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.

[hypnoticpimp]

hey !Man that uninstaller gave me errror! everytime i click on my forum. I get this error

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/nittoinf/public_html/forums/includes/functions_showthread.php(1575) : eval()'d code
Line: 259

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by hypnoticpimp

hey !Man that uninstaller gave me errror! everytime i click on my forum. I get this error

Did you undo the file edits?

[hypnoticpimp]

yes i did!, even reuploaded my original functions_Showthread! File. before i did the edit. and i still get that error

[hypnoticpimp]

I get this error. Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/nittoinf/public_html/forums/includes/functions_showthread.php(793) : eval()'d code on line 259! at the top!

i even searched on google. and on another forum it said. to try to add a .htaccess file on that directory. and on the .htaccess file. to put this
PHP_FLAG output_buffering on .. So i did that. and i no longer get the error "Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/nittoinf/public_html/forums/includes/functions_showthread.php(1575) : eval()'d code
Line: 259" But when i click on a topic! I dont see the Message ! but i still get the error

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/nittoinf/public_html/forums/includes/functions_showthread.php(793) : eval()'d code on line 259! at the top!


My forum is www.NittoLive.info/forums see for your self! please help man my vbulletin version is 3.0.9

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by hypnoticpimp

I get this error. Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/nittoinf/public_html/forums/includes/functions_showthread.php(793) : eval()'d code on line 259! at the top!

i even searched on google. and on another forum it said. to try to add a .htaccess file on that directory. and on the .htaccess file. to put this
PHP_FLAG output_buffering on .. So i did that. and i no longer get the error "Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/nittoinf/public_html/forums/includes/functions_showthread.php(1575) : eval()'d code
Line: 259" But when i click on a topic! I dont see the Message ! but i still get the error

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/nittoinf/public_html/forums/includes/functions_showthread.php(793) : eval()'d code on line 259! at the top!


My forum is www.NittoLive.info/forums see for your self! please help man my vbulletin version is 3.0.9

You still have the error? I dont see anything now.

[qhle]

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.9:

Invalid SQL: INSERT INTO phrase (phraseid, languageid, varname, text, phrasetypeid) VALUES (NULL, '0', 'post_thanks_update_post_thanks_counters', 'Post Thank You Counters', '2')
mysql error: Duplicate entry 'post_thanks_update_post_thanks_counters-0-2' for key 2

mysql error number: 1062

I have this error message. I use VBB 3.07 with this hack but when i upgrade to 3.09, this mod disappear. I reinstall and take that message.
Anyone know this problem, pls help me

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by qhle

I have this error message. I use VBB 3.07 with this hack but when i upgrade to 3.09, this mod disappear. I reinstall and take that message.
Anyone know this problem, pls help me

You have to click "Insatll Templates". Dont run the whole installer.

[emtee]

I have 1 question: When you click "Thank you", does it count as a reply ? Because if counts as a reply, it's exactly what I'm looking for! I'm using the infamous HIDE hack and if this hack works with the HIDE hack, it will clear A LOT of "Thank yous" posts.

If it doesn't count as a reply, can you make it so it will count as a reply ? I'll look into the codes of this hack AND the HIDE hack, see if I can made the modification myself. It should be pretty simple.

Thank you for sharing your hack!

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by emtee

I have 1 question: When you click "Thank you", does it count as a reply ? Because if counts as a reply, it's exactly what I'm looking for! I'm using the infamous HIDE hack and if this hack works with the HIDE hack, it will clear A LOT of "Thank yous" posts.

If it doesn't count as a reply, can you make it so it will count as a reply ? I'll look into the codes of this hack AND the HIDE hack, see if I can made the modification myself. It should be pretty simple.

Thank you for sharing your hack!

I did this for someone once. Look around at the mod requests and contact the user.

[emtee]

After hours of digging through the modification request, I still couldn't find the post you mentioned. Is there anyway you can direct me to that post ? Thanks.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by emtee

After hours of digging through the modification request, I still couldn't find the post you mentioned. Is there anyway you can direct me to that post ? Thanks.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=83097 (BTW, I didn't take money like he offered)

[emtee]

Thanks a lot Abe1. I sent him a PM. Is there any chance you still have that thank you + hide hack around, in case the person I contacted was away for some time?

Now I'm going to analyze this Thank you hack with the Hide hack and try to make the mod myself. Thanks for your outstanding support!

MT

[qhle]

Originally Posted by Abe1

You have to click "Insatll Templates". Dont run the whole installer.

I tried but nothing happened
I manually edit template but thanks button can't show. How to show this button frd??
Tks vm

[qhle]

Now problem seem to be solved.
But after i click on thanks button, this button hide and who thank this post can't display.
Tks vm

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by qhle

Now problem seem to be solved.
But after i click on thanks button, this button hide and who thank this post can't display.
Tks vm

You didn't do the other template edit then. Please read the manual carfully.