Miscellaneous Hacks - Top Posters

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Top Posters mod for vb 3.6.

This displays a page with the Top Forum Posters for a given set of periods. Two periods are fixed ('This Month' & 'Overall') but can be turned off in the options. The other three periods are user definable (in days) - the default values are 1 day (24 hours), 7 days & 28 days. These three columns cannot be turned off.

The number of posters to be shown can also be set, the default is the top 10 posters. You can also select which usergroups are included (or excluded) in the count, so members in banned groups etc are not shown. Excluded is only available from v3.29 onwards.

If enabled, it will also attempt to add a link to your Quick Links or Navbar. There is an option to prefix this path if you use something like CMPS.

To install just unzip the xml file and import it using the Product Manager


History:

v3.20 - First 3.6 release - auto adds link to quick links.
v3.21 : Dependancies updated for 3.6.0 Gold.
v3.22 : Updated for Version Checking.
v3.23 : Dependancies updated, URL's updated (not released).
v3.24 : SQL changed to use slave.
v3.25 : SQL Changes to use slave.
v3.26 : Added autolink options.
v3.27 : Fixed table index creation.
v3.28 : Added automatic version in template (not released).
v3.29 : Added option to include or exclude usergroups.
v3.30 : Internal version, not released.
v3.31 : Internal version, not released.
v3.32 : Internal version, not released.
v3.33 : Internal code changes, no funcionality change.
v3.34 : Defaults on first install updated.
v3.35 : Option for link path prefix added.

[aky]

anyway to have a colum that an admin can reset... say if i want to have a top poster of the month contest starting in the middle of a month, i would like to reset a column to 0 posts and let to run until i click reset again

any chance of having this?

[Paul M]

Sorry, but no - you cannot do that, and I have no plans to add such a feature.

[xman_79]

Very nice .
Thank you.

[Alfa1]

Hey Paul. Yet another handy hack from you. Is there any chance of expanding this to top posters per forum? That would make my day.

[VitroX]

thanks for your hack, however where is supouse to be the link to the Top Posters?, I cant find it, I installed it and didnt report problems, I'm using vb 3.6.1

[Paul M]

If it manages to create it, it will be in Quick Links. If not, you will need to manually add one, linking to misc.php?do=topposters

[exilera]

Is there any way to add a list of top posters within the "left side column" hack also found on vBulletin.org?

Thanks!

[Skedoozy]

Originally Posted by Paul M

You can change the 28 days to whatever value you want.

I think he means that whatever you change the days or hours to it still says 24 hours, 7 days, 28 days, in the column headers.

I fixed this by editing the original XML to say what I put the settings on and then uploading it again checking yes on Allow Override when I did. That worked.

[Paul M]

or you could do it the proper way and just edit the phrase in the ACP, like you would any other phrase.

[AngieZ]

Is there a way I can edit the title to include my forum name on the list instead of it displaying "Top Posters List" by default?