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[AJAX] Helpful Answers - Allow users to rate individual posts
Mod Version: 2.4.2, by Ted S (Coder) Ted S is offline
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vB Version: 4.x.x Rating: (108 votes - 4.51 average) Installs: 544
Released: 16 Jan 2010 Last Update: 12 Aug 2012 Downloads: 3338
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So far Helpful Answers has been used over 5 MILLION times by hundreds of forums. If you're not using helpful answers your users are looking for it!

Every day your users contribute hundreds if not thousands of posts making it hard for new members and guests to separate out the best answers from those that are less helpful. The Helpful Answers System offers your members a quick way
(AJAX) to rate individual posts as either helpful or not allowing future visitors to understand the benefits of each post.

Designed for maximum flexibility:


This addon is built to be flexible and offers several customization options including:
  • The ability to use image or text ratings.
  • The ability to offer yes/no or scaled 1-10 point ranking.
  • The ability to turn off negative ratings for a positive only system.
  • The ability to decide which forums are open for helpful answer ratings.
  • The ability to audit the system and identify top users and potential abusers.
  • The ability to ban specific members from using the system.
  • The ability to customize the AJAX message shown after a post is rated.
  • The ability to edit all text and messages through phrases.
  • The ability to show a page with the top helpful posts.
  • The ability to show rating stats on a user's profile.
  • Integration with the reputation system for ratings.
  • The ability to hide posts that rate "too low"
  • Template driven display that can easily be customized to your forum.
For advanced users template conditionals and variables let you further extend the functionality to color highlight good or bad posts, include ratings in user’s profiles and much more.

Modification Installation:


Simply upload the attached files, install the plugin and enable the mod in any forum you want to use voting on.


You must do this and review your settings before voting will show up.


Rating Review & Deletion:


To identify and remove abuse a reporting system is included with this addon and can be found in your vBulletin ACP under the Helpful Answers tab. Through this panel you will be able to view a user's overall rating history and individual ratings and can remove either if necessary. Users can also be explicitly banned from the system.

Anonymous Stats Tracking (optional):


vBulletin forums reach millions of consumers around the world yet little is known about their habits and opinions. This addon was released to the public out of requests but also to further the research of forum user's behaviors and actions through collecting the most basic data on thousands of sites.

By default this addon will pass basic rating data (positive or negative) to a 3rd party site for statistical purposes. Only the most basic data is captured (the vote and your site name) and no user information or specific forum details are logged, not even an IP address. You can disable this through the admin.


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All of my mods are inspired by my work in the digital industry and are designed to drive registrations, interaction or other engagement activities the core platform does not address. Each is designed to fit a general need by providing a starting point but it's on you to decide how to make things work to their best possible outcome. Feel free to suggest what you'd like to see next but don't wait to have what everyone else has; figure out your community's needs and hack, stylize, reword and make my and any other mods you may use fit into what you are doing, not the other way around. No one wins by being the same.

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Old 06 Jan 2011, 19:54
gjc gjc is offline
 
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Is there a way to only allow certain users or usergroups to use this mod. I want only a couple to have access and all others to be able to see the results but not have voting options.
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Old 08 Jan 2011, 14:42
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Originally Posted by lycheepassion View Post
I get this error in PL2 vb 4 Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: Invalid curl configuration option in [path]/helpfulanswers.php on line 483
Same error here... Unistalled! No response means no solution

Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: Invalid curl configuration option in [path]/helpfulanswers.php on line 483
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Old 09 Jan 2011, 03:31
The_____KinG The_____KinG is offline
 
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Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: Invalid curl configuration option in [path]/helpfulanswers.php on line 483

same error here help appreciated
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Old 11 Jan 2011, 01:46
ShadowStalker ShadowStalker is offline
 
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Should be changed to no longer supported if the dev doesn't reply.
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Old 11 Jan 2011, 03:51
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same problem. Hope this gets resolved.
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Old 16 Jan 2011, 05:01
Ted S Ted S is offline
 
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Originally Posted by YZFRydn View Post
Should be changed to no longer supported if the dev doesn't reply.
Still around, just not as frequently as some would like.
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Old 16 Jan 2011, 05:02
Ted S Ted S is offline
 
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Originally Posted by The_____KinG View Post
Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: Invalid curl configuration option in [path]/helpfulanswers.php on line 483

same error here help appreciated
Disable the annonoymous report option and this will go away.
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Old 16 Jan 2011, 05:02
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Originally Posted by Filgga View Post
Same error here... Unistalled! No response means no solution

Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: Invalid curl configuration option in [path]/helpfulanswers.php on line 483
Actually the solution has been posted many times before, and involves toggling one setting (turning off anonymous reporting). As much as it's up to dev to respond it's also a great idea to search the thread.
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Old 16 Jan 2011, 05:03
Ted S Ted S is offline
 
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Originally Posted by CvP View Post
Hi Ted.
Is the next version due anytime soon? will it include remove rating by users (usually because of misclick)?
I'm looking to bring other coders in to help develop this, if not I'll make some updates later in Q1 including removing a vote.
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Old 16 Jan 2011, 05:04
Ted S Ted S is offline
 
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Originally Posted by IndigoSociety View Post
Fixed with bulk tool. Didn't realize I had to do that. Probably should add that in readme.

Great mod!
It's the last step of the instructions and bolded. Also in the settings page.
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Old 16 Jan 2011, 05:05
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Originally Posted by gjc View Post
Is there a way to only allow certain users or usergroups to use this mod. I want only a couple to have access and all others to be able to see the results but not have voting options.
Not at this time, sorry.
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Old 16 Jan 2011, 05:10
Ted S Ted S is offline
 
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Hello Helpful Answers users,

I know many of you have been concerned about the lack of response and for that I apologize. In all honesty my time is no longer spent on this site and while I am around to help with issues and make updates, I can not promise to give the level of support many of you require to walk through each step of the mod or change. With this in mind I have asked other coders to step in and help with the future of HA until (and even after) I have the time to return to it later this year.

There will be more development of HA, more features and help. And yes, this mod still works just fine with the current version of vBulletin.
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Old 16 Jan 2011, 05:38
sweetpotato sweetpotato is offline
 
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Thank you very much for the update. I will try it right now, I am using vb 4.1.1
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Old 16 Jan 2011, 11:47
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Hello,

Hopefully someone can help me with something that's been driving me INSANE!

Basically I use this just as a "like" function (that also adds to reputation) and I eventually achieved the desired effect after a bit of template tinkering... it's just the "plus" button with the number of ratings to the right of it, looks the same whether you've rated the post or not, but is clickable when you can and not otherwise. Everything is working as I wanted EXCEPT for one tiny, endlessly irritating thing.

For the life of me, I can't figure out how to show the "plus" graphic on my own post, next to the rating. That is, when the member who makes the post looks at his own post, which has been rated, it's just the number. No graphic. For anyone else looking at his post, the graphic is there. I know WHY this is: it's because the code for displaying it is built into the "can rate" condition of the mod, and I've added a separate if condition in the template to display it when the post has been rated (helpfulanswerid), but I can't get it to display for "if this is my own post"... if you see what I mean.

I'm probably being really thick. Is there a standard vb conditional for "if this is my post"? That would sort it :/
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Old 16 Jan 2011, 20:51
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Ted,

I noticed the new upgrade and appreciate the support.

Quick question, I have customized the way it displays on my forum and really like the way this mod works. My forum is loving it.

But I was wondering if there is a way to just upload the file changes to overcome the curl issue fixed, without updatin the xml installer. I just want to preserve the changes on my forum for look and functionality that I have added.

tia
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