Most ever Visitors, Posters & Chatters (Add-on) [Archive]

Paul M

10-19-2005, 10:00 PM

This modification is no longer available or supported.

Warning: Do not run this vb 3.5 version on a vb 3.6 forum.

This is an add-on for the following hacks ;

FlashChat - Who is in the chat (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=91338)
Members who have visited the forum (Today or last 24 hours) (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=82769)
Members who have posted on the forum (Today or last 24 hours) (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=83028)

If you don't have any of these installed then this add-on will do precisely nothing. Please note that you should have the latest version of the above hacks installed for this to work properly. If you do have any of these installed then this will add a "most ever" count similar to the one in the active users display.

Just download the product XML file and import using the Product Manager.

Note: Obviously it will only count from the time you install it, neither it nor I can see backwards in time.

History:

v2.02 : First Release.
v2.03 : Changed logic of IF statement.
v2.04 : Minor changes, no update necessary.

michaelbenson

10-20-2005, 06:51 PM

Very nice, Installed :)

Lea Verou

10-20-2005, 07:00 PM

Ermm I installed but I don't see any change...

I have only the "Members who have visited today" hack installed...

Paul M

10-20-2005, 07:06 PM

Ah, I forgot to mention this (now added as a note).

Please note that you must have at least version 4.02 of the above hacks installed for this to work.

Lea Verou

10-20-2005, 07:09 PM

Ermmm how do I see which version of those I have? :)

Paul M

10-20-2005, 07:15 PM

Basically, if you have it listed in your Product Manager then you will see the version number in there, otherwise you will have to view the comments in the plugin code.

However, since it was only converted to a product for version 4.02, the simple rule is that if it's listed as a product, you are okay, otherwise you just have the plugin, and must upgrade to use this. :)

dirtycrow

10-21-2005, 03:44 AM

excellent stuff, thank you so much!

SnowBot

10-21-2005, 07:34 AM

Works great, nice one Paul :)

microzott

10-21-2005, 09:54 AM

thanks paul for the new hack :D
installed and working perfectly

bobs409

10-22-2005, 12:04 PM

Where do you download this file? When I click the download link above, it goes to a page with code:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=36136

Should this be going to an xml file?

Thanks,

Bob

Paul M

10-22-2005, 04:04 PM

Right click on the link and choose "Save target as".

bobs409

10-22-2005, 05:52 PM

Thank you! :)

Bob

Oblivion Knight

10-22-2005, 08:51 PM

Oh my, I feel like quite the dumbass.. :o

I thought this this (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?s=&threadid=98885) displayed the most ever members online in one day, but it doesn't.. It displays the most ever members online within a "currently active users" period.

Oh well, I got there in the end.. D'oh! ;)

Crow

10-24-2005, 05:48 PM

I thought hacks that needed other hacks weren't allowed? :ermm:

Paul M

10-24-2005, 06:00 PM

You thought wrong then. VB3 even had it's own forum for such add-ons, and each hack has an add-on field to show it is, in fact, and addition to another.

bobs409

10-24-2005, 06:25 PM

Added, thanks. ;)

~Bob clicks installed~

Sadie Frost

10-25-2005, 08:54 PM

Does this only do the rolling 24 hour period? Because for both members who have posted and members online the "most" number is greater than the "today" values (though I just installed today).

Paul M

10-25-2005, 09:34 PM

Does this only do the rolling 24 hour period? Because for both members who have posted and members online the "most" number is greater than the "today" values (though I just installed today).
I knew someone would ask this eventually. :)

This happens when you are running in the users/posters since midnight mode - because one or more of your users is in a different timezone (x hours ahead of you) so they have already reached 74 visitors/posters since *their* midnight - hence the total gets updated. Because you are x hours behind them, you haven't reached (caught up) to the 74 yet.

Obviously it doesn't affect the last 24 hour mode, as everyone sees the same total all the time.

Snake

10-29-2005, 06:40 PM

Thanks for the hack Paul. Is it possible to make the total most ever visitors text to bold and change the time format to detailed, like September 11th, 2005? Thanks in advance!

Paul M

10-29-2005, 07:54 PM

Dave Rosteck

10-30-2005, 03:52 AM

++++ing awesome hacks and most ever online add-ons Paul, I love 'em! Ever since I've had FlashChat, I've been desperately searching for something exactly what you created. Thanks!

Snake

10-30-2005, 10:55 AM

The text is a phrase (most_visitors) so you could add bold tags to it, the trouble is that the count value would not be bold unless you left the closing tag off the phrase, but that would then screw up the names display. The only way you could fix that is to edit the plugin code.

As for the time, it uses whatever standard format you have set for your forum, to make it different to the rest of your forum would again require the plugin to be edited.

Exactly but I've no idea where to put the <B> bold tags in the plugin code. I know I'll have to edit the plugin code again for the date format, but I really have no idea what to do exactly so can you help? I'm not really a vBulletin coder...

Snake

11-01-2005, 05:40 PM

Sorry but I'd to bump this thread!

Paul M

11-01-2005, 07:11 PM

Sorry but I'd to bump this thread!Don't. It annoys the hell out of me.

I don't have time to look at code changes atm - at the weekend maybe. :)

Snake

11-02-2005, 07:00 AM

Alrighty, I'll be waiting... :)

loonytune15

11-04-2005, 03:19 PM

I knew someone would ask this eventually. :)

This happens when you are running in the users/posters since midnight mode - because one or more of your users is in a different timezone (x hours ahead of you) so they have already reached 74 visitors/posters since *their* midnight - hence the total gets updated. Because you are x hours behind them, you haven't reached (caught up) to the 74 yet.

Obviously it doesn't affect the last 24 hour mode, as everyone sees the same total all the time.

So is there a way to get this to work in the midnight mode?

Nice hack btw.. :)

Paul M

11-04-2005, 03:55 PM

So is there a way to get this to work in the midnight mode?
Not sure what you mean ?

mkdevo

11-09-2005, 03:39 PM

hey paul, here's a question for you..

i have all of your hacks (like this) installed on my 3.0.x board.. i'm currently working on a 3.5.1 dev board, getting hacks installed, etc, so i can upgrade in production soon. my question is - after i upgrade from 3.0.x to 3.5.x, will my stats from your hacks stay in tact, or will they be starting from fresh counters?

thanks in advance!

Paul M

11-09-2005, 05:17 PM

They should remain intact.

joeychgo

11-09-2005, 06:55 PM

I have this on all my forums - and I love it. Thanks Paul

Paul M

11-09-2005, 07:06 PM

I have this on all my forums - and I love it. Thanks PaulThank you, it's nice to know people appreciate things :)

JoergZ

11-28-2005, 09:11 AM

This happens when you are running in the users/posters since midnight mode - because one or more of your users is in a different timezone (x hours ahead of you) so they have already reached 74 visitors/posters since *their* midnight - hence the total gets updated. Because you are x hours behind them, you haven't reached (caught up) to the 74 yet.

Obviously it doesn't affect the last 24 hour mode, as everyone sees the same total all the time.

Hello Paul,

can you please fix this issue, so the max users in one day works correct with the "midnight-mode" ?

BR

J?rg

Paul M

11-28-2005, 11:46 AM

Hello Paul,

can you please fix this issue, so the max users in one day works correct with the "midnight-mode" ?I cannot fix something that isn't broken. This will always happen when you have people in different timezones.

JoergZ

11-28-2005, 11:48 AM

Hm... And why shows the statistik in the AdminCP the correct value ?

Paul M

11-28-2005, 11:59 AM

Because it's not the same thing - that's just a simple current count - it's not a forum wide, long term, stored maximum.

JoergZ

11-28-2005, 01:57 PM

Because it's not the same thing - that's just a simple current count - it's not a forum wide, long term, stored maximum.

Sorry, thats not correct. I am talking about the "User Activity Statistics". This is not a simple current count, it logs exactly all users, that were online at one day. And there is no problem with the time-zone.

But o.k., I will fix it myselfe. Thanks for your help.

J?rg

Paul M

11-28-2005, 03:00 PM

I am talking about the "User Activity Statistics". This is not a simple current count, it logs exactly all users, that were online at one day. Not exactly. It's simple sql query, done on the fly, to count the number of users for each day as stored in the stats table, and more importantly - it's always a day behind. If you run it today (28th November) you will only have data up to yesterday (27th) displayed , so I really don't see how you can say it displays "the correct value" - it doesn't show any value for the current day. It also (I think) works off the servers time, rather than your local tz corrected time.

But o.k., I will fix it myselfe.There is nothing to fix, but feel free to try .... :)

Rickie3

11-29-2005, 10:14 AM

*installed* thankyou

GrabAssGirl

01-04-2006, 06:43 PM

Can somenone tell me why it tells me that this "appears to be a plugin" instead of a product when I try to put it on.

GrabAssGirl

01-04-2006, 06:51 PM

Can somenone tell me why it tells me that this "appears to be a plugin" instead of a product when I try to put it on.

Never mind! I had a blonde moment and was in the wrong thread....

mkdevo

01-06-2006, 01:57 PM

hey paul, here's a question - any chance of ever doing a 'most ever arcade players' to go along with this:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=101880

?

MGSteve

01-12-2006, 12:16 AM

Any reason why the most online seems to stick at 999?

We had over 1,000 online today, but it didn't update the stats...

forums.mg-rover.org if you want to check...

Paul M

01-12-2006, 03:37 AM

I can't see any reason for it to stop at 999, there is nothing to limit it in the code.

lifesourcerec

01-12-2006, 02:30 PM

Just what I've been looking for... Paul, you da man!

Canelo_Kid

01-14-2006, 02:21 PM

I get the same problem where it doesn't register over 999.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/index.php?

vBulletin 3.5.3
FlashChat Integration 2.56
Members who are using flashchat 4.12
Members who have posted on the forum 4.12
Members who have visited the forum 4.12
Most Ever Visitors, Users or Chatters 2.03
Users Who Registered Today 1.0
v3 Arcade 1.0.2

FYI: Turned off all my other plug-ins and tested, still won't exceed 999

Paul M

01-14-2006, 06:09 PM

Any reason why the most online seems to stick at 999?

We had over 1,000 online today, but it didn't update the stats...

forums.mg-rover.org if you want to check...I get the same problem where it doesn't register over 999.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/index.php?

vBulletin 3.5.3
FlashChat Integration 2.56
Members who are using flashchat 4.12
Members who have posted on the forum 4.12
Members who have visited the forum 4.12
Most Ever Visitors, Users or Chatters 2.03
Users Who Registered Today 1.0
v3 Arcade 1.0.2

FYI: Turned off all my other plug-ins and tested, still won't exceed 999

This can be fixed by upgrading your main "Members who have visited the forum" to v4.13 (main thread (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=82769))

MGSteve - as you run your own modified version, you may have to manually update it, PM me for details.

eXtremeTim

01-14-2006, 06:27 PM

Feel free to incorporate my users reg today if you wish.

Canelo_Kid

01-14-2006, 09:01 PM

I updated that

vBulletin 3.5.3
FlashChat Integration 2.56
Members who are using flashchat 4.12
Members who have posted on the forum 4.12
Members who have visited the forum 4.13
Most Ever Visitors, Users or Chatters 2.03 Thanks for helping!

Canelo_Kid

01-14-2006, 09:08 PM

It works now, dumb me I missed updating that plugin...

Thanks again eXtremeTim, I love your additions to vBulletin!

Paul M

01-14-2006, 11:00 PM

Feel free to incorporate my users reg today if you wish.That code looks very familiar :)

I'll look at adding it to this when I next have time to update it. :D

Thanks again eXtremeTim, I love your additions to vBulletin!:confused:

Canelo_Kid

01-15-2006, 09:48 AM

oops want to thank 'Paul M' for the additions, was excited I got the routines to work and messed up. I do want to thank eXtremeTim for helping.

Wild Bronco

01-18-2006, 05:39 PM

Is the at phrase translateable?

I am having a hard time finding it in VB cp

Paul M

01-18-2006, 06:04 PM

Yes, it's the phrase called "at_2".

Wild Bronco

01-18-2006, 06:58 PM

Found it :)

Gripemaster

01-19-2006, 11:37 AM

*Installed*

Thank you!

Totti

01-23-2006, 01:05 PM

look at the posts from #44 to #48

Paul M

01-23-2006, 04:33 PM

look at the posts from #44 to #48What about them ?

Totti

01-23-2006, 05:13 PM

i could swear there asked somebody about this 999er bug ... :D

m_k

02-23-2006, 09:47 PM

<clicks install>

thanks :-)

JakeS

02-26-2006, 09:32 AM

Installed Working a-o-k :)

MorrisMcD

03-09-2006, 02:20 AM

What table/field is the most located... I migrated to a new server from 3.0 and that info I didnt end up moving over.. I still have the old board up but out of productuion, so I can see what date had the most visitors and how many.. But can I change it on the new one to reflect that old 'record'

Paul M

03-09-2006, 03:59 AM

Not really - at least not without editing the database, not an easy thing to do.

MorrisMcD

03-09-2006, 04:02 AM

Not really - at least not without editing the database, not an easy thing to do.

No big deal.. Our busy times start again in the summer and sometime this year we will break all those records anyway as this is our 3rd year.. Thanks for responding

microzott

03-10-2006, 04:47 PM

hi paul

i have notice a problem with this product, mybe i am not understanding correctly,
but could you explane me how it is possible that the total members that have visited the forum today are 83
and
the most members online in one day was 84, today?

i have tested several times the product in both the to ways (Set to 'yes' for a rolling 24 hour display, leave as 'no' to reset the count at each members midnight.), but the result is the same.

MorrisMcD

03-10-2006, 06:13 PM

Paul M

03-10-2006, 06:33 PM

Actually, this has been covered in the past - it's a side effect of users in different timezones. You have (at least) one user who is in a timezone ahead of you (i.e. when it's 8pm for you, it's 11pm for them). Because of this, they have seen more people than you (i.e. 84, compared to your current 83) because the "most" count is server wide, it gets updated to 84. The other count (83) is unique to you, and will catchup with the other count as the day progresses.

kazido

03-25-2006, 11:51 AM

Maybe a stupid question but how am I supposed to get this to work in CMPS 2.1.0? thx

Paul M

03-25-2006, 04:38 PM

No idea, I don't use it. I suggest you ask in the VBA forums.

kennn

04-26-2006, 03:23 PM

I've been running this hack along with who has visited and who has posted for a week or so now. I just noticed that the "most" stats do not seem to hold. I have a very small private family forum and earlier this week we had 8 visitors in one day - the "most" stat reflected that for several days. Today, we had 6 visitors and the "most" stat has changed to show 6 as the most ever visitors when it should still be showing 8. Same applies for posters...most should be 6 (and was 6 for a while) but now is showing 4 as the most ever posters.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Paul M

04-26-2006, 04:24 PM

The only way that could happen is if something corrupted your datastore and reset the counts to zero, otherwise it's not possible without manual intevention, since the stored count is only updated if the current count is larger.

kennn

04-26-2006, 06:05 PM

Hmmm...well it definitely happened and I see no signs of database corruption. Guess I'll just have to keep an eye on it and see how it goes. Thanks for the response.

kennn

04-26-2006, 08:40 PM

This really has me curious and I happened to do a MySQL dump yesterday to back up my database, so I decided to do another one today and compare files.

From 04/25/2006:

INSERT INTO `vb_datastore` VALUES ('maxloggedin', 'a:6:{s:9:"maxonline";i:5;s:13:"maxonlinedate";i:1144430493;s:11:"maxvisitors";i:8;s:15:"maxvisitorsdate";i:1145928403;s:10:"maxposters";i:6;s:14:"maxpostersdate";i:1145918246;}');

From 04/26/2006:

INSERT INTO `vb_datastore` VALUES ('maxloggedin', 'a:6:{s:9:"maxonline";i:5;s:13:"maxonlinedate";i:1146065294;s:10:"maxposters";i:5;s:14:"maxpostersdate";i:1146067830;s:11:"maxvisitors";i:6;s:15:"maxvisitorsdate";i:1146065007;}');

As you can see, yesterday the maxvisitors was 8 and maxposters was 6 and today they are 6 and 5.

I did a file comparison between both database dumps and there is nothing out of the ordinary - just the usual changes from new posts, events, cron jobs running, etc. No sign of hacking or any corruption that I can see.

I would love to know how these records got changed. All other stats and information are spot on as they should be, even the "most online at once" which VB itself maintains is still correct.

Paul M

04-26-2006, 09:24 PM

Well something is resetting the counts - possibly you have something that is rewriting the maxloggedin record without the maxposters & maxvisitors data.

kennn

04-26-2006, 10:37 PM

These are the hacks I've got installed:

Number of Threads in User Profile (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=99530)
Show An Avatar On Who's Online (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=94671)
Mood Hack 3.5 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=98636)
bbSpoiler (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=112376)
Timezone Image In Profile (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=101415)
Members Who Have Posted Today (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=83028)
Who Has Read A Thread (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=112192)
Borgs BBCode Pack (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=103257)
Forum Skin In Profile (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=92512)
Join Days (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=112660)
Simple Breadcrumb Below Last Post (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=98724)
Separate Sticky & Normal Threads (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=110795)
Members Who Have Visited Today (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=82769)
Most Ever Visitors, Posters, Chatters (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=98887)

I've gone through the code of each and none of them make any reference to the maxloggedin datastore (except of course for "most ever visitors, posters, chatters").

I am also running vbAdvanced CMPS which does have a "who's online" module which makes references to maxloggedin. Do you think it could be the culprit? Thanks.

kennn

04-26-2006, 10:43 PM

I think this is the salient portion of the onlineusers module for CMPS:

$maxusers['maxonline'] = $vbulletin->maxloggedin['maxonline'];

if ($vbulletin->maxloggedin['maxonline'] <= $totalonline)
{
$maxusers['maxonline'] = $totalonline;
$maxusers['maxonlinedate'] = TIMENOW;
$db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "datastore SET data='" . addslashes(serialize($maxusers)) . "' WHERE title = 'maxloggedin'");
}

$recordusers = $maxusers['maxonline'];
$recorddate = vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'], $vbulletin->maxloggedin['maxonlinedate'], 1);
$recordtime = vbdate($vbulletin->options['timeformat'], $vbulletin->maxloggedin['maxonlinedate']);

If you think this might be the culprit, do you have any suggestions on changes I could make to the CMPS module to keep its functionality but prevent it from overwriting your plugin's data (if that is what it is doing)?

I guess I could always turn off that module but I would like to keep it if possible. Thanks!

Paul M

04-27-2006, 07:27 AM

Ouch, yes, that is the culprit - it's using an sql query to directly write the maxloggedin record, erasing the maxposters and visitors data, that's very bad of whoever wrote it, the correct way is to use the build_datastore() function;

Try changing this line ;

$db->query_write("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "datastore SET data='" . addslashes(serialize($maxusers)) . "' WHERE title = 'maxloggedin'");
to this

build_datastore('maxloggedin', serialize($vbulletin->maxloggedin));

kennn

04-27-2006, 03:01 PM

MorrisMcD

05-06-2006, 12:41 AM

Much thanks, Paul!

I've added your code change to my CMPS onlineusers module and will see how it goes. Hard to believe I'm the first to encounter this. I assume a lot of people are using vBAdvanced CMPS and your plugin. If this change stops the CMPS onlineusers module from stepping on the "most" plugin's toes, I'll call it to their attention over at vbadvanced.com. Thanks again! :)

Wow.. That is some bull.. Anyway.. I disabled that plugin.. That sucks.. It happened to me so I came in search of answers, and I guess I ran into the same problem.. Its the first time its ever happened though which is weird. Also what is weird is it now says the most guests even online was 266 last night at 2am.. I highly doubt this.. My site usually has no more than 30 members/guests online.. Before the stats were reset I think we managed to have like 100 on a one time.. But never 266 guests!

any idea why?

Paul M

05-06-2006, 02:20 AM

You obviously had 266 guests - probably a load of spiders.

MorrisMcD

05-06-2006, 03:32 PM

You obviously had 266 guests - probably a load of spiders.

You think so?? I will check the logs.. I just thought it was odd.. I disabled guest access all last week due to the NFL Draft because I run a Bengals site.. Maybe they were queued up just waiting for it lol

Firestar.chkn

05-15-2006, 08:18 AM

Note: Obviously it will only count from the time you install it, neither it nor I can see backwards in time.

Haha! Well said :D Clicks install.

The-Ensemble

08-03-2006, 02:29 PM

how do i use the phrases? I mean so i can edit them and use them somewhere else on forum home? Can't find them in forumhome and i dont understand php.

Paul M

08-15-2006, 09:36 PM

Ncturnal

08-25-2006, 03:51 AM

A word of warning - if you upgrade your forum to vb 3.6 then disable this modification before you upgrade, and then upgrade it to the 3.6 version after you have finished, then re-enable it - running this 3.5 version on a 3.6 forum can break your most users/visitors etc statistics.

So what do we do if we missed that vital step? :hurt: All of my top stats are set at 1 on some date in 1969. :D

I just disabled and reenabled the hack. I didn't retain the old values, but that's not a huge deal. It's using the present values as the max now.

Ncturnal

08-26-2006, 05:12 PM

Well, upon further review, it's still showing the most evers as being on 12-31-1969. I disabled and reenabled the product; then I uninstalled and reinstalled. Do you have any idea how I can fix this? :confused:

Paul M

08-27-2006, 04:16 AM

Run this sql to reset them;

update datastore set unserialize = 1,data = ' ' where title = 'maxloggedin'

Ncturnal

08-27-2006, 02:59 PM

I was going to run that query, but it looks like everything is working again. :confused: Heh, if it does it again, I'll run the query. Thanks Paul. :D

The-Ensemble

08-27-2006, 03:54 PM

Having a small problem though on The most members online in one day was 5, 08-06-2006. it displays the names underneath and there is other variables next to it where do i go to remove the names? Do I edit the php code or something? If so which parts?

I also want to edit these 2 variables (only the wording) where would i find them to edit the wording?
$whodesc
$whotoday

Thanks

Paul M

08-27-2006, 10:33 PM

I've answered this at least once (maybe twice) now.

This is an add-on to the three hacks listed, all it does is add the most members/posters/chatters line to the top of the appropiate hack. The names display is part of the original hack - you cannot turn them off in the chatters or posters hacks, you can in the visitors hack (in the ACP).

$whodesc and $whotoday are built by the who visited plugins.

The-Ensemble

08-27-2006, 11:07 PM

Ok then How would i turn them off in the original hack? I did it via admincp and it has a line saying turned off by administrator and i dont want that.

Paul M

08-27-2006, 11:57 PM

That's all you can do, there are no other options.

The-Ensemble

08-28-2006, 12:22 AM

Why can't it be removed in the php code?
Or why can't the add on work on it own?

Ncturnal

08-28-2006, 11:46 PM

Why can't it be removed in the php code?
Or why can't the add on work on it own?

Because he didn't code it that way and he's not going to. I don't think many have a problem with its current functionality.

Paul M

08-29-2006, 02:02 AM

The-Ensemble & Ncturnal - I have removed both your subsequent posts - no more fighting please.

The mods are supplied as-is, I have no intention of changing them in any way, or answering any more of the same questions. If it/they don't suit then perhaps you should look elsewhere for some that do.

Thanks.

The-Ensemble

08-29-2006, 02:05 AM

I have the exact part I want I just want to remove a part of it, I've switched it off so it displays the turned off by the administrators message, If i could just that message to blank so its just that line of text.
Thats all I want I dont see why its so hard :S