Show Thread Enhancements - Who has read a Thread

As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

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, you can view the ip address the member used in the 'View-All' display.

There is also 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.

The 3.8.001 release adds the option to restrict the display to certain forums only.

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. When using this facility there is also a link to allow you to view a seperate list of all readers of the thread.

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.

A cron job (optionally) allows the deletion of 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.

There are also 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.
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.

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.

Note: The experimental TMS support has been removed from the 3.8 Version - as of 3.8 Gold a template hook is available.

Template Hook

Please note that this modification uses the following template hook in the SHOWTHREAD template ;

showthread_after_activeusers

This must be present in any customised template/style you are using, otherwise this modification will not display.


History:

v3.8.001 : First Release for vb 3.8.
v3.8.002 : Changed to use template hook in 3.8.0 Gold.
v3.8.003 : Fix permission bugs when using the forum restrictions option.

[socalsoccer]

Hello Paul is this the correct area for this hook? Located in the Showthread template.

<!-- end currently active users -->
</if>
$template_hook[showthread_after_activeusers]

<if condition="$show['popups']">
<!-- popup menu contents -->
<br />

[Paul M]

That looks correct.

[socalsoccer]

Ok got it working after adding hook, and deleting all usergroups that were restricted . If I add one usergroup like 25 to the restrictions line, the mod dissapears. so for now everyone can see it. Anyone else run into this problem?

[SliceofLife]

I installed this, and added the restrictions on usergroups yet it is still displaying for those usergroups, particuarly the IP address. Any way to fix this?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by socalsoccer

Ok got it working after adding hook, and deleting all usergroups that were restricted . If I add one usergroup like 25 to the restrictions line, the mod dissapears. so for now everyone can see it. Anyone else run into this problem?

If Im reading this correctly, then its working as expected.

Usergroup Restrictions
Restrict the display to this comma seperated list of usergroups enter 0 to allow all usergroups.

So if you only put 25 in the box, then only usergroup 25 will see the mod.

Originally Posted by SliceofLife

I installed this, and added the restrictions on usergroups yet it is still displaying for those usergroups, particuarly the IP address. Any way to fix this?

Again, are you reading it correctly ;

IP Display
Restrict the display of ip addresses to this comma seperated list of usergroups, enter 0 to allow all usergroups

List the groups that are allowed to view ips, sounds to me like you did the opposite.

[socalsoccer]

paul adding 25 or any usergroup number makes the whole mod dissapear for every usergroup.

[Paul M]

Sorry, but I dont see how thats possible.

It doesnt happen for me (or anyone else afaik).

[socalsoccer]

Hi Paul I just found out my newly registered usergroup could view IP's when clicking view-all, even though I had them listed in my restrictions like this 25,26,27, . usergroup 25 could view all IPs, and me the unrestricted admin could see nothing. This must be conflicting with another mod. usergroups look like this correct (id 25) .

Thanks

[socalsoccer]

Originally Posted by SliceofLife

I installed this, and added the restrictions on usergroups yet it is still displaying for those usergroups, particuarly the IP address. Any way to fix this?

My problem is similar with the IPs.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by socalsoccer

Hi Paul I just found out my newly registered usergroup could view IP's when clicking view-all, even though I had them listed in my restrictions like this 25,26,27, . usergroup 25 could view all IPs, and me the unrestricted admin could see nothing. This must be conflicting with another mod. usergroups look like this correct (id 25) .

Thanks

Nothing is conflicting, it is working correctly. Please read the options carefully.

As I said above, list the groups that are allowed to view ips. If you entered 25,26,27 then those groups can view ips, others (like admin) cannot.