Away message for users

Hi,

This is something that is common in IRC - /me is away

In BBs, a user is either online or offline (or invisible).

But, on my Bulletin Board, the folks created such a community that every time someone goes on a holiday or goes offline for a while, he/she posts a new thread to annouce they're 'away.

So, I wrote a hack allowing a user to change his/her status to "away", including a return date and an away reason which will show up in their profile.

Likewise, the online/offline icon in postbit and buddy list will change to an away icon (a very faded version of the 'offline' one).

Some demo captures:

The Edit Profile screen, when a user is NOT away:



The Edit Profile screen when a user IS away:



The Get Info (User Profile) screen when a user IS away:



The Get Info (User Profile) screen when a user is NOT away:



The postbit icon when a user is away:




How to install:

Download the attached zip file. Upload away.gif to your images dir (or create your own away.gif).

Upload install_awayuser.php to your admin dir and follow the instructions.

Cheers,

Bira

newest version by sho here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...606#post287606

[Admin]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by bira
Yeah, I've actually been using it for my last 3 or 4 hacks. It's very good.

(Regarding that - I got a small surprise coming. But let me finish it first )

[Lesane]

I receive a parse error in admin/functions.php

Bira, you say in the install:
Step 1 of 1 FIND:

PHP Code:

if ($post['lastactivity'] > $datecut and !$post['invisible'] and $post['lastvisit'] != $post['lastactivity']) {
            eval("\$onlinestatus = \"".gettemplate("postbit_online")."\";");
        } else {
            eval("\$onlinestatus = \"".gettemplate("postbit_offline")."\";");
        } 


well, i'm using 2.03 and 2.0.3 dont have that part in functions.php so i'm looking for a similar code and i found this in my functions.php:

PHP Code:

if ($post[userid]!=0) {
        if ($showonline) {
            unset($onlinestatus);
            if ($post[sessionuserid]>0) {
                eval("\$onlinestatus = \"".gettemplate("postbit_online")."\";");
            } else {
                eval("\$onlinestatus = \"".gettemplate("postbit_offline")."\";");
            }
        }
        if ($post[avatarid]!=0) {
            $avatarurl=$post[avatarpath];
        } else {
            if ($post[hascustomavatar] and $avatarenabled) {
                $avatarurl="avatar.php?userid=$post[userid]&dateline=$post[avatardateline]";
            } else {
                $avatarurl="";
            }
        }
        if ($avatarurl=="" or ($bbuserinfo[userid]>0 and !($bbuserinfo[showavatars]))) {
            $post[avatar]="";
        } else {
            eval("\$post[avatar] = \"".gettemplate("postbit_avatar")."\";");
        }
        if ($post[customtitle]==2) {
            $post[usertitle] = htmlspecialchars($post[usertitle]);
        } 


I changed the above code to:

PHP Code:

if ($post[away]=="1") {
            eval("\$onlinestatus = \"".gettemplate("postbit_away")."\";");
        } else {
    if ($post[userid]!=0) {
        if ($showonline) {
            unset($onlinestatus);
            if ($post[sessionuserid]>0) {
                eval("\$onlinestatus = \"".gettemplate("postbit_online")."\";");
            } else {
                eval("\$onlinestatus = \"".gettemplate("postbit_offline")."\";");
            }
        }
        }
        if ($post[avatarid]!=0) {
            $avatarurl=$post[avatarpath];
        } else {
            if ($post[hascustomavatar] and $avatarenabled) {
                $avatarurl="avatar.php?userid=$post[userid]&dateline=$post[avatardateline]";
            } else {
                $avatarurl="";
            }
        }
        if ($avatarurl=="" or ($bbuserinfo[userid]>0 and !($bbuserinfo[showavatars]))) {
            $post[avatar]="";
        } else {
            eval("\$post[avatar] = \"".gettemplate("postbit_avatar")."\";");
        }
        if ($post[customtitle]==2) {
            $post[usertitle] = htmlspecialchars($post[usertitle]);
        } 


but then i receive a parse error .


Hope u can help me out with this.

[bira]

Lesane,

Revert back the code to what it was originally.

After that, find:

PHP Code:

if ($post[sessionuserid]>0) {
    eval("\$onlinestatus = \"".gettemplate("postbit_online")."\";");
} else {
     eval("\$onlinestatus = \"".gettemplate("postbit_offline")."\";");
} 


And replace it with:

PHP Code:

            // Leave Away Message in Profile (v1.0)
            if ($post[away]=="1") {
                eval("\$onlinestatus = \"".gettemplate("postbit_away")."\";");
            } else {
                if ($post[sessionuserid]>0) {
                    eval("\$onlinestatus = \"".gettemplate("postbit_online")."\";");
                } else {
                    eval("\$onlinestatus = \"".gettemplate("postbit_offline")."\";");
                }
            }
            // Leave Away Message in Profile (v1.0) 


[Meta]

Thank you for this very lovely hack, Bira!

Installed ... and works smooth without any problems ... a nice to have.

[Lesane]

Thanks Bira, it works perfect now.

[Meta]

But ...

if you User don't gives a Return Date it says he will come back on 1. Januar 1970.

Is there a way to change that to something like "not quite sure" or something like that?

(And ... do somebody know where my hackcount has gone? I had five or six of them installed ... at least this one. And now it says none. Quite strange.)

[bira]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Meta
But ...


if you User don't gives a Return Date it says he will come back on 1. Januar 1970.

Is there a way to change that to something like "not quite sure" or something like that?

[Meta]

Yeah, you have a point.

It was a pleasure for me.

The "hack:" under your username in posts is the number of hacks you released, not installed

Oh ... what a shame.

(Look ... thats because i'm a junior member and a newbie with only 10 Posts at all and ... oh, what a shame.)


Anyway ... thanks for your fast reply. I think, this will work. If not ... i'll be back.

[Meta]

Works like it should. Great! But ...

Now it would be nice, if the Admin could do this also for an user. The admin can enter a birthday for users ... why not the longer absence ...?

Would be nice.

[Crinos]

Hey bira, nice hack once again ...

but before I install it, I was wondering if this one had a pop-up or some sort of notification to remind a user who has been "away" if he or she wants to update their away info after they return ... I know that some users, once they set an away message and then come back a little early, will sometimes forget to to update their away status ... hence they will already be posting yet still be considered "away" until the date is reached.

Maybe, even automatically disable the away setting once the user posts a message before the date he stated he was gonne be back...

I dunno, just a suggestion ... I'll install the hack anyway