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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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

[itsblack]

Originally Posted by Abe1

It uses the new template hooks in the templates.

Thank you much! I edited the postbit template and moved the hook to the proper place, now everything is OK.

[Atwal]

Thanks a lot for the uprading and also thanks a lot for making it have no more template edits

[D.Ilyin]

Originally Posted by Abe1

No more template edits You do not have to make any template edits to run this hack.

Thank's for this!
Abe1 can you add some option for manual choose place where to display the "Thanks" button. I mean that on my board it display after "Quick reply to this message" button. But i'd like to display it before "Edit/Delete message" button.
Or you can you add tip where in .xml file i need to edit this for display it in "right" place.

Thank's again!

[romanticyao]

upgraded without any problem. thanx for this.

[redlabour]

BUG at 6.1:

The Button appears at the wrong direction after the Quickreply Button!

[Zagis]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Just overwrite the files and xml product.

You just have to remove all the template edits now since you dont need them any more.

I removed all the template edits and then re import the product but all "thanks" disappeared from my board.
What I did wrong?

(vB 3.66 - upload and overwrite the files - allow product overwrite "Yes")

[D.Ilyin]

And some troubles with this hack. Even postbit_first has manual template edit "Thanks" button don't appear.

[itsblack]

Originally Posted by redlabour

BUG at 6.1:

The Button appears at the wrong direction after the Quickreply Button!

for this problem, you can eidt postbit (or postbit legacy) template, find "$template_hook[postbit_controls]", and move it before to "<if condition="$post['editlink']">"

[redlabour]

Originally Posted by itsblack

for this problem, you can eidt postbit (or postbit legacy) template, find "$template_hook[postbit_controls]", and move it before to "<if condition="$post['editlink']">"

Sure i can - but this is not the Way what Hooks are made for if i still have to edit the Template manually.

[itsblack]

Originally Posted by redlabour

Sure i can - but this is not the Way what Hooks are made for if i still have to edit the Template manually.

Then you should tell the vbb.com to change the hook place. Oh Abe must write a new hook himself.