[AJAX] Post Thank You Hack

Post Thank You Hack 4.5

Click here for the vb3.6 version of this hack.

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.

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: 4
• Files to upload: 1
• Time to install: 5 minutes max

Updates:

Version 2.0 GOLD (10/02/05):

• GOLD Release of this hack for vBulletin version 3.5

Version 2.1 (10/23/05):

• [BUG FIX] When merging/splitting threads
• [BUG FIX] When a user deletes his thanks (now removes post/rep count if option(s) on)
• [ADD PHRASE] post_thanks_user_says
• [ADD PHRASE] post_thanks_time_post
• [ADD PHRASE] post_thanks_times_post
• [ADD PHRASE] post_thanks_times_posts
• [DELETED PHRASE] post_thanks_thanks_amount

Version 2.2 (10/23/05):

• [ADDED] Re-counters. Found under Maintenance->Update Counters in your ACP.

Version 2.3 (11/05/05):

• [ADDED] Cache Templates

Version 2.4 (11/07/05):

• [ADDED] Setting to disallow users from deleting their own thanks.

Version 2.5 (11/09/05):

• [FIXED] All number outputs run through your vb setting of number format. (e.g. 1234 will now show as 1,234)

Version 2.6 (12/04/05):

• [FIXED] Number outputs for numbers between 1,000 and 1,999
• [FIXED] Showing of the thanks button on deleted threads pages.

Version 2.7 (12/18/05):

• [ADDED] Made the Thanks button a template
• [ADDED] Made a template group for this hacks templates
• [FIXED] One template edit. Find correction in zip file.
• [CHANGED] Made a pop-up now when you click Thanks instead of refreshing the page.
• [FIXED] Made the line when you give reputation points for thanks, a phrase.
• [ADDED] Paypal link so you can make a donation for this hack.

Version 2.8 (2/5/06):

• [FIXED] Removed one query thanks to AnhTuanCool (Abe clicks 'thanks')
• [ADDED] Option to allow users to thank their own post
• [ADDED] Option to allow a pop=up or refresh after a user clicks thanks

Version 2.9 (2/8/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed allot of things in regard to deleting thanks using the "remove all thanks" and "Remove your thanks".

Version 3.0 (2/10/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed one more thing in regard to "remove all thanks".
• [FIXED] Re-wrote the thanks actions so it they useless queried when you give or remove thanks.

Version 3.1 (2/11/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed bug with reputation.

Version 3.2 (2/13/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed another bug with reputation.
• [FIXED] Sped up the one query used to retrieve the thanks.

Version 3.3 (2/14/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed bug with removing own thanks.

Version 3.4 (3/17/06):

• [FIXED] Fixed a few bugs.

Version 4.0 (4/17/06):

• [ADDED] AJAX technology so your users don't have to refresh the page they are viewing!

Version 4.1 (4/18/06):

• [FIXED] Crashing of 'quick reply' when using Firefox.

Version 4.2 (4/23/06):

• [FIXED] If you have vboption 'Add Template Name in HTML Comments' set to 'Yes', button was not showing.
• [FIXED] Uncached template when viewing a PM
• [FIXED] Getting sent to index page when clicking thanks on some forums.
• [FIXED] Link to member's profile from the thank box.
• [FIXED] The post thank count not updating. (Recommend you recount thanks. (ACP->Maintenance->Update Counters)

Version 4.3 (5/4/06):

• [FIXED] Optimized a lot of the templates.
• [ADDED] Easy integration with my Post Groan Hack.

Version 4.4 (5/7/06):

• [FIXED] Bug with AJAX if you had the date showing.

Version 4.5 (6/19/06):

• [FIXED] Bug with AJAX if you had hacks that added things to your output.

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:

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

This hack is created for your use free of charge. No payment is requested. However, if you would like to donate money for the work I put in to this hack, a donation would show your appreciation.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by jilly

Okay Abe1, what am I doing wrong? It still does not show the thanks either way, if the option is set to yes or no - here's what I have set up:

Use the Radio buttons. Set one to yes and one to no.

use this if condition:

<if condition="$post['fieldXX'] == 'yes'">

[magic168]

Abe,

This hack is exactly what I need, but I don't want it to say "Thanks" but rather something like "I Installed" -- how many things will I have to change (I can change the button easily) so it doesn't say "Thanks!" And can you point me to all the things?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by magic168

Abe,

This hack is exactly what I need, but I don't want it to say "Thanks" but rather something like "I Installed" -- how many things will I have to change (I can change the button easily) so it doesn't say "Thanks!" And can you point me to all the things?

1) You can chenge the button.

2) You can edit the phrases.

Not hard at all to do.

[jilly]

Got a question about the postbit

It says "Thanks" x
Then right below it says
"Has been thanked x times in x posts".
Is the first "Thanks" how many thanks the person has given out?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by jilly

Got a question about the postbit

It says "Thanks" x
Then right below it says
"Has been thanked x times in x posts".
Is the first "Thanks" how many thanks the person has given out?

The first thanks is like posts. Just like posts shows the amout of posts a user posted, thanks shows how many thanks a user gave.

[Brandon Sheley]

the button didn't show for me ?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Loco.M

the button didn't show for me ?

Did you look at some-one elses post or your own? It wont show on your own post.

[SecTa]

Greetings, Abe1. First of all, thank You for creating and constantly updating this wonderful hack!

I have couple of questions...
As far as i understood, reputation points given by "thanks" are separated from usergroup reputation premissions, ie: if user, who is not premitted tho add reputation points, press "thanks" button, author of thanked post will still get RP... Is that right?
When i enable x RP per "thanks" feature, users with lots of thanks still have no RP. Only "thanks" maded after enabling the feature are counted. How can i convert all existing users' thanks to reputation points?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by SecTa

Greetings, Abe1. First of all, thank You for creating and constantly updating this wonderful hack!

I have couple of questions...
As far as i understood, reputation points given by "thanks" are separated from usergroup reputation premissions, ie: if user, who is not premitted tho add reputation points, press "thanks" button, author of thanked post will still get RP... Is that right?
When i enable x RP per "thanks" feature, users with lots of thanks still have no RP. Only "thanks" maded after enabling the feature are counted. How can i convert all existing users' thanks to reputation points?

You can't just do this. You would have to use the count and give rep points and reasons. I can't realy help you with this.

[SecTa]

Mybe some sql query can handle this? eg, if i want users to gain 1 RP per "thanks" then run some query that will make user's "thanks" amount = to user's RP*1?