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:
Showing the 'thanks' button
Showing post after 'thanks' (admin view)
Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
Stats in member?s profile
Hacks settings
Update counts view
I'll try to get some updated pictures up soon.
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getting this error when i click on the thanks button everything goes thru and shows properly, but as it says thankl you for saying thanks, it shows the below error...other than that, that is the only problem...dont know why or how...i have added maybe 2 other hacks which would be the welcome panel hack and the who visited today (24 hour option) hack...if you can help thank you...if not im lookin more into it now!
Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in /global.php on line 329
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions.php on line 2290
yes sir i did...and thank you for the reply and the support...i really love this hack but i disabled fo rthe time being because of the erros...but yes, i did dload the latest version and reinstalled and i know i did it right....i check and dbl checked, and triple checked then quadruple checked...lol....just cant figure out this lil error...
How do I upgrade from 1.0? What's the best (safest method)?
thx in advance
you should be able to dload the latest version and then add the install file to your admincp and run that bad boy, within that you should see where it says "upgrade to1.x"...hope that helps...in other words...its all in the new installer file!
How do I upgrade from 1.0? What's the best (safest method)?
thx in advance
I think the best would be to run the update for each one at a time. Here are the versions you missed. Just upload the install file and run it. Then do it to the next version. and finaly to the last version.
getting this error when i click on the thanks button everything goes thru and shows properly, but as it says thankl you for saying thanks, it shows the below error...other than that, that is the only problem...dont know why or how...i have added maybe 2 other hacks which would be the welcome panel hack and the who visited today (24 hour option) hack...if you can help thank you...if not im lookin more into it now!
Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in /global.php on line 329
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions.php on line 2290
Yep.. me too.. getting the same error here as well.. please fix it please..
The search feature doesnt work in this hack? Or for me at least. Everytime I thank someone, then go back to view all my thanked posts from my user profile, it says
"Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms"
The search feature doesnt work in this hack? Or for me at least. Everytime I thank someone, then go back to view all my thanked posts from my user profile, it says
"Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms"
Any ideas?
I rebuilt all the counters and it still does it
"View all thanked posts" to is see what posts you GOT thanked in. NOT which posts YOU thanked people.
It's bacily there because users wanted to see where they were thanked.
You want a feature to see were YOU thanked? Ask me for it. I'm just about to come out with the vb3.5 upgrade and if you want this feature in, let me know.
getting this error when i click on the thanks button everything goes thru and shows properly, but as it says thankl you for saying thanks, it shows the below error...other than that, that is the only problem...dont know why or how...i have added maybe 2 other hacks which would be the welcome panel hack and the who visited today (24 hour option) hack...if you can help thank you...if not im lookin more into it now!
Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in /global.php on line 329
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions.php on line 2290
any ideas Abe1?...glad i'm no tthe only one gettin this error...
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06-30-2005, 04:02 PM
