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.

[Paul M]

Not exactly - it uses a phrase, but that phrase is used in more than one place.

[Dasme]

Great mod Paul M.

Is there any way or a simple modification so that this would show the previous month's Top Posters as well? I'm planning on using this for a contest, and would love it if the previous months stats stayed for the month.

Thanks for putting out such a useful mod.

[Captain Kirk76]

Hi, Great Mod!
Unfortunatly it didnt add it to my navbar, as its full. Is there anyway of making it a little link on the Whose Online part?

Thanks! (forum is www.forumchunkies.co.uk , as you can see, my navbar is full already, it has 2 extra when logged in)

Its also missing certain members off the list too? how can i set it to accept ALL usergroups? (that part is here http://forumchunkies.co.uk/vb/forum/...?do=topposters )

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Dasme

Is there any way or a simple modification so that this would show the previous month's Top Posters as well? I'm planning on using this for a contest, and would love it if the previous months stats stayed for the month.

There is no way to do that, it would need a new section of code writing.

Originally Posted by Captain Kirk76

Hi, Great Mod!
Unfortunatly it didnt add it to my navbar, as its full. Is there anyway of making it a little link on the Whose Online part?

It tries to attach a link in Quick Links, not the navbar - but that will only work if you don't have a customised style. Otherwise you need to manually add a link yourself.

Originally Posted by Captain Kirk76

Its also missing certain members off the list too? how can i set it to accept ALL usergroups? (that part is here http://forumchunkies.co.uk/vb/forum/...?do=topposters )

The usergroups included is part of the options, add all the groups you want to include (the default is 2,5,6,7).

[Captain Kirk76]

I understand the bit about adding the usergroup, but how do i know which number to add?

[Paul M]

Look it up in the usergroup manager.

[navjotjsingh]

Hey Even When I set 30 days instead of 28 days...It still shows the topic under Top posters as Last 28 days...is it just typo error or is it really showing posts from 28 days?

[Paul M]

If you set it to 30 days then it will display 30 days - the text is a phrase, you need to edit that as well if you change the days.

[Doglet]

Version 3.22 with vBulletin 3.6.2

There is definitely something wrong with the Last 28 days column. The totals in that are larger than the Overall column, which is correct. This must surely cast a doubt on other rolling totals?

Look at this site. The link is on navbar.

[Paul M]

There is nothing wrong with it, You just need to understand what it does.

All the columns except "overall" count the actual number of posts in the database by each user over the time period - this includes any hidden/moderated/deleted posts, and any in private forums or forums that don't normally count posts. It is exactly what it says, a count of ALL posts in the given timeframe.

The final "overall" column is simply read from the user table, it is the one shown in a users postbit, it's not a true count and is rarely accurate on older forums - the reason it's done this way is simply because counting all posts in the database would be a seriously slow query on any decent sized forum.