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.

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' 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 bhanuprasad1981

abe1 i have upgraded this hack from v5.5 to 6.0 gold recently i came to know about an error when i try to see all the thanked post of an user all i see is a blank page nothing else can u please tell me what i did wrong???

You have to re-do the template edits.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

sent you the pm. Thanks.

Thanks. I found the problem. I need some time to fix it though.

[fn9mm]

(Maybe an idea for the next version )
I'd like to reward my members who got the most 'thanks', and do this per month (kind of 'member of the month' election)
Does anyone know how I can easily create a list (overview) with the received # thanks and this per month (or week of year) per user?
It should be possible in phpmyadmin with a query, but I'm not a Mysql specialist,...

Something like a search function of this kind in a next version would be very handy...

[yingzhou]

I have some bug with the version 6 GOLD here. When I thank someone, I can't Quick Reply after this thanked post. But another can Quick Reply after the post that I had thanked. Why is it? Full Reply is OK.

[athlon64bit]

I upgraded my forum to 3.6.6 and now this is hack is not working. I tried redoing the templates but to no avail. It still does not work.
Has anyone else had this problem? Anyone have any suggestions or solutions?
Is it just me or do we need to wait for the next version? This is my favourite hack
Will my forum loose the thanks totals for users?

Nevermind. Ignor this. I had just made a mistake (forgot to reupdate one of the templates). It is all working fine now. Perfect.

Regards

[CNBAforo]

The list of thanks is very big. I would be nice to have a button to hide it.

[perfphysio]

Originally Posted by athlon64bit

I upgraded my forum to 3.6.6 and now this is hack is not working. I tried redoing the templates but to no avail. It still does not work.
Has anyone else had this problem? Anyone have any suggestions or solutions?
Is it just me or do we need to wait for the next version? This is my favourite hack
Will my forum loose the thanks totals for users?

Nevermind. Ignor this. I had just made a mistake (forgot to reupdate one of the templates). It is all working fine now. Perfect.

Regards

I just upgraded to 3.6.6 and mine still works fine. If must be due to some other template issue rather than this product

[SoftDux]

Thanx for the mod

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by yingzhou

I have some bug with the version 6 GOLD here. When I thank someone, I can't Quick Reply after this thanked post. But another can Quick Reply after the post that I had thanked. Why is it? Full Reply is OK.

Please explain in detail.

[TrIn@dOr]

Originally Posted by perfphysio

I just upgraded to 3.6.6 and mine still works fine. If must be due to some other template issue rather than this product

Did u update or revert the modified templates?

Reverting the mod dissapears!