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.
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Pictures:
Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
wasn't i supposed to? I though before each upgrade all the plugins should be removed? :surprised:
You are NOT suppose to remove a product before installing an upgrade unless the deloper says specifically to do so. You loose all data you collected already.
is it possible for the 1st post content to remain hidden until a thank you is done by the user? i swear this is how the thank you hacked worked before but i cant see the option. (tired)
I had reported this bug before in the version for vB3.5.x but you didn't solve it.
The bug is: even I prevent Guests and Spiders (usergroupID = 1) from using the post thank you button (see this picture Attachment 54651), spiders (like google) press the post thank you button and get error messages (see this picture Attachment 54652)
When we look at the page source for guests we will see this code:
HTML Code:
<!-- Start Post Thank You Hack --><a href="showthread.php?do=post_thanks_add&p=40864" rel="nofollow" id="post_thanks_button_40864" onclick="post_thanks_give_40864(); return false;"></a><!-- End Post Thank You Hack -->
the link is still existing but the button photo isn't, google doesn't understand ajax features and procces them as if they were normal links.
I added the rel="nofollow" but google doesn't obey it.
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10-11-2006, 03:58 AM
