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Post Thank You Hack 1.10 · **Released**: 12-27-2004

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Post Thank You Hack 1.10

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 granted liking by ALL the members of your forum.

The hack has been tested VERY well, including 5 weeks of beta testing, but I'm only human I can't guaranty there are no problems.

There is a similar hack called 'Automatic Thank You Hack'. That hack only lets you thank the first post of a thread and not just any post. The options in this hack doesn't compare to my hack. It's also unsupportive and was release for an older version of vBulletin.

Features:

Comes with easy installer/updater/uninstaller file
Places an easy to use button next to the edit button
Separate looks for postbit and postbit_legacy
Places all Thank Yous into one small box
[NEW]Uses only ONE query every time you view a showthread page!
Users can't thank twice
Users can't 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 Thank Yous from a single post
Turn on and off hack
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
[NEW]Option to add to post count when someone clicks 'thanks'.
[NEW]Option to give a user who receives thanks reputation points.
Ban Usergroups
Ban Users
Update Counters in ACP (found in 'Import & Maintenance')
Uses Phrases
Guaranteed to be liked by ALL users on your forum!

Installation information on hack:

Files edited: 3
Templates edited: 4
New Phrases: 44 (installer installs them)
New Templates: 2 (installer installs them)
Queries: 15 excluding phase and template queries (installer installs it)
Files to upload: 4
Time to install: between 5-10 minutes

Updates:

Version 1.0 (12/28/04):

Release

Version 1.01 (1/10/05):

[FIX]Templates stay when you upgrade your forum

Version 1.02 (2/22/05):

[NEW]Installer Has Installer for After You Upgrade Your Forum
[NEW]Search for a users thanked posts
[NEW]Search for all thanked posts

Version 1.03 (2/23/05):

[FIX]Turn hack on for only first posts of threads now works

Version 1.10 (5/9/05):

[FIX]Compatibility for vBulletin 3.0.7
[FIX]Reduced the amount of queries need to run this hack every time you view a showthread page to only ONE query. No more 1 to 2 queries per post that comes up.
[FIX]I cached the templates used to save 1 query.
[NEW]Option to add to post count when someone clicks 'thanks'.
[NEW]Option to give a user who receives thanks reputation points.

Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.

MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL!
You will get an email when a new version is released.

Pictures:

Showing the 'thanks' button
Showing post after 'thanks' (admin view)
Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
Stats in member?s profile
Hacks settings
Update counts view

I'll try to get some updated pictures up soon.

Eternal2u · #62 02-21-2005, 12:44 PM

not getting any errors..

seems as tho i don't have the admin control over this mod, but i have the thank you edited intot he template and working fine in all forums..but i only want it for one section..

just the admin part is not working..it shows the post thank you hack int eh vbull options bit, but when i goto it it has a bar that says the mod name, and nothing underneath like it should be..

help please.

Abe1 · #63 02-21-2005, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eternal2u

not getting any errors..

seems as tho i don't have the admin control over this mod, but i have the thank you edited intot he template and working fine in all forums..but i only want it for one section..

just the admin part is not working..it shows the post thank you hack int eh vbull options bit, but when i goto it it has a bar that says the mod name, and nothing underneath like it should be..

help please.

You have to explain more.

H@K@N · #64 02-21-2005, 08:30 PM

*clicks install*

Abe1 :

I have installed this nice hack. but i want to activate it only for the first Post.

If i change in the Admin Section the : Only First Post to yes, it is still showing the Thank_you Button in all Post. If i switch to No, nothing happens.

Is there something wrong, or should i add all my Forum id's into : Individual Forums to Have for Only First Post ?

th@nks and gr33tz

Abe1 · #65 02-21-2005, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H@K@N

*clicks install*

Abe1 :

I have installed this nice hack. but i want to activate it only for the first Post.

If i change in the Admin Section the : Only First Post to yes, it is still showing the Thank_you Button in all Post. If i switch to No, nothing happens.

Is there something wrong, or should i add all my Forum id's into : Individual Forums to Have for Only First Post ?

th@nks and gr33tz

Nope. That should do it. If you make the option to show only thanks by first posts, it should only show at the first posts. I have no idea why it doesn't work. Do you have other info that might help me figure it out?

H@K@N · #66 02-21-2005, 08:55 PM

No clou, what info i can give you else, i have tried to make some other settings, but it is still showing on all Post, except the own Posts, there i cannot see the Button.

Can i redo the installtion of that hack ? Do i need to uninstall all changes to get it working for a reinstall ?

th@nks

chooah · #67 02-21-2005, 10:42 PM

for some reason I'm getting the same problem...but everything else works absolutely fine, this is an amazing hack

chooah · #68 02-21-2005, 11:32 PM

by the way i think a good extension to this would be, when a user presses the thanks button, it asks if they wish to place a comment, if so, they type in a comment....in order to view that users comment, you simply press thier name in the list of users that gave thanks (which has become a hyperlink)...or somethin like that

Abe1 · #69 02-22-2005, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H@K@N

No clou, what info i can give you else, i have tried to make some other settings, but it is still showing on all Post, except the own Posts, there i cannot see the Button.

Can i redo the installtion of that hack ? Do i need to uninstall all changes to get it working for a reinstall ?

th@nks

Can I ask you one thing? Are you testing this on a test forum? or installed it on your forum? If you are testing it, remember, the 'thank you' button doesn't show if it's your own post.

Abe1 · #70 02-22-2005, 02:44 PM

Version 1.02 released.

Long awaited search feature is now in action. You can search for one user thanked posts or all thanked posts.

Also, there is an option ou should use after you upgrade your forum that way you get back the templates.

Download zip and follow the upgrade instructions.

H@K@N · #71 02-22-2005, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abe1

Can I ask you one thing? Are you testing this on a test forum? or installed it on your forum? If you are testing it, remember, the 'thank you' button doesn't show if it's your own post.

Hello Abe1,

i am using it on my Production System, and as i mentioned in my Post, that all Post have a Thank you button, except of my own, indepent on the Setting in ACP ....

Will try to update to 1.0.2, to see if its working then ....

gr33tz

Abe1 · #72 02-22-2005, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H@K@N

Hello Abe1,

i am using it on my Production System, and as i mentioned in my Post, that all Post have a Thank you button, except of my own, indepent on the Setting in ACP ....

Will try to update to 1.0.2, to see if its working then ....

gr33tz

GREAT! That is what suppose to happen! You can't thank your own post so the button wont show. Look at the discription of this hack to see the other times the button wont show.

H@K@N · #73 02-22-2005, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abe1

GREAT! That is what suppose to happen! You can't thank your own post so the button wont show. Look at the discription of this hack to see the other times the button wont show.

Sorry Ab1, maybe i couldn't explain well :

If i change in Admincp the setting : post_thanks_forum_first_all = 1

Normally only the first Post has to be a Button Thank You, ok if its my Post, than no button appear thats clear.

But with this setting, ALL post have a thank_you Button, but my own Posts didn't have a button thats also clear.

The main question is, why i have on all other Posts a Thank you button, even i put the setting to only first Post ...

Ok lets try to figure it out :

If i enter a Forum Id, into : Individual Forums to Have for Only First Post
than its working, only first post in that Forum Id have the thansk button.

If i want to use it on all Forums, normally this field should be blank, isn't it ?

If i keep this field blank, all Post on all Forums have a Than_You Button.

gr33tz

Abe1 · #74 02-22-2005, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H@K@N

Sorry Ab1, maybe i couldn't explain well :

If i change in Admincp the setting : post_thanks_forum_first_all = 1

Normally only the first Post has to be a Button Thank You, ok if its my Post, than no button appear thats clear.

But with this setting, ALL post have a thank_you Button, but my own Posts didn't have a button thats also clear.

The main question is, why i have on all other Posts a Thank you button, even i put the setting to only first Post ...

Ok lets try to figure it out :

If i enter a Forum Id, into : Individual Forums to Have for Only First Post
than its working, only first post in that Forum Id have the thansk button.

If i want to use it on all Forums, normally this field should be blank, isn't it ?

If i keep this field blank, all Post on all Forums have a Than_You Button.

gr33tz

OK. Let me see if I got this,

When you set the option 'Make the thank you button for only the first posts in topics,' it still still shows the button for all posts.

If this is the case, I'll try to look tonight at the code but I thought it was working.

H@K@N · #75 02-22-2005, 05:08 PM

Yes thats the case, indepent of Setting in ACP for only in first Post, the Hack is showing it in ALL Posts ... ( except my own )

In the meanwhile i made the Upgrade into 1.0.2 with the Upgrade procedure ... just 4 info.

It is working if i set it to only first post, and give a Forum Id in the setting below, than only in that Forum, the first Post have a Button.

th@nks 4 checking

Gohan · #76 02-22-2005, 05:09 PM

1.0.0 work fine

, I don't need it

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