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Original file removed, replaced with patched files including search fix (some admins noticed hackers attempting to use outdated code to exploit search in attempt to gain administrator password or similar).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.

NOTE: *** Offer for paid services removed ***

[S4RFamily]

Upgraded but...

[Verionia]

Upgraded to latest but in user postbit on threads page # of Thanks or thanks given doesnt show!!!

[garretbyrne]

Originally Posted by S4RFamily

Upgraded but...

Hey if you go into AdminCP and look for Post Thanks run all four counters that should do it for you.. Didn't for me but I made the mistake of removing it ages ago by mistake..

Hold on is there a way of getting the old count back in anyway??

I've found another sql with the old count how do i just import that ?? Cheers
[EDIT] I added them in manually... not the same but at least the counts there.. I didn't do it for everyone only the main people...

[S4RFamily]

Originally Posted by garretbyrne

Hey if you go into AdminCP and look for Post Thanks run all four counters that should do it for you.. Didn't for me but I made the mistake of removing it ages ago by mistake..

Hold on is there a way of getting the old count back in anyway??

I've found another sql with the old count how do i just import that ?? Cheers
[EDIT] I added them in manually... not the same but at least the counts there.. I didn't do it for everyone only the main people...

Thanks but my problem is the "Thanked 0 times..." is not straight with the "Thanks:" above.

[SCSCSC]

Originally Posted by TandyServices

Hi, I'm having a problem with the postbit. When I install this hack, the first post has everything showing fine. But every post after that gets an extra thank you button and thank you count in the postbit. One adds on every new post. I've attached images to show what I mean. I can't use this mod if it is showing like this, so for now I had to uninstall.. Could you please help me with this? Thanks

same prblm with me

1 - there is no thanks button coming
2 - the first post showing Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts one time
in second post its showing Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts two times
and so on
3 - i dont have any BBR - Useful Links on Member Action Dropdown
4 - i am having Add Ignore User To Postbit Dropdown plugin so when i disabled it its working fine but still i cant see thanks button

[War.Frog]

I just installed the latest version (7.82) on my 4.0 Gold forum and the page refresh issue is still occurring. Any thoughts on how to get around this issue?

[sigh]

Originally Posted by War.Frog

I just installed the latest version (7.82) on my 4.0 Gold forum and the page refresh issue is still occurring. Any thoughts on how to get around this issue?

Same issue here - no improvement in the page refresh, even with updated JS.

I have noticed that this happens with Standard and Advanced URLs. With the Advanced, a ?p=1234 is added to the URL after the refresh, but that doesn't explain the refresh occurring in the first place.

[War.Frog]

Update - I'm actually wondering now if the page HAS stopped refreshing but is still jumping back to the top of the page. When I click a Thanks on the first post in a thread, the thanks appears without refresh. Down the page further, the page jumps to the top...perhaps making it look like it's refreshing?

Any way to stop the page from jumping back to the top?

[Sworm]

After this upgrade to the 7.82 the blog post are showed before the sended thanks! In the 7.81 this problem not there was!

I've downgrade to 7.81 and all restarted to work.

[Cmangum]

Thanks, first time I've got a thanks button to work