Ultimate Board Stats Integration into Users Non-VB page!!

This hack will add a ton of new features to your main website.

Version #2 features:

*Users Avatar
*Total Members
*Total Posts
*Total Threads

*Member of the Day (please note that for this hack to work you MIGHT need to have it already installed on your VB. Some people needed it some didnt. If this feature is unimportant to you please delete the CODE located in the file. It is marked.)

*Number of posts since last visit.
*Mini Forum nav Bar for logged in users
*PRIVATE MESSAGE INFORMATION including number of unread messages, new messages and total messages in your INBOX!
*Top Threads Starter
*Top Poster
*Newest Member
*Seperate displays for Logged in Users and guests (guests will see completely different information than Logged in users)
*FAQ and Register links for Guests.
*Login Code for Not logged in Guests or Users
*A completely Template Free Welcome Panel and no hassle script.

This is all done without ANY modifications or template changes. installation of this hack is SIMPLE.

Just upload the boardstat.php file into your server directory. You might to change the Path to your GLOBAL directory if its not in your FORUMS folder.

Currently the Add-on works as a 3 colomn table You can easily change that by opening the boardstat.php file and scrolling down to where it says Begin HTML OUTPUT. You can rearrange the html in any fashion you like.

To get the information to your main website just REQUIRE or use an IFRAME to call the boardstat.php file into your main page.

To make sure this installation is successful and works with no problems, you will need to install the hacks shown in this add-on just as a precaution. Some people are able to just upload the file and go while some need the hacks already installed.

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Support for this hack is VERY limited until the new year. Reason being that im too busy too keep up with this right now.

Any problems seen in this hack, could be resolved by just commenting out or deleting the Member of the Day Feature. If you have this hack installed already then you should be fine. If you dont then it might or might not work.

Also, hacks like these dont work well across seperate domains or subdomains. In this case before the URL to the boardstat.php file works. If the PHP include doesnt work an IFRAME always will work.

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See you guys' next year.

[memobug]

My forum is on a subdomain so I had to change the include path as you suggested. But, then I found that the member of the day was generating SQL errors, so I commented that whole section out and it seems to be working. I don't have member-of-the-day installed.

Regards,

Matt

Oops - my top thread starter is GUEST, leftover from when I imported into vB. That comes up with no username, and no link. Any way to pick up the second biggest thread starter?

[garoboldy]

ok. my full path is home/evolutio/public_html/forum/global.php
urls www.evolutionaryconcepts.com/forum/global.php

I used the full path and it is just a blank page.
still not sure whats going on....sorry to be a bother...

Ok, it seems some people can just upload the file and be done with it. But to be safer with less errors i added that it might be a good idea to install the hacks listed on your board page first. So if you installed the member of the day you should be fine and your website all of sudden has a member of the day feature!


Garo..theres no httpdocs folder or anything like that?

try this in the global path

forum/global.php

[garoboldy]

still getting nothing.....

Originally posted by memobug
My forum is on a subdomain so I had to change the include path as you suggested. But, then I found that the member of the day was generating SQL errors, so I commented that whole section out and it seems to be working. I don't have member-of-the-day installed.

Regards,

Matt

Oops - my top thread starter is GUEST, leftover from when I imported into vB. That comes up with no username, and no link. Any way to pick up the second biggest thread starter?

Hmmm, second biggest thread starter? Have you tried deleting user GUEST? It might just pick up the next one in line, but im not sure.... I dont know, i never imported VB before. I am working on a next version of this which will be a hack of this hack and will have a few more options, maybe top 3 threads starters or something like that

[memobug]

There actually is no username GUEST it is just userid=0, which I believe the forum interprets to be a guest poster.

Not a big deal, in any case!

For the new hack, would it be possible to display the number of new posts (or threads even) since the last visit?

Thanks,

Matt

[Shepski]

shame, its a great sounding hack but i also get a blank page with a table with 3 empty colums. tried all sorts of paths top global but no success. running 2.2.6 as i have too many hacks to bother with 2.2.7 and re-install everything

You guys' are putting this file into your FORUMS directory right? Cause so far everyone i give it to is happy, lol. Can you guys give me the URLS to your boardstat.php file?

That might be able to help me out a little bit.

[Apok2002]

I'm also getting a blank page. I have 2.2.6...and I changed the global.php reference to the full url.

www.ez-company.net/forums/boardstat.php

Originally posted by Apok2002
I'm also getting a blank page. I have 2.2.6...and I changed the global.php reference to the full url.

www.ez-company.net/forums/boardstat.php

Warning: open_basedir restriction in effect. File is in wrong directory in /home/httpd/vhosts/ez-company.net/httpdocs/forums/boardstat.php on line 5


This error is a server problem.. talk to your host to turn that off. I had to do the same thing. Also you cant use a URL in recalling global you need to use a path so something like

/home/httpd/vhosts/ezcompany.net/httpdocs/forums/global.php

Try that so far its 4 people with 17 successes. Most problem i believe come because of v 2.2.7