New Posting Features - [DBTech] Advanced Post Thanks / Like v3 (vB4) [AJAX]

What it is: Advanced Thanks/Like mod is designed to cut down on spam and increase useful content in your forum by using a peer encouragement system - users thank/like each others posts, which can give them access to attachements, post content etc, as well as encourage the thanked person to post more great content.

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Priority support & Product Demos available at: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/forum.php

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What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified by us whenever new updates are available.

* For security issues - vbulletin.org will contact all members who have installed a modification whenever a security issue is brought to their attention.

* Marking a modification as installed also helps us know how many people are using our work, giving us extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

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Importer from Abe's Thanks mod (vB3 / vB4) and vBSEO "Likes" now available in Lite version!


Major Features: Lite

Require a Button Click: Allows you to hide the content of a post, or hie an attachment, until the person clicks a button on the post.

Statistics: Shows the top 5 people for; Giving / Receiving button clicks.

Collapsable postbit stats: Shows how many button clicks a person has given, received etc in the postbit. Admins can determine what statistics can show in the postbit to control sizes etc. The postbit is also collapsable.

Admin Permissions: Control things such as who can click buttons, require button clicks, what shows in postbit, what options can run concurrently, per forum permisions etc.

Reputation: Add / Remove Reputation for each of your button clicks.

Notifications: Receive alerts when a member clicked on one of the buttons for one of your posts.

Import Thanks: Import script to import "thanks" from Abe's [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack on vBulletin.org. It will work with both vB3 and vB4 versions of this mod.

Import Likes: Import script to import "likes" from vBSEO.


Major Features: Pro

Infinite Buttons: Ability to create new buttons to press! No longer do you need to be limited by Thanks / Like / Dislike.

Auto Collapse Posts: Collapses a post so it doesnt show up by using a formulae for button clicks of your choosing.

User Postbit Config: Lets users decide what postbit stats they want to see.

Additional permissions: Un-click a button. Control how many stats show on the statistics page, set permissions per subforum.

Integrated Controls: You can now integrate the button clicking controls into the post footer, like many of you requested.

Buttons in First Post Only: This allows you to only make the first post thankable. If you forum is based around news, releases or anything similar this will allow your users to easily see the quality of the thread in question.

Button Click Anonymity: This feature will be extremely helpful to forums who like the idea of a "dislike" button, but don't like the drama it brings. Now you can set certain buttons to be anonymous - no one will see who clicked.

Post Colour Thresholds: Ever wanted an easy way for members to tell if a post is helpful or trash? Colour thresholds let you change the colour of posts depending on how many clicks of a button they receive. Members can now see at a glance whether or not a post is helpful, interesting or pointless.



Complete Feature List
Lite

• Front-End
  • Click buttons for posts (permissions and settings permitting)
  • Require button clicks to see content (whole post is hidden)
  • Require button clicks to see attachments
  • Top 5 Given / Received statistics for each button
  • Collapsible postbit statistics
  • (vB4) Forum Sidebar block for button feeds
  • Hottest Threads / Posts page showing most clicked posts and threads
  • Each button can be set as "Default" for Attachments and Content. When posting via Quick Reply, the default button(s) will be set as Required
  • The "thanks bar" in posts displays the number of users who has clicked each button, also for non-forum integration areas
• AdminCP
  • Control display order of buttons
  • Set permissions per usergroup to be able to click and require clicks of buttons
  • Per-category toggle of what buttons are enabled
  • Search interface to find clicks for a specific post
  • Maintenance options; Clean up clicks that are attached to deleted posts, Recalculate the Given / Received statistics, Rebuild Reputation
  • Manual postbit stats relocation
  • Hide APTL info from guests
  • Globally disable notifications for new clicks
  • Disable APTL integration with non-forum areas via vBulletin Options
  • Disable "Total click count" on the "thanks bar"
  • Notifications can be disabled on a per-button basis
  • Disable button text
• Integration
  • Social Groups
  • User Notes
  • Visitor Messaging
  • (vB4) [DBTech] DragonByte Gallery: Images
  • (vB4) [DBTech] DragonByte Reviews: Reviews
• (vB4) Forum Block
  • Tabbed interface to choose between "Recent" and "Top" button clicks
  • Ability to select from any of the available buttons and display the 5 recent clicks from that button
  • "Top" tab on the forum block, lists top clicks for the selected button
  • Control the timespan in which the "Top" period is calculated for
  • Deny usergroup access

Pro

• Front-End
  • "Entry List" page; a browseable list of all button clicks
  • Users can hide postbit items via the UserCP
  • Users can turn off notifications via the UserCP
  • Hottest Threads / Posts has a date range filter
• AdminCP
  • Create unlimited buttons to click
  • Ability to create Post Colour Thresholds to highlight posts in different colours
  • (vB4) Choose what portions of the postbit should be coloured via the post colour thresholds.
  • Minimum posts required to click a button
  • Per-usergroup setting to become immune to clicks of a button
  • Per-usergroup setting whether who clicked a button is displayed
  • Per-usergroup setting to allow disabling clicks of a specific button for a post
  • Per-usergroup setting to allow removing a click of a button
  • Limit button clicks per day
  • Per-forum ability to set each button to only display in the first post
  • Per-forum toggle of what buttons are enabled
  • Set more / less than 5 for the Given / Received statistics
  • Ability to auto-collapse posts using provided formula or input for your own using your custom buttons
  • Move the "Post Like / Thanks" cloud above / below posts, above / below signatures
  • Ability to delete entries found in the Search interface
  • Email notifications (can be disabled globally) on a per-button basis
  • Disable notifications on a per-button basis
  • Set a flood limit (in seconds) that serves as a delay between button clicks
  • Individual users now be excluded from using the mod
  • Turn off individual buttons' integration with non-forum areas
  • Turn off "Given" and "Received stats on a per-button basis
• Integration
  • Blog Entries
  • Blog Comments

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This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of pages generated by this mod which includes:

• 1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
• 1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

[jimnyc]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

If the page has stopped loading you can run the queries manually

alter table post add dbtech_thanks_cache mediumtext

alter table post add dbtech_thanks_disabledbuttons int(10) unsigned not null default '0'

alter table post add dbtech_thanks_requiredbuttons_content int(10) unsigned not null default '0'

alter table post add dbtech_thanks_requiredbuttons_attach int(10) unsigned not null default '0'

alter table thread add dbtech_thanks_disabledbuttons int(10) unsigned not null default '0'

alter table thread add dbtech_thanks_requiredbuttons_content int(10) unsigned not null default '0'

alter table thread add dbtech_thanks_requiredbuttons_attach int(10) unsigned not null default '0'

Remember to add your table prefix if you use it.


Fillip

The first 3 or so told me that they were already there, and then the rest ran successfully without issue. But I don't see it under manage products, nor anywhere to modify settings. What would be next if I ran these SQL queries manually?

[DragonByte Tech]

Attempt the installation again


Fillip

[jimnyc]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Attempt the installation again


Fillip

That did it, thanks much!!

[jimnyc]

When I click on the notifications, it brings me to the profile page - but they are listed as oldest first, and you must go to a few pages later to get to the latest clicks. Is there a way to reverse this, so current clicks are shown first?

Thanks!

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by jimnyc

When I click on the notifications, it brings me to the profile page - but they are listed as oldest first, and you must go to a few pages later to get to the latest clicks. Is there a way to reverse this, so current clicks are shown first?

Thanks!

Are you sure? There is absolutely nothing in the code that indicates oldest first, in fact it explicitly sorts by newest first. Out of the several thousand people that uses this mod, this is the first time anyone has reported this as well.


Fillip

[jimnyc]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Are you sure? There is absolutely nothing in the code that indicates oldest first, in fact it explicitly sorts by newest first. Out of the several thousand people that uses this mod, this is the first time anyone has reported this as well.


Fillip

Before I take a screenshot to show you - I must add that it is still running the importer as I write this, would that affect anything? But I'm gathering a screenshot to show you what I mean now.

[jimnyc]

Here's a shot of only the first page, but you can see the older date is on top:

http://i.imgur.com/Cvv8XsE.jpg

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by jimnyc

Before I take a screenshot to show you - I must add that it is still running the importer as I write this, would that affect anything? But I'm gathering a screenshot to show you what I mean now.

Yes, that will be the cause. The problem is that whatever system you are importing from ordered the entries in an incorrect way.

For performance reasons, this mod will order entries by entry ID, e.g. the order they were inserted in. If your system and/or database table did not insert entries in a chronological order, then the importer (and subsequently, the historical display) will import them in the same order.

This will not be an issue going forward.


Fillip

[jimnyc]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Yes, that will be the cause. The problem is that whatever system you are importing from ordered the entries in an incorrect way.

For performance reasons, this mod will order entries by entry ID, e.g. the order they were inserted in. If your system and/or database table did not insert entries in a chronological order, then the importer (and subsequently, the historical display) will import them in the same order.

This will not be an issue going forward.


Fillip

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I'm using the "Abes Thank you hack 7.85". Not sure if it did something improper now would I have a clue how to check anyway! LOL

Thanks for all of your help.

[IggyP]

hello,
im trying to figure out....is it possible to integrate this closer into vbcredits?

we want to make a custom button that can give points from one members account to anothers...

i thought it could be a button that charges say 10 pts to push, then a credits rule that if someone pushes that button on your post you get 10pts, but i dont see them in the list...

we have pro versions of both products installed btw...