Forum Display Enhancements - Country Display for Who's Online

*** Staff note: The author of this modification has passed away in a diving accident. We wish his family all strength in dealing with this traggic issue. ***

Country Display for Who's Online

What does this do?

It adds another column to your Who's Online display, with the country where the user is logging on from. You can choose either the name, the flag or both. You can also decide which users can see this information.

How about a quick summary of features?

Country display can be admin/moderator only, or available for everyone to see
You can display the country name, a flag, or both. You can use alternative flag sets if you want
Adds minimal overhead, no additional queries
Works on 3.6.6, 3.6.7 and should work for future versions as well. Will not work on versions prior to this. There is a manual file hack for previous versions here (unsupported).
Country information is provided by the GLA (Geographic Location Awareness) mod. Therefore updates to GLA will automatically provide improvements to any mod using GLA.

How do I install?

1. Install GLA first. You can find it here. It's easy and takes a minute.
2. Download and install the enclosed .xml file via adminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product -> Import.

How do I configure it?

By default it will display only the country name to admin, super moderators and moderators. You can change this under vBulletin Options -> Who's Online Options. Be sure to check these options and click "save", even if you haven't changed anything. See attached screenshots.

Before posting on this thread:

If your issue concerns questions about country detection, the accuracy of the database, etc - please post your question on the GLA thread instead. Please only post issues here concerning the Who's Online display itself.

Please click install. Support requests from people who have not clicked install may not be answered.

Version history:
V1.0 - (07.07.07) Initial release

[mfyvie]

Please note that this mod will not work if you are running vBulletin prior to 3.6.6, because these versions do not have the online_query hook.

The minimum version listed is 3.6.7 anyway, but just to make this absolutely clear, please don't ask for support or complain if this doesn't work and you are on an older version.

Other mods which use GLA may have different compatibility requirements, but the Who's Online mod will not work prior to 3.6.6.

[ssslippy]

Very Nice installed.

[TTG]

Worked straight out of the box after installing the 1st part .. thanks mfyvie.
Clicked install.

[yaoren]

Thanks, Will install later tonight

[steven s]

Way cool!
I have many international members.:up:

[mfyvie]

Originally Posted by 1996 328ti

Way cool!
I have many international members.:up:

Probably more than you realised... Also many international spiders

[mfyvie]

Just a note to those of you who have installed. There is a suspected bug in vbulletin which I have posted here. This affects people who don't specifically save their options after installing a mod. IN the case of this mod, unless you go into your who's online options and hit save, your country data is going to be displayed publicly. If you don't want that - hit save - even if the options look the way you want them to! I'm sorry about that, totally beyond my control, but easy to fix.

If in doubt - check.

[tanyeri24]

doesnt work for me

[mfyvie]

Originally Posted by tanyeri24

doesnt work for me

Well since you've supplied zero information, that's about the same level as help as I'll be able to give you at this time.