Thank you mod.

[Shockwave]

As per the discussions in this topic;

http://www.dbfinteractive.com/forum/index.php?topic=5026.0

I've found a modification that will allow us to have a button to thank people for posts.
I don't mind adding it if more people want it than not.

You should only vote yes if having this option would not discourage posting because we're trying to boost posts at the moment..

Concerns;

I don't like 3rd party mods because they make the forum difficult to upgrade.
It may stop people posting.

Benefits;

A nice way of gaining a more meaningful reputation than Karma.
A good way of saying thank you when used in conjunction with a post.

[Moroboshisan]

....i'm actually 51% for YES ... but sharing the same concern for future upgrades/support.
Being forced to choose I'll go for "YES"

[ninogenio]

i voted for yeah.

its not a bad thing to have. i can see the concerns but as has been discussed it would be good to be able to give thanks for really helpfull posts.

[Kirl]

Moroboshisan just posted my exact thoughts.

Scary how he does that, maybe I should equip one of those stylish tin foil hats. 

[Clyde]

I dont think it's necassary.

[benny!]

I share the concern of implementing a 3rd party (not officially supported) tool. But since the plugin just extend some
data (I assume) - we hopefully could get rid of it again - if it starts to make technical problems.

If the user like it or not - I can hardly say. Personally I like that functionality - so I would also give it a go and vote for YES!

[Raizor]

It's a YES vote from me.  Positive feedback is always good imho.

[Moroboshisan]

[...]maybe I should equip one of those stylish tin foil hats. 

...I'm here to wipe ALL of your mind blank! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAA [evil laugh]

... tin foil hats take me back to 50s SciFi movies!   o_O'

[combatking0]

I think useful posts should be encouraged - I'm in.

[Shockwave]

Well, 10 - 0 is unanimous so I will instal the mod.

It seems like it can be taken off easily too so we're not stuck with it if it doesn't work out.

[Shockwave]

I've just looked at this mod and it seems like it's incompatible with RC5 at the moment.

We'll wait until it's been updated and then install it.

[benny!]

Sounds like a plan. How long is RC5 available (just curious) ?

[Shockwave]

SMF seem to be releasing new release candidates all the time which sucks to be honest.

It would be better to have a big update and have done with it, there are still a lot of functions supported by Vbulletin which aren't in SMF as standard (the thank you mod is a good example).

The other thing is that you only appreciate how much of a mess the code is when you have to modify it.
I am literally spending ages just trying to locate the correct source file to fix minor issues..

So probably there will be a new release candidate along soon... We must always update whenever we can though, there are always new security exploits being found which need patching.

I was honestly looking forward to mothballing this site and migrating to vbulletin but maybe we've got too far down the road to do that..  A topic to be discussed again on another day (in a few years).