I am new to this community but not new to yaf and have no idea about programming or C# or C not sharp. I found yaf sometime ago (1.9.3) searching for an asp.net bulletin board. And I am very happy with it.

A feature that I have always missed in yaf is “Thank you” mod. I searched the forum and I found that several others have also requested this. I know that such requests and modifications are not going to be done for free by yaf developer .I cannot pay in cash (poor university student) but I will do something in return for such mod. I am graphic designer and a photographer living in Poland. I would appreciate if someone does this for me.

Thank you

A.Blakov

I really appreciate your responses.Thanks mod is explained here .

I know it takes lots of time and efforts and i do not expect it for free.I appreciate if somebody help me.

Thank you

Anyway I have added thanks mode to YAF 1.9.3.

I don't know if this is the right place to discuss the logic but I just want to share my idea! :-d

I added a table ([dbo].yaf_Thanks) and some stored procedures to database to add, remove thanks and retrieve thanked users, etc.

Then I edited userbox and Displaypost.ascx's repeater to show/hide Thanks buttons and info dynamically.

Then I dynamically added some Javascript functions to the code behind file to be able to change the thanks status divs on the client side.

And Finally, I used AjaxPro.Dll to make asynch. calls to my newly created "Thanks" class to interact with the DB and add/remove thanks buttons and thanks statuses on the page.

Hello Kamyar,

Do you mind sharing it with me/us?

I really appreciate that.

It will be a great contribution to the community if you share your mod as there have been many request from users for this mod.Thanks.

That sounds great... if you could provide your changes back to the community, I'm sure it'd be greatly appreciated! 😁

Sure Jaben. It's a great pleasure for me. Just let me make it ready for everyone in the BIN format too. so everyone can use it even if they're not interested in developing it. I'll upload the code here in the next couple of days.

Cheers.

I'll try to add the feature to version 1.9.4 beta 2 in the next couple of days.

To install it:

If you're installing yaf for the first time, just follow the original instructions and after installing:

1- go to: /Install/ThanksInstall.aspx

2- run the page and follow the wizard steps. you'll have the "Thanks" feature installed.

If you want to upgrade your installed Yaf forum:

1-Copy the dll files from the file attached to this post to your /Bin folder.

2-Copy "Thanksinstall.aspx" "ThanksInstall.aspx.cs" and "Thanks.sql" to your /install folder.

3-Copy these files (Overwrite the old files):

/Controls/DisplayPost.ascx

/Controls/DisplayPost.ascx.cs

/pages/admin/hostsettings.ascx

/pages/admin/hostsettings.ascx.cs

/Pages/Profile.ascx

/Pages/Profile.ascx.cs

/Languages/English.xml

(Note if you use another language, add these tags to your specific language file):

In

In

In

Refer to "Languages/English.xml" to undestand where these tags are used and translate it to your own language.

3-run "ThanksInstall.aspx"

Here'e the link:

YAF 1.9.3 RC2 with "Thanks" feature 

If you encounter any bugs, please let me know.

All the credits goes to Jaben and YAF development team for their spectacular programming capabilities and this wonderful forum site.

Thanks for sharing it for free! :wink:

YAF.Classes.Data/DB.cs

Controls/DisplayPost.ascx

Controls/DisplayPost.ascx.cs

pages/admin/hostsettings.ascx

pages/admin/hostsettings.ascx.cs

Pages/Profile.ascx

Pages/Profile.ascx.cs

Languages/English.xml

Yaf.Classes.Utils/Constants.cs

Yaf.Classes.Utils.Config/BoardSettings.cs

ForumActiveDiscussion.ascx

Added "Thanks.cs" to YAF.Controls

Added Reference to "Ajaxpro2.dll" in YAF.Controls

Here's the link:

YAF 1.9.3 RC2 with "Thanks" feature 

Thanks for this excellent mod with such easy installation.Great job golpesar :wink: