Show Thread Enhancements - Thread Reader Enhancements

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This adds the following enhancements to the vB core Who has read a Thread feature.

1. Option to turn on the who read cutoff date (reset) function
2. Restrict use of reset function to certain usergroups.
3. Clicking on a user will display a page of their thread viewing history, most recent first.
4. Restrict the list of reader names to certain usergroups.
5. 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 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 > Thread Reader Enhancements

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


History:

v4.2.0.0 : 26-May-2012 : New for vBulletin 4.2.0.

[Igel1]

This is a BUG in vBulletin, look a little higher at active user there you will find the Collapse button

Where you can set it has already been said Paul M

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Igel1

This is a BUG in vBulletin, look a little higher at active user there you will find the Collapse button

Have you reported that ?

[Igel1]

Only in german feedback thread

[Taurus1]

I am not seeing that.

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[Altari]

Hello,

No limit for entries when we look a user history ? If a user has read thousands of posts it can return a time limit error ?

[tareqbd]

Thank you for the update. I have installed it but I cannot see the list of the users who visited the thread since only showing "who has read the thread : 39" Also there is no expand/collapse option on the blockhead. Please let me know how to do it.

[wolfey]

I run a small board for a company and use this feature track and make sure users are reading certain topics

Presently I have to open the who has read and copy and compare to the member list to see who has"not" read the thread

Question: Is there some code or hook I can do to output from the user list who hasnt read a thread?
This would be great for my board...and save me alot of work

[Paul M]

There is nothing in the code to allow you do see who hasnt read a thread, you could write some, but it would potentially be a very big list. Imagine such a thing here, with 470,000 members !

[wolfey]

Originally Posted by Paul M

There is nothing in the code to allow you do see who hasnt read a thread, you could write some, but it would potentially be a very big list. Imagine such a thing here, with 470,000 members !

Thats true...I am wanting this for only 52 members,

Can you maybe give some direction how to start?
I can pay you for your time?

[Paul M]

You would need to start with a query to link users to whoread, and exclude any users who had read the thread, and then write the code and templates to display the results.

Im afraid that as my sig says, i dont do custom work any longer.