IWT - Time Spent Online

[Ideal Web Tech]

Notice
There are two versions of this modification. This is the vBulletin 4.x version, you can find the vBulletin 3.8 version here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=243221

Current Stable Version
Version 1.2.6

What is it?
This modification will add a counter to your forums that will record/track how much time your users have spent online. And output it in various sections of the site (EX: Time Online: 5 Months 2 Weeks 1 Day 15 Hours 44 Minutes 33 Seconds).

Features
Total Time Online in Postbit & Ministats block in the profile
Average Time Online (Per Day) in Postbit & Ministats block in the profile
Leader Board Displaying Time Online & Average Time Online (Per Day) for all the sites members
Cumulative Time Online on Leader Board & Stats box of FORUMHOME

Demo
You can see this product in action here (http://www.eXtremeGameZone.com).

Settings
Admin Control Panel Options to Toggle:

Entire System
Show Total Time in Postbit/Profile
Show Average Time Per Day in Postbit/Profile
Use Short Phrases (Ex. "1 Min 5 Secs" instead of "1 Minute 5 Seconds")
Use Micro Phrases in Postbit (Ex. "32d 12h 44m")
Display Cumulative Time Online on Leader Board/Forumhome
Leader Board/Navbar Link Enabled


Installation/Upgrade
See included file.

Release NotesVersion 1.1.1
Added the average time per day function
Added 4 settings used for controlling display of the Time Online and Avg. Time Online for both profile and postbit.
A few optimizations for memory/performanceVersion 1.2.0
Added Leader Board Displaying Time Online & Average Time Online (Per Day) for all the sites members
Added Cumulative Time Online on Leader Board
Added Cumulative Time Online on Stats box of FORUMHOME
Added Numerous new settings for controlling the systemVersion 1.2.1
Fixed a Bug resulting in the timestamp for date installed not setting correctly.Version 1.2.2
Updated postbit template code.Version 1.2.3
Added Postbit Micro Phrases
Added Template GroupVersion 1.2.4
Moved functions to a file.
Added Time Spent Online to the Who's Online.
vBulletin 3.8 Version ReleasedVersion 1.2.5
Fixed a timestamp flaw in the average time spent online function.Version 1.2.6
Fixed a Bug causing the postbit to show invalid average online times in vB 4.1.x.Known Bugs
Currently none.Resolved Bugs
Function definition problem causing scripts that utilized the postbit factory without the vbulletin global file being initialized, such as the vBcms commenting engine, to display errors. (version 1.2.0)
Bug resulting in the timestamp for date installed not setting correctly. (version 1.2.1)
Bug causing the postbit to show invalid average online times in vB 4.1.x. (version 1.2.6)Planned additions
We currently are talking about making an average time per day (similiar to the posts per day) (Added in version 1.1.1)
We also have plans to make a leaderboard for so people can see who spends the most time floating around the site. (Added in version 1.2.0)
We are planning to add in more settings at some point to give quite a bit more control over the system.(Added in version 1.2.0)

Support
This modification is released for free and as such we don't officially support it, but as time permits we will try to offer support on it. You are more likely to get a response over at our site as we wont be checking this thread frequently.

This modification brought to you by Ideal Web Technologies (http://www.idealwebtech.com/).

[merk_aus]

great mod dude have downloaded and installed

[Welshy2008]

Good Mod,

But I think it may scare some members offline when they realise how long they actually spend on there.

:D

TBH, I don't install mods that aren't supported either. Mod added Today and "Not Supported".

Thanks, and I am sure a lot would go for this. ;)

[sulasno]

instructions for installation please

[Kolbi]

Only import the product :)

[e36freak]

Great, thank you!

[SwollenCranium]

EX: 5 Months 2 Weeks 1 Day 15 Hours 44 Minutes 33 Seconds
EX: 12 Minutes N/A


Having the time populate to the POSTBIT like either of these looks like ass.

You say:

We currently are talking about making an average time per day (similar to the posts per day)


I like the mod but will wait till ^^ that is accomplished.

[BlackJacket]

Thanks! I have been waiting for a product similar to this where it displays TOTAL time the user has spent online.

[The Death [LK]]

]thank u ! nice mod :)

[AzzidReign]

Thank you!

[Diablotic]

Tagged for future use when leaderboard done

[Charlie98902]

Can you just disable the postbit part and still use the rest?

[Ideal Web Tech]

We have finished work on version 1.1.1 and have released it on our site (www.idealwebtech.com (http://www.idealwebtech.com/threads/4-vB4-Time-Spent-Online-v1.1.0)), but we have already started work on version 1.2.0 which will contain another major feature we would like to get implemented and ideally released later today.

Release Notes (Version 1.1.1)
To upgrade simple install the new product. Warning installing this version will reset your current time online counters! The counters must be reset for the new average time online feature to function properly.

Added the average time per day function
Added 4 settings used for controlling display of the Time Online and Avg. Time Online for both profile and postbit.
A few optimizations for memory/performance The main reason this version is not being released on vBulletin.org is that we plan to be releasing the next major upgrade (version 1.2.0) on vBulletin.org very soon.

New features to come in version 1.2.0:
Leader Board showing members with the largest total & average times online
Ability to toggle between short & long time unit names (ex. Secs instead of Seconds)Please Note: This feature list may change at any time and/or some features may be pushed to a later version release.

If you have any more suggestions for what you would like added, please submit them at http://www.idealwebtech.com/threads/4-vB4-Time-Spent-Online-v1.1.0, and we will look into adding them.

Thank you,

Brian Yarbrough
Developer
Ideal Web Technologies

[archet1337]

Can you just disable the postbit part and still use the rest?

In iwt_timespentonline_postbit

Replace
<div class="smallfont">{vb:rawphrase iwt_timespentonline}: {vb:raw post.timespentonline_formatted}</div>

With
<!-- <div class="smallfont">{vb:rawphrase iwt_timespentonline}: {vb:raw post.timespentonline_formatted}</div> -->

[Ideal Web Tech]

In iwt_timespentonline_postbit

Replace
<div class="smallfont">{vb:rawphrase iwt_timespentonline}: {vb:raw post.timespentonline_formatted}</div>

With
<!-- <div class="smallfont">{vb:rawphrase iwt_timespentonline}: {vb:raw post.timespentonline_formatted}</div> -->

Actually, that's not needed anymore, there is now a setting to disable the postbit values in version 1.1.1.

Simply upgrade your script and set it to not show in your vBulletin settings. Version 1.1.1 of the script can be downloaded from http://www.idealwebtech.com/threads/4-vB4-Time-Spent-Online-v1.1.0, or you can wait for us to post version 1.2.0 on vBulletin.org within the next couple hours.

-Brian

[War.Frog]

When you say installing this product resets time online counters - do you mean from the first release version to the next, or somewhere in native vBulletin?

[Ideal Web Tech]

When you say installing this product resets time online counters - do you mean from the first release version to the next, or somewhere in native vBulletin?
When you install version any version 1.1.1 or higher when you currently had 1.1.0 installed. To repeat this will only effect people upgrading from 1.1.0.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Update on 1.2.0

We are currently have a basic leader board working, but are still working to improve its functionality and looks. We should have this released later tonight.

[Dr.osamA]

Update on 1.2.0

We are currently have a basic leader board working, but are still working to improve its functionality and looks. We should have this released later tonight.


Waiting . . . . . . . . . .
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[Ideal Web Tech]

For those interested we have decided to start showing off the leader board as we work on finishing its development. The demo leader board can be found here (http://www.idealwebtech.com/tsoleaderboard.php).

[War.Frog]

This looks awesome. Any way to make a TOTAL time online?

[Ideal Web Tech]

Actually that's a good idea. I will talk with our developer and see if we cant get that added into this upcoming release.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Version 1.2.0 Uploaded!

Please enjoy the new version, and feel free to inform us of any bugs at http://www.idealwebtech.com/threads/4-vB4-Time-Spent-Online.

-Brian

[betts02]

This was a great little addition, And what a 100% improvement from the first release to the next version, This just made this mod a great addition

Many thanks

[icemann]

Thank you, installed. :cool:

[Dr.osamA]

Finely

i waited for it long time

tahnxx mate

can you give me permissin to translet it to Arabic plzzz if yes i well add it her and you cn add it to first post (orignal thread)

installed + 5 stars + nominated
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[War.Frog]

Awesome! Thanks for this - working great!! It would be great to see TOTAL TIME for each user on the Leader Board (in addition to overall) and Time Online options available for inclusion on the Member List too. :)

Edit: What is this mod using to calculate time online? I just installed this and there is another member on the board with me. While I was posting here, it appears he gained 3 minutes on his time but I hadn't logged out. Is it looking at active page refreshes or something?

Also, what is the average based on? A 24-hour period? (I just anticipate questions from users and want to know answers) :D Thanks!

[sulasno]

The requested URL /forum/tsoleaderboard.php was not found on this server.

wrong instructions provided

[archet1337]

The requested URL /forum/tsoleaderboard.php was not found on this server.

wrong instructions provided

Did you upload the file?

[sulasno]

I got 1.2 from your site;
in the instructions I was requested to upload the folder "uploads" to the root

I just tested your Mod and couldn't find tsoleaderboard.php
I moved it to the root and it's working

great Mod

[Ideal Web Tech]

I got 1.2 from your site;
in the instructions I was requested to upload the folder "uploads" to the root

I just tested your Mod and couldn't find tsoleaderboard.php
I moved it to the root and it's working

great Mod

I'm sorry, the instructions were suppose to say "upload the contents of the uploads...", the included instructions have been updated to be correct now.

[kevius]

well done, tks a lot !

[relaxiha]

Time Online: N/A
Avg. Time Online: N/A

[Ideal Web Tech]

Time Online: N/A
Avg. Time Online: N/A
It will say that for members that haven't been online since the system was installed as they have no time to calculate.

[SwollenCranium]

It will say that for members that haven't been online since the system was installed as they have no time to calculate.



Where does this mod gather stats from?

I've been logged into my site for well into 6 hours so far today yet the counter only shows me @ 1 hr 9 minutes.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Where does this mod gather stats from?

I've been logged into my site for well into 6 hours so far today yet the counter only shows me @ 1 hr 9 minutes.
The stats calculations are a bit complex to explain but work as follows. First you have your cookie timeout which vbulletin uses to determine weather you are online or offline. We use that timeout and a page reload we verify your last known activity time (current timestamp - last known active timestamp) and if its within the allowed cookie timeout then we will update your time online as you haven't lapsed in being online. If the time difference is greater then the allowed cookie timeout the last active timestamp updates and the next page will start the time online updating again. When we update the time online we use the difference between the two timestamps.

[SwollenCranium]

The stats calculations are a bit complex to explain but work as follows. First you have your cookie timeout which vbulletin uses to determine weather you are online or offline. We use that timeout and a page reload we verify your last known activity time (current timestamp - last known active timestamp) and if its within the allowed cookie timeout then we will update your time online as you haven't lapsed in being online. If the time difference is greater then the allowed cookie timeout the last active timestamp updates and the next page will start the time online updating again. When we update the time online we use the difference between the two timestamps.


Ok, thanks for the explanation.

This is good to know as I have a fairly modest Session timeout set on my site.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Well glad we could clarify that for you.

[RedHacker]

It is very nice mod but good to work with continuous flow

[Ocean-Wonders]

Great mod, my members are competing already :D

Just hope it doesn't scare them in a few months time when they realise how long they have spent on the forum :D

[War.Frog]

I think some of my members have already figured out they can just leave their browser sitting on the Who's Online screen and rack up the hours. LOL.

Hmm...any way to exclude javascript refreshes from this?

[EastCarolina]

I get a 404 page error when I click the leader board link. Any ideas?

[War.Frog]

I get a 404 page error when I click the leader board link. Any ideas?

It sounds like it can't find your tsoleaderboard.php file. Did you upload it to the root of your forum?

[Ideal Web Tech]

We will see about a toggle for bypassing whosonline.

[pjaco]

Thanks

[War.Frog]

My only problem with this mod is the "Average Time Online Per Day" statistic. It appears that it uses either the member's registration date or date forums came online as the numerator.

Unfortunately, for long-standing boards this makes for nearly useless information. For instance, my online time since installation two days ago is a whopping 26+ hours, yet my average time online is 8 minutes.

Can we please have an option to change that numerator to install date? This would normalize that number and make it always right. Alternatively, if there a place in the code I can go to change it?

[Ideal Web Tech]

My only problem with this mod is the "Average Time Online Per Day" statistic. It appears that it uses either the member's registration date or date forums came online as the numerator.

Unfortunately, for long-standing boards this makes for nearly useless information. For instance, my online time since installation two days ago is a whopping 26+ hours, yet my average time online is 8 minutes.

Can we please have an option to change that numerator to install date? This would normalize that number and make it always right. Alternatively, if there a place in the code I can go to change it?

War.Frog, it does the Average Time Online calculation based on the following:

The timestamp of when the script was installed
The timestamp of when the user registered if they registered after the script was installed


Now I did look though the code again, and as far as I can tell it's working just fine. If you are positive its not working still, maybe try un-installing and re-installing, but be warned doing that will clear the total time for all your users.

If anyone else believes they are having this problem please let me know and I'll see about having our Lead Developer look over the code again.

[War.Frog]

War.Frog, it does the Average Time Online calculation based on the following:

The timestamp of when the script was installed
The timestamp of when the user registered if they registered after the script was installed


Now I did look though the code again, and as far as I can tell it's working just fine. If you are positive its not working still, maybe try un-installing and re-installing, but be warned doing that will clear the total time for all your users.

If anyone else believes they are having this problem please let me know and I'll see about having our Lead Developer look over the code again.

Yes sorry I didn't mean to suggest it wasn't working - it's a great mod and working as designed. I just wanted the option of changing the numerator from registration date to installation date.

By using installation date and registration date, it's looking at two very different variables for calculating average time spent online. If user XYZ has been registered for two years it will take weeks before his average time online begins to look remotely correct or informational.

For me, I'd rather the formula calculate the average time online starting at install time (not registration date)...or both if that's preferable or easier. That way users won't be writing me saying, "c'mon that's ridiculous...I spend way more than 8 seconds a day on here!". :)

[Ideal Web Tech]

Yes sorry I didn't mean to suggest it wasn't working - it's a great mod and working as designed. I just wanted the option of changing the numerator from registration date to installation date.

By using installation date and registration date, it's looking at two very different variables for calculating average time spent online. If user XYZ has been registered for two years it will take weeks before his average time online begins to look remotely correct or informational.

For me, I'd rather the formula calculate the average time online starting at install time (not registration date)...or both if that's preferable or easier. That way users won't be writing me saying, "c'mon that's ridiculous...I spend way more than 8 seconds a day on here!". :)
No its supposed to use which ever of the 2 checks is newer so for people who registered before it installed it should be using the installed timestamp (why we had to clear the stats because of a bug this creates with time existing before install) and if they registered after then it should use their registration date. It was done like this to try and be as accurate as possible in the calculations.

[War.Frog]

Oh!!! Thank you for that. Hmm...ok, then something got funky in my upgrade. I'll uninstall and reinstall.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Oh!!! Thank you for that. Hmm...ok, then something got funky in my upgrade. I'll uninstall and reinstall.

If you still continue to notice funny statistics please let me know. I know this mod is not officially supported, but we would still like to make sure its working as best we can in our free time.

[War.Frog]

If you still continue to notice funny statistics please let me know. I know this mod is not officially supported, but we would still like to make sure its working as best we can in our free time.

Thanks so much. I uninstalled and reinstalled at 2:40 today and got this board stat at the one hour mark so far:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/03/41.png

It looks like it's still using the registration date of approx 200 days. Any way I can correct this?

[Ideal Web Tech]

Thanks so much. I uninstalled and reinstalled at 2:40 today and got this board stat at the one hour mark so far:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/03/41.png

It looks like it's still using the registration date of approx 200 days. Any way I can correct this?

Hmm... I will see about having our lead developer look into it if he has the time to.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Okay, we have found the problem and have uploaded a new version that will fix the problem. If anyone notices this problem after this date please let me know. Now for the bad news, you will once again have to purge all your user's current total times online. Sorry :( but hopefully this will be the last time that is needed to be done, although it was caught quickly so you wont lose too much hopefully.

[War.Frog]

Awesome. I just installed it and it's working! Thanks so much for your help!

[gsmlover4u]

installed and working fine

[aaronrand]

got a bit of a spacing issue on 4.0.1 , as shown below, on both "Use Short Phrases", yes and no. same error occurs.
seems to be missing a <br> or something when installed
with the post thanks hack.

[Ideal Web Tech]

got a bit of a spacing issue on 4.0.1 , as shown below, on both "Use Short Phrases", yes and no. same error occurs.
seems to be missing a <br> or something when installed
with the post thanks hack.

A fix to that issue is included in the new version posted.

[sulasno]

not sure whether this is a bug
but the Average Time Online (Per Day) exceeds the total Time Online

[Ideal Web Tech]

not sure whether this is a bug
but the Average Time Online (Per Day) exceeds the total Time Online

Its basic math, for the first 24 hours it will be more, because you have time/days, were days would be less than 1.

In other words if you spend 2 hours online and the script has only been installed for 4 hours you would get the following:

2 hrs / ( 4 hrs / 24 hrs ) = 12 hrs

[aaronrand]

I still get the same issue after the new version.
Well, the spacing changed a bit , but still not accurate

[Ideal Web Tech]

I still get the same issue after the new version.
Well, the spacing changed a bit , but still not accurate

I wasn't positive the update we did would fix it for you, but the code we updated could have in a few cases caused that.

As far as your one goes, I'm going to have to assume its a problem with the other script. If you would like to post a link to your board, I will look into it more when I get the time.

[aaronrand]

sure, i appreciate it. it seems closer, but just one break off i think?
its http://www.sharingebooks.com

[Ideal Web Tech]

<dt>Thanks</dt> <dd>12</dd>
<dd style="white-space: nowrap; display: inline; float: left;">Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts</dd>
<dt>Time Online</dt> <dd>19 Mins 36 Secs</dd>
<dt>Avg. Time Online</dt> <dd>16 Mins 49 Secs</dd>

The code above is taken from your postbit, and if you notice, one of the <dd> tags for the Thanked Hack has "display: inline; float: left;" within it, that is what is causing the problem.

That block of code should look like this:

<dt>Thanks</dt> <dd>12</dd>
<dd style="white-space: nowrap;">Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts</dd>
<dt>Time Online</dt> <dd>19 Mins 36 Secs</dd>
<dt>Avg. Time Online</dt> <dd>16 Mins 49 Secs</dd>

Hope this helps.

[aaronrand]

ok, stupid question time, where do i find that code from postbit to change the thanked mod?

[Ideal Web Tech]

ok, stupid question time, where do i find that code from postbit to change?

Personally I don't know exactly where it would be, I'm not using that product, however it should be in one of these places:

A template made by the product (Would most likely have the name of the of the product in the template name)
The plugin code for the product
If worst case, which I highly doubt, the code could be in the postbit/postbit_legacy template


I would think it would be in the first location, but without looking at the code or the product I can't be sure. If you can't find it, I may be able to make the time to do it myself if you send me a login.

[War.Frog]

Will the 1.2.2 update reset the clock?

[Ideal Web Tech]

Will the 1.2.2 update reset the clock?

Shouldn't, but if for some reason it does, let me know.

[War.Frog]

Nope! Worked perfectly. :)

[RedHacker]

This: Cumulative User Time Online are time who online all users?

[Ideal Web Tech]

This: Cumulative User Time Online are time who online all users?

Could you restate that?

I think you were trying to ask if the "Cumulative User Time Online" was the total of all user online times, which is yes.

[RedHacker]

Could you restate that?

I think you were trying to ask if the "Cumulative User Time Online" was the total of all user online times, which is yes.

Yes thank you....

[-=Leb=-]

thx for the update

[flapjack]

Nice to see some more things from you, IdealWebTech. :)

Great release. Will recommend to others.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Nice to see some more things from you, IdealWebTech. :)

Great release. Will recommend to others.

Thanks, expect many more in the weeks to come.

[axix20xx]

how can i fix it ? when i translate time online to my languege its goes like this and use that big space how can i fix that write the result in new line like the one in profile ? or delete that big space between online and the result ?

[Ideal Web Tech]

how can i fix it ? when i translate time online to my languege its goes like this and use that big space how can i fix that write the result in new line like the one in profile ? or delete that big space between online and the result ?

To be completely honest, I'm not sure from that picture exactly what I'm looking at... I only know English and a little Spanish, so that doesn't help me a lot... However if you had a url I could go check out, I may be able to help you out a bit more.

[Diablotic]

This is great mod however I have one small request. Because it will not fit in one line when using postbit, would it be possible to change the format of the time display do something like: "33,8h"

[marshal_ramdev]

thanks .. will install it :) ..

[Ideal Web Tech]

This is great mod however I have one small request. Because it will not fit in one line when using postbit, would it be possible to change the format of the time display do something like: "33,8h"

Right now, we had no plans of releasing a new version just for that; however, you can change the phrases to make "hours" to "h" and so on. Sorry it took a while for us to respond, we don't check these forums very often... If in the future you need any more help, you can always stop by our website and ask, we check it quite often throughout the day.

[Diablotic]

Thanks for your reply. I have tried changing phrases but unfortunately this will not make it short enough.
I would be grateful if you implement the ability to change the format of the time display in your next release.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Thanks for your reply. I have tried changing phrases but unfortunately this will not make it short enough.
I would be grateful if you implement the ability to change the format of the time display in your next release.

We did upload a new version that allows for micro phrases in the postbit, we hope that helps you.

You do lose a tiny bit of the precision (aka the seconds) and some of the breakdown (aka years, months & weeks), but it still shows whats needed, and the profile still shows the full breakdown.

[War.Frog]

Is there any reason other than the micro phrases to upgrade? And if so, does it reset the clock?

thanks...

[Datenpapst]

any chance to calculate the time already spent or does this hack just count from the time installed?

[sulasno]

do I need to install the update ?
and most importantly, does it reset the time spent ?

[Ideal Web Tech]

any chance to calculate the time already spent or does this hack just count from the time installed?
Without the script installed to start storing the time spent online in the database, there's no way to calculate the past time.

do I need to install the update? and most importantly, does it reset the time spent ?
You don't need to, it doesn't offer any changes for the front end user unless you plan to use the micro times. Also if you are upgrading from 1.2.2, it will not reset the time spent. (We will always warn if one of our scripts will do something such as that!)

Is there any reason other than the micro phrases to upgrade?

If you don't want the micro phrases then not really, however the upgrade does have a template group to help clean up your style manager.

[mmacrypt]

Nice little mod, thank you. As long as my members boss's don't see it, I think everybody will like it.

[Dr.osamA]

thanx for update man

here is Arabic translation for IWT - Time Spent Online (v1.2.3)

[hubix]

How to make it choosable by user with profile-field to show it in postbit?

This doesn?t work :(

<vb:if condition="$post['field10'] != 'Nein' OR $post['field10'] == ''">
<vb:if condition="$timespentonline_formatted">
<dt>{vb:rawphrase iwt_timespentonline}</dt> <dd>{vb:raw timespentonline_formatted}</dd>
</vb:if>
<vb:if condition="$timespentonlineperday_formatted">
<dt>{vb:rawphrase iwt_timespentonline_average}</dt> <dd>{vb:raw timespentonlineperday_formatted}</dd>
</vb:if>
</vb:if>

field10 are radio-buttons: Ja / Nein (in english ;): yes / no)

[Ideal Web Tech]

That looks right, however I would do it this way:


<vb:if condition="$post['field10'] == XXX">
<vb:if condition="$timespentonline_formatted">
<dt>{vb:rawphrase iwt_timespentonline}</dt> <dd>{vb:raw timespentonline_formatted}</dd>
</vb:if>
<vb:if condition="$timespentonlineperday_formatted">
<dt>{vb:rawphrase iwt_timespentonline_average}</dt> <dd>{vb:raw timespentonlineperday_formatted}</dd>
</vb:if>
</vb:if>


In which case it should be defaulted to either yes or no, but you can change the if to also show when only not no if you for some reason can't/don't want to default it.

And where XXX is you would put, "Ja", 1, true... or whatever your yes is stored in the database as... as per why your current one isn't working, all I can say is its probably not storing a "Nein" in the database but most likely a 1 or 0 (true or false).

[kontagio.us]

Thank you, works perfectly.

[hubix]

I want to take this condition:
<vb:if condition="$post['field10'] == 'Ja' OR $post['field10'] == ''">

because when i create the profilefield, there is no default setting. No choice for "yes" and no choice for "no".


For me it doesn?t works in the template "iwt_timespentonline_postbit"! In the template "postbit_legacy" it works! Hmmm...

[Ideal Web Tech]

Ah, yes, it won't work in iwt_timespentonline_postbit because the $post variable isn't registered into that template, so it has no knowledge of what it is.

[calvinnguyen]

It is working very good. Thank You IWT

[hubix]

Ah, yes, it won't work in iwt_timespentonline_postbit because the $post variable isn't registered into that template, so it has no knowledge of what it is.

And there is no workaround for it? :(

[kontagio.us]

Is there any way I can get it to say Time Online in the header template? I tried {vb:raw post.onlinestatus} but it just came up blank.

[Dr.osamA]

thanx for update dude

[Ideal Web Tech]

And there is no workaround for it? :(

Well you could edit the plugin that calls and populates the postbit template and do it in there, which is the way I would do it to keep the template from even being used for those people...

Is there any way I can get it to say Time Online in the header template? I tried {vb:raw post.onlinestatus} but it just came up blank.

Right now, without editing/adding a plugin, there is no way to make it show in the header; however, we may keep it in mind for a new release.

[kontagio.us]

It would look really good with the "Advanced Header" plug-in I have running. (Replace last logged in with time online)

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/9347/screenshottheviralarchi.png

[hubix]

Well you could edit the plugin that calls and populates the postbit template and do it in there, which is the way I would do it to keep the template from even being used for those people...


No, i couldn?t do it... Because i don?t know how :(

[sadiq6210]

Great .. Thanks

[Ideal Web Tech]

No, i couldn?t do it... Because i don?t know how :(

You asked if there was a work around, not if you would be able to do it... Maybe when we get a little more free time I'll see about writing you a quick, rough guide on how you would do that edit, its really not all that difficult.

[TandyServices]

Had to disable. It will not let new post refresh. Have to refresh the page after quick reply.. Might be messing with one of the other mods I have but wont work for me until I find out what is going on.. Sorry

[kontagio.us]

Mine still refreshes after quick reply. It might be plug-ins messing with each other.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Had to disable. It will not let new post refresh. Have to refresh the page after quick reply.. Might be messing with one of the other mods I have but wont work for me until I find out what is going on.. Sorry

As far as I know, there's nothing in our product that would cause that; however, the last couple times we have had something reported after looking around the reporters site we were able to confirm it was another plugin containing improper code that caused the issues and they just weren't noticed or didn't show up until another plugin was enabled in the same area.

[Antiblank]

When you have Leader board disabled (no use for it) but still want to show the cumulative time spent online for all the users in the Statics block on the forum homepage it works fine but the time still links to the leader board which tells you that you're aren't to access that page.

If you disable the leader board it should also remove the link in the statistics block.

[gle041]

Any way I can make the field in the profile just visible by the user so they can only see their own?

[Ideal Web Tech]

We will update the demo links for this later, since the current links are now out of date.

[TITAN-UZ]

How to display here as image


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/12/73.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

to forum header

[Ideal Web Tech]

How to display here as image


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/12/73.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

to forum header

Right now there is no way, if we release an update, which we may one day, we might see about adding that feature.

[mavigul]

thanx

[Mrquarter2]

Hopefully this will be updated for 4.1 :)

[nacaruncr]

it's possible that after the installation the hack can count the time previews that the users had have?

or this is impossible?

excuse me for my english... i'm learning

[LVGgebruiker]

Nice mod but have an little problem: the avg online time willl not display in postbit, it does only show N/A even when in cp it shows right.

[Sforums]

Hopefully this will be updated for 4.1 :)

So, it's not working with 4.1? I was about to install....
IWT, any plans for upgrade?

[kontagio.us]

my time spent online works in 4.1.1

[Sforums]

yup, works on 4.1.0 too

[thr45h3r]

Thanks marked as installed

[lsgworldl]

dont think its working right

Time Online
2 Minutes 4 Seconds
Avg. Time Online
11 Hours 57 Minutes 6 Seconds

just installed says 11 hours online before 17 hours

http://www.ukbettingtipsforum.com/showthread.php?2-Test

[MrsTryst]

Can you please help with allignment. as you can see, on dark forums, you can't see the boxes, so the info looks wonky. So can you tell me how to either make the text allignment centre rather than left, or how to get the boxes to show better. TIA

Also would appreciate help in the postbit_legacy, having the code for it (the code for Time Online, which is show in Postbit_legcay) would be great. Need to fix this problem, (image below)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/03/20.jpg

[BaanFarsang]

Error on VB4.1.2

Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /home/baanfars/domains/baanfarsang.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php(4430) : eval()'d code on line 75

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/baanfars/domains/baanfarsang.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php(4430) : eval()'d code on line 76

[SpeedyHire]

installed on 4.1.2 all fine here.
had to make a few small edits to the post bit to line it all up.

[Staxed]

Just an idea of something i thought would be nice to have for a forum, a stats section that shows the total combined times/average times for all users.

[Alan_SP]

Is it possible to enable for some users to hide results from this mod?

I'd like to create user profile field, and depending on their answer (yes/no) the online time for them is shown or isn't. Default would be of course yes. And that goes only for showing online time, time is tracked and if user chooses so he could show it again.

[Alan_SP]

Ok, I managed to to enable disable showing online time in postbit.

In short, you need to create new user profile field, choose that it is single selection menu, and option set default should be set to None. In options you set only one: Off (or whatever you want to call it, it doesn't matter).

In postbit legacy (or postbit) you need to find:

{vb:raw template_hook.postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts}

After this add:

<vb:if condition="!$post['field8']">
{vb:raw template_hook.postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts2}
</vb:if>

If you don't add template hook with 2 at the end, you'll turn of all additional postbit info if you use it (and usually you do).

After this, you need to change hook that plugin "Postbit: Fetch Total & Average Time Online" uses (find it under Product : IWT - Time Spent Online)

At the very end just add to the hook plugin calls:

$template_hook['postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts2'] .= $templater->render();

That's it. Users now can disable online time in their postbits. But not in profile, or leaderboard.

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

Also, I found minor bug. If users online time is full hour (seconds doesn't matter), there's N/A after hours (mining, there's no minutes to be shown). It's if you use Use Micro Phrases (Postbit Only!) option. And maybe with other options, but I didn't test it. You need to have user who's time online is a round hour to see it.

[mrbigandwonderf]

I have had this running for a few days now and love it.

I am not sure if this is a bug or a lack of understanding but I am a bit confused.
In the postbit the Avg. Time Online is just showing Seconds and they are usually no more than 10 secs for all my users.

In post bit:
Here are my stats:
Time Online 6 Hrs 47 Mins 1 Sec
Avg. Time Online1 Secs

In my profile and leader board:
Time Online 6 Hrs 52 Mins 39 Secs
Avg. Time Online 1 Hr 47 Mins 27 Secs

In the settings the only thing that is ticked no is "Use Micro Phrases (Postbit Only!)"

Also is there anywhere on the board if a user leaves the board open on their screen it keeps logging time?
I have a couple users that their stats are huge and talking to them they are not active all of that time. My time out is set to 15min of no activity

thank you in advance for any help. I am just trying to get a better understanding

[Alan_SP]

I too saw this difference between postbit and profile. Not sure why, but there it is... :(

[ExcelFox]

A great mod, and I am already liking its use very much, and am thankful for developers like yourselves taking out time and effort, to provide us with such free modifications and add-ons.

With due respect, there is a small bug fix that would be nice (which should be a stroll in the park for coders like you). The issue is in the postbit, when this mod is used with Abe1's Post Thank You Hack. So what happens is that the time online is displayed along with the X Thanks in X Posts line which makes reading confusing. If this is not clear, I have posted an image. You could have a look. Thanks again for your time.

For the time being, I have disabled showing the Thank You, but I would really love to have this working.

[Alan_SP]

This is bug in Abe's mod, not in this one. As Abe stopped supporting his, you can forget about updates from him.

But, there's always hope. You could use DragonByte's pro version. Pro version enables importing data. Or wait for someone to make mod that uses information from Abe's.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Just wanted to let you all know if you didn't notice, we updated the plugin to fix the one Average Time issue in the postbit.

Also, thanks for give support to the others Alan_SP.

[kontagio.us]

I have a question. If I update will it force me to show in postbit or can i make it in profile only? If it's only an update for postbit I won't even use it since my site only shows in profile.

[Ideal Web Tech]

I have a question. If I update will it force me to show in postbit or can i make it in profile only? If it's only an update for postbit I won't even use it since my site only shows in profile.

The bug only affected the postbit, so if you don't use it, then there is no need for you to update at the moment.

If you do update tho, you will still have all the same options to tell it where to show, and if it does happen to turn on show in postbit, you would simple have to go turn that setting back off.

[kontagio.us]

Thank you for the response. :D

[BaanFarsang]

Errors when cick on Leader Board - Navbar Link !

Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /home/xxx/domains/xxx.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php(4464) : eval()'d code on line 75

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/xxx/domains/xxx.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php(4464) : eval()'d code on line 76

[mrbigandwonderf]

Huge update.... I have been waiting for this fix.... thank you

[Ideal Web Tech]

Errors when cick on Leader Board - Navbar Link !

Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /home/xxx/domains/xxx.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php(4464) : eval()'d code on line 75

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/xxx/domains/xxx.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php(4464) : eval()'d code on line 76

1. What version of vB are you running.
2. Would you be willing to give me a link to your site, so I can see the error first hand?

-Brian

[BaanFarsang]

1. What version of vB are you running.
2. Would you be willing to give me a link to your site, so I can see the error first hand?

-Brian

VB4.1.4
http://www.baanfarsang.com/tsoleaderboard.php

[Ideal Web Tech]

The problem with BaanFarsang's Leader Board has been fixed. If anyone else is getting the same error, please let me know.

[BaanFarsang]

The problem with BaanFarsang's Leader Board has been fixed. If anyone else is getting the same error, please let me know.

Thank you very much.

Paste code on includes/config.php done.

$config['Misc']['debug'] = true;

[tareqbd]

Thanks for the work. But I think it's better to make it permission based. Because normal users also can see the duration, which makes problem for invisible users. I hope it can be improve so far.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Thanks for the work. But I think it's better to make it permission based. Because normal users also can see the duration, which makes problem for invisible users. I hope it can be improve so far.

It was designed to be a community thing, so that users could see how they compared with others total time online, but we could add that in as a feature for a future release. However, right now we're not spending much time expanding features of this, just mainly fixing the bug here and there that pop up with new vBulletin versions.

Until then, you could always add another if check at the top of the tsoleaderboard.php file that prints a no permission for anyone other then the people you would like to see it, and disable the postbit/profile displays. I know that's not as elegant as it being a feature, but at least it would allow you to use it how you wanted for right now.

[tareqbd]

Sorry! I am not good in coding :( can you please post a module if you have time and if you don't mind.


Thanks in advance.

[rootsxrocks]

Good Mod,

But I think it may scare some members offline when they realise how long they actually spend on there.

:D

TBH, I don't install mods that aren't supported either. Mod added Today and "Not Supported".

Thanks, and I am sure a lot would go for this. ;)
thats my first thought it would be cool to have the stats in the admin cp though.

[faraz_hamza]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/06/40.jpg

online time is not showing properly in front of onilne time:

how can i fix?

[faraz_hamza]

No REply Yet..... today is 2nd Day huh........

[Ideal Web Tech]

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/89e70fa670.jpg

online time is not showing properly in front of onilne time:

how can i fix?

No REply Yet..... today is 2nd Day huh........

Sorry, if you read above, we don't officially support this product, but we try as we have time, so expecting an instant response is absurd.

Now to the point, that problem is caused by the Post Thanks mod actually. I have fixed it a few times in the past, but I don't exactly remember what the fix was that was needed, but if you give me a link to your site, I'll look at the HTML and find the fix again real quick.

[faraz_hamza]

realy thx a lot sir for your kind help and kind response to my request.

www.vu39.com/forum

here is the site link.

i will be thankfull to yew. whatever the favour you will do for me.

[faraz_hamza]

NO HElp....... in vain to ask anything about Vbulletin.......

phpbb free forum support is better then this onez.

[DS MrSinister]

the problem is the thank you hack..

this should fix your issue https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1965159&postcount=445

[Ideal Web Tech]

NO HElp....... in vain to ask anything about Vbulletin.......

phpbb free forum support is better then this onez.

I sent you a Private Message several days ago (with no response back) pertaining to your issue.

the problem is the thank you hack..

this should fix your issue https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1965159&postcount=445

Thanks for helping give support!

[faraz_hamza]

i have replace the code but isue is not yet resolved....

Ideal Web Tech

replied to your pm.

[Skyrider]

tsoleaderboard.php shows a blank page.

[Skyrider]

No reply regarding the PHP file?

[Randomm]

tagged

[Successfulsteps]

I fixed the post_thanks_postbit_info template and the time is still not where it should be displaying.

I am uninstalled until this issue can be fixed for everyone with consistency. It looks horrible with it the way it's displaying now and this a reflect on me, not anyone from vbulletin.org.

I would link to my site but I do not want to leave it on with these errors, my forum is too large and too many would see this out of whack.

Pls let us know when there is a fix that will display this correctly.

[mb2tour]

Hi, thank you for this great mod, however, is it compatible with 4.1.4?

Thanks,
~~QS

[BaanFarsang]

syntax error every time after new updating of VB.
http://www.baanfarsang.com/tsoleaderboard.php
Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /home/baanfars/domains/baanfarsang.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php(4464) : eval()'d code on line 75

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/baanfars/domains/baanfarsang.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php(4464) : eval()'d code on line 76

[Ideal Web Tech]

Sorry for the long delays, we have been busy with a new product, and given the age and "Not Supported" status of this mod, we don't always check this thread. If you really want a response quickly, post in the designated thread at community.idealwebtech.com.

tsoleaderboard.php shows a blank page.

Just Blank?
Do you know if you have error reporting on?
Did it work at any point and just now go blank, of was it blank from install?

I fixed the post_thanks_postbit_info template and the time is still not where it should be displaying.

I am uninstalled until this issue can be fixed for everyone with consistency. It looks horrible with it the way it's displaying now and this a reflect on me, not anyone from vbulletin.org.

I would link to my site but I do not want to leave it on with these errors, my forum is too large and too many would see this out of whack.

Pls let us know when there is a fix that will display this correctly.

The postbit thanks issue is not an issue in our code, that is an issue in the html used by that product. The html that product uses, doesn't follow the format for that section, and that is what causes it to break.

Hi, thank you for this great mod, however, is it compatible with 4.1.4?

Thanks,
~~QS

Currently we are running 4.1.3, but I see no reason it wouldn't work on 4.1.4. I have not heard anything about it being incompatible, but we have not tested it either.

syntax error every time after new updating of VB.
http://www.baanfarsang.com/tsoleaderboard.php
Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /home/baanfars/domains/baanfarsang.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php(4464) : eval()'d code on line 75

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/baanfars/domains/baanfarsang.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php(4464) : eval()'d code on line 76

I'm not sure what your board is doing, but if you still have the old fix I gave you a while back, use it, if not, let me know.


---

If I missed anyone, sorry, please post again and let me know!

-Brian

[reddyink]

MOD doesn't work if you install on a new 4.1.4 but works if you upgrade from previous version.

Reason: VB deleted couple of files from 4.1.3 to 4.1.4 and when this MOD is installed the whole page/site goes blank.

Error log shows missing files and if you copy from 4.1.3 version, this should work!

[Mobo]

So, it is safe to assume this mod will not work with 4.1.7?

[BaanFarsang]

It's still error when press http://www.baanfarsang.com/tsoleaderboard.php

Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /home/baanfars/domains/baanfarsang.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php(4606) : eval()'d code on line 75

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/baanfars/domains/baanfarsang.com/public_html/includes/class_core.php(4606) : eval()'d code on line 76

[4nawadir.com]

Good Job Bro !! Can I Translate It To Arabic ?!

[Ideal Web Tech]

We will look into the issues with this on the newer vbulletin versions. We have been a bit swamped in work lately and don't monitor this site very much due to time constraints so to get faster responses please report things on our site.

[Alan_SP]

Just one suggestion I received in this topic (https://www.vaultwiki.org/issues/2663/) (on VaultWiki site) related to your mod:

Also, in case you care about another 0.04s, add an index to your user table. You have another mod that is querying the user table on forum home without hitting an index:
ALTER TABLE user
ADD INDEX timespentonline (timespentonline)
You might want to report this to that mod's author. This could start being a significant lag for forums with over 100,000 members (although personally I consider .05 for a query to be slow).

Hope you'll consider including this index in next version. Thanks in advance. :up:

[clauz]

Hello,

On the new VB version 4.2.0 I cannot see link placed in the navbar?

[Ideal Web Tech]

There will be an update coming for 4.2 in the next few weeks, that will correct the navbar link issue, as well as a few other performance issues.

[Megaboost]

Tagged and waiting for 4.2 version

[Munch98]

Also waiting for 4.2 version. :D

Would be great if someone could PM me once version for 4.2 is out.

[Alan_SP]

If you set this mod as installed, authors usually send mail to all who set their mods as installed.

Of course, I don't know if Ideal Web Tech will do that, but option exists and authors usually use it.

[Ideal Web Tech]

We send updates via our site, and via the form on here to announce new releases so that everybody with things flagged will be informed.

[ProFifaLeagues]

We send updates via our site, and via the form on here to announce new releases so that everybody with things flagged will be informed.
Are we any closer to the update Sir?:up:

[zhai]

can it be set to only work on specific usergroup?
and reset counter every 30 days?

[ProFifaLeagues]

There will be an update coming for 4.2 in the next few weeks, that will correct the navbar link issue, as well as a few other performance issues.



Hows this coming on Sir?
Looking forward to an upgraded release :up:

[mfbmike]

looking to add this to my forum (http://www.digitalsportscene.net/forum/forum.php) once its updated.

[wolfe]

is it possible to show it like this

0 Days, X Hrs, X Mins.

even if there is no days think it looks better ?? thanks

[wolfe]

anyone ??

[Mobo]

Tagged and waiting for 4.2 version

+3 (one for each of my forums)

[clauz]

+1
I am waiting for a fix for 4.2 version...

[Mobo]

I'm pretty sure that's because of the new Navbar manager which this mod is not updated for. You could add it manually, but you will need to know the URL of the final page you want to land on.

[Bubble #5]

Stopped working in 4.2.1.

Any way to manually add to the postbit?

[Khoori7]

Any updates on this, sorry for the long bump.
Was nice.

[Ideal Web Tech]

We are still using this on our sites without issues if you are having problems make sure you still have them on the default style and if so please let us know as it seems most problems people have been having are from custom styles. Things may be conflicting with another addon that we don't currently use on any of our sites, which if that's the case I will see what I can do to work around that.

Sorry for the very late reply to people we have been swamped with stuff and really didn't have time to support a free addon that still works flawlessly on all of our heavily modified vBulletin sites.

[Kills]

we are running 4.2.2 still don't show in navbar on default style or the Darkvision style we use on are site. Everthinng else is working

[Black Snow]

Sorry for the very late reply to people we have been swamped with stuff and really didn't have time to support a free addon that still works flawlessly on all of our heavily modified vBulletin sites.
What about marking it as re-useable so someone can take it over??

[BGObsession]

We are still using this on our sites without issues if you are having problems make sure you still have them on the default style and if so please let us know as it seems most problems people have been having are from custom styles. Things may be conflicting with another addon that we don't currently use on any of our sites, which if that's the case I will see what I can do to work around that.

Sorry for the very late reply to people we have been swamped with stuff and really didn't have time to support a free addon that still works flawlessly on all of our heavily modified vBulletin sites.

The leaderboard isn't accessible on 4.2.2. Can you at least provide the landing page url for the leaderboard (it doesn't require any work, just the information) so that those of us who want to add it manually can do so?

[BGObsession]

NM - if you want to add a nav link to the leaderboard manually, just use 'tsoleaderboard.php' as the address.

[RedHacker]

A great mod, and I am already liking its use very much, and am thankful for developers like yourselves taking out time and effort, to provide us with such free modifications and add-ons.

With due respect, there is a small bug fix that would be nice (which should be a stroll in the park for coders like you). The issue is in the postbit, when this mod is used with Abe1's Post Thank You Hack. So what happens is that the time online is displayed along with the X Thanks in X Posts line which makes reading confusing. If this is not clear, I have posted an image. You could have a look. Thanks again for your time.

For the time being, I have disabled showing the Thank You, but I would really love to have this working.

How to fix this ?

[mito22]

Nothing for VB5?

[mito22]

Also VB5 nothing? :(

It's an interesting mod for me and users.. not?