[VB3 RC3] Who viewed this thread?
 

I know there is already one version of this by Gary W but I already made (and documented) my own so I thought I would post it.

Advantages of my hack:

My hack adds only 1 query to showthread, and it only queries the user table, so it is less server intensive. That is important to any busy board or anyone that wants to save some resources. It integrates with the "thread views" system to update the people that have seen the thread.

Disadvantages:

Well.. with mine even if you browse the forum as "invisible" you would end up showing in the "who read" list.


Info for hackers:
You may modify, improve, upgrade, redistribute this hack, include it
in another hack or yours or translate it provided you do it free of
charge and you distribute it in www.vbulletin.org at least, there is no
need to pm me asking for permission
Some portions of the code are (c) Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

Looks good. I trust how you support your hacks much more than the other one. ;)

cool. :)

any way to limit the view only to admins?

Great. Could it be that the add-on who downloaded this attachment would be combined with this?

in the template showthread, this:

replace it white:

Then only admins would be able to view it



those '+' are a w h o r e a d, seems that the forum is censoring it.

Do you mean Rein's Who Downloaded? It shouldn't be any problem if both hacks are installed.

An update for this hack:

With this modification the "who viewed" list will be ordered alfabetically, the original behaviour was to order the users as they saw the thread, but that's not very reliable. Apply this modification only if you would like to see the list ordered.

search for this

replace that with
search for this

replace that with

TXT and HTL updated of course :)

And... all the +++++ are the word: w h o r e

the complete word is w h o r e a d
being censored

Thank you Kentaurus, very nice hack !

Hey, buddy, I have a request. Is there a way to have the names follow the color and intensity (html mark-up, I think it is called) like Admins and Supermods and users and such? It would make it easier to identify with a quick glance as the list grows. ;)

And maybe the total numbers of members and guests (if they are allowe to read the threads like mine are) who have read the thread so far?

The sorting feature doesn't seem to be working for me. I have me (Boofo) in the list, the next one strats with an M and the next one strats with an A. They are not going alphabetically. ;)