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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
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 Posted - 11 March 2013 : 12:20:54
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| This has come up a number of times over the years and, as far as I know, nobody has done it. I'd be happy to code it but I'm hitting a mental block as to the best way. Anyone have any suggestions? |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
4207 Posts |
Posted - 11 March 2013 : 16:04:36
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| More on the database integration. Considering how best to record all the users' thanks * thousands of posts. Maybe adding a memo field to the topic table and comma-separating the member_id numbers..... |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
26364 Posts |
Posted - 11 March 2013 : 17:23:38
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Definitely not adding stuff to the topics table. It's already way too big. Also, adding "unlimited" size text fields is not good, performance wise, in SQL Server databases. To me, I would say it's pretty clear:
Thanks table, with topic_ID, member_ID, date thanked. Thanks count, different topics count, added to the member's table (which is very "wide" too, anyway, but two integer fields are not a big source of trouble). |
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Webbo
Average Member
United Kingdom
982 Posts |
Posted - 11 March 2013 : 18:02:30
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Have you had a look at the Invision Power Service forum software. In the latest versions a member can Vote a post up if they think it is worth of a point, a bit like thanking the poster, and alongside the post there is a count to show if it has been voted up, the default being '0'
A member can be limited to a number of votes per day therefore only allowing them to vote on a predetermined number of times in a set period and only once per post to prevent abuse
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 11 March 2013 : 18:46:32
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Originally posted by ruirib
Thanks table, with topic_ID, member_ID, date thanked. Thanks count, different topics count, added to the member's table (which is very big too, anyway, but two integer fields are not a big source of trouble.
That's the way I would go too. |
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bobby131313
Senior Member
USA
1163 Posts |
Posted - 11 March 2013 : 22:21:41
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| I think this would be a nice addition to my forum. Been thinking about it for a while. I've seen 2 different versions on other forums. One where each member's name that thanked is under the post in a smaller font, and one where is says something like "This poster has been thanked XX times." |
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ruirib
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
4207 Posts |
Posted - 12 March 2013 : 05:49:40
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Originally posted by ruirib
Thanks table, with topic_ID, member_ID, date thanked. Thanks count, different topics count....
What would you use the two member table fields for? Wouldn't a query against the thanks/topic/member table give you any of the values or totals?
Also, what purpose for the date thanked? I've yet to see a thanks mod which reflects a date and not sure why someone would care. |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
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Posted - 12 March 2013 : 12:42:38
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My proposal is based on VBulletin. I do like the date, which is shown near the thanks, which is itself shown near the post. This will allow you to know when the thanks was given.
The two fields will simply make it easy to obtain the value without excessive querying. VBulletin shows the number of thanks near each post, and if you don't have the values already calculated, you will have a lot of querying. Makes no sense to me. After, it's the same reason why we keep the post count for each user, instead of totalling it over a user's posts. |
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
4207 Posts |
Posted - 12 March 2013 : 14:07:57
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| OK. I'll take a look at their features, see what else I may incorporate into this project. |
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golfmann
Junior Member
United States
450 Posts |
Posted - 16 March 2013 : 12:03:16
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An option to change from thanks to "like" would be nice....
I get calls for it all the time, but I'll take a working thanks and mod it if necessary...  |
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golfmann
Junior Member
United States
450 Posts |
Posted - 16 March 2013 : 12:04:58
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Giumer
Junior Member
Italy
163 Posts |
Posted - 24 March 2013 : 06:04:08
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| Carefree have neuws for this proget ? thx |
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Carefree
Advanced Member
Philippines
4207 Posts |
Posted - 24 March 2013 : 07:48:45
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| I'm working on it, a bit at a time. Can't seem to concentrate on this one LOL. |
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bobby131313
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 24 March 2013 : 09:57:28
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You wanna here something funny? Even though I've been thinking about this mod for years, I've never actually had anyone take the time to ask for it. Then a few days after I post in this topic, I get this...
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Is it possible to gets a 'thanks' button? Many times posters leave useful or insightful posts but I don't wish to clutter the topic threads by just saying thanks, I'm sure others also do feel this way too, but I'd like the poster to know that his/her post was appreciated as well as read.
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