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)
I have seen a forum where the people who have done the thanking, are hidden. Instead it shows only the number of thanks the post has received. To view WHO has done the thanking (and when) you must click "show me".
I find this looks alot neater when lots of people thank the same post. See linked screenshot.
Was this in reply to my question? If so, then I don't think it has quite answered it, as I was after a way to make this hack NOT REVEAL the names of the thankers automatically, but instead requires the viewer to click "reveal" after the line "The following users found this post useful:". Then once you have clicked "reveal" the names and dates of the contributing thankers appears. Please see the image I have linked to above for an example of where I have seen this.
ALSO: Is there a way to bring the THANKS list just a few lines closer to the bottom of the post that it refers to, at the moment it is hard to distinguish whether it refers to the bost below or the post above because of the proximity to both.
No, it was not a reply to your question. My request is stopping background script execution when you hide post_thanks to the guests via template conditionals.
Btw, it'd be nice to be added "collapse thanks" feature as you mentioned.
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12-26-2006, 03:26 AM
