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)
Added securty token check for all thanks added. This will prevent a user from giving out a link or somehow making an image that will get him a lot of thanks.
Should have fixed some 'foreach()' errors.
Fixed Delete All of a Users Thanks bug
vBulletin 3.7.x compatible only
Version 7.6 (06/02/08):
FIX: Fixed Security Check for vb 3.7.1
Updated files: functions_post_thanks.php
Version 7.7 (07/28/08):
FIX: Fixed problem with giving thanks using Blazer (palmOS browser).
Today I clicked on Special Actions, input the user Id to remove that users thanks given, and got a database error.
Code:
Delete All of a Users Thanks
Processing: 146730
Processing: 178531
Processing: 188653
Processing: 188727
Processing: 196744
Processing: 200387
Processing: 203025
Processing: 208571
Database error The Gamerz Needs - For All Your Gaming Needs! database has encountered a problem. Please try the following:
Load the page again by clicking the Refresh button in your web browser.
The www.gamerzneeds.net forum technical staff have been notified of the error, though you may contact them if the problem persists.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:
Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM vb3_post_thanks AS post_thanks INNER JOIN vb3_user AS user USING (userid) WHERE post_thanks.postid IN () ORDER BY post_thanks.username ASC;
MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') ORDER BY post_thanks.username ASC' at line 1
Error Number : 1064
Date : Wednesday, April 23rd 2008 @ 05:17:30 AM
Script : http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/ad...l_users_thanks
Referrer : http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/ad...pecial_actions
Classname : vB_Database
Today I clicked on Special Actions, input the user Id to remove that users thanks given, and got a database error.
Code:
Delete All of a Users Thanks
Processing: 146730
Processing: 178531
Processing: 188653
Processing: 188727
Processing: 196744
Processing: 200387
Processing: 203025
Processing: 208571
Database error The Gamerz Needs - For All Your Gaming Needs! database has encountered a problem. Please try the following:
Load the page again by clicking the Refresh button in your web browser.
The www.gamerzneeds.net forum technical staff have been notified of the error, though you may contact them if the problem persists.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:
Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM vb3_post_thanks AS post_thanks INNER JOIN vb3_user AS user USING (userid) WHERE post_thanks.postid IN () ORDER BY post_thanks.username ASC;
MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') ORDER BY post_thanks.username ASC' at line 1
Error Number : 1064
Date : Wednesday, April 23rd 2008 @ 05:17:30 AM
Script : http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/ad...l_users_thanks
Referrer : http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/ad...pecial_actions
Classname : vB_Database