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.
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:
Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
Warning: fetch_template() calls should be replaced by the vB_Template class. Template name: post_thanks_navbar_search in [path]/includes/functions.php on line 4337
Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in [path]/includes/class_bootstrap.php(1403) : eval()'d code on line 4
Is there a way to make the font smaller, and the depth of the Thanks block? The one for v4.x take up over double the space of the version of this hack I used on v3.7.
I don't know if the issue is with this script but is anyone running PHP 5.3.19 vB 3.8.7 PL3 and getting these error messages when you click thanks on a post
Quote:
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/eagl1/public_html/myaccount/includes/init.php on line 55
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/eagl1/public_html/myaccount/includes/init.php on line 107
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/eagl1/public_html/myaccount/includes/init.php on line 111
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/eagl1/public_html/myaccount/includes/init.php on line 119
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/eagl1/public_html/myaccount/includes/init.php on line 130
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/eagl1/public_html/myaccount/includes/init.php on line 134
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/eagl1/public_html/myaccount/includes/init.php on line 142
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/eagl1/public_html/myaccount/includes/init.php on line 211
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/eagl1/public_html/myaccount/includes/init.php on line 389
Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/eagl1/public_html/myaccount/includes/class_core.php on line 2552
Seems like the dev has not been here since 2010!
I am trying to fix some problems with the changed search tables, but I think I should switch to something else. Importing will be easy...