Miscellaneous Hacks - IWT - Time Spent Online

Notice
There are two versions of this modification. This is the vBulletin 4.x version, you can find the vBulletin 3.8 version here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=243221

Current Stable Version
Version 1.2.6

What is it?
This modification will add a counter to your forums that will record/track how much time your users have spent online. And output it in various sections of the site (EX: Time Online: 5 Months 2 Weeks 1 Day 15 Hours 44 Minutes 33 Seconds).

Features

• Total Time Online in Postbit & Ministats block in the profile
• Average Time Online (Per Day) in Postbit & Ministats block in the profile
• Leader Board Displaying Time Online & Average Time Online (Per Day) for all the sites members
• Cumulative Time Online on Leader Board & Stats box of FORUMHOME

Demo
You can see this product in action here.

Settings
Admin Control Panel Options to Toggle:

• Entire System
• Show Total Time in Postbit/Profile
• Show Average Time Per Day in Postbit/Profile
• Use Short Phrases (Ex. "1 Min 5 Secs" instead of "1 Minute 5 Seconds")
• Use Micro Phrases in Postbit (Ex. "32d 12h 44m")
• Display Cumulative Time Online on Leader Board/Forumhome
• Leader Board/Navbar Link Enabled

Installation/Upgrade
See included file.

Release Notes

Version 1.1.1

• Added the average time per day function
• Added 4 settings used for controlling display of the Time Online and Avg. Time Online for both profile and postbit.
• A few optimizations for memory/performance

Version 1.2.0

• Added Leader Board Displaying Time Online & Average Time Online (Per Day) for all the sites members
• Added Cumulative Time Online on Leader Board
• Added Cumulative Time Online on Stats box of FORUMHOME
• Added Numerous new settings for controlling the system

Version 1.2.1

• Fixed a Bug resulting in the timestamp for date installed not setting correctly.

Version 1.2.2

• Updated postbit template code.

Version 1.2.3

• Added Postbit Micro Phrases
• Added Template Group

Version 1.2.4

• Moved functions to a file.
• Added Time Spent Online to the Who's Online.
• vBulletin 3.8 Version Released

Version 1.2.5

• Fixed a timestamp flaw in the average time spent online function.

Version 1.2.6

• Fixed a Bug causing the postbit to show invalid average online times in vB 4.1.x.

Known Bugs

• Currently none.

Resolved Bugs

• Function definition problem causing scripts that utilized the postbit factory without the vbulletin global file being initialized, such as the vBcms commenting engine, to display errors. (version 1.2.0)
• Bug resulting in the timestamp for date installed not setting correctly. (version 1.2.1)
• Bug causing the postbit to show invalid average online times in vB 4.1.x. (version 1.2.6)

Planned additions
We currently are talking about making an average time per day (similiar to the posts per day) (Added in version 1.1.1)
We also have plans to make a leaderboard for so people can see who spends the most time floating around the site. (Added in version 1.2.0)
We are planning to add in more settings at some point to give quite a bit more control over the system.(Added in version 1.2.0)

Support
This modification is released for free and as such we don't officially support it, but as time permits we will try to offer support on it. You are more likely to get a response over at our site as we wont be checking this thread frequently.

This modification brought to you by Ideal Web Technologies.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Originally Posted by sulasno

I got 1.2 from your site;
in the instructions I was requested to upload the folder "uploads" to the root

I just tested your Mod and couldn't find tsoleaderboard.php
I moved it to the root and it's working

great Mod

I'm sorry, the instructions were suppose to say "upload the contents of the uploads...", the included instructions have been updated to be correct now.

[kevius]

well done, tks a lot !

[relaxiha]

Time Online: N/A
Avg. Time Online: N/A

[Ideal Web Tech]

Originally Posted by relaxiha

Time Online: N/A
Avg. Time Online: N/A

It will say that for members that haven't been online since the system was installed as they have no time to calculate.

[SwollenCranium]

Originally Posted by Ideal Web Tech

It will say that for members that haven't been online since the system was installed as they have no time to calculate.

Where does this mod gather stats from?

I've been logged into my site for well into 6 hours so far today yet the counter only shows me @ 1 hr 9 minutes.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Originally Posted by SwollenCranium

Where does this mod gather stats from?

I've been logged into my site for well into 6 hours so far today yet the counter only shows me @ 1 hr 9 minutes.

The stats calculations are a bit complex to explain but work as follows. First you have your cookie timeout which vbulletin uses to determine weather you are online or offline. We use that timeout and a page reload we verify your last known activity time (current timestamp - last known active timestamp) and if its within the allowed cookie timeout then we will update your time online as you haven't lapsed in being online. If the time difference is greater then the allowed cookie timeout the last active timestamp updates and the next page will start the time online updating again. When we update the time online we use the difference between the two timestamps.

[SwollenCranium]

Originally Posted by Ideal Web Tech

The stats calculations are a bit complex to explain but work as follows. First you have your cookie timeout which vbulletin uses to determine weather you are online or offline. We use that timeout and a page reload we verify your last known activity time (current timestamp - last known active timestamp) and if its within the allowed cookie timeout then we will update your time online as you haven't lapsed in being online. If the time difference is greater then the allowed cookie timeout the last active timestamp updates and the next page will start the time online updating again. When we update the time online we use the difference between the two timestamps.

Ok, thanks for the explanation.

This is good to know as I have a fairly modest Session timeout set on my site.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Well glad we could clarify that for you.

[RedHacker]

It is very nice mod but good to work with continuous flow

[Ocean-Wonders]

Great mod, my members are competing already

Just hope it doesn't scare them in a few months time when they realise how long they have spent on the forum