Show Thread Enhancements - Who has read a Thread

This modification is no longer available or supported.

This displays who has read a thread, and the time they last looked at it.

Hovering over a name will show when the member last viewed the thread, and (optionally) what IP address they viewed it from (Note: as of v3.34 you can only view the ip addresses in the 'View-All' display).

There is now an option to allow a thread author to view who has read their thread when they are not in one of the allowed usergroups. The IP and number of days restrictions still apply.

A new time set/reset facility has been added. Members allowed to use this facility can click on the 'set' link and it will set a personal 'cutoff' time - only showing who has read the thread after that time. The time can be reset as many times as you want, and also completely cleared again. When using this facility there is also a link to allow you to view a seperate list of all readers of the thread.

A cron job has now been added that can (optionally) delete records from the whoread table that are over a certain age - this is provided for large forums where the number of table entries can start to reach a million or more after 12 months. The delete age is a setting in the ACP.

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.


There are settings for the following (in vBulletin Options > Who Has Read a Thread) ;

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.

New in v3.28

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.

New in v3.39

9. Clicking on a user will display a page of their thread viewing history, most recent first.


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.

Download the zip, extract the XML file and import using the vb Product Manager.


History:

v3.20 : First Release for vb 3.6, a few code changes.
v3.21 : Dependancies updated for 3.6.0 Gold.
v3.22 : Updated for Version Checking.
v3.23 : Internal Development version.
v3.24 : Internal Development version.
v3.25 : Internal Development version.
v3.26 : Internal Development version.
v3.27 : Private release.
v3.28 : Public release of new features.
v3.29 : Fixed bug in clean-up, the setting was hours, not days.
v3.30 : Added options to disable/change auto template insert (not released).
v3.31 : Internal Code Changes, Settings Group renamed.
v3.32 : Minor template change.
v3.33 : SQL Changes to use slave.
v3.34 : Added new template for username display code, made 'View-All' always available.
v3.35 : Added last post marker to 'View-All' display.
v3.36 : Fix uncached templates.
v3.37 : Fixed missing date/time display when 'set' function is used.
v3.38 : Moved auto-template options to mods main settings group.
v3.39 : Version infomation added, display of user thread reading activity added.
v3.40 : Bugfix : Correct bugs reported in posts #308 & #318.
v3.41 : Minor changes to install code only.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Shazz

Bugs in the new version just released?

Is that a question or a statement ? If you think there is a bug then please post exact details.

[Shazz]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Is that a question or a statement ? If you think there is a bug then please post exact details.

2 other people had problems, was just wondering, But it seems to be working well with the update. Thanx!

[maaref]

Thanks for the update.
I already have version (3.21) installed of this mod.

do i have to uninstall the one before first then install this one?

is the list of names under the thread will be deleted after the update?

[Paul M]

No, do not uninstall, just import the new version (with overwrite = yes). The names will not be lost, but you may need to redo your settings.

[Silvio]

TY Paul, installed again on 3.6.x.

In next release, will be possible to let date to be set as vBulletin settings are.
Example I have set to display today, yesterday on date display. so will be amazing that also this mod will follow the rules set in vB display parameters

ciao & take care

Please accept my apologize for my bad english

[Paul M]

I think that's unlikely, but we'll see when I next look at this.

[maaref]

Thanks Paul.
installed

[Silvio]

Originally Posted by Paul M

I think that's unlikely, but we'll see when I next look at this.

ty in any case Paul, >You Rock!!

[YLP1]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Check the settings (like allowed udergroups) in vbulletin options, it's likely that the update will have reverted them to the defaults.

I double checked the settings (admin is usergroup 6) and all seems to be set correctly.

What else could be causing no members to be listed?

I have posted a graphic of my settings screen and a graphic showing the who viewed table with no names in it.

This specific topic has 47 replies and over 400 views.

[Paul M]

Do you actually have records in the whoread table ?