Show Thread Enhancements - [AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

vB 3.7 version of this hack here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=165673
vB 4.0 version of this hack here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231666

Post Thank You Hack 7.4

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: (If installed on vb 3.7)

• Files edited: 0
• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 7
• Time to install: 1 minute max

Updates:

Version 7.0 (12/20/07):

• Release of this hack for vBulletin version 3.7
• This version works on all vBulletin versions from 3.6.0 and up

Version 7.1 (12/24/07):

• Fixed up the vb3.7 profile block code including fixing showing your info and not the member you are looking at.

Version 7.2 (01/24/08):

• Updated files: post_thanks.php, functions_post_thanks.php
• Updated templates: post_thanks_memberinfo_block, post_thanks_member_info
• 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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You will get an email when a new version is released.

Pictures:

1. Showing the 'thanks' button and stats in Postbit
2. Showing post after 'thanks' (user view)
3. Showing post after 'thanks' with legacy posts (admin view)
4. Stats in members profile and link
5. Link in Search drop down menu
6. Hacks settings

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by macuser

Here is my template change

<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(5, 6, 7))">

All moderators can see the remove link but nothing happens wenn they click

Good point. You have to edit the functions file also.

[leftie]

Yesterday i made an upgrade from vb3.0.12 to 3.6.5. This hack was installed in the old vb. I have tried to upgrade to this version but am getting a sql error when trying to upload the xml. Can you tell me how to correct this please.

EDIT. Forget the above, i have just read back and found that i have to run 4 sql query's when upgrading from 3.0.x .

[macuser]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Good point. You have to edit the functions file also.

functions_post_thanks.php

function can_delete_all_thanks()
{
	global $vbulletin;

	if ($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] == '6')
	{
		return true;
	}

How can i edit 6 to 5,6,7 ?

Thanks

[Surviver]

Originally Posted by macuser

functions_post_thanks.php

function can_delete_all_thanks()
{
	global $vbulletin;

	if ($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] == '6')
	{
		return true;
	}

How can i edit 6 to 5,6,7 ?

Thanks

PHP Code:

function can_delete_all_thanks()
{
    global $vbulletin;

    if (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, array(5,6,7)))
    {
        return true;
    } 


Try this

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by Sam21

Hey I've installed it and it's great but when using the first post ad feature in vB Ad Management 3 (Ad Sharing Edition) the thanks box appears after the ad rather than before it. Where abouts would I edit this?

P.s. Sorry if this is simple, this is my first board.

Just happened to be passing...the reason for the order when using my modification is a bug in Internet Explorer 6 where dropdown menus would stop working with adcode (presumably just javascript code, not sure) immediately below them. So if you change the order, be aware you may be affecting IE6 users.

[vampireus]

Hi, is it possible to bump a thread when a user click thank?

[ePrOmD]

hi! it?s a very cool and necessary hack
i want to install it in vb 3.6.4 , but when i wanna upload it, i get the following error in my browser:

ERROR
El URL solicitado no se ha podido conseguir

Mientras se intentaba traer el URL: http://www.arquinauta.com/foros/admincp/plugin.php?

can somebody help me? tks a lot!

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by vampireus

Hi, is it possible to bump a thread when a user click thank?

I tried and failed.

It would bump the thread but the thread would not get marked as read unless there was a poll in it.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by ePrOmD

hi! it?s a very cool and necessary hack
i want to install it in vb 3.6.4 , but when i wanna upload it, i get the following error in my browser:



can somebody help me? tks a lot!

You can't expect me to understand that!

[vampireus]

Originally Posted by Abe1

I tried and failed.

It would bump the thread but the thread would not get marked as read unless there was a poll in it.

Hi, I really need that function even if it's not perfect yet. Would you please show me how to do it? Thx a lot.