Statistics Modifications - vbTrends - An Enhanced Statistics Box on Forum Home

Note: This product is now being supported at www.catnine.net

Keywords: Statistics, New members, joins, trends, Forum Home, threads, posts

ATTENTION:
If you download the latest version go into your usergroups and set the 'can view trends' permission. SAVE the usergroup even if you haven't changed the setting or things may not work. There is an odd permissions bug I haven't figured out yet.

Also note that overwrite will not work. Please uninstall the previous version before installing the new one.

Description:
Enhances the "YourBBS" Statistics box on the forum home to show trends of posts, threads and new users vs. the overall history of the board. Also allows you to display more than one "newest member".

Version 2.0.0:

1. Calculations exposed and modifiable in admincp.
2. Added ability to delay updates of stats to every x minutes in admincp.
3. Added a style setting for positive and negative trends.
4. Added custom hooks for all aspects of vbTrends, and moved code into said hooks.
5. Changed template to still show total threads when trend is negative and 'positive trends only' is enabled.
6. Usergroup permission to view trends.

Note: You cannot cause an error by messing up the calculations in the admincp. If the calculation you provide contains errors the stat in question will show as N/A.

This is a major rewrite, so I've set the hack to beta for now.

Version 1.2.6:

1. Made some minor tweaks for cleaner code
2. Made change to build datastore call to force serialization

You can just overwrite the product.xml if you are upgrading. Remember vbTrends has an option in the admincp to reset the counters. To see any changes/fixes you'll want to run that, or you'll end up having to wait for a new day before the changes will take affect.

Version 1.2.5:

1. fixed minor bug in auto-replace that was causing it not to work on some boards

Version 1.2.4:

1. fixed bug in percentage of active users
2. fixed bug in limit of queries (added order by)

Thanks to bchertov and Battle_Ring for the testing

Version 1.2.3:

1. Added option to display % of active users.
2. Added option to set the number of previous months to include in the trend data.

Version 1.1.3:

1. Updated for vBulletin 3.6.
2. Fixed long standing problem with stats calculating incorrectly.
3. Added option to only show positive trends.

Version 1.1.2:

1. Added admincp menu to reset cached counters.
2. Fixed a couple of divide by zero errors that occurred when your board had no history (was less than a month old).
3. Fixed so templates are now cached.

Version 1.1.1:

1. Fixed calculation of statistics - should definately be correct now

Version 1.1.0:

1. Fully phrased.
2. Uses templates now so look and feel can be customized
3. Fixed bug so output is valid xhtml 1.0.

Version 1.0.0:

1. Turn on/off in admincp
2. Offers the option to auto replace in templates, or to manually edit templates.
3. Allows more than one 'newest user' to be display.
4. Shows trends for posts, threads and new users - this month vs. the boards average.

Install

1. Download the vbTrends_2.0.0.zip.
2. Unzip and follow instructions in install.html.

[hambil]

Originally Posted by voteforbird

Wait, it's only comparing the X day of the month? I would think it should compare X amount of days in this month to X amount of days in past months ..

Yes, that is what it does.

[wolfe]

hi m8 is it possible to have the positive / negative arrow for the members mine always says 100%

also how do set the newest members to display in the colour i have set for there group. thx :P

[hambil]

Originally Posted by wolfe

hi m8 is it possible to have the positive / negative arrow for the members mine always says 100%

also how do set the newest members to display in the colour i have set for there group. thx :P

In most cases where I've seen 100% It's because the board is less than 2 months old and just doesn't have enough history to compare against. You can change the formula in the admincp if you'd like. By default it is round(($count / $avg) * 100). Change it to round(($count / $avg) * 100) - 100.

[wolfe]

Originally Posted by hambil

In most cases where I've seen 100% It's because the board is less than 2 months old and just doesn't have enough history to compare against. You can change the formula in the admincp if you'd like. By default it is round(($count / $avg) * 100). Change it to round(($count / $avg) * 100) - 100.

m8 when i add

(($count / $avg) * 100) - 100 all the stas go to red DOWN

also what i ment was where it says active members is there anyway of putting an arrow.

also is it possible to make the stats stay at and under 100% i mean i got 115% posts theres no such percentage.

and my stats have just reset them selves ? whys that

[Deadly Assassin]

Originally Posted by hambil

That's because Firefox doesn't show red x's. Move the vbtrends gifs to your various skin image directories, and you're good to go.

Fixed :up:

Great support, many thanks

[hambil]

Originally Posted by wolfe

m8 when i add

(($count / $avg) * 100) - 100 all the stas go to red DOWN

The don't put in the -100, or turn on 'positive trends only' in the admincp options. Or come up with an entirely new formula. The numbers are what they are - I just report them.

also what i ment was where it says active members is there anyway of putting an arrow.

Sure, you could edit the forumhome_vbtrends template. Of course, active members would never have a down arrow, it will always be between 0 and 100.

also is it possible to make the stats stay at and under 100% i mean i got 115% posts theres no such percentage.

Sure there is. 100% of 10 is 10. %120 of 10 is 12.

and my stats have just reset them selves ? whys that

It's a new day. The stats track your progress over the day as compared to the previous x number of months.

[Terminatoronly]

its not working for me it doesnt show anything can u plz tell me what to do????

[hambil]

Go into the usergroups and save them (even though you haven't made a change). There is some sort of odd permission bug happening.

[Terminatoronly]

Ok Its Working Now

[djjeffa]

Originally Posted by hambil

Did you try going into usergroups and setting the permission to see trends? Save the usergroup EVEN if it is already set to 'yes' for can view trends.

I upgraded and dont see this option in user group
any ideal why?