Show Thread Enhancements - Who has read a Thread

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This modification has been withdrawn.
vBulletin 4.0.x and 4.1.x are no longer supported.

The feature is already built into the core vBulletin 4.2.x code.
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This displays who has read a thread, and the time they last looked at it.

The main features of the 4.x version are as follows ;

(Note, items in this colour are those added to vB4.2 core)

1. Turn the system on/off.
2. Restrict the display to certain usergroups
3. Restrict the IP display to certain usergroups.
4. Restrict the display to a set number of days.
5. Option to allow thread author to view who read information.
6. Option to turn on the who read cutoff date (reset) function
7. Restrict use of reset function to certain usergroups.
8. Option to set whoread data records to be cleaned out after xxx days.
9. Clicking on a user will display a page of their thread viewing history, most recent first.
10. Restrict the display to certain forums only.
11. The display can be set as always collapsed on initial page load.
12. Restrict the list of reader names to certain usergroups.
13. Restrict the list of recent threads a member has read to certain usergroups.

The set/reset facility allows members to click on the 'set' link which then sets a personal 'cutoff' time - only showing who has read the thread after that time. The time can be reset as many times wanted, and also completely cleared again.

There is also a link to allow you to view a seperate list of all readers of the thread, this is where the ip will be shown [if you have permission].

Warning: When using the set/reset option - there is only a limited capacity of entries per thread (several thousand) - therefore you should only allow this feature to be used by a limited number of people - typically Staff usergroups. Allowing all members to use it will probably slow down your forum and cause errors if more than about 3000 members set a date on one thread.

Note: When using option 4 or the set/reset facility, the data is still kept beyond this limit, so they can be changed at any time.

All settings are located in vBulletin Options > Who Has Read a Thread

To install, download the zip, extract the XML file and import using the vb Product Manager.


History:

v4.0.1 : 21-Dec-2009 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 21-Dec-2009 : Add missing template to cache.
v4.0.3 : 22-Dec-2009 : Minor display fix as posted by Raug.
v4.0.4 : 24-Dec-2009 : Install code updates.
v4.0.5 : 31-Dec-2009 : Fixed bug in forum selection feature.
v4.0.6 : 03-Jan-2010 : Fixed template cache bug due to v4.0.5 changes. Display css updates.
v4.0.7 : 10-Jan-2010 : Minor display fix.
v4.0.8 : 16-Jan-2010 : Added always collapsed option, updated install code.
v4.0.9 : 19-Jan-2010 : Fix collapse icon position when thread information block enabled.
v4.0.10 : 23-Jan-2010 : Fix minor display issue. Settings updated. Other minor changes.
v4.0.11 : 18-Feb-2010 : Installer & code updates.
v4.0.12 : 23-Feb-2010 : Fix Author display.
v4.0.13 : 27-Feb-2010 : Style code updates for vB 4.0.2.
v4.0.14 : 29-May-2010 : Fix error in upgrade section of install code.
v4.0.15 : 11-Jul-2010 : Internal ip address changes, not released.
v4.0.16 : 22-Oct-2010 : Fixed for style changes in vB 4.0.8.
v4.0.17 : 25-Oct-2010 : Fix missing action links, broken by v4.0.16.
v4.0.18 : 06-Nov-2010 : Install code updated.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.
v4.1.1 : 27-Dec-2010 : Fix permission bug.
v4.1.2 : 30-Dec-2010 : Fixed small permission bug in set/reset. Added new display permissions.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.
v4.1.8.0 : 18-Nov-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.8 onwards (only).
v4.1.11.0 : 03-Mar-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.11 image changes.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by naisho

Problem with this last upgrade:



And the product does'nt show up any longer in the admincp product list.
In the vBulletin Options settings the product name is blank... and when I check the blank space I see it's the good product but menus have gone away...
Anyway to manually remove it to re-install completely?

Originally Posted by Wseries

I've had the same issues Naisho. I solved it by using phpMyAdmin to delete the relevant templates manually from the database and then re-importing the product file.

This is covered in the forum announcements.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/announcement.php?f=245&a=47

[FaiSao_963]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Hmmm, having just tested this, I can confirm you are right, it seems to have broken somewhere along the line. Looking into it atm.

thank's

It's good now with 4.0.12 ..

[ascott]

Installed, thank you Paul!

[hollosch]

Originally Posted by Paul M

This is covered in the forum announcements.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/announcement.php?f=245&a=47

This query don't work for me:

DELETE FROM Display_Readers WHERE styleid = -10

This error occured:

Errornumber: 1146
Error description: Table 'dbname.Display_Readers' doesn't exist

What's wrong ?

[Paul M]

The query says DELETE FROM Template WHERE styleid = -10, not Display_Readers

[DeviantFlash]

I get this error when I try to run that code:

#1146 - Table 'deviantm_forum.Template' doesn't exist

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by DeviantFlash

I get this error when I try to run that code:

#1146 - Table 'deviantm_forum.Template' doesn't exist

From the announcement

Remember any tablename prefix if you use one.

[War.Frog]

Sorry...I'm a n00b with this. Would someone be so kind as to post the syntax of the queries you ran? I keep getting "doesn't exist" errors.

[aaronrand]

Hi Paul M, i read through the threads, but is there a way to view all thread viewers and what threads they viewed, say for the last 24 hours?
It would help gauge what content my members are liking.

[Paul M]

No, there is no way to view the data for all users in one list.