Show Thread Enhancements - [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

Post Thank You Hack

STAFF EDIT:
Note - The mod author has been unreachable for some time, but the vbulletin.org community has stepped up to provide a number of individual fixes over the years. ForceHSS, Hippy, and Seven Skins have all combined many of these fixes into product files.

ALL CREDIT STILL GOES TO ABE1 And this is still 'his' mod. Please still mark the mod as installed if you use any version of it.

That said so you don't need to apply a dozen + small fixes yourself you should consider downloading one of the updated packages below:

Hippy has one in this post.

AND / OR

ForceHSS has one in this post.

AND/OR

Seven Skins has one in this post.


- Original File Specs: post_thanks_7_82.zip (26.4 KB, 24844 downloads) - Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).
- There are five total patched versions available, some with and without the search fix - I've replaced the main file with the patched versions... please be sure to download and install the correct version, the main mod post contains links to additional information and patched files!
- If Abe1 returns he can request these packages be removed.


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.


Features:

• Uses vBulletin easy Product installer/updater/uninstaller
• Uses AJAX technology so your users don't have to refresh when they thank.
• Places an easy to use button next to the edit button
• Separate looks for postbit and postbit_legacy
• Places all Thanks into one small box
• Uses only ONE query every time you view a showthread page!
• Users can't thank twice
• Option to not allow users to 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 Thanks from a single post
• Users can remove their own Thanks
• Turn on and off hack totally
• 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
• Option to add to post count when someone clicks 'thanks'.
• Option to give a user who receives thanks reputation points.
• Ban Usergroups
• Ban Users
• Uses Phrases
• Cache Templates
• Guaranteed to be liked by ALL users on your forum!

Installation information on hack:

• Files edited: 0
• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 8
• Time to install: 1 minute max

Updates:


Version 7.80 (12/30/09):

• Release of this hack for vBulletin version 4.0

Version 7.81 (01/02/10):

• Fixed some install and uninstall database errors.
• Made styling for postbit legacy a little better.
• Fixed the "separator" issue.
• Javascript file updated.

Version 7.82 (01/03/10):

• Fixed info alignment issues in the postbit for custom edited phrases.

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[DFORMS]

OK, I was able to fix it oufff ; )

What do you think of this?
<vb:if condition="$post['reputation'] >= 0"><span style="color: #5f9837;"><b>{vb:raw post.reputation}</b></span></vb:if>
<vb:if condition="$post['reputation'] < 0"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><b>{vb:raw post.reputation}</b></span></vb:if>

I wanted to add green and red colors to the reputation numbers. Any better way to do this?

[thenetbox]

Thanks a lot! I was able to use https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1941 on 4.2 successfully.

Do you think it's good to stick with this mod? Or would it be wiser to switch to the other thank you mod?

[Hippy]

Originally Posted by thenetbox

Thanks a lot! I was able to use https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1941 on 4.2 successfully.

Do you think it's good to stick with this mod? Or would it be wiser to switch to the other thank you mod?

to each its own
test them and you will need to decide

[Sherrie]

Hello

I have just upgraded my 3.8 forum with 7.7 post thank you hack to the 4.2 suite. I disabled the hack before upgrading to 4.2 which I understand is what I am meant to do. But now I'm unsure of what I am actually meant to install to upgrade the hack to be compatible with 4.2 and with this thread being 200 posts long I am finding it all hard to follow...

Do I upgrade with the original v7.82 or do I use one of the ones by Hippy or ForceHSS linked in the staff edit above? or are none of these compatible for 4.2?

Thanks!

[ForceHSS]

Either in the staff edit will work for 4.2.0. It depends what one you want as you see if you click on both links you will see we have different versions with different options in each so it depends what you want

[Sherrie]

Thanks Force, I'm not really sure what the differences are. Basically, I just want to have my thanks button working again.

[ForceHSS]

well pick one try it out if not happy try another one
I find this one works very well

[Sherrie]

Thanks for your help Force

Will trying out different post thanks upgrades effect the thanks I already have. e.g. if I upgrade to one and then remove it to try out another, will it wipe out past thanks?

[ForceHSS]

Don't remove it just overwrite the files with a different version as long as it is the same thanks program same goes with the php files

[Sherrie]

Ironically, I would like to hit thanks and save spamming the thread but I can't do that so thanks, your suggestion works great and it was very easy to import past thanks. I have disabled the dislike button as I don't see anything good coming out of that one but everything else is great, and it fits into my style really well. Thanks Force