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squishi
12-28-2009, 10:00 PM
Description:

I am always amazed to see how very linearly my forum grows. I believe that most online forum show such a linear growth pattern. If you like this product, let me know the url of your stats page. I would love to see the growth of other forums. :-)

This small addon uses the Google Visualization API to show some basic statistics of your vbulletin forum.
The total number of posts, threads and members is queried daily with a scheduled task.

Installation is straight-forward and does not include any template edits.

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Installation Instructions:

*** Backing up your database before you start the installation is a good idea, as the product creates a new database table...

1.) Create a scheduled task with these settings:
Varname: xyz_stats
Title: XYZ Forum Statistics
Description: Query forum statistics and write them into special database.
(No Log Phrase)
Day of Week: *
Day of Month: *
Hour: 9
Minute: 0 - - - - -
Active: Yes
Log Entries: No
Filename: ./includes/cron/xyz_stats.php
Product: xyz_stats

2.) Upload the files in the upload folder to your forum directory.

3.) Upload the product xml in the product manager.

4.) Visit <form directory>/stats.php

5.) Wait and let the daily cron job gather data. :)

Skyrider
12-29-2009, 04:55 PM
EDIT:.. nevermind.. thought this was a vB4 plugin -_-.

squishi
12-30-2009, 08:09 AM
I don't run vb4, nor will I ever upgrade. Sorry.

radmoose
12-30-2009, 09:58 AM
I don't run vb4, nor will I ever upgrade. Sorry.

Your mod says "Re-usable code"

Would it be OK for someone else to take your mod/code and update it to work on 4.0.x?

squishi
12-31-2009, 06:19 AM
Your mod says "Re-usable code"

Would it be OK for someone else to take your mod/code and update it to work on 4.0.x?

Sure. That would be no problem. :up: