Hi,

This is something that is common in IRC - /me is away

In BBs, a user is either online or offline (or invisible).

But, on my Bulletin Board, the folks created such a community that every time someone goes on a holiday or goes offline for a while, he/she posts a new thread to annouce they're 'away.

So, I wrote a hack allowing a user to change his/her status to "away", including a return date and an away reason which will show up in their profile.

Likewise, the online/offline icon in postbit and buddy list will change to an away icon (a very faded version of the 'offline' one).

Some demo captures:

The Edit Profile screen, when a user is NOT away:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

The Edit Profile screen when a user IS away:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

The Get Info (User Profile) screen when a user IS away:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

The Get Info (User Profile) screen when a user is NOT away:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

The postbit icon when a user is away:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/


How to install:

Download the attached zip file. Upload away.gif to your images dir (or create your own away.gif).

Upload install_awayuser.php to your admin dir and follow the instructions.

Cheers,

Bira

newest version by sho here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...606#post287606

bira~~

u do a great hack again~~~

thankz~~~

Very tight Bira, i luv it. Thanks for such a great hack.

pretty kewl hack.....thanks for your shared..........

great hack bira, thx a lot :cool:

that is a great hack, it is perfect for my board!

never would have thought of this hack!

thanks

Nice, I'll install it later when I get some time. :)

Done installing. :)

*cough* I see you've mastered my install script, eh? ;)

Oh and there's a little bug. You use the same variables to denote the day, month and year name as the birthday system uses. You'll need to change that or the birthday will become your away date when you edit your profile next. :)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by FireFly
Done installing. :)

*cough* I see you've mastered my install script, eh? ;)

Nice hack man, thanks! :)