XF 2.2 Disable "unlike" for members

[Bob de Bouwer]

Hi there,

On the forum, members can hit the "like" button in a topic.
However, the can aslo "unlike" the topic again.
On my forum when you hit the "like" button, hidden content will open.
So i want to disable that people can "unlike".
Where do i do this per "usergroup"? I can't find it.

Thank you
Bob

 

[Arantor]

You can't out of the box because people do sometimes hit the like button by accident and want to undo it (especially on mobile).

Thing is I'd question the premise of hiding content behind likes - it'll just make people click the like to see the content, just like Pavlov's dog, it's not reflective of people actually liking it or being appreciative of it. Just the same way that gating content behind 'reply to see this' just guarantees a stream of useless one line answers that don't actually achieve anything.

 

[Bob de Bouwer]

I need this, and i have used it for over 20 years on Vbulletin 4.
So i have experience in what works for me and my forum and for my other 65.000 members.
Sinds you can like and unlike, there has to be a way (plug-in) to disable the unlike option.

So if it's really not in XF an option please let me know, then i have to look for a developer that makes small plug-ins.

Regards

 

[whynot]

So if it's really not in XF an option please let me know,

It's not an XF option.

 

[Bob de Bouwer]

Ok, thanks!

 

[M@rc]

If your members aren't tech savvy, you could do this as a temp solution until you get someone to make a permission-based addon:

Add to extra.less:

.message-footer .actionBar-set .has-reaction {
    display: none !important;
}

 

[Bob de Bouwer]

Can people still Like? Or is the button completely gone then?

Thanks for thinking with me @M@rc

 

[M@rc]

Can people still Like? Or is the button completely gone then?

They should be able to.

The button should only disappear if you "like" a message:

 

[Bob de Bouwer]

Thanks,

i'm gonna try it later, will report back!
Greets

 

[Bob de Bouwer]

If your members aren't tech savvy, you could do this as a temp solution until you get someone to make a permission-based addon:

Add to extra.less:

.message-footer .actionBar-set .has-reaction {
    display: none !important;
}

Works like a charm!
Thanks

 

[Littlebigdunc]

thanks this working for me

 

[Dragonfruit]

@Bob de Bouwer @Littlebigdunc

This isn't the most ideal answer, as M@rc pointed out anyone tech savvy can get around it. You're just hiding the button, there's no permissions to stop it.

This is paid, but is an actual solution: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/ozzmodz-reaction-control.7938/

 

[Littlebigdunc]

@Bob de Bouwer @Littlebigdunc

This isn't the most ideal answer, as M@rc pointed out anyone tech savvy can get around it. You're just hiding the button, there's no permissions to stop it.

This is paid, but is an actual solution: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/ozzmodz-reaction-control.7938/

thanks ill add this to my list of plugins i need to buy

 

[Ricsca]

@Bob de Bouwer how do you show extra content after like?

 

[Bob de Bouwer]

I use this

Unmaintained - Editor & BB Code Manager

Editor & BB Code Manager Description Fully customize your XenForo Froala instance. Change your toolbar layout, enable and disable BB Codes, make use of the new table and background-color BB Codes, provide exciting new fonts for your users from...

xenforo.com

 

[Littlebigdunc]

I use this

Unmaintained - Editor & BB Code Manager

Editor & BB Code Manager Description Fully customize your XenForo Froala instance. Change your toolbar layout, enable and disable BB Codes, make use of the new table and background-color BB Codes, provide exciting new fonts for your users from...

xenforo.com

how do you use this to stop members unlike a post ?

 

[Bob de Bouwer]

how do you use this to stop members unlike a post ?

Unmaintained - Editor & BB Code Manager

Editor & BB Code Manager Description Fully customize your XenForo Froala instance. Change your toolbar layout, enable and disable BB Codes, make use of the new table and background-color BB Codes, provide exciting new fonts for your users from...

xenforo.com

Add this to your style, and then they can't "dislike"

 

[TPerry]

Unmaintained - Editor & BB Code Manager

Editor & BB Code Manager Description Fully customize your XenForo Froala instance. Change your toolbar layout, enable and disable BB Codes, make use of the new table and background-color BB Codes, provide exciting new fonts for your users from...

xenforo.com

Add this to your style, and then they can't "dislike"

And has the PHP 8.1 issue been fixed in that add-on. I removed it after not seeing any replies/updates by the author since I do run PHP 8.1 on my system.

 

[Bob de Bouwer]

I don't know.
I'm running php 8.2 and works like a charm.

 

[TPerry]

I don't know.
I'm running php 8.2 and works like a charm.

Start reading here

Editor & BB Code Manager

Not currently. Switching to BB Code mode essentially disables the editor and by extension the word count plugin for the editor.

xenforo.com

apparently it's not "working like a charm" for everybody.