Browser on Who's Online

Browser on Who's Online
Developers: derekivey
Version: 1.0.2
vBulletin Version: 3.5.5 (3.6.0 version available here)
File Edits: 2
Template Edits: 1
New Phrases: 8
Uses Plugins: Yes
Difficulty: Easy

Description: This hack will show each user's browser in the Who's Online Box beside their name. It supports IE, Firefox, Opera, Camino, Safari, Konqueror, and Netscape. If the user is using a browser that is unsupported with this hack, it will show a Question mark icon, which means its an Unknown browser.

*** I Strongly Recommend That You Backup Before Installing/Upgrading This Hack! ***

Planned features for a later release:

• Add support for more browsers.
• Add browser to online.php
• Show only 1 image for each browser when there is more than 1 person with that browser.
• Whatever is suggested.

Features/Changes in Version 1.0.2:

• Fixed SQL bug

Features/Changes in Version 1.0.1:

• Moved browsers to session table.
• Removed 'Unknown' from being stored in database, replaced it with Psionic Vision's suggestion.

This was a hack request by ReadOrDie.

Note: If you are using vBadvanced CMPS, please follow 350Chevy's post to get this hack working on it, if you want to show their browser on the CMPS' Who's Online.

I have added screen shots of this hack in action below.

Please click If you installed this hack.

Thanks!

[soulface]

am getting this error when uninstalling this product (removed the index.php edit, removed templates edit, then trying to uninstall the product)

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE `session` DROP `browser`;;

MySQL Error : Can't DROP 'browser'; check that column/key exists
Error Number : 1091
Date : Tuesday, February 28th 2006 @ 01:07:48 AM
Referrer :
IP Address : *********
Username : ********
Classname : vb_database

[derekivey]

Originally Posted by Rickie3

hi i have a user using Netscape/7.2 but its not showing on WOL just a ? mark saying unknown,is there a fix for this please

vB's is_browser function might now support that version. I'll take a look when I get back from school.

Originally Posted by soulface

am getting this error when uninstalling this product (removed the index.php edit, removed templates edit, then trying to uninstall the product)



Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:



Invalid SQL:

ALTER TABLE `session` DROP `browser`;;



MySQL Error : Can't DROP 'browser'; check that column/key exists

Error Number : 1091

Date : Tuesday, February 28th 2006 @ 01:07:48 AM

Referrer :

IP Address : *********

Username : ********

Classname : vb_database

That means the browser field is missing from the session table. Just edit the product and remove the uninstall code and it should uninstall fine.

Derek

[Rickie3]

Originally Posted by derekivey

vB's is_browser function might now support that version. I'll take a look when I get back from school.





Derek

thankyou for your support look foward to a reply

[soulface]

thx derekivey. i really loved this hack but had to remove it for that login prob & empty sql query error. am looking forward for this bug fix & that 'one browser icon for same browser users'...

[Rickie3]

ive had to uninstall this as a couple of members use netscape and kept getting an error if you sort it out will install back on my board,in the meantime watching this thread thankyou

[derekivey]

Hey guys,

I'm not sure whats wrong with it. I'll have to try writing my own function that detects the browser instead of using vB's.

Derek

[Rickie3]

thankyou derekivey i hope you sort it out as i really want this hack to work,its a nice addition,and looked great on my board

[S@NL - BlackBik]

I had the same error on Netscape browsers.
I posted a fix here.
This ain't pretty, but it does the trick.
It inserts "unknown" in the sessions table when the browers is not recognised. But since the sessions entry is temporary I don't mind having some stupid overhead in there

[derekivey]

Good idea, I will update the hack with the fix.

Thanks,
Derek

[derekivey]

Ok, Version 1.0.2 has been released. Thanks to everyone who reported the bug. Also thanks to S@NL - BlackBik for posting a fix.

I have also included eNforce's browser icons in the do_not_upload folder, in the Extras folder.

Derek