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.

MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL!
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

[mmurtha]

Hi everyone,

If I wanted to change the "Thanks" to something else, what phases would I enter in the search Phrases section to change these stats where the user info is in each post?

Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

Also, is there anything else I need to change besides the button?

Thanks!

Punn intended.


Mary

[leftie]

I have version 5.3 installed on vb 3.6.5. I have just installed a new style and edited the templates as per instructions, everything is in the postbit but i can't get anything to show in the posts: ie thanked by etc. I don't have the xml for 5.3 to try and force things to the new style.... will overwriting with the v7.3 xml break anything.
Help please.

[RobbieZ]

Originally Posted by beejeebers

Where are the thank you stats accessed? (if that function exists)


I'm running a thank you contest and want to show the top people being thanked...

Go into AdminCP>Vbulletin Options>Cyb Forum Statistics

Now goto Status Management 1st Row or 2nd Row and click so it shows Top Thanked

Originally Posted by mmurtha

Hi everyone,

If I wanted to change the "Thanks" to something else, what phases would I enter in the search Phrases section to change these stats where the user info is in each post?

Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

Also, is there anything else I need to change besides the button?

Thanks!

Pin intended.


Mary

Open your XML document in an editor program and look around line 341 you should see phrasename.

Now you need to change all occurrences of "Thanked" and "thanks" to whatever you need to change it to.

There are quite a few of them. Be very careful you dont change any of these : post_thanks_thanked_posts as this will make the code stop working.

Re-Install your XML and overwrite.

Any problems PM me and i'll see if i can help you out.

[Mrdby]

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 183

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 183

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 183

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 183

[RobbieZ]

Originally Posted by Mrdby

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 183

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 183

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 183

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/functions_post_thanks.php on line 183

You are using the wrong version for your VB.

Uninstall and use this version:

[AJAX] Post Thank You 3.8

[Mrdby]

Originally Posted by RobbieZ

You are using the wrong version for your VB.

Uninstall and use this version:

[AJAX] Post Thank You 3.8

don't they have problems with this?

[turgay]

Hello,
i don't want to show the username who thanked. it's okay for me when the plugins shows only "A User thanked". how can i handle this?

thanks

[VHLinks]

Great hack. I have a question. How hard do you think it would be to force people to click "thanks" before they could download an attachment file from that particular thread. Is it something that would be possible somehow? I don't mind trying to figure it out myself, just a point in the right direction of whether it would doable.

Thanks!

[mmurtha]

Originally Posted by RobbieZ

Go into AdminCP>Vbulletin Options>Cyb Forum Statistics

Now goto Status Management 1st Row or 2nd Row and click so it shows Top Thanked



Open your XML document in an editor program and look around line 341 you should see phrasename.

Now you need to change all occurrences of "Thanked" and "thanks" to whatever you need to change it to.

There are quite a few of them. Be very careful you dont change any of these : post_thanks_thanked_posts as this will make the code stop working.

Re-Install your XML and overwrite.

Any problems PM me and i'll see if i can help you out.

Hey Robbie,

You're a man among men! Thanks a bunch for the help!

Mary

[leftie]

Originally Posted by leftie

I have version 5.3 installed on vb 3.6.5. I have just installed a new style and edited the templates as per instructions, everything is in the postbit but i can't get anything to show in the posts: ie thanked by etc. I don't have the xml for 5.3 to try and force things to the new style.... will overwriting with the v7.3 xml break anything.
Help please.

Great hack.. but can you please mark it as unsupported.