[Tralala]

Just in case anyone's wondering, my forum's on the small side so I have less concern about server load.

That said...

As an update to this query:

Originally Posted by Tralala

Small forum here. I've replaced names with avatars, using this hack.

My users love it.

Will "AJAX Who's Online" still work for me, updating the avatars displayed instead? That'd be hella cool.

I went ahead and tried it, and these hacks work GREAT together. The avatar display updates on it's own every 60 seconds, without refreshing the whole page! VERY cool indeed.

As far as server load goes, the Who's Online page (online.php) has a default auto-refresh setting (every 60 seconds) that many admins leave on... I don't see how this is much different. Compared to that, this is actually sending less data!

Not many folks leave their browser on the forum home anyway, I don't think... they'd be more likely to stay on UserCP, or inside one of the forums where new threads appear.

In any case, as I mentioned above, I have a small forum. And this is a great hack for me, I appreciate Red Blaze sharing it, and I'm happy that it works so well with the avatar hack I'd already installed!