I didn't find any restrictions to stay to 3 columns....I changed it easily to fit my site. I love it and can't wait for the extras!

I didn't see this anywhere, but is there a way to have this hack ignore certain users? Say I didn't want the admin to show up as the top thread starter...

Thanks!

I am very new to this hacking thing, but I spent some time trying to do this myself, and I shocked myself! I added this to the boardstat.php hack so I could put it on a non-vb page. I hope I do not confuse anyone, but here is what I did and a screen shot. I am very pleased with the results.

in the boardstat.php file I added this to the end of the "member of the day stuff":

if ($memberoftheday[userid]!=0) {
$avatarurl2=getavatarurl($memberoftheday[userid]);
if ($avatarurl2=='') {
$avatarurl2='images/avatars/noavatar.gif' ;
}
$avatarimage2='<img src="http://www.cacfriends.com/shareacard/forums/upload/ '.$avatarurl2.'" border="0" height=38>';
}

And at the bottom of the page just before the ?> I placed this (right HTML output):

</td>
<td width=40% align=right>
<font size=1 face=verdana>Newest member <a href=\"http://www.cacfriends.com/shareacard/forums/upload /member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=$newuserid\">$ newusername</a><br>
<font size=1 face=verdana>Member of the day is: <font color=yellow><b>$memberoftheday[username]</font></b><br>
<font size=2 face=verdana><b><a href=\"http://www.cacfriends.com/shareacard/forums/upload /member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=$memberoftheda y[userid]\">$avatarimage2</b></a><br></td></table>";

WITH THE BLUE ITEMS NEEDING TO BE CHANGED TO YOUR SITE SPECS

Everything is working just fine, here is a link to the testpage I have it on:

My test page

and a screen shot too. I hope I didn't screw anyting else up, I guess time will tell. This is more fun then I thought :D

I see some big problems with this, like the lack of any real instructions. I fiddled with this for about an hour, and said screw it. I really don't need it. I just wanted to show the pm box on my index page.

I can get the file to work if I install it to my /forum/ root dir, but outside of that no.

Not even when I adjust the global require tag

Second, I wouldn't want to include or iframe this, I would much rather have a template I could call up.

Plus an actually written readme would have been helpful rather some chicken jibberish directions in your first thread which left me wondering.

Its alright, but it don't work for me.

Running vb 2.3.0

notice the VB version. !-2.2.6-!

Also there doesnt have to be any directions.. all you do is upload and go. Modifying the ECHO's is just like the modifying of a template. This is just for those users who dont want to mess with there VB files and want a easy and quick way of getting stats to there front page. I dont use 2.3.0 simply for the fact my board is too hacked. There are threads that say this hack doesnt work for 2.2.8 or even 2.2.9, much less 2.3.0.

I am working on a version for 2.3.0 so flipping out on a version thats is much older than your current board version wont help you. I suggest waiting.. or downloading a hack that will add dozens of queries to your pages.

Btw: nicely dont suzzanev. I would have never guessed that and avatar next to the other persons name would be so neat looking. Ill put it in the next version i am working on for 2.3.0. I like it alot.

Ok my site is in folders:

root/sslight/index.php

and my forums are:
root/shine_forums/index.php

so this wont work, how can i get it to get the info from there?

I moved so its like this

site: root
forums: forums/global.php

still nothin I just get white.

what should I do, heres what i did I uploaded the install file you attached but unzipped and renamed forumstats.php . Then on my site i put : <?include ("forumstats.php")?> I got nothing.

That the error I'm getting... any other way to fix this? I don't have that kind of access to my server :(

The boardstat.php file Gets placed into your Forums Directory.

If your forums are a subdomain... or on a different server.. it wont work. The directory paths dont stay the same across subdomains or servers.

It wont work if you REQUIRE them with PHP. You need to use an IFRAME to get the information to your main page.

Example:

forums.yoursite.com = must use Iframe

www.yoursite.com/forums = you can REQUIRE

www.notyoursite.com/forums = you need to use a Iframe but still place the boardstat.php into that forum directory.


Does this help you guys out? Link me to the boardstat.php file on your servers..if not.

Ill take a look. Be sure to not change any paths as its set the way it HAS to be set.

Very nice hack, works great. For those that have their forum as subdomain thereis no need in iframes really and you can have it in your php page with other script. Blank pages etc are because of global.php, as someone pointed out. The file gets included into main index page before execution and therefore can't find includes from admin folder. You can easily fix this. Open your global.php file, at the top add variable with absolute path to your forums folder, for example:

$ahome = '/usr/www/website.com/forums';

then find and replace:

require('.admin/config.php');
with
require($ahome.'.admin/config.php');

$dbclassname="./admin/db_dbservertype.php";
with
$dbclassname=$ahome."./admin/db_dbservertype.php";

require('.admin/functions.php');
with
require($ahome.'.admin/functions.php');

require('.admin/sessions.php');
with
require($ahome.'.admin/sessions.php');

works flowlessly and you can have your boardstat.php anywhere you want, tested on 2.30, but version doesn't really metter. In boardstat.php change your
require("forums/global.php");
to whatever path of your global.php is, for most people it will be the same, for those with subdomains might differ, but shouldn't be a problem. You can't require script from different server, but I guess you could work out a solution without iframes. Just an example, on index.php request, you could call up a script, simmilar to boardstat.php from a different server, which will return boardstat values, and you just put them in, very easy.