: 0
• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 7
• Time to install: 1 minute max

Updates:

Version 7.0 (12/20/07):

• Release of this hack for vBulletin version 3.7
• This version works on all vBulletin versions from 3.6.0 and up

Version 7.1 (12/24/07):

• Fixed up the vb3.7 profile block code including fixing showing your info and not the member you are looking at.

Version 7.2 (01/24/08):

• Updated files: post_thanks.php, functions_post_thanks.php
• Updated templates: post_thanks_memberinfo_block, post_thanks_member_info
• New option: Remove User's Thanks Count When Deleting Post
• New phrase: post_thanks_search_user_gave
• FIX User reputation level now updates. (Thanks to liwo for this one.)
• NEW Added option to view all posts a user has thanked.
• FIX Fixed Special Action - Delete All of a Users Thanks
• FIX Should have fixed some 'foreach()' errors.

Version 7.3 (03/15/08):

• Updated file: functions_post_thanks.php
• Updated template: post_thanks_memberinfo_block
• Deleted template: post_thanks_memberinfo_css
• New option: Choice to use Markup Usernames or not. (Thanks to Namaless)
• New option: Ban User from Getting Thanks
• New option: Max Thanks a User can Give Per Day
• FIX Fixed repeating bug on vb 3.6.7 forums.
• CHANGE Changed where the post thanks info shows on the Profile Page. Moved to same box as statistics. (This will require a template edit if you are running vb3.7 beta 2-4)

Version 7.4 (03/21/08):

• FIX: Fixed Profile Stats for vb3.7.0 RC1 users.

Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.

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You will get an email when a new version is released.

Pictures:

1. Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
2. Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
3. Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
4. Stats in members profile and link
5. Link in Search drop down menu
6. Hacks settings

[yebordi]

Plz Help me ..
i want install this Post thanks
i amatur in vBulletin
i install vBulletin 3.6.10
i need post thanks and guide for install
plz help me plz !

[ktaylor]

Originally Posted by invitezone

anyone know this?

I need to do the same thing and I don't recall what i did last time (before i upgraded to 3.7). it was a template change somewhere.

[Mrdby]

can you view who thanked you?

[blogcrash]

I have a customized skin...

After 1 hour changing everything i don't see any button or the thank you information.
I see everything in the default vb template and if i vote i also see the box information below the thread in the costumized template...

But no button or info below user (nº of thanks and so on)

Can anyone Help Me please???
What code should i have and where please????

[invitezone]

you need to add the button gif into the relative folder for the custom skin.

[blogcrash]

Originally Posted by invitezone

you need to add the button gif into the relative folder for the custom skin.

I tried without success. The image was already in the skin folder
I'm used a very personalized skin (creativecreature) and the normal vb buttons are not in the same place as default template.
Maybe i need to put the code variables by hand in any place of my skin code

[toolblast]

Originally Posted by Ramsesx

Only one thing, sometimes there's an error: Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 183 and the thanks are not shown below the posts, seems to be only occur if a thread has more pages.

Has ANYONE fixed this problem? When you view a GARS article with multiple pages of replies it adds the template for the article 'preview' at the top of the threadbit that has a summary of the article and then a link to the first page.

HOWEVER, you get an error and the thankyou's don't show up. However, it works fine on the first page, just not on subsequent pages.

[toolblast]

Alright so I found a problem to the PHP error in GARS if you have multiple pages of replies.

Go into your /includes/functions_post_thanks.php file and find:

foreach ($thanks AS $thank)

Above that add:

if($thanks != null || $thanks != ""){

Then after the end of the function add a closing bracket (})

And you won't get the error anymore!

[amish_irish]

Does anyone else find it ironic that a mod that is supposed to cut down on replies has 138 pages of replies?

I tried to install by the way and my threads went completely blank.

[zombietom]

I have version 5.0 and it still works but would like to maybe upgrade, I don't know how to get my current verison to show up on more than one theme(Template), any one have some clues? Or anyone help me with the install, would like the groan hack as well.
thanks
blacktom@kih.net