Paul M mentioned this in his plugin but i dont understand ?

[GraphiX2004]

Paul M created a great plugin which should be default in vbulletin as standard.
it allows to show you who's read your posts / threads since you posted.

this to me is essential and much needed but his latest version does not work for me.
i dont think paul would like me to private message him and i have have no clue if he
will even check a reply in his plugin thread so i'm asking here as a whole community.

The plugin is "show who read a thread"
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=197487&highlight=who+has+read

he noted that if the template does not have this string in the .xml template
that the plugin wont work

i've seen many posts from the members on the comment section say thanks it works.
after looking through the source file of my template.xml and the default template
of vbulletin v3.8.1 patch level 1 i cannot see a template name called.

showthread_after_activeusers

my question is how is it possible for everyone to post thanks it works
when this hook does not even exist in the default templates never mind any
templates professionally designed by paid services???

next question if it doesn't exist how can i add this into my template file
without breaking the whole thing,

Vbulletin comes with a default option to see who's viewing the current thread.
but they don't have a feature for some bizarre reason to keep a log in a legend
of who's ACTUALLY read the thread and keep the info there once they leave the page.

i really need this plugin working anyone willing to shed some light on this?

[Brandon Sheley]

I would ask in that thread ;)

[GraphiX2004]

i've left a message in that thread asking does it work with v3.8.1 but like i said...
i have no idea if he is keeping up to date with users still using this most essential plugin.

so i've put the question out there to anyone who knows about template hooks
or at least how to add one in without breaking the whole forum.

anyone can help this way and hopefully i get a faster working answer lol

[nexialys]

i hope he is keeping this up to day, Paul is the admin of this site, that goes with the reputation...

take it easy, wait for an answer...

[Lynne]

Questions regarding modifications should be asked in the thread. Developers do not necessarily check their threads every day, so give him some time to see your message.

[GraphiX2004]

hey lynne i got a reply

"I would imagine you need to read the brown note in the main post.
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the brown bit says your template must have "showthread_after_activeusers"
i'm not a coder of VB replying with i would imagine you need to read the brown note
really does not help me one bit it's obvious i read the brown bit for me to know about
the showthread_after_activeusers for this plugin to work on the 3.8.x stock files
it must have this hook in his copy or something because it sure does not have the
hook in any of my stock files.

so since he's replied with that information which is useless to me since i dont have
the line he mentions in my stock files of v3.8.1 i still need to know how to code in
that section he is talking about without it breaking my forum.

any help is still appreciated

[KevinL]

did you go into the "SHOWTHREAD" template then do a search in the search box that says "search in template" at the bottom for $template_hook[showthread_after_activeusers]

It should be right after <!-- end currently active users -->

[Lynne]

If you don't have the hook, then you never upgraded your templates cuz it is there in default vb 3.8.x

[KevinL]

If you don't have the hook, then you never upgraded your templates cuz it is there in default vb 3.8.x

I think they (graphix2004) are confused. At least from what I can read...it looks like they were looking in the xml's and looking for an actual template named "showthread_after_activeusers" which of course was not right but I don't think they were getting that.

Hopefully now they understand it was actually in the SHOWTHREAD template :)