Site Life Status

[Boofo]

Site Life Status for vB3.7
Version 1.0.4
(By Boofo)

What does this product do?
This product will add a Site Life Status info area, including Site Startup Date, Site Age and a Pagehits counter to your forumhome What's Going On box.

NOTE: The maximum counter value will depend on your system. The maximum signed integer value for 32 bit systems is 2147483647 (or 2,147,483,647), while the maximum signed integer value for 64 bit systems is 9223372036854775807 (or 9,223,372,036,854,775,807). These are the highest numbers this counter will be able to count to, depending on your system.

Version Information:
Version 1.0.1 --Initial release for vB3.7
Version 1.0.2 --Fixed changed variable in the template manual edit code.
Version 1.0.3 --Added phrases for counter. Now fully phrased.
Version 1.0.4 --Counter moved to the datastore. Added setting for the page views start count.

NOTE: You will need to uninstall any previous version and do a clean install of 1.0.4 to upgrade. You will also need to delete the forumhome_pagehits.txt file as it is no longer needed.

Credits:
A big thank you goes out to Shawn Dean for supplying the javascript code for the Site Age counter.

Installation overview:
Products to install: (1)
Templates to edit: (1) - Optional
Files to edit: (1)
Files to Upload: (2)
Images to upload (1)

Installation Instructions:
1. Upload life_status.gif to the images/misc folder on your site.

2. Upload site_life.js to the clientscript folder on your site.
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4. Go to your Admin CP
Scroll down to 'Plugin System'
Click 'Manage Products'
Click 'Add/Import Product'
Click the 'Browse' button, and locate the product-site_lifestatus.xml file on your computer

5. Go to your Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Help Site Life Status and set the following options:
--Site Life Status Enable: Enable/Disable the Site Life Status.
--Site Life Status Startup Date: Enter your site startup date.
--Site Life Status Automatic Template Replace: Click yes to have the template automatically edited.
--Update the page views counter to the value below? If you want to change the current page views counter value on forumhome to the value provided below, set this to "Yes" - it will automatically be reset to "No" once the new value has been set (at the next page view).
--Site Life Status Forumhome Page Views Counter: Enter the number of page views, without commas, to start the page views count at. (Example: 16897)


NOTE: You are done unless you opted to do the manual template install. If you chose Site Life Status Automatic Template Replace, there is no need to do the manual template edit in the install file.

Done!
Enjoy!

NOTE: If you do not click install, you do not need support.

[CrashPush]

You're the man Boofo!https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/02/1.gif

Thank you very much!

[anestetic]

demo site?

[Boofo]

Look at the pic.

CrashPush, you forget the install button?

[CrashPush]

CrashPush, you forget the install button?

I have to wait until I get home to actually install it but believe me it will get installed on both of my sites.

[TTG]

Thanks Boofo .. useful addition.

Installed and CLICKED installed :D :up:

[gwerzal]

Il be installing this as soon as the final release of vbulletin comes out

[F0xy]

the site age keeps going back to the beginning every time i refresh so its saying my site is only a couple of seconds old lol

EDIT: no wait, when i had it set to 19 Oct. 2007 it did what i said above but now that ive changed it to 19 October 2007 it is now working correctly, loving this thanks

[chrisdaman77]

Works excellent Boofo. Excellent job :up:

[lasto]

u know im gonna say it

does this work on 3.6.8 ? LOL

[Boofo]

Try it and see. ;)

[molieman]

Fantastic Ad-On, thank you :)

There have been 1 visitors to this page.
Doesn't change. I've got the forumhome_pagehits.txt in my root directory (not the forum directory) and its CHMD 777

Love to see this ad-on work right on my site :)

[Boofo]

the site age keeps going back to the beginning every time i refresh so its saying my site is only a couple of seconds old lol


EDIT: no wait, when i had it set to 19 Oct. 2007 it did what i said above but now that ive changed it to 19 October 2007 it is now working correctly, loving this thanks

Then you entered it wrong because I just tested 19 Oct. 2007 and it is working fine at 161 days 9 hours 11 minutes 56 seconds.

[chrisdaman77]

u know im gonna say it

does this work on 3.6.8 ? LOL

Yes it does as i have it running on one of my boards that is still 3.6.8

Fantastic Ad-On, thank you :)


Doesn't change. I've got the forumhome_pagehits.txt in my root directory (not the forum directory) and its CHMD 777

Love to see this ad-on work right on my site :)

Is it possible that you have only had one visitor? Otherwise you may want to do a cach clear and see if it still does it as mine is working correctly.

[molieman]

Is it possible that you have only had one visitor? Otherwise you may want to do a cach clear and see if it still does it as mine is working correctly.

YES, the wonderful world of cache...... always forget :( Works wonderfully, Thank You!!!!

[Playa82]

Thanks, works great at my site

[MissKalunji]

works perfectly thanks

[chrisdaman77]

YES, the wonderful world of cache...... always forget :( Works wonderfully, Thank You!!!!


Your welcome sir. I always forget to do it myself ;)

[ivanstanchev]

Installed & Nominated

[iyihost]

good hack :)

[Boofo]

good hack :)

Not good enough to rate the install button, I see.

[Snatch]

My Forum is in the Path /htdocs (Domainroot)

The path ist correctly edited but i get this Error on MainPage.


Warning: fopen([path]) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Is a directory in [path]/index.php(539) : eval()'d code on line 12

Warning: fputs(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/index.php(539) : eval()'d code on line 13

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/index.php(539) : eval()'d code on line 14

GreeTz
Snatch

[Boofo]

Did you check the path in the View PHP Info like the install file shows you to be sure?
And did you chmod the file? Show me what you have for that setting.

[Snatch]

Yes.

PHPInfo

/var/www/virtual/celebritymarkt.org/test.celebritymarkt.org/htdocs

Exact here is the forumhome_pagehits.txt with 777
and the same path "copy&paste" is in the AdminCP options.

[Boofo]

you need to add the file name to the end of that path.

/var/www/virtual/celebritymarkt.org/test.celebritymarkt.org/htdocs/forumhome_pagehits.txt

[Snatch]

I am so sorry. I vorgot the forumhome_pagehits.txt behind the Path.

Now it runs.

Thanks

[Boofo]

I was going to make that an automatic name but I know someone will eventually want to rename that file to something else so I did it this way.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

nice thx!! :D

[Azhrialilu]

Another great addition. :D

[lasto]

i think this interferes with cyb advanced stats as gave me quite a few errors at top of board.

[jeddah_eyes]

Thank u brother

i am gonna try and tell u every thing

[Boofo]

i think this interferes with cyb advanced stats as gave me quite a few errors at top of board.

Without knowing what the errors are, I can't help you, now can I? I'm betting you didn't follow the install instructions exactly. ;)

[Boofo]

Thank u brother

i am gonna try and tell u every thing

Then please click the install button.

[Hornstar]

can you set the counter at a predefined mark incase your board has been up for a while, it would look weird starting back at 1.

[Boofo]

Just edit the pagehits text file before you upload it.

[Tom_S]

Nifty! ;)

[princeedward]

another great idea...bro...thanks for this wonderful addon....works perfect to vB 3.6.8 PL2
one question about:

There have been (#) visitors to this page. is this means the daily or today visitors only?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a37/princeedward/theman.gif

best regards...

[NeuroLancer]

Nice mod! :)

Thank you very much Boofo your mods are very useful and I (and many others I am sure) would like to thank you sincerely for your continued efforts. :up:

.

i think this interferes with cyb advanced stats as gave me quite a few errors at top of board.

I use both mods without problems. ;)

[Ramsesx]

Nice hack, thank you. Would be perfect if the times (hours,minutes etc.) would be in phrases instead in the template.

[MrPHD]

Hi, Installed and running. Thanks Boofo

[Boofo]

Nice hack, thank you. Would be perfect if the times (hours,minutes etc.) would be in phrases instead in the template.

Perfection achieved! ;)

[Big Boss]

Not bad at all. I'm gonna install this right away once I get back to home.

[Boofo]

Not bad at all. I'm gonna install this right away once I get back to home.

And click the install button? ;)

[rainyleaves]

Thanks for your Mod.

How do I use like this?
full year - month name - day(2008 January 21)

[Boofo]

2008 January 21

[Ramsesx]

Perfection achieved! ;)
Wow, that was quick, thanks again :)

[codershark]

After installation I get the following Error:

Warning: fputs(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/index.php(544) : eval()'d code on line 114

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/index.php(544) : eval()'d code on line 115


Edit: I had forget to upload the txt file :D sorry my fault ! Now it works like a charm :)

[Boofo]

You have the path wrong the the pagehits file. Post the path here.

[codershark]

I had forget to upload the txt file sorry my fault ! Now it works like a charm

[Boofo]

Glad you got it working. ;)

By the way, how DOES a charm work? I've always wondered that.

[princeedward]

another great idea...bro...thanks for this wonderful addon....works perfect to vB 3.6.8 PL2
one question about:

There have been # visitors to this page.

is this means the daily or today visitors only?



best regards...sorry to bump this bro...just want to make sure of this...is this base on daily count of visitors on my forumhome???

...if it is...i might change the phrase if okay to...

There have been # visitors today to this page.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a37/princeedward/smilies/thinking.gif

thanks & best regards

[Boofo]

That is total visitors since you installed the mod.

[Bounce]

I changed mine to :D

There have been 620,762,249 visitors to this site.

INSTALLED:up:

[Boofo]

Oh, that's believable. ;)

[princeedward]

That is total visitors since you installed the mod.good...now i got it...thanks once again bro...

[bada_bing]

Does this hack have to be installed when you launch your site or can you set the start stats withing the hacks settings. For example my one site had been up for several months already

[Boofo]

There is a setting to set the startup date.

[Howell]

Boofo,

I commented out the page hits section as I didn't think it relevant as my site has been running 2 years.

Hope you don't mind me doing this but thought I would share it with other people.

In Template: [site_life_status]

Find:
<br />
<phrase 1="$pagehits">$vbphrase[site_visitors]</phrase>Replace with:
<!-- <br />
<phrase 1="$pagehits">$vbphrase[site_visitors]</phrase> -->If this is incorrect then please let me know. :erm:

Regards. Howell

[Boofo]

You can edit the pagehits file and add however many hits you want to, you know that right?

[Howell]

oh yes so you can. :p

This isn't mentioned anywhere though so didn't know you could do that.

Thanks for letting me know. :D

[Boofo]

As it is a writable text file, I didn't think I needed to add that, sorry. ;)

[asj]

thank

[Boofo]

Install button?

[princeedward]

bro...how come i can't change the numbers into more than 3 digits??? like 195,698,000

:(

[Boofo]

195698000

No commas, it takes care of that itself.

[Reeve of shinra]

Worked perfectly on my site.

www.shinraonline.com/board/index.php

Is at the bottom. I simply added a number I felt we've reached, as far as page hits go.

In 8 years you tend to get a lot.

[Boofo]

Well, hello stranger. How have you been?

[RokuDaMerlin]

hi, i have installed this ..

i have edit in german in the file ... ;/ i have say in the vb options: 15 February 2008

the date is ok on the side .. the vistors is ok on the side ..

i can not the ne point two: xxx days .. xxx hours etc .. i have this edit in the file to german .. run this not on this ?

so i have upload your english xml new ... the point: site age can i not see =(

i have vb3.7.rc1

[Boofo]

It is all phrase based. The phrases are there to translate.

And please click install. ;)

[RokuDaMerlin]

i have make new view please: http://www.mightycolorsportal.com/ i can not see the age =(

I SEE THIS


Forum Start: 15 February 2008
Zeit:
Besucher: 10.030

=(

[Boofo]

Did you upload the javascript file?

[RokuDaMerlin]

oh .. yes .. sry for the problem .. i have forget upload =) have a nice day .. it run now =)

[Boofo]

Ok, now please click the install button.

[Allan]

Good hack :)

[Boofo]

Thank you, sir. ;)

[Allan]

French language ;)

[Boofo]

Thank you, sir. I will add a link to the first post for this file. ;)

[princeedward]

195698000

No commas, it takes care of that itself.A-OK now...bro...really great mod...thanks once again... ;)

[FRANKTHETANK 2]

i can't get the site age to work. Nothing shows up can you give me some pointers on how to get something to show up?

[Boofo]

Make sure you uploaded both files to where they belong.

[FRANKTHETANK 2]

thank you i forgot to do the clientscript upload works great:)

[Knightmane]

Awesome Plugin. *Marked as Installed* Thanks, Boofo.

[amirlol]

it's very very slow

[Boofo]

That doesn't tell me anything. Explain. And click install.

[Ohiosweetheart]

Downloaded AND clicked Install :p

Will install on my site later today.

[SuperDave71]

Hey Boofo,

I have a quick question. I have this up and running works great BUT...

for some odd reason, the stats sometimes CHANGE.

For example, the other day my site stats were 27,000 people who have visited and this morning it was 18,000.

Is there something I am missing? Isn't this just a set it and forget it ?

I love the mod though....

Just thought I would ask.

-Dave

[Bounce]

for some odd reason, the stats sometimes CHANGE.
For example, the other day my site stats were 27,000 people who have visited and this morning it was 18,000.



I'm having the same problem...

I "custom " set it to the figure as I posted previously in this thread now it's

There have been 2,553 visitors to this site.


LOL !!

[Boofo]

No way that can happen on it's own. All it does it write the number to the text file and then read it back. Make sure the fle is set to chmod 777, which it should be to work.

[Bounce]

No way that can happen on it's own. All it does it write the number to the text file and then read it back. Make sure the fle is set to chmod 777, which it should be to work.

Aye it was at 644 in my case, apologises,will keep an eye out :up:

[Boofo]

Aye it was at 644 in my case, apologises,will keep an eye out :up:

From the first post and install file: ;)

NOTE: You must chmod 777 the forumhome_pagehits.txt file so it can be written to when updating the pagehits.

[berry05]

nicee hack!

[SuperDave71]

Mine HAS been set to 777 . I use FlashFXP and a simple right click and the attribs are "777".

Has been from the start. I am still clueless on this one.

Love the mod though.

-Dave

[Boofo]

nicee hack!

Then click the install button.

[Boofo]

Mine HAS been set to 777 . I use FlashFXP and a simple right click and the attribs are "777".


Has been from the start. I am still clueless on this one.


Love the mod though.



-Dave

Make sure you have no commas in the txt file. It should read something like: 27677

Other than that, there is no way it can be doing what you say it is. It updates the txt file by one on every page view and then reads it back. If it was to change, it couldn't go back to what it originally was before the change and start counting again. It would have no way to remember.

[SuperDave71]

No commas. I promise you , I am NOT losing it.

NO complaints, I agree with you. I would haev NO idea HOW on earth this would reset itself either.

I will do this....it is working 100% right now. i will post if is acts up again.

Thanks Boofo,

Dave

[Boofo]

Well, as we found out on your last problem, someone changed something. So this might be happening again. It is acts up again, PM me and I will take a look at it.

[SuperDave71]

Ok...Thanks Boofo. I really appreciate it.

I want this to work because I love the mod.

Thanks again,

Dave

[princeedward]

same problem here Bro. Boofo...it keep coming back to low visitors count always...i did followed every instructions...edit the forumhome_pagehits.txt (777 permissions) into bigger count of visitors without commas like... 357458035...it will work at the first time...but later on...it will go back to 2 digit...please advice...

:(

best regards...

[SuperDave71]

Thanks prince..

I was beginning to think I was going crazy! It happened to me again this morning.

Mine was 28345 last night...and this morning it was 18565

no IDEA....but Boofo will figure it out I hope. I love this mod and certainly want it to work the way it should.

Thanks,

Dave

[Bounce]

Just happened to me again and mine is defo cmd to 777 :erm:

Would it reset if the server got rebooted or whatever but don't think it has as we are dedicated,just thinking out loud :eek:

[Boofo]

What do you mean by 'reset'? Since the page count is read from the file only, it has no way to remember any count to be reset to other than what is written to the file. Mine is working flawlessly, and has been since I installed it. You can try taking the following line out of the code in the forumhome_complete hook to see it that helps:


$hits[0] = (float) $hits[0];



Since you guys are using such ridiculously large numbers, that might be the reason it is acting up on you.

[Bounce]

Since you guys are using such ridiculously large numbers, that might be the reason it is acting up on you.

Why??

Won't number's of hits ever get that high, if we got say 3,000 hits a week (some site's i'd say get far more than that) over 52 weeks and 5 years thats a high number :rolleyes:

[MissKalunji]

uhm ima have to check if mine does the same i did wonder why it was staying at 37,xxx for the past week

[Boofo]

uhm ima have to check if mine does the same i did wonder why it was staying at 37,xxx for the past week

Maybe it's been a slow week?

[princeedward]

What do you mean by 'reset'? Since the page count is read from the file only, it has no way to remember any count to be reset to other than what is written to the file. Mine is working flawlessly, and has been since I installed it. You can try taking the following line out of the code in the forumhome_complete hook to see it that helps:

$hits[0] = (float) $hits[0];

Since you guys are using such ridiculously large numbers, that might be the reason it is acting up on you.i'm watching or observing it the whole day...i guess the "TRICK" work or hope it will go on now without problem...i did edit also that thing into higher numbers...just to look more better than a forum that just been started...with a low numbers of visitors...:p
but as i said...i guess...it stay now to what i expected...thanks once again Bro Boofo

best regards

;)

[Boofo]

Keep me posted on whether the fix works for you. ;)

[Bounce]

I've took out the code as well and so far all is well

$hits[0] = (float) $hits[0];

[MissKalunji]

Maybe it's been a slow week?

Thats' why i said ill have to keep a close eye on it

[fukdawrld]

Warning: fputs(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/index.php(552) : eval()'d code on line 251

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/index.php(552) : eval()'d code on line 252

now everything is chmod 777 and also script is uploaded.. and my test forum is not open this is what i get @ the top


dam i am so dumb thanx any way

[Boofo]

Warning: fputs(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/index.php(552) : eval()'d code on line 251

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/index.php(552) : eval()'d code on line 252

now everything is chmod 777 and also script is uploaded.. and my test forum is not open this is what i get @ the top


dam i am so dumb thanx any way

It looks like the path to the txt file is wrong or missing.

[Bounce]

I've took out the code as well and so far all is well

$hits[0] = (float) $hits[0];

Still ok :D

[princeedward]

Keep me posted on whether the fix works for you. ;)it's been almost 3 days and looks good...Fix workin' good...i guess that's the only solution to our little problem...

once again thanks bro...and best regards...

;)

[Bounce]

Still ok :D

and still,looks like that fix sorted it...

many thanks B for your patience with us moaning bassa's :D

[digicom]

Thanks apprciated:up:

[rob30UK]

I've implement this with years, months and days:-
http://www.studentmidwife.net/

[Boofo]

It already has years and days.

[rob30UK]

well, months is good isnt it.... just an idea

[Boofo]

Yes, nice idea. Care to share how you did it?

[SuperDave71]

Hey Guys,

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I must say, I thought I fixed this one as well with the code modiification but it was not the case.

This morning before work, I had 32412 hits on the visitors.

When I got to work, it was set to 12232.

I have no idea what the issue could be. Sadly, I am going to have to remove this mod for now.

Please post if anyone else is having issues. I know Boofo has quailty mods and this is by NO means any reflection on his work. I am sure there is something possibly conflicting on my site.

Just wanted to offer a friendly heads up.

Thanks.

Dave

[Boofo]

Hey Guys,


I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I must say, I thought I fixed this one as well with the code modiification but it was not the case.

This morning before work, I had 32412 hits on the visitors.

When I got to work, it was set to 12232.

I have no idea what the issue could be. Sadly, I am going to have to remove this mod for now.


Please post if anyone else is having issues. I know Boofo has quailty mods and this is by NO means any reflection on his work. I am sure there is something possibly conflicting on my site.


Just wanted to offer a friendly heads up.


Thanks.


Dave

Beings you are the only one who has reported the fix not working, it has to be something you changed or another hack interfering with this one. Possibly the same gremlin that messed up the Site Map hack? ;)

[chick]

works great on 3.8. This is a wonderful mod, thank you very much

[Bounce]

works great on 3.8. This is a wonderful mod, thank you very much


CHRIST!!!!:eek: vb3.8 already what have I missed LOL ;)

[chick]

CHRIST!!!!:eek: vb3.8 already what have I missed LOL ;)

LOL, oops! I meant 3.6.8 :D

Oh is there a way to put it into a block on the vbadvanced main page?

[Boofo]

I don't use vbadvanced so I couldn't tell you, sorry. ;)

[Rageem]

Arabic language :D

[tehtide]

Installed on test vb 3.7 Gold board and it is registering a new visitor for each refresh... is that by design?

[Boofo]

Yes, as that is the page hits for the forumhome.

[TheLitegwplayer]

very nice installed :D I love it

[urbangamerz]

very nice i definately like this one.

[Boofo]

very nice i definately like this one.

But not enough to click install? ;)

[tehtide]

Ok... one more question.

The site age works with IE but it's not working correctly in firefox. After each minute the age resets back to 0 and counts back up to 60 seconds.

[echo2kk5]

Ok... one more question.

The site age works with IE but it's not working correctly in firefox. After each minute the age resets back to 0 and counts back up to 60 seconds.

Works fine here using FF 2.0.0.14

[Boofo]

Ok... one more question.

The site age works with IE but it's not working correctly in firefox. After each minute the age resets back to 0 and counts back up to 60 seconds.

And after 60 seconds watch the magic happen with the minutes. It is working fine in FF.

[tehtide]

Hmm... must be something in my FF setup then... I can watch it fine in IE and things work ok, but FF doesn't go.

Once we move this website to a live status I'll send you the link and you can take a look. Right now it is password protected.

[Boofo]

You have to have something interfering with it then. I don't run FF so I can't help you there.

[MissKalunji]

Hmm... must be something in my FF setup then... I can watch it fine in IE and things work ok, but FF doesn't go.

Once we move this website to a live status I'll send you the link and you can take a look. Right now it is password protected.

yeah must be your firefox mine is working fine and i only use ff

[princeedward]

it really keep coming back my visitors count to 2 digits...using (vb3.6.8.PL2) check that forumhome_pagehits.txt to my hcpanel...same 2 digit... i might remove this There have been 75 visitors to this page. instead...any idea or help more on this please...

thanks and best regards...

;)

[tehtide]

You have to have something interfering with it then. I don't run FF so I can't help you there.

Yeah... I'm an idiot... I'll go crawl under a rock now.

I had the date formatted incorrectly... I had the day formatted to a 2 digit... ie I had in Jan. 01 2008 and FF java script doesn't like the 2 digit day format. Changed it to Jan. 1 2008 and things are good.

thanks for the patience.

[Lindsey]

Is this your mod? I mean did you make it ?

[Boofo]

Yes and yes?

And don't forget the install button.

[Lindsey]

You made this by your self?

[Bree]

Thank Boo! I finally got this installed (on my .org site for now)... Quick and Easy just like I likes 'em =0) I wanna tweak it a bit before I put it on the .com... I have smn special in mind... lets just hope I can make it work -- I might have to bug you like mad LOL I'm teasin', I'll behave!

Anyways great job... but then, you know I'm a big fan of yours already =0)

Always, Bree

[Boofo]

Thanks, Bree! Just give me a shout on what you need and we can tackle it together. ;)

[princeedward]

it really keep coming back my visitors count to 2 digits...using (vb3.6.8.PL2) check that forumhome_pagehits.txt to my hcpanel...same 2 digit... i might remove this There have been 75 visitors to this page. instead...any idea or help more on this please...

thanks and best regards...

;)Bump!

[Boofo]

Not much I can do without looking at how you have it set up.

[princeedward]

Not much I can do without looking at how you have it set up.bro...what i mean is how, where or what to edit to eliminate the last line
There have been # visitors to this page.

pls view my attachment...

thanks and best regards...

;)

[Boofo]

Wouldn't you rather have it fixed?

[mikeinjersey]

I thought of a little recommendation for this mod.

For instance, when page views / registration logins / guest visitors are increased for the day, you can have a green arrow pointing upwards with something like - ^ 115% from yesterday or something like that. (meaning its 115 % move lively then yesterday ) you can use different parameters to calculate the overall percentage.

[karnevil]

/home66c/sub005/sc39562-VQLH/www.legal-beagles.co.uk/forumhome_pagehits.txt

is my document root path

does that sound right ?

I've done everything except change the CHMOD 777 cause I'm having trouble getting in the server to do it grr. I'm assuming thats why i get the errors at the top of the forum so have turned it off for the moment. Otherwise the days since opening etc works fine.

[Bounce]

ARGHHHHH after weeks of being ok mine has just "reset" itself :eek::(

Site Startup Date: 23 June 2002
Site Age: 5 years 324 days 17 hours 40 minutes 3 seconds
There have been 995 visitors to this site.

[Boofo]

/home66c/sub005/sc39562-VQLH/www.legal-beagles.co.uk/forumhome_pagehits.txt

is my document root path

does that sound right ?

I've done everything except change the CHMOD 777 cause I'm having trouble getting in the server to do it grr. I'm assuming thats why i get the errors at the top of the forum so have turned it off for the moment. Otherwise the days since opening etc works fine.

Look for the DOCUMENT_ROOT path in View PHP Info under the maintnance tab in the Admin CP. Also, what error are you getting?

[Boofo]

ARGHHHHH after weeks of being ok mine has just "reset" itself :eek::(

Site Startup Date: 23 June 2002
Site Age: 5 years 324 days 17 hours 40 minutes 3 seconds
There have been 995 visitors to this site.

How high was the number before it reset? I will do the Google Dance ad see if I can come up with a reason but it almost has to be something interfering either with the really high numbers or something else on your site. What doesn't make sense is if it is resetting itself, it should reset to 0 or blank. There is no way it can remember anything. Unless I can look at things, I'm not sure what is happening.

[flipstyle]

I have no idea what happened but now where it says:
There have been # vistors to this page.

It suddenly reseted back to 1

Do you have any idea how to get it back to normal?

[Boofo]

How high was it before it reset? Anything over 2,147,483,647 will cause it to reset.

[flipstyle]

It was around 4,800 something and then it reseted. Do you know how I can start it back at that # ?

[echo2kk5]

It was around 4,800 something and then it reseted. Do you know how I can start it back at that # ?
Open the forumhome_pagehits.txt file and edit it.

[flipstyle]

Open the forumhome_pagehits.txt file and edit it.

I did that and it is not working,

[Boofo]

Make sure it is 4800 (without any commas) and chmod it to 777.

I'm not understanding why it is resetting when mine has never reset. I am using standard code that writes to a file and reads it. It should not be messing up. I am looking into it now.

[Chance4Today]

Got it thanks :)

[Boofo]

You had the date with a leading 0, huh? ;)

[Boofo]

If anyone is still having a problem with the text file resetting, PM me and I will let you test the new version. I have re-written the pagehits code and now there is no setting required for the forumhome_pagehits filename and path. It now resides in your forums directory.

[flipstyle]

Does anyone know how I can move the site life status into the forums default statistics box to the right of threads, posts, members etc?

[princeedward]

million thanks for the new update Bro. Boofo... ;)

[Boofo]

Are we happy now? ;)

[princeedward]

Are we happy now? ;)i hope so...Bro...hope this is the final stable release now and not to have or encounter any problem anymore...btw...i thought we're gonna have the one from rob30UK Style:

Site Age: Years, Month, Days, Hours, Minutes, And Seconds

can we edit or add it somewhere?

anyway thanks again...

;)

[Boofo]

Well, the only way it can mess up now is if everything else messed up first as this now uses the db datastore. Foolproof, as much as possible.

The rob30UK style won't be accurate as it doesn't account for months with 31 days, or February with 28 days. And weeks was not added as the days would never get over 7 in the count.

Take another look as the AND part was added in the new version.

[princeedward]

opppsss...:rolleyes: i guess i don't have that AND thing...hmmm...

and also how come you got this Average hits per day: # to your site...and we don't? ;)

[Boofo]

Did you completely uninstall and reinstall like the instructions said to?

The 'Daily visitors to this page average:' is something I am working on now and will be testing. An after-thought, if you will.

[Bounce]

The 'Average of daily visitors to this page:' is something I am working on now and will be testing. An after-thought, if you will.

Thanks for the update, the "visitors to this site" is working now :)

You should know that if we see a function we just got too have it :p:D

[Boofo]

LOL Nothing for myself, huh? ;)

[Boofo]

Thanks for the update, the "visitors to this site" is working now :)

You should know that if we see a function we just got too have it :p:D

This ought to really irk you guys now. ;)

Site Startup Date: January 21, 2008
Site Age: 117 days, 11 hours, 3 minutes and 9 seconds
There have been 17,909 visitors to this page.
Average visits to this page: Hourly: 6, Daily: 152, Weekly: 1,067

[digicom]

Thanks apprciated:up:

[Chance4Today]

Thanks so much for this hack and for making it such a simple install

[Keyser S?ze]

i did not do manual install, where are the templates cuz it aint in forum home

my site has been around over 5 years and gets alot of traffic, so i want to add to this

There have been 377 visitors to this page.since May 16th. 2008

[princeedward]

Did you completely uninstall and reinstall like the instructions said to?
The 'Daily visitors to this page average:' is something I am working on now and will be testing. An after-thought, if you will.yes i do comletely uninstall and reinstall as the instruction said...but i really don't have the (and) thing, dunno why instead...only comma (,) still using vb3.6.8 here...maybe that's the problem too? not 100% compatible? and btw...it really looks good too with that new addon below..(Average visits to this page:)maybe we can have it all... :p

thanks and best regards...

;)

[Boofo]

yes i do comletely uninstall and reinstall as the instruction said...but i really don't have the (and) thing, dunno why instead...only comma (,) still using vb3.6.8 here...maybe that's the problem too? not 100% compatible? and btw...it really looks good too with that new addon below..(Average visits to this page:)maybe we can have it all... :p

thanks and best regards...

;)

Check the phrases as the 'and' is now there after the words 'minute' and 'minutes'. This will work the same with 3.6.8 as it does with 3.7.

[Boofo]

i did not do manual install, where are the templates cuz it aint in forum home

my site has been around over 5 years and gets alot of traffic, so i want to add to this

There have been 377 visitors to this page.since May 16th. 2008

It is showing fine on your forumhome page. You can set the starting hit count to whatever you want to in the settings.

[princeedward]

Check the phrases as the 'and' is now there after the words 'minute' and 'minutes'. This will work the same with 3.6.8 as it does with 3.7.okay...just add it manually now...:p thanks bro...

[Boofo]

That is strange. That should have been there unless the phrases didn't get replaced.

[Keyser S?ze]

boofo where in the lang/phrases are your phrases cuz i frankly dont see it

[Boofo]

Lok in the XML file towards the bottom and it will show you the names of the phrases used for this mod.

[Keyser S?ze]

Lok in the XML file towards the bottom and it will show you the names of the phrases used for this mod.

i understand but im saying if i wanted to edit the phrase where wwould i go cuz in lang & phrases i see nothing for site life status, even by doing a search i get nothing

[Boofo]

Then you need to do a search in phrases for the text you want to change. You can find them that way, also. If you open up the XML file, it will tell you what the phrase names are in the phrases section, towards the bottom.

[Keyser S?ze]

ok i found the thing its in global phrases, but im having some trouble here im not a master chief at vb but im not a total doofus either

but what ii want to do is make this

There have been 819 visitors to this page.

say this

There have been 819 visitors to this page since May 16th, 2008.

now can you please help me do this?

[Baldilocks]

Installed!! Great product.

[Boofo]

ok i found the thing its in global phrases, but im having some trouble here im not a master chief at vb but im not a total doofus either

but what ii want to do is make this

There have been 819 visitors to this page.

say this

There have been 819 visitors to this page since May 16th, 2008.


now can you please help me do this?

Why do you want to do that when the site start date is in the line above? That would be redundant.

[chrisdaman77]

Thanks for the update Bob. Been away for a while so had not been able to do the updates I have needed. This is still one of the best ones I use

[Keyser S?ze]

Why do you want to do that when the site start date is in the line above? That would be redundant.

Site Startup Date: January 21, 2003
Site Age: 5 years, 119 days, 6 hours, 4 minutes and 47 seconds
There have been 829 visitors to this page.

thats why, my site started back in 2003, and what only 829 visitors? ;p

[Boofo]

The start date and the starting hit count are now in the settings for this mod. Please read the install file more carefully.

[Keyser S?ze]

how am i suppose to know how many hits ive had in the last 5 years? i just want to put "since blah blah"

[Andreas]

if ($vbulletin->options['site_lifestatus_enable'] AND THIS_SCRIPT == 'index')
{
$vbulletin->db->query_write("
UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "datastore
SET data = data + 1
WHERE title = 'boofocounter'
");
}


Why not

$db->shutdown_query("
UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "datastore
SET data = data + 1
WHERE title = 'boofocounter'
");


on forumhome_complete?

=> Less code to process less often, yet same result (if you also remove the unnecessary option to turn off the feature -> if users want to turn it off they will simply disable the product).

[Boofo]

OK, here's what you do. You go to user id 1's account and look at their join date. Use that as the site start date. Then calculate how many hits you "think" you've had and enter that in the hits setting. This is not rocket science. ;)

[Boofo]

if ($vbulletin->options['site_lifestatus_enable'] AND THIS_SCRIPT == 'index')
{
$vbulletin->db->query_write("
UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "datastore
SET data = data + 1
WHERE title = 'boofocounter'
");
}


Why not

$db->shutdown_query("
UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "datastore
SET data = data + 1
WHERE title = 'boofocounter'
");


on forumhome_complete?

=> Less code to process less often, yet same result (if you also remove the unnecessary option to turn off the feature -> if users want to turn it off they will simply disable the product).

How it that going to process less often? It will still run on every page refresh, right? I am running that in the global_shutdown hook already.

[Andreas]

Currently the code is on global_shutdown, eg. being executed on every page.

But due to the condition it does the query only when the current script is index.php (forumhome).

So why not execute it just for index.php and avoid the condition on all other pages?
I don't see a reason for putting the code in a global place when there is an appropriate hook forumhome_complete that has exactly the context you want ;)

[Boofo]

OK, that makes sense. Code moved and setting deleted.

Can the starting count setting code stay in global_shutdown or should that be moved also?

And thanks for the heads up, sir. You know when you speak, I listen. ;)

[Andreas]

I'd remove that from frontend code and handle it completely within ACP:
Make appropriate plugins for the misc.php ACP script and let the user set the start there - no need for an option.

[Boofo]

OK, you lost me on that one. How would they set it?

[sensimilla]

Ive reinstalled it and now the visitors count is stuck at 0.

[Boofo]

Read the install file and do the file edit.

[basilrath]

Site Startup Date: January 21, 2008
Site Age: 117 days, 11 hours, 3 minutes and 9 seconds
There have been 17,909 visitors to this page.
Average visits to this page: Hourly: 6, Daily: 152, Weekly: 1,067


Hey Boofo have you tested that average count yet......................it seems a great idea !

ps all work appreciated !

[Amm0]

Yeah, i'd really like to see the average count like on your test forum

[princeedward]

Hey Boofo have you tested that average count yet......................it seems a great idea !

ps all work appreciated !

Yeah, i'd really like to see the average count like on your test forumThird In Motion Here!...:p

[Chance4Today]

Ive reinstalled it and now the visitors count is stuck at 0.

Yep mine also I was just coming here to post that. Since I graded as said to mine is stuck also :confused:

[Boofo]

Because you didn't follow the instructions for the config.php file.

[MeMySelfNi]

if(THIS_SCRIPT == 'index')
{
global $specialtemplates;
$specialtemplates = array_merge($specialtemplates, array('boofocounter'));
}

does this go before or after the box at the bottom?

[Boofo]

As long as it is before the ending ?> tag, you can put it anywhere you like.

[Keyser S?ze]

i have read the install 10 times, no where does it say how to do what i want to do

however in the template i found what i thought was where it needed to go, but it did not work sadly

<phrase 1="$pagehits_counter">$vbphrase[site_visitors]</phrase>

any help pls?

[Boofo]

What is it you want this to do?

[Keyser S?ze]

like this image here i edited it to make it look how i want

[Boofo]

You would have to edit the phrase for that line. But having a start date and a since date that are different is going to look strange.

[basilrath]

like this image here i edited it to make it look how i want


thats a strange thing to want ?

why?

[Boofo]

That's what I thought but what the hell do I know? ;)

[MissKalunji]

what's the different between the txt file and in the datastore? ima noob just wanting to know b4 i upgrade

[MissKalunji]

thats a strange thing to want ?

why?

So his visitors doesn't think that he had ONLY that amount of visitors over the 4-5 years but since the date he installed the hack

[Boofo]

He can set the hits for how many he thinks he has, though. It wouldn't be too hard to figure out an approximate hit count.

[Boofo]

what's the different between the txt file and in the datastore? ima noob just wanting to know b4 i upgrade

The datastore is faster and less server intensive. And the text file wasn't working right on some servers and I never did figure out why. Plus, all settings can be done in the Admin CP now so no more need for chmodding anything or editing the text file for the hit count.

Plus "datastore" sounds so much cooler, don't you think? ;)

[MissKalunji]

He can set the hits for how many he thinks he has, though. It wouldn't be too hard to figure out an approximate hit count.

He probably didn't think of that :-p

The datastore is faster and less server intensive. And the text file wasn't working right on some servers and I never did figure out why. Plus, all settings can be done in the Admin CP now so no more need for chmodding anything or editing the text file for the hit count.

Plus "datastore" sounds so much cooler, don't you think? ;)

Definitely and chineese for those who has no idea what it is lol

Thanks for clearing up :)

[Boofo]

Any time, young lady, any time. ;)

[Bounce]

The datastore is faster and less server intensive. And the text file wasn't working right on some servers and I never did figure out why.

Working sweet as now , thank you sir :up:

[Pamela]

*installs update*

Thank you for the update! The original version was a bit hard to install for newbies but this version was super easy!

Thanks! :D

[RedDevil]

very nice thanks

[Rajdeep]

Thanks for the Great Mod,

But i dont want to show this line -
There have been 12 visitors to this page.

How can i remove this..

Thanks

[Boofo]

You can set that count to whatever you want it to start out at in the settings.

[Bounce]

But i dont want to show this line -
There have been 12 visitors to this page.

How can i remove this..



in the boofo_site_life_status template remove this line

<phrase 1="$pagehits_counter">$vbphrase[site_visitors]</phrase>

[Boofo]

It would be better to help him set a starting count, don't you think?

[Goomzee]

Thankx for this mod

[Bounce]

It would be better to help him set a starting count, don't you think?

The way i read his post he just wanted tae remove it https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2008/05/2.gif

[Boofo]

Because he didn't like the low starting count.

[basilrath]

hey Boofo you had any luck with the average daily yet?

Site Startup Date: January 21, 2008
Site Age: 117 days, 11 hours, 3 minutes and 9 seconds
There have been 17,909 visitors to this page.
Average visits to this page: Hourly: 6, Daily: 152, Weekly: 1,067

[Rajdeep]

Thanks a lot :up:

in the boofo_site_life_status template remove this line

<phrase 1="$pagehits_counter">$vbphrase[site_visitors]</phrase>

[Rajdeep]

Nope thats not the matter, my site has good enough traffic, but the problem is not working correctly.. it was showing Always 0 visitors.. and also i didnt like it.. I mainly like to have the Site age and startup date..
Thanks for the Mod...

Because he didn't like the low starting count.

[Boofo]

If it was showing 0 at all times, you didn't do the config.php specilatemplates edit.

[EvilJohn]

Installed! Thank you so much. Wonderful mod. One question. Is there a scientific way, or factual way to determine page hits from day one. I am more concerned about having an accurate number for page hits.

My forum stats:
Site Startup Date: April 13, 2006
Threads: 6,662, Posts: 85,970, Members: 2,167

I tried using http://www.dnscoop.com/ but really no help.

Any ideas how to determine page hits from the start up day April 13 ,2006, on a small gaming site.
www.evilterritory.com http://evilrtcw2.com/forums/ After installing and starting at 0, page hits were at 76 in about 2 hours. Sorry I seem to be clueless

[Parabellum]

Installed! Thank you so much. Wonderful mod. One question. Is there a scientific way, or factual way to determine page hits from day one. I am more concerned about having an accurate number for page hits.

The way I got mine as accurate as possible was to get the all time statistics from AWStats in cPanel.

[Boofo]

Installed! Thank you so much. Wonderful mod. One question. Is there a scientific way, or factual way to determine page hits from day one. I am more concerned about having an accurate number for page hits.

My forum stats:
Site Startup Date: April 13, 2006
Threads: 6,662, Posts: 85,970, Members: 2,167

I tried using http://www.dnscoop.com/ but really no help.

Any ideas how to determine page hits from the start up day April 13 ,2006, on a small gaming site.
www.evilterritory.com (http://www.evilterritory.com) http://evilrtcw2.com/forums/ After installing and starting at 0, page hits were at 76 in about 2 hours. Sorry I seem to be clueless

There is no exacting way that I know of. You should be able to get close with some averages. You can take the 76 you have and times that by 12 and that will give you a daily average. Then just times that by how many days it has been and that should get you close enough for a starting count.

The way I got mine as accurate as possible was to get the all time statistics from AWStats in cPanel.

Not everyone has CPanel. But that is a good idea for those that do. ;)

[EvilJohn]

Hey Boofo have you tested that average count yet......................it seems a great idea !

ps all work appreciated !

Yeah, i'd really like to see the average count like on your test forum

Third In Motion Here!...:p


sigh :D ----- If I had the avg thingy. It would be a snap to figure hits from day one. -------sigh :D

[Boofo]

Sorry, everyone, I won't be releasing any updates for this mod with the averages here. It seems my hacks have somehow magically started showing up on other sites that do not have permission to host them. I won't give them any more code than they already have. You can all thank whoever has been uploading them for this new policy.

[misr.cc]

translated to Arabic :cool:

[misr.cc]

Sorry, everyone, I won't be releasing any updates for this mod with the averages here. It seems my hacks have somehow magically started showing up on other sites that do not have permission to host them. I won't give them any more code than they already have. You can all thank whoever has been uploading them for this new policy.
Bad news :erm:
can't you report them to vb.com to remove this mods :confused:

[EvilJohn]

I am sorry to hear this. Thank you for what you have provided for us. Good work my friend

[MissKalunji]

*sigh* at this rate there won't be anything good left on the .org

[Dingo14]

nice one thanks

[SVTCobraLTD]

Any ideas why this is like this?

Site Startup Date: June 05, 2006
Site Age: 2 years 10 hours 36 minutes 13 seconds


Says the site is 2 years old yet the startup date is tomorrow.

[Boofo]

Look at the year on the startup date. How can that be tomorrow?

[SVTCobraLTD]

Today is June 4th which would make the site only 1 year and 364 days old.

[Boofo]

Ever heard of Leap Year? ;)

[SVTCobraLTD]

So how do I make this correct? Otherwise it is going to be off and kinda defeats the purpose.

Don't get me wrong, its a great addition to vB because members then know how long the site has been around.

[Boofo]

It counts the seconds and goes from there. It uses 365 days as a year. There is no way to correct it unless you rewrite the whole javascript file for it and that wouldn't be worth the hassle to me. It doesn't defeat any purpose to me the way it is. ;)

[leannet]

~problem solved~

[SpeedJunkyz]

Installation Instructions:
1. Upload life_status.gif to the images/misc folder on your site.
Did this but still have "?" for the image. What did I do wrong?

2. Upload site_life.js to the clientscript folder on your site.
Done, but mine doesn't break it up in days, weeks, etc etc like the demo?


------------------------------------------------------
3. In the includes/config.php file add this at the bottom:
------------------------------------------------------

if(THIS_SCRIPT == 'index')
{
global $specialtemplates;
$specialtemplates = array_merge($specialtemplates, array('boofocounter'));
}
Can we explain this a little more. I think I did it, but not sure if I was correct. How do you do this?


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

4. Go to your Admin CP
Scroll down to 'Plugin System'
Click 'Manage Products'
Click 'Add/Import Product'
Click the 'Browse' button, and locate the product-site_lifestatus.xml file on your computer

Done......... easy part!



5. Go to your Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Help Site Life Status and set the following options:
--Site Life Status Enable: Enable/Disable the Site Life Status.DONE
--Site Life Status Startup Date: Enter your site startup date.DONE
--Site Life Status Automatic Template Replace: Click yes to have the template automatically edited.DONE
--Update the page views counter to the value below? If you want to change the current page views counter value on forumhome to the value provided below, set this to "Yes" - it will automatically be reset to "No" once the new value has been set (at the next page view).HUH?:confused:
--Site Life Status Forumhome Page Views Counter: Enter the number of page views, without commas, to start the page views count at. (Example: 16897)DONE

Can anyone assist me please, also will this count the portal page hit aswell? Or do I have to put one on there aswell?