wasn't my idea, I just fixed a bad implementation of the idea that was killing servers...

I want to keep this as simple as humanly possible, adding crons and whatnot are too intensive in my eyes, I will figure this one out, no worries ;)no, actually the implementation of this idea that was originally posted in the code mods section did that...killed MANY servers...now, what use would the end user of the forum have in today's last posts? most everyone I've dealt with over the years only wants posts and threads since last visit. As far as the page generation time, .07 seconds of additional overhead is not a respectable number? In whose eyes?

Seriously though, I am working on getting this to talk with the datamanager as a cached thing, I don't want to add tables, or modify the db in anyway shape or form, but I will figure this out to kill off what little overhead there is right now. I have severa scenarios running on my test bed that have brought the page gen overhead down but I need to make sure that they are reliable methods first, my biggest concern at this point is the avatar...

Hi,

I have installed your version of the welcome panel but have a couple of problems, the welcome panel is not showing up at all on the style by Kall below, I was wondering how to fix this.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=90792

Also, the panel does not resize like the other one did, so if you go to show favourites or bookmarks it does not look right.

I would also like to make the avatar image smaller, how do I go about it?

And finally thanks for sharing :)

taffy

Crons are the best and near only way to keep things non intensive, a cron to update the ammount of users online would be best.

You need to add indexs to the datelines in the thread and post tables, which should reduce the query times even more, for the two table scans to get the ammount of new posts.

simplicity is not the best way when it comes to some things.

The data that you want to get can be very strenious on the server, esp done on everypage load for every user, including guests it seems, very bad idea, guests DO NOT need to see this data, and most of it would be flawed to them as well.

As far as Avatars go, try this in the config.php file

define('AVATAR_ON_NAVBAR', 1);

And this in the navbar.

<img src="image.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$bbuserinfo[userid]&amp;dateline=$bbuserinfo[avatardateline]" title="$bbuserinfo[username]'s Avatar" alt="Avatar" border="0" />

Hi,

Just realised that I didn't put the file edit in the navbar template :o , so that is fixed now! But still having a problem with sizing the welcome bar, it does adjust to a degree but the avatar is taking up to much room in my opinion, perhaps if it was 25% - 50% smaller the sizing issue would not be a problem?

taffy

hmmm,

Did I quote that? :smoke:


taffy

I've got it set to a height of 100 px, but I did not set the width to any particular size to keep the look of the image, however I can add that in as well...

Would there be a way for a cron to store the information in the datastore table without it breaking anything?That is not a difficult adjustment, will get that into the deal.True enoughTruth be told, I never even thought of guests loading that...excellent idea though, that will be in next update as well.Is the define statement within the config file already, or will it need to be added (At work, no access to the server at the moment)?

and lastly, Thank you for your help, I do appreciate constructive assistance!

)O( Cloudrunner )O(

I think it might be able to be added to a hook, no, its not in the config, its one of those fun hidden features that I poked out of the devs ages ago :)

But in realitity that is a very small modification, and seeing as the config is a safe file to edit.. you might get away wiuth this as a plugin.

Thanks very much! :)