Track Guest Visits

[dknelson]

By the way, I did run repair on the guest table but it didn't seem to help. The message returned was that the table was OK.

[Paul M]

I'm suddenly seeing this exact same problem. It has been working fine but now only showing (x) visitors and nothing else.Then something has been changed. Things don't just stop without a reason.

[dknelson]

Who can argue with such logic. WOW...I should have thought about that. Sorry to have asked. I guess I kind of had hopes for finding out WHAT might have changed since I have added no new plugins or anything in a while. Oh well.

[Shazz]

Things don't just stop without a reason.

Thats what I was thinking :)

[Paul M]

I guess I kind of had hopes for finding out WHAT might have changedand how exactly would I know what you have changed.

[dknelson]

You see Paul, you should be happy now. There are certain perks to being an Admin. You get to leave your own sarcastic responses and censor anybody who responds likewise back to you. See how easy it is for you to get the last word in? :up:

[Paul M]

Yes, I'm very happy thanks.

The only sarcastic response in this thread btw is yours (see post 504).

Don't bother replying, any more off topic posts will be removed.

[LadyRed]

Love this! Current version installed, but I seem to be missing part of my admincp options for this. See image. This is the only options I have. Any suggestions?

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/5826/sszw1.jpg

[Paul M]

That isn't the options page for this mod. ;)

[yaoren]

Just read the Note above... never mind... lol

Cool mod, thanks

[LadyRed]

LOL... Well Duh.... I must have been way too tired when I did this. And yes, it's working perfectly. Thanks!

[fringehead]

This mod is broken and I can see it gets NO SUPPORT from Paul. I have uninstalled this and installed fresh and it still doesn't work...

Where is the MARK AS BROKEN link?

I'd like to change my rating to POOR. How can I do that?

UNINSTALLED

[Paul M]

Broken ? Well thats strange, because the person who posted above you seems to disagree. Strangely, it also seems to work on my forums, and many hundreds of others as well. Perhaps we are all mistaken, it's not really working at all.

Moving on, I see you then say it gets no support at all - again, this is most strange as I distinctly remember answering so many questions over the life of this modification, still, I guess I must be mistaken again.

A 'Mark as Broken Link' - for some bizarre reason, vbulletin.org don't actually provide such a link. If you think it would be useful then perhaps you can suggest it in the Site feedback Forum.

I'm afraid we don't allow members to change their rating. I'm not sure, but I think this is to prevent people from marking a modification as poor after they decide it doesn't work.

I'm glad to see you've uninstalled it - now I won't have to spend the rest of the week feeling terribly guilty that not only did something you got completely free not instantly work (it happens) - but even worse, you got no free support at all for your problem (possibly because you never asked). What a huge relief for me, I'm not sure how I would have coped.

[fringehead]

I posted a few times about my issue... Go back and see.. you never replied a single time... I found your treatment of the other user having the same problem quite unacceptable which is why I posted. Anyway, in the future I'll just avoid any Paul M mods.

Have a great day!

Sean

[LadyRed]

It's working absolutely perfectly on my forum, the first time I installed it, and from the get go. Very glad to have it!! :)

[dknelson]

Fringehead,
I finally figured out what was causing this problem in my case. I've sent you a PM. Hopefully it will help.

Don

[Paul M]

I posted a few times about my issue... Go back and see.. you never replied a single time... You posted twice, while I was on holiday (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=153589).

[Steigeisen]

very nice, installed!

[howiulf]

Just installed, no probs, works pretty fine. Very useful. it's 5 stars worthy.

rgds
Ulf

[DieselMinded]

My sites down with Can't open file: 'vbguest.MYI' (errno: 145)

How do i acess the Admin CP if my sites down ?

and where do i repair this? Help Please

DM

[Paul M]

The guest table has crashed in mysql, you need to repair it.

That error should not stop you logging into your admincp to repair it (just type the url in direct).

Alternatively you could access your database via phpmyadmin and repair the table.

[DieselMinded]

Paul I turned the Guests View of whats Going on to off a few days ago , I cant access my Admin CP and this is the only corrupt table ,

To anyone else who has this error what view of whats going on do guests have?

[Paul M]

Guests will get a database error until you repair the table.

Why can't you access your admincp ?

As I said before, a crashed guest table will not prevent you accessing the ACP, just type the url into your browser ( http://www.dieselbombers.com/admincp/ ).

[DieselMinded]

It still goes to a Vb Database Error , The vbguests table has corrupted the index My site has been down for more than 24 hours now because of this , and may be down for 3 days

waiting on my host to fix if they can if not then i dont know what the heck im going to do

DM

[Paul M]

Please PM me an admin login, and phpmyadmin access. I can't see why you cannot get in.

[DieselMinded]

Im In Now Paul , And i got the site backup , the Main Structure wasnt populating beyond the corrupted table , I had to run a syntax query w/o the Extension to repair the table .

However I have Disabled this Mod and can you tell me the Correct Un install Method ?

Should i delete the Table vbguests?

Thanks

DM

[Paul M]

You would uninstall it like any other product, with the uninstall option.

For what reason are you uninstalling it ?

[DieselMinded]

Page 33 Of This Mod , I was plagued With the Exact Same thing May of been coincidental but thats not a chance im willing to take , I have the Mod Disabled , If i select Uninstall will it delete the tables it created in the mysql database or do i manually have to delete them ?

Sad Cause i really liked this , i dont know if i had too many guests at one time or what but i dont want to go through this again

Thanks Paul , Im Not saying that im 100% sure this mod Was the cause but everything kind of points to it

[Paul M]

Im Not saying that im 100% sure this mod Was the cause but everything kind of points to it

I'm afraid it doesn't.

Table crashes are a fact of life with mysql - your database died in a big way - in your other post you mention at least two other tables that crashed, possibly more. Presumably you are not going to remove the vb search facility (your search table crashed) or the image verification system (one of those tables crashed). :)

All it points to is that you had a major mysql failure, which knocked out several of your more busy tables.

Still, it's your choice, uninstalling it should delete the table.

[DieselMinded]

Thanks Paul Im going to wait and see if it happens with it deactivated , I did have my most users ever online 1 min before the crash ,

When i did a search on Google for the error code it brought me to this thread

DM

[Paul M]

When i did a search on Google for the error code it brought me to this thread
We're a popular site :)

[DieselMinded]

I Disabled this mod and the site crashed again this morning ,, I got the site back running and turned your mod back on Sorry for Crying Wolf

DM

[DieselMinded]

Well i enabled this and in less than 5 mins it corrupted my database again

and took out
vbmail
vbuser

[Paul M]

Your site is crashing anyway, as per your previous post (#533).

This modification has no connection with either the user table or the mail table.

You seem to have a very unstable server.

[gforce75]

Works like a charm. Installed

[wickland]

Another great hack installed and 5 stared.

Thanks!
Best Regards

[DieselMinded]

Your site is crashing anyway, as per your previous post (#533).

This modification has no connection with either the user table or the mail table.

You seem to have a very unstable server.
Your 100% Correct , New Server , Mod Back Installed Life is Good Once Again

[imports]

any step by step procedure on this one? sorry new to this kind of stuff.

[Paul M]

As it says ;

Unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.

[Njm]

nice........

[imports]

where can i find the ACP product manager? is it on the ftp?

[Paul M]

ACP = Admin Control Panel.

[asw]

Excellent Addition! Installed on 3.6.8 - Thanks very much! :up:

[imports]

Unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.


I don't know why but i can't seem to find the product manager on the Admin CP.

[Paul M]

There's a whole section called "Plugins & Products", after the Scheduled Tasks.

[imports]

I can't seem to get this thing working..any step by step procedure and what stuff do i need to fill on the id,version etc?

----------------------

Yeah i just found it.when im creating one it's asking me to fill this

Product ID

Title

Version

Description

Product URL

Version Check URL

-----------------------

Installed!!!

[Paul M]

Version 1.17 changes ;

* The ability to allow (or prevent) certain usergroups viewing the display.
* The ability to run the display code on all pages (not just forumhome).

These have been added/updated to match the same options as my other 'Display' modifications.

* Controls for the displays automatic template update.

Added the template name to the options.

* The datastore read (for spider detection) will read from the File/APC/Memcache/Xcache datastore [if used].

If you use a datastore extension such as APC etc, it will now attempt to read the spider details from the extension, and only revert to a database read if that fails.

None of changes are major and upgrading is optional, allthough if you use a datastore extension then I would suggest upgrading as it should now make use of it.

[Mudvayne]

Thanks for the update Paul. I use XCache for datastore. Anyway updated :D

[Paul M]

I also use xcache, which was why I updated it. :)

[Dream]

Great mod Paul, thanks.

[msalman]

Hey Paul,
is it possible to combine this mod with your other mod, Members who has visited today? I do not want the members to see the spiders and stuff rather they only see the list of how many members and guests visited today. So its like for members combine both mods into one or more like just one stats bar but for admins you have two stats bars. I tried to tweak it a little but it didn't work

[Paul M]

Sorry, this will always remain a seperate modification.

[jeriddian]

Thanks you, Paul, for the mod.

I was wondering if there was a way I could view the IP addresses of the guests and get an idea of which ones are viewing the board most frequently.

Please and thank you.

[Paul M]

There is currently no way in this mod to view a list, and hence ip data etc. A newer version that has this capability exists on my test forum, but is still being tested atm. It will be released sometime during september.

[Mazinger]

Another great addon from you Dear Paul. :cool:

[Paul M]

Version 1.18:

This is a beta test version of new data collection and display options.

If you don't want to help test this then please don't use version 1.18.

New options (Revision 1.23);

* Clicking on a guest/spider type in the main display will open a new page listing all the guests of that type that have visited recently.

* New guest views data is collected, tracking each guests viewing of the forum index page, forums and threads. This data collection can be separately disabled.

* If views tracking is enabled, clicking on a guest in the new guest listing will open a page showing their viewing data.

This is not completely finished, but should be [mostly] fully functional - many bits are not using phrases atm, so please don't point that out.

Basically I'm looking for people to test it and comment (is it useful to you, what else could be added etc, as well as any bugs).

Note that if you decide to revert - the best way to go back to 1.17 is to re-download that version, install it over the top, and then drop the guestviews table in mysql. You can uninstall 1.18 if you want, but that will drop all your current guest data (which will build up again over the day of course).

[Ohiosweetheart]

I'll help test Paul!

[Paul M]

Thanks. :)

[Ohiosweetheart]

You're welcome. I have it installed on TalkOhio.

[MioTraGusa]

testing in miotragus.org

[LadyRed]

Version 1.18 installed and working great!!

[Ohiosweetheart]

It's working great here too.
Thanks Paul!

[apiasto]

very kool thnx

[Paul M]

Well since 1.18 (R1.23) has 27 downloads, I assume more than two people are trying it ....... :erm:

[soulface]

Ok Paul, I installed it on my forum. working fine so far. Can you make it this way, when Clicking on a guest/spider type in the main display will open a pop up window rather then a new page.

[a1whs.com]

Pretty interesting mod running Version 1.18 at http://www.bookmarkmyservices.com/forums/

[Paul M]

Can you make it this way, when Clicking on a guest/spider type in the main display will open a pop up window rather then a new page.

What is the reasoning for this ?

I tried that originally and then found I had to increase the size (or maximise) the window (like a new page) to see all the data properly, so it may as well have just opened the new page in the first place.

[KURTZ]

installed 1.18 let's see ... thx Paul ...

[Paul M]

Version 1.18:

This is an update to the new test version

If you don't want to test this then please don't use version 1.18.

Revision 1.29 ;

* Phrasing added to displays. I don't think I've missed anything.

* Updated how guest views data is collected, multiple visits to the same page will be logged.

* Reduced the number of new pages opened - only the initial opening of a guestlist will open in a new page.

* Other minor changes.


No one has reported any bugs (or any comments at all !).

I will leave this version up for a few days for people to try. If nothing is reported then it will become version 1.19 and replace 1.17 as the standard version.

[KURTZ]

so i can overwrite the beta that i've installed this noon?

[Paul M]

Yes.

[KURTZ]

OK thx Paul ;)

[lolo?]

hy paul M thanks for your mod
lokk this with your last beta
69723

[m002.p]

Hi Paul, really nice work on this.

I have a suggestion if its possible. I know that you may not have time, but I was wondering if you could perhaps convert the "Google Bot", "MSNBot" etc to icons or put icons before the text.

Here are some icons for reference to this suggestion. I just thought it would "round off" the modification nicely considering some forums have alot of text stats.

Good Work!

[Paul M]

I think that would look a bit odd, and there can be many more spiders than just those default few - I use a spiders file with many more than the vbulletin default.

[m002.p]

Ok, and yes im aware there are more than those. However they are most popular. Im not sure what it would look like, so Is there a way of doing it easily in order to try?

[Fraxter]

My Feedback to the new beta:

Very good new features, the list of details of visitors is i good idea!

And i haven?t found any bugs or errors. ;)

Good work!

greets

Pander23

[Rottimom]

Hello

Sorry my English ist bat :rolleyes: Best you look my Screen.

Spider are not announced separately, everything is shown as a visitor (Besucher). ACP is adjusted correctly.
What is wrong?
There is this problem as of version 1.17.
Version 1.16 still was ok.
Version 1.18 installs.
vB3.6.7

[Paul M]

Ok, and yes im aware there are more than those. However they are most popular. Im not sure what it would look like, so Is there a way of doing it easily in order to try?


Since the display of spider names etc is built from a phrase, you could edit the phrase to link to an avatar of the same name. You would need an image for every type.


Spider are not announced separately, everything is shown as a visitor (Besucher). ACP is adjusted correctly.
What is wrong?


Spider detection works fine in 1.17 & 1.18 so you have a local problem, probably you spiders definition. Try re-uploading the spiders.xml file, also if you re-install this mod it attempts to rebuild vbulletins spider definitions.

[m002.p]

Since the display of spider names etc is built from a phrase, you could edit the phrase to link to an avatar of the same name. You would need an image for every type.

I cant find the names of the spiders in the phrases. I thought they were stored in the spiders.xml on FTP. I could only find the spiders phrase as follows which includes a variable:

{1} Spider

Any help appreciated & thanks for the reply Paul :D

[Paul M]

When phrases are output, data is substituted in place of {1} {2} etc.

trg_name is the phrase you want to edit - I don't recognise the contents you have posted above, looks very old.

[Rottimom]

Spider detection works fine in 1.17 & 1.18 so you have a local problem, probably you spiders definition. Try re-uploading the spiders.xml file, also if you re-install this mod it attempts to rebuild vbulletins spider definitions.

This was it ok thank you. It is working again now.
Also thank you for the super modification.
Does do it ask, there be it a current spiderlist.xml anywhere where also newer spiders are recognized?

[m002.p]

When phrases are output, data is substituted in place of {1} {2} etc.

trg_name is the phrase you want to edit - I don't recognise the contents you have posted above, looks very old.

Yes it could be a modification im using to display all spiders etc.

Ive found the phrase and this is the code within:

<a target='_blank' href='misc.php?do=guestlist&amp;type={1}'>{1} {2} ({3})<a/>

Now from what I know already and from what you state, 1,2,3 are used for each spider like "Yahoo Slurp" etc. Correct? As a result wouldnt I need to edit the variables linking to those numbers in order to add an unique <img src= code?

Thanks for you patience Paul & your support.

Matt

[Paul M]

Now from what I know already and from what you state, 1,2,3 are used for each spider like "Yahoo Slurp" etc. Correct? As a result wouldnt I need to edit the variables linking to those numbers in order to add an unique <img src= code?


Yes - {1} is the spider name that you would use ( e.g. src='{1}.gif' )

[Paul M]

Version 1.18:

I've decided to release one more update to the new test version.

If you don't want to test this then please don't use version 1.18.

Revision 1.35;

* Some phrasing altered.

* Guestlist display altered to show if any views have been logged.

* The number of script actions recognised has been increased.

* Other minor code & layout changes.

Since no one has (still) reported any bugs, then assuming this also has none, this will definitely be the last test version - and will be updated to become version 1.19 (and replace 1.17) as the standard version.

[asw]

Installed the update! Thank you!

[KURTZ]

obviously updated! :D

thx Paul

[soulface]

Installed the new version! working gr8.

Paul, can you add an option like, members can view the Total guests that have visited the forum today but can't click & see the extra things when clicking on spiders, just admins.

Thanks...

[Paul M]

Yep, I think I can do that.

Since this will add another usergroup option, I'm thinking it might be better to move them into the usergroup manager now.

Looks like another test version may get released after all ...........

[soulface]

Yep, I think I can do that.

Since this will add another usergroup option, I'm thinking it might be better to move them into the usergroup manager now.

Looks like another test version may get released after all ...........

Thanks for adding that... well we can test for you ;)

[cupra]

tnx a lot - installd!

[Paul M]

Version 1.18:

Another test version with revised usergroup permissions.

If you don't want to test this then please don't use version 1.18.

Revision 1.39;

Usergroup permissions are now controlled in the usergroup manager. This requires a second bitfields file which must be uploaded to your /includes/xml folder. You should upload this file first, then import the product (otherwise you may need to manually rebuild the bitfields).

Four permissions are provided ;

* Can View the Guests Visited Display.
Members can view the guests visited display on Forumhome.

* Can View Guest IP Addresses.
Members can see the ip addresses of visiting guests.

* Can View Guest Visits List.
Members can view the list of guest visits page.

Can View Guest Tracking Data.
Members can view the individual guest visit tracking page.

There are also some minor layout changes.

Since the permissions system has changed completely, there is a small possibility that something got broke (it's been pretty well tested). Please report any bugs in this thread.

[Ailish]

Installed and working great, thank you Paul!

[snerd]

How do I add the big list of spiders in the spiderlist.xml? Sorry for the noob question, it's just not that easy to find on the thread. I've looked for 30 minutes now! :(

Thanks!
Mike

[snerd]

Sorry, I think I figured it out. I copied the contents into the spiders_vbulletin.xml file, replacing the original spiders content.

Mike

[Atakan KOC]

Good work. Thanks.

[Paul M]

How do I add the big list of spiders in the spiderlist.xml? Sorry for the noob question, it's just not that easy to find on the thread. I've looked for 30 minutes now!

Just replace your default spiders.xml file with the one in the linked post.

[Pirate45]

Strange.... I've installed it the latest version and checked the permissions and it is enabled but I'm not seeing anything.

Edit: working now. Took a few minutes for this to appear.

[KURTZ]

Strange.... I've installed it the latest version and checked the permissions and it is enabled but I'm not seeing anything.

Edit: working now. Took a few minutes for this to appear.

same trouble here ... but it seems that the usergroups prermissions needs to be updated ... so all runs correctly ...

[KURTZ]

Just replace your default spiders.xml file with the one in the linked post.

sorry Paul, but in my xml folder i dont find that file .. i got spiders_vbulletin.xml

[Paul M]

Then that is the file to update/replace.

[KURTZ]

ok just renamed and replaced thx :)

[Canis Firebrand]

Do the permissions to see the data follow primary usergroup only or primary and any additional?

Reason I ask is that on my site, my primary usergroup is Registered User. My additional group is administrator.

The administrator permissions were set to yes for all the Guest Tracking options. On Registered user, they were set to no by default. I could not see the Guest Tracking section until I turned on the ability for Registered Users to see the section.

I hope that makes sense.

[thunder_sti]

Clicked Installed !!!

Very Nice Mod!! Very Fast Installed no issues:
Currently working on:

vb: 3.6.7 (PL1)

Demo: http://www.boricua-racing.com/forum/index.php

[Paul M]

Do the permissions to see the data follow primary usergroup only or primary and any additional?

The administrator permissions were set to yes for all the Guest Tracking options. On Registered user, they were set to no by default. I could not see the Guest Tracking section until I turned on the ability for Registered Users to see the section.



It uses the standard vbulletin permissions system. I would guess that you have not allowed the registered users group to inherit permissions, it's a usergroup setting.

Allow Users to have Member Groups
(Sets whether or not permissions from the user's member (secondary) user group memberships are inherited or not)

[Paul M]

Version 1.19

Testing of the new diplays and permissions is completed. Version 1.17 is now replaced by this release. Details are in the main post.

[Michael Biddle]

Thanks for the update

[Darat]

Fantastic update to this mod - thanks Paul.

[m002.p]

Nice work Paul as always :)

[Masiello]

For upgrading from version 1.17 just check "yes" on the overwriting box?

[SCRIPT3R]

Four new usergroup permissions are provided in the usergroup manager.

* Can View the Guests Visited Display - Members can view the guests visited display on Forumhome.
* Can View Guest IP Addresses - Members can see the ip addresses of visiting guests.
* Can View Guest Visits List - Members can view the list of guest visits page.
* Can View Guest Tracking Data - Members can view the individual guest visit tracking page.
for forums with many usergroups, this new option sucks! would have preferred the previous opt in/out globally from the options menu. just my opinion.

[vitrag24]

before upgrading it was showing.
after upgrading it isnt showing anything in forumhomepage.
please look at my forum (http://www.medicalgeek.com)

i just uploaded one file and uninstalled previous plugin and installed new plugin.

[Masiello]

before upgrading it was showing.
after upgrading it isnt showing anything in forumhomepage.
please look at my forum (http://www.medicalgeek.com)

i just uploaded one file and uninstalled previous plugin and installed new plugin.
Yes this happen too on my forum, but just go in your usergroup (administrators) permissions then enable all option for Tracking Guest and click save, refresh your forumhome page and then it show up.

[Masiello]

for forums with many usergroups, this new option sucks! would have preferred the previous opt in/out globally from the options menu. just my opinion.

I love that option :p can you like to show the guest IP to all your visitors?

[vitrag24]

opps..to show guests visits only there shd be yes/no option for all usergroups together in vboptions/guesttracking
then if we want diff permissions we can set
but to set permission for all is cumbersome.

[Masiello]

Nope, because it have the show IP option.

[Paul M]

before upgrading it was showing.
after upgrading it isnt showing anything in forumhomepage.
please look at my forum (http://www.medicalgeek.com)


As the post says ;

To install ;
*Unzip the XML files.
* Upload the bitfields file to your ../includes/xml folder.
* Import the product into vB using the ACP Product Manager.
* Set your required permissions in the usergroup manager.



opps..to show guests visits only there shd be yes/no option for all usergroups together in vboptions/guesttracking
then if we want diff permissions we can set
but to set permission for all is cumbersome.
No more cumbersome than setting any other usergroup permission. If you choose to run many usergroups then that's something you have to live with.

[Mrdby]

now i don't see it at the bottom of my page.

[Mrdby]

oops...DUH!! LOL i see it now..lol

[SCRIPT3R]

Four new usergroup permissions are provided in the usergroup manager.
* Can View Guest IP Addresses - Members can see the ip addresses of visiting guests.
* Can View Guest Visits List - Members can view the list of guest visits page.
* Can View Guest Tracking Data - Members can view the individual guest visit tracking page.
for usergroups that DO NOT have these permissions, why even show the clickable option? do an if/then and drop the hyperlink.

[vitrag24]

As the post says ;






No more cumbersome than setting any other usergroup permission. If you choose to run many usergroups then that's something you have to live with.

not more usergroups..only 1additional usergroup then default
but i'm suggesting to enable show guests visit globally for all.
not all options like ip and all..
hope you got wht i'm trying to explain.
Anyway gr8 update.

I think you'll agree with my suggestion..as everyone will allow anyone to see guests visits only..

[rolfw1]

Thankyou, nice update. :)

[Paul M]

..as everyone will allow anyone to see guests visits only..


We only allow staff to view the display. Why would anyone allowed banned/suspended members to see it.

[smoknz28]

Hi Paul...I upgraded from v1.1.7 on my vB 3.6.8 and set the options...but the hack is not displaying.

I did upload the bitfield file in the includes/xml folder as well.

Any thoughts?

[DieselMinded]

Over Write this file spiders_vbulletin.xml With spiderlist.xml from the link you gave Correct ?

Do i need to rename the xml from the link to spiders_vbulletin.xml ?

[KURTZ]

Version 1.19

Testing of the new diplays and permissions is completed. Version 1.17 is now replaced by this release. Details are in the main post.

this is Release Candidate 1.40 right?

[DieselMinded]

Over Write this file spiders_vbulletin.xml With spiderlist.xml from the link you gave Correct ?

Do i need to rename the xml from the link to spiders_vbulletin.xml ?

I Just Copied everything Between <spiderlist> and </Spiderlist> and added it to my stock xml

DM

[DieselMinded]

HOLY COW THIS THING IS AWESOME !!!!!! THANKS PAUL !!!!

How Do I Clear out old data ?

[DieselMinded]

How do i get the most guests in 24 hours to Show?

[rayw]

Excellent work! Just upgraded to the new version. Loving the new display options.

Thanks a lot. :)

[frostyIntrepid]

my column for guest tracking disappeared after I installed the new version. any idea why?

[kollam003]

Wow Works Like a Charm wonderful thanks for the update dude

[GateKeper]

my column for guest tracking disappeared after I installed the new version. any idea why?

Same here, its no longer showing ...

EDIT:

Got it working, missed a step

To install ;
*Unzip the XML files.
* Upload the bitfields file to your ../includes/xml folder.
* Import the product into vB using the ACP Product Manager.
* Set your required permissions in the usergroup manager.


Did not read well enough, once I saw that and did it, all was OK

[GateKeper]

all is now working....cool,,Thanks

[Viper007Bond]

Works like a charm! (Don't forget to set usergroup permissions, guys!)

However, I like to display the guest count for guests / normal users, but not the IPs and such. It'd be nice if the user couldn't view the list/IPs/etc. to not display the link to the page. It may confuse the users.

[jluerken]

Hi PaulM,

with version 1.19 I get a MySQL Error when clicking on a Spider link
(misc.php?do=guestlist&type=Visitors)

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:


Invalid SQL:

SELECT COUNT(dateline) AS count, guest.*
FROM vb3_guest AS guest
LEFT JOIN vb3_guestviews as guestviews
ON (guest.guestid = guestviews.guestid AND guestviews.dateline > 1190098883)
WHERE lastactive > 1190098883 AND spider = ''
GROUP BY guestid
ORDER BY lastactive DESC
LIMIT 1000;

MySQL Error : Illegal mix of collations (latin1_swedish_ci,IMPLICIT) and (utf8_general_ci,IMPLICIT) for operation '='
Error Number : 1267

[djbaxter]

One tiny error. After installing version 1.19, the product is still showing 1.17 in the ACP.

To fix, find this line (line 6) in Track-guests.xml:

<version>1.17</version>

Change to:

<version>1.19</version>

and reinstall with the "overwrite" option.

[KURTZ]

i think is better if Paul call this version 1.20 ...

[GateKeper]

Not sure but we were getting a lot of these message's yesterday

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO guestviews
(guestid, forumid, threadid, dateline, ipaddress)
VALUES
('c6f6d370d924653af28418674582e88d', 0, 0, 1190190071, 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx');

MySQL Error : Duplicate entry 'c6f6d370d924653af28418674582e88d-0-0' for key 1 Error Number : 1062
Date : Wednesday, September 19th 2007 @ 08:21:11 AM
Script : http://ftaview.com/
Referrer :
IP Address : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vb_database

I think it was because in those few moments I did not setup the permissions in the user group manager, but I cannot confirm this was the reason, as one of the other Admins, did a restore of a previous backup, and the messages went away, this did not affect the installation of this hack, as it's still on and running, however no one is reporting the above error messages anymore, current version of hack is running, user group permissions are all done....

so not sure still as to why...

any thoughts ?

[Paul M]

One tiny error. After installing version 1.19, the product is still showing 1.17 in the ACP.

To fix, find this line (line 6) in Track-guests.xml:

<version>1.17</version>

Change to:

<version>1.19</version>

and reinstall with the "overwrite" option.

If your XML says 1.17 then you have the wrong version, the XML uploaded says 1.19.

[Paul M]

Not sure but we were getting a lot of these message's yesterday



I think it was because in those few moments I did not setup the permissions in the user group manager, but I cannot confirm this was the reason, as one of the other Admins, did a restore of a previous backup, and the messages went away, this did not affect the installation of this hack, as it's still on and running, however no one is reporting the above error messages anymore, current version of hack is running, user group permissions are all done....

so not sure still as to why...

any thoughts ?

The first test version (V1.18, R1.23) had a primary key on the guestviews table, it was removed in the next test version. If you upgraded from the first test version direct to 1.19 then you would get those errors. Uninstalling and then reinstalling the modification would fix it.

[Paul M]

Hi PaulM,

with version 1.19 I get a MySQL Error when clicking on a Spider link
(misc.php?do=guestlist&type=Visitors)

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:


Invalid SQL:

SELECT COUNT(dateline) AS count, guest.*
FROM vb3_guest AS guest
LEFT JOIN vb3_guestviews as guestviews
ON (guest.guestid = guestviews.guestid AND guestviews.dateline > 1190098883)
WHERE lastactive > 1190098883 AND spider = ''
GROUP BY guestid
ORDER BY lastactive DESC
LIMIT 1000;

MySQL Error : Illegal mix of collations (latin1_swedish_ci,IMPLICIT) and (utf8_general_ci,IMPLICIT) for operation '='
Error Number : 1267


That's an issue with your tables. Mysql has created them with different collations, you need to edit one to match the other (in phpmyadmin).

[djbaxter]

If your XML says 1.17 then you have the wrong version, the XML uploaded says 1.19.

The xml indicates 1.19 as the version:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Header: d:\cvs/3.6/Track-guests.xml,v 1.19 2007/09/01 14:38:57 pem Exp $ -->
<product productid="paulm_20061109" active="1">
<title>Guest Tracking</title>
<description>Track Guest Visits</description>
<version>1.17</version>
<url/>
<versioncheckurl/>
<cvs><![CDATA[$Revision: 1.19 $]]></cvs>
<dependencies>
<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="3.6.0" maxversion="3.6.99" />
</dependencies>
<codes>
<code version="*">
<installcode><![CDATA[
// Start v1.13 //

Addendum:

Never mind. That must have been the beta version. I apparently downloaded but didn't unip the 1.19 release version. :o

[Paul M]

Ignore the Revision number - that's just my local CVS tracking - the Version is what's important - so the example above was Version 1.17. :)

[djbaxter]

OK. See my Addendum above. I had downloaded but neglected to unpack the latest version. I've now corrected that, uninstalled the o0ld version and installed the new version, and everything is as it should be. :)

[GateKeper]

The first test version (V1.18, R1.23) had a primary key on the guestviews table, it was removed in the next test version. If you upgraded from the first test version direct to 1.19 then you would get those errors. Uninstalling and then reinstalling the modification would fix it.

I have completely redone the work, un-installed and reinstalled, will let you guys know if anymore error messages are sent....

Thanks

[DieselMinded]

Mr. M

How Do I Get the Most Ever Visitors Online Thing Likes in the Screen Shot?

Thanks

[Paul M]

You look in my profile ....... and suddenly notice this ;)

Most ever Members, Posters, Guests and Chatters (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=122425)

[DieselMinded]

Thanks
/me Clicks installed 2 times today
Members Rejoice

[GateKeper]

I have completely redone the work, un-installed and reinstalled, will let you guys know if anymore error messages are sent....

Thanks

Still problems, still getting error email's like the one below

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO guestviews
(guestid, forumid, threadid, dateline, ipaddress)
VALUES
('c4007f4e8d7ec5f39552297f33487eed', 0, 0, 1190219076, 'xx.xx.xx.xx');

MySQL Error : Duplicate entry 'c4007f4e8d7ec5f39552297f33487eed-0-0' for key 1 Error Number : 1062
Date : Wednesday, September 19th 2007 @ 04:24:36 PM
Script : http://www.ftaview.com/index.php
Referrer :
IP Address : xx.xx.xx.xx
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vb_database


I did an uninstall of the hack, I installed the latest version, and I get the errors, I once again removed it, and tried to go back to an older version, ended up with even more errors in the user group manager area, it had the guest tracking permissions, with just the radio buttons but no descriptions, so I removed everything again, installed the latest again and have disabled the hack to see if I get anymore messages, if none, I will enable the hack tomorrow and see if errors come in again....

.

[rjmjr69]

I do not see any product file in the zip?

[Paul M]

I did an uninstall of the hack, I installed the latest version, and I get the errors, I once again removed it, and tried to go back to an older version, ended up with even more errors in the user group manager area, it had the guest tracking permissions, with just the radio buttons but no descriptions, so I removed everything again, installed the latest again and have disabled the hack to see if I get anymore messages, if none, I will enable the hack tomorrow and see if errors come in again....



Uninstalling it should have dropped the old table, I can't see why it wouldn't have. I guess you could uninstall it and then check, dropping the tables manually if necessary.

You are obviously not going to get any errors if it's disabled, so I'm not really sure what your objective is there.


I do not see any product file in the zip?


There are only two files in the zip, since one is the bitfields file that doesn't really leave a lot to choose from - so I don't see how you cannot see it :confused:

[GateKeper]

Uninstalling it should have dropped the old table, I can't see why it wouldn't have. I guess you could uninstall it and then check, dropping the tables manually if necessary.

You are obviously not going to get any errors if it's disabled, so I'm not really sure what your objective is there.



Well no errors, since the hack has been disabled, did it this way to make sure it was not something else. (something I might have done :D)

I will now enable once again tonight and see if errors come back if so, I will be confident its the hack ?, not saying anything bad about the hack, just that it is giving us errors, and I am not sure why, will need to investigate further.

Paul M you mention dropping the tables manually,,,,,how do I do this ? please advise if possible, still learning, and trying....

thanks for the time...
:up:

[DieselMinded]

phpmyadmin and delete the tables for this mod if there still there after the uninstall

[Redlee]

Ok I'm a newbie, I installed this last night works fine I believe. Only thing I need to know is my CMPS page is what I want to track. It is tracking my forumhome but thats not my home page. :confused: Do I need to change the page name thats being tracked? Where do I find that? :)

[asw]

Update installed and working perfectly on 3.6.8

Many thanks - :up:

[Coleccromos]

Is it possible that this modification of problems with the database of this type?

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect() [&lt;a href='function.mysql-connect'&gt;function.mysql-connect&lt;/a&gt;]: User athletic already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections
/hermes/web10/b758/pow.cromosdefutbol/htdocs/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 273

[Paul M]

Nope, that's general server/mysql problem - specifically, you have too many connections to mysql.

[Mrdby]

Works Fine For Me

[DPtheGod]

Hello, I downloaded this and put it on my forum, but nothing shows up. I have the Master Enable set to yes, and have made all admins and super moderators able to see it, yet none of us can see anything. I have done everything correctly accordingly as per instructions, but still nothing. Could this be an issuewith the templates and other mods on the forum?

[Paul M]

Yes, looking at your site, it's an issue with your custom style.

Go into the modification settings, you will see a setting for the comment searched for in the forumhome template ;

Change yours to <!-- end what's going on box -->

[BadgerDog]

Hi Paul ... :)

I've been running v1.17 without any problems....

I've just upgraded to v1.19 and I no longer see the guest display at the bottom as previously under v1.17. I checked the AdminCP options and it is ON and I never touched any of the defaults that were there from v1.17.

The install went fine (overwrite with no errors) and it is active, as is all of the plugins for it .....

Any idea why it would stop working?

Thanks

Regards,
Badger

[Paul M]

Did you follow the install instructions ?

[BadgerDog]

Did you follow the install instructions ?

Well, as I said, I've been running v1.1.7 just fine...

I downloaded the Zip file ...
I unzipped the zip file which contained two XML's.
I uploaded the bitfields file to my ../includes/xml folder.
I imported the product XML (using overwrote) into vB using the ACP Product Manager.

I missed this one ... :o "check permissions in the usergroup manager".....

Running now... thanks for the enhancements.... :up:

Regards,
Badger

[KURTZ]

updated!

[wizardan]

Updated.
Flawless.

[Makc666]

Hi Paul ... :)

I've been running v1.17 without any problems....

I've just upgraded to v1.19 and I no longer see the guest display at the bottom as previously under v1.17. I checked the AdminCP options and it is ON and I never touched any of the defaults that were there from v1.17.

The install went fine (overwrite with no errors) and it is active, as is all of the plugins for it .....

Any idea why it would stop working?

Thanks

Regards,
Badger

Did you follow the install instructions ?

I also didn't see guest display after I have updated from 1.16 to 1.20.
To fix this one I had to go to "Usergroup Manager" and to resave information of the needed gropus. I didn't touch "Can View the Guests Visited Display". Just resaved.

A little note fot the next version.

I think we didn't need dot(s) after these phrases:
trg_display
Can View the Guests Visited Display.

trg_list
View Guest Visits List.

trg_permissions
Tracking Permissions

trg_track
Can View Guest Tracking Data.

trg_viewip
Can View Guest IP Addresses.

And a liittle question:
What does it meen:
Viewing Who Posted in <a href='showthread.php?t={1}'>{2}</a>

Where does that "Who Posted" situated? Can you give an example URL?

Thanks
Maxim

[Paul M]

To fix this one I had to go to "Usergroup Manager" and to resave information of the needed gropus. I didn't touch "Can View the Guests Visited Display". Just resaved.


Yep, that seems to be a vb issue, it doesn't pick up the permissions properly until you edit one. For the next release, no permissions will be set on install, forcing you to set some.

I think we didn't need dot(s) after these phrases


Well you're free to edit them if you want, I see no real issue with full stops. :)

What does it meen:
Viewing Who Posted in <a href='showthread.php?t={1}'>{2}</a>

Where does that "Who Posted" situated? Can you give an example URL?



https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/misc.php?do=whoposted&t=131314

[GateKeper]

Well no errors, since the hack has been disabled, did it this way to make sure it was not something else. (something I might have done :D)

I will now enable once again tonight and see if errors come back if so, I will be confident its the hack ?, not saying anything bad about the hack, just that it is giving us errors, and I am not sure why, will need to investigate further.

Paul M you mention dropping the tables manually,,,,,how do I do this ? please advise if possible, still learning, and trying....

thanks for the time...
:up:

Well it crapped out our site, so I disabled it, not going to run it anymore, also if I try to remove it, I get other errors, so for now it will stay installed but not enabled.

I wish I could figure out why I have the issues, but I am not that great with the VB stuff so for now it will remain n the background, and disabled

Thanks

[Paul M]

Clearly you have some issue local to you. Without appropriate access I cannot help you further.

[BadgerDog]

Hi Paul.... :)

Just for clarity...

You can get an improved Spiders Definition file, that recognises many more spiders, from this post.

Note: For Spider detection to work you must set Enable Spider Display to 'Yes' in vBulletin Options > Who's Online Options.


If I simply turn ON the "Enable Spider Display" option and then IMPORT the XML file shown in your external link that has the extended spider indentification list, will that get this extra capability going?

Thanks ...

Regards,
Badger

[Paul M]

You have to replace the vbulletin supplied spiders definition file with the one in that post (the vb file is called spiders_vbulletin.xml and is located in the ../includes/xml folder). You can either copy/paste the contents, or just rename the extended file and overwrite the vb file.

[BadgerDog]

Thanks Paul ... :up:

Did that and it's now running fine with the additional reporting....

Regards,
Badger

[msalman]

there seem to be problem with bitfields, i installed it and i don't see any permission fields in each user group?

[Paul M]

Did you upload the file, to the correct place (first) ?

[msalman]

^sorry, for some reasons, the hack was disabled. It is working now, thanks!

[Jay-MOB]

Hello,

I have a custom style on my forum, my vbulletin is 3.6.8

I have tried to change the custom code in the adminoptions to something else as well, however it was still not showing it.

Any help?

[Paul M]

Without access to your forum there is nothing I can do to help you.

[Jay-MOB]

<a href="http://www.internationalmedics.org" target="_blank">www.internationalmedics.org</a>

here you go mate!

[Jay-MOB]

Ah never mind turned cybernetec off, and then track visits on, and then cybernetec on and voila it was working!!!

[Paul M]

<u>Version 1.22</u>

The "Most Ever Guests" option has now been added directly to the modification instead of needing the seperate ME product.

[Masiello]

Thanks for the update Paul, installed.

[Canis Firebrand]

Version 1.22

The "Most Ever Guests" option has now been added directly to the modification instead of needing the seperate ME product.

If the seperate ME product is installed for your other add-ons, will leaving it installed and installing this updated add-on cause any issues?

[KURTZ]

updated! (thx paul)

[Paul M]

If the seperate ME product is installed for your other add-ons, will leaving it installed and installing this updated add-on cause any issues?

Nope, if you have the seperate product installed still, this will detect it, and leave the display & updates to the old product.

JFYI - as posted in the ME product thread - I will be updating all four modifications that ME was written for (over the next few days) so it will become redundant.

[Canis Firebrand]

Glad that they will be incorporated. I assume at that point, it will be a simple removal of that extra add-on and just use the four modifications in their updated state.

Thanks again for all these plugins as they give you a nice view of what is happening on your site.

[AdrianH]

Just wanted to say a big thank you for your efforts,I love this tool, I have only been running VB a couple of months and this is a superb add on.It has shown up some very interesting information and today showed up an IP from the US undoubtedly using a scraper on my forum.

Over 140 pages hit in a matter of a few minutes stands out rather well on this report,anyone without this tool may well never have known of an incident like this.

[yoyoyoyo]

I appreciate all of you hard work. I installed this on my site, but do not see it in the "Who's Online" area. I have it enabled in the ACP, but it is not showing up on my forum home page. All of the other who's online hacks you have made work, but I can't seem to get this working - any ideas where to start looking?

edit: nevermind - I didn't have the permissions enabled properly :D

[Paul M]

I assume at that point, it will be a simple removal of that extra add-on and just use the four modifications in their updated state.


Yes.

All four have now been updated, so you can install the ones you want and remove the old ME hack.

[Total666]

Somethings weird , I uploaded the file to includes / xml file ... imported the new product .. all seem updated .. But now my guest display is gone ? Ideas ??

http://www.extremetesting.tv/forums/index.php

[Paul M]

Have you actually set any permissions (as per the install instructions).

[vitrag24]

i think keep mostever plugin is better option for me then reinstalling all 4 products.
:)
What do u say?

[USAMustangs.com]

I installed this new version overwriting the previous version and now the whole guests and spiders display has disappeared?

I verified that everything is enabled. I did upload the bitfield file into includes/xml

I also updated the members visited version at the same time and it seems to working just fine?

Any ideas? I sure would like to get it working again.

I have vB 3.6.5

Thanks

EDIT: Never mind. I didn't have the Usergroup permissions enabled. It's working great now.

Thanks again.

[DiverTree]

Have you actually set any permissions (as per the install instructions).im having the same problem. the whole feature is gone from the forums page. i uploaded the bitfield_track-guests.xml to the /includes/xml file then imported the product with overwrite set to yes. when i goto ...

admin cp > vB options > guest tracking

i dont see the option to select usergroups to view the mod. this is what i got ...

Master Enable > Yes
Enable Display > Yes
Enable Views Tracking > Yes
Detect Spiders > Yes
Collapse Display > No
Rolling 24 Hours Option > Yes
Enable Most Ever Guests Option > Yes
Script Types to ignore > cron,login
Request Variables to ignore > explain,styleid,langid,referrerid,mode,nojs,goto
Database Clean-up Period > 2
Guest List Row Limit > 1000
Guest Views Row Limit > 500
Code Option > Run Code On Forum Home Page Only
ATCS: Enable > Yes
ATCS: Template Name > FORUMHOME
ATCS: Search Text > <!-- end logged-in users -->

i upgraded 'members who have posted' and 'members who have visited' without a hitch. nice work :) and thank you :D

oh crap ... its in the usergroup manager. lol. sorry for bothering you.:o

[Total666]

Have you actually set any permissions (as per the install instructions).


I needed to read more , thanks dude for your patience ... :)

[budswope]

LOL, I removed the execution order earlier and then editted the _slave and it worked. Thanks.


When you say "remove the executionorder" what do you mean? I see 4-5 places where it occurs...

<plugin active="1" executionorder="5">
<title>Guest Tracking (2)</title>
<hookname>cron_script_cleanup</hookname>
<phpcode><![CDATA[


Just remove the blue portion and I'm good to go?

[Paul M]

Assuming you are talking about running this on 3.5 - then at the very least you would also need to remove _slave from the queries - I also have no idea if the datastore calls will work.

[vitrag24]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1354275&postcount=693" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showp...&postcount=693</a>
plz look at my query.

[Paul M]

Do you have a support issue ?

[budswope]

Assuming you are talking about running this on 3.5 - then at the very least you would also need to remove _slave from the queries - I also have no idea if the datastore calls will work.

Yes I thought I had the _slave part right. Is this what you meant by "no idea if datastore calls still work"---Sorry I don't know really what that is but when I try to import it this is the error I get. This is a terrific mod that I have in a 3.6.8 forum that would be very helpful in the 3.5.


Database error in vBulletin 3.5.3:

Invalid SQL:

REPLACE INTO phrase
(varname, fieldname, product, text)
VALUES ('setting_pemdata_desc','vbsettings','pem-dummy-product','Leave this setting alone.'),
('setting_pemdata_title','vbsettings','pem-dummy-product','Modification Version Data');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'fieldname' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054

[vitrag24]

Do you have a support issue ?

i have all four add-on installed by oyu
and you updated all
i already installed patch since a long for most ever visit

then shd i install all and uninstall that seperate add-on ?

or ok if i keep thisway?

[By_TR]

thank you ... :)

[Paul M]

i have all four add-on installed by oyu
and you updated all
i already installed patch since a long for most ever visit

then shd i install all and uninstall that seperate add-on ?

or ok if i keep thisway?

What you do is your choice, but the seperate mod is now withdrawn, support for it will cease at the end of 2007.

[vitrag24]

so do i need to remove that add-on to update all ur mods?

[Paul M]

Yes I thought I had the _slave part right. Is this what you meant by "no idea if datastore calls still work"---Sorry I don't know really what that is but when I try to import it this is the error I get. This is a terrific mod that I have in a 3.6.8 forum that would be very helpful in the 3.5.


Database error in vBulletin 3.5.3:

Invalid SQL:

REPLACE INTO phrase
(varname, fieldname, product, text)
VALUES ('setting_pemdata_desc','vbsettings','pem-dummy-product','Leave this setting alone.'),
('setting_pemdata_title','vbsettings','pem-dummy-product','Modification Version Data');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'fieldname' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054


I'm sure there are more bits that won't work either. It's written for 3.6, simple as that. There is no 3.5 release, nor will there be - apart from anything else I no longer run any 3.5 forums.

If you can get it going in 3.5 then great, but I'm afraid my support is limited to the 'official' 3.6 code.

[meissenation]

Curious, and I appologize if it was mentioned else where in the 48 pages, vBulletin says "Currently Active Users (http://www.mifbody.com/vbulletin/online.php): 20 (13 members and 7 guests)" while the Guest tracking says "Most guests online over 24 hours was 6" Why the difference between the two? Does vBulletin just count multiple instances of the same guest and this product smartly groups each instance of the guest?

[Paul M]

Have you had it installed for 24 hours yet ?

[ericho]

Hello Paul...it's Elizabeth Richardson here.

I installed this and got an incredible number of database errors, so have now uninstalled...I haven't read through the other posts, but just wanted to let you know of my challenge in case there is something that can be done...I am very grateful for all your work though.

[Paul M]

Without some clue as to what they were there is nothing i can tell you, but it sounds like it failed to install properly.

[vitrag24]

so do i need to remove that add-on to update all ur mods?

Reply please.
===

if i update all of your mods you updated before week then do i need to set permission for each usergroup speerately?
or globally it'll be set for all usergroups?

[Paul M]

I don't understand your question.

[meissenation]

Paul, is there any way possible to use https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=151601 GLA - Geographic Location Awareness with this? That would make this mod UBER sweet if we could see the Guest tracking and it showed the country where the guest's IP resolves to.

[john2k]

Paul, excellent work. Thanks a lot for making this mod. I just have a few questions for you.

Question 1:
Is there any setting that will remove the hyperlinks from what is displayed on the forumhome? If a usergroup is not permitted to view the Guest Visits List or the Guest Tracking data, maybe the links should not even be visible. I'm not sure, but it looks as though they will display but return the not logged in message for anyone who cannot view.

Question 2:
Is there a setting that will entirely turn off all tracking details other than the totals that are displayed on forumhome? Basically so that no data is collected for the guest visits list or the individual guest tracking pages.

Question 3:
What exactly does the Code Option do? Guest tracking for the homepage, forums and threads seems to work properly with "Run Code on the Forum Homepage Only" selected. I didn't notice anything different when I switched it to "Run Code on all pages." I'm not clear on what this option is for.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Paul M]

1. No, not at the moment, I may change it in the future.

2. You can turn off the extra guest tracking in the modifications options.

3. It's for people who want to display the guest counts on pages other than the index page - some people like to do this, so the option is standard in all my homepage display mods. If you don't need it then just leave it as is.

[john2k]

2. You can turn off the extra guest tracking in the modifications options.

Does doing that only turn off the display of guest tracking data or does it completely stop the data from being tracked and saved in the database?

The option to turn off the extra guest tracking would be the "Enable Views Tracking" option, correct?

3. It's for people who want to display the guest counts on pages other than the index page - some people like to do this, so the option is standard in all my homepage display mods. If you don't need it then just leave it as is.

The Code Option seems like it may be quite useful. If it is set to run on all pages, can the data be used individually or only as a whole? For example, are there variables that I could use to display only the total number of guests or visitors in the past 24 hours? So in effect, the only thing I would get from the variable is the number and I could take care of integrating that number into the site myself.

[Paul M]

It turns it off completely, no data is collected.

The total number of guests is $gueststoday (or $fgueststoday for the formatted version).

[ericho]

Without some clue as to what they were there is nothing i can tell you, but it sounds like it failed to install properly.

Thanks Paul - I have just done another install and will see how that goes.
Elizabeth

[mystic10]

when i upload the bitfields file to my ../includes/xml folder..it says Invalid File Specified..what should i do

[Paul M]

What exactly says that ?

[mystic10]

when i try to upload the bitfields file it says invalid file specified...

[Paul M]

That doesn't sound like an ftp error to me, are you sure you are using ftp ?

[Audentio]

Hey there,

Ive used this mods on other forums, but on one of my other forums it doesnt show up at all even though I clearly have it enabled. Are there certain requirements Im missing?

[Paul M]

The automatic template insertion requires a certain (default) comment to exist in the forumhome template, also, the "What's Going On" display must be enabled.

[madotds]

thank you installed

[Makc666]

Paul, why you didn't update mod's name?
<title>Guest Tracking</title>

[Paul M]

Because it's not important or necessary.

[momo2]

I did everything right but i can't see it..

[vitrag24]

I did everything right but i can't see it..

because you have not set permissions for individual usergroups.

[Audentio]

because you have not set permissions for individual usergroups.

Er, I cant find it in Usergroups Manager...

[tryance]

I can't find it in under groups manager either so I can not see it as well. I had to upload the tracking guest file. The bitfield file gave me an invalid error. I have V3.6

editL I went in and physically uploaded the fieldbit file in the includ/xml folder and now it works and uploaded the XML through products manager.

Thanks

[Audentio]

I can't find it in under groups manager either so I can not see it as well. I had to upload the tracking guest file. The bitfield file gave me an invalid error. I have V3.6

editL I went in and physically uploaded the fieldbit file in the includ/xml folder and now it works and uploaded the XML through products manager.

Thanks

Can you please explain how you did that once more? Im not seeing mine come up either.

[bulletinboard]

Excellent addon, thanks.

[mandazi]

I downloaded it. Uploaded the bitfield_track-guests.xml to the includes/xml folder. Then I went to the Admin CP and impored the track-guests.xml. Everything imported fine on the screen. I went to my forum, and it doesn't appear on the bottom.

Did I miss something?

Edit: Nevermind, I got it to work.

[Paul M]

Did I miss something?


Yes, you did ;

* Set your required permissions in the usergroup manager.

By default no permissions are given, you must set them.

[Audentio]

Yes, you did ;

* Set your required permissions in the usergroup manager.

By default no permissions are given, you must set them.

Im looking for them, cant find them anywhere :(.

[TigerWare]

Im looking for them, cant find them anywhere :(.

AdminCP -> Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager

Edit each of your primary usergroups, scroll down to the panel marked "Guest Tracking Permissions", edit the settings for each. All are off by default. HTH

* TigerWare clicks installed.
Good stuff Paul M, you rock.

[Audentio]

No, you dont understand. It ISNT in usergroup manager. I understand instructions, I installed the plugin and product and went to usergroup manager to find nothing.

I even used find to look for "tracking" and all that I got was pm tracking. Ive tried redoing it, nothing of it though.

[Paul M]

Have you copied the bitfield file to the correct place on your server ?

[McMendo]

My mistake. Please, delete.

[Audentio]

Have you copied the bitfield file to the correct place on your server ?

Youre a smart man :). Somehow I put the wrong file in there, a dumb mistake on my part. Thanks a lot Paul. Great mod, installed, 5/5.

EDIT: Sorry, I have one more problem. Even though I have spider tracking on, I am only getting a list of visitors. DO you know why this is?

[Paul M]

Have you turned in on in all required places ?

[Audentio]

The only one I know of is in vB Options > Guest Tracking > Detect Spiders and I have that set to yes.

[Paul M]

See the red note in the main modification post. ;)

[Audentio]

It is clicked :). I had it clicked before I installed this mod. Hm, youd think I would get spiders.

Eh, its really no big deal, the spiders. Im sure its a fault by my part somewhere, nothing to do with your mod. If used it on other boards of mine and its worked fine.

Thanks Paul!

[Dream]

Thanks for the update.

Just a little cosmetic thing, instead of linking (4639) link only the number, it would look a little better. I know I can change it just some feedback.

[class101]

installed, marked installed, subscribed to thread, voted 5 stars, addicted, great job PaulM ^^

[Dream]

I think there's a problem with the "most users ever" day, it says Today when it was yesterday, and Yesterday when it was 2 days ago. Im on GMT -3 with DST on.

[Paul M]

It uses standard vb functions to display the date/time, so I can't think of any reason why it would do anything different to the rest of your site.

[dartho]

Thanks!

If you plan further development, it would be nice to have the IP address of guests resolve when clicked, in the same manner as the do on the vBulletin "Who's Online" page...

[nanaimobar]

I have another statistics mod that displays much of the same info except for your exceptional guest tracking features.

The problem is the "What's going on" template doesn't appear anywhere on my forum or in my admin section when I search templates. Searching Forumhome template for "whats" or "whats_going_on" returned nothing.

I've set permissions for admin only and I believe other settings on board are ok.

Any suggestions where I've made a mistake? Could another stats mod interfere with Guest Tracking somehow?

Thanks.

UPDATE!

Found problem. Old template. Sorry to bother you.