Miscellaneous Hacks - Top Posters

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Top Posters mod for vb 3.6.

This displays a page with the Top Forum Posters for a given set of periods. Two periods are fixed ('This Month' & 'Overall') but can be turned off in the options. The other three periods are user definable (in days) - the default values are 1 day (24 hours), 7 days & 28 days. These three columns cannot be turned off.

The number of posters to be shown can also be set, the default is the top 10 posters. You can also select which usergroups are included (or excluded) in the count, so members in banned groups etc are not shown. Excluded is only available from v3.29 onwards.

If enabled, it will also attempt to add a link to your Quick Links or Navbar. There is an option to prefix this path if you use something like CMPS.

To install just unzip the xml file and import it using the Product Manager


History:

v3.20 - First 3.6 release - auto adds link to quick links.
v3.21 : Dependancies updated for 3.6.0 Gold.
v3.22 : Updated for Version Checking.
v3.23 : Dependancies updated, URL's updated (not released).
v3.24 : SQL changed to use slave.
v3.25 : SQL Changes to use slave.
v3.26 : Added autolink options.
v3.27 : Fixed table index creation.
v3.28 : Added automatic version in template (not released).
v3.29 : Added option to include or exclude usergroups.
v3.30 : Internal version, not released.
v3.31 : Internal version, not released.
v3.32 : Internal version, not released.
v3.33 : Internal code changes, no funcionality change.
v3.34 : Defaults on first install updated.
v3.35 : Option for link path prefix added.

[YabbaDabba]

Originally Posted by Paul M

it was designed purely for real time display, nothing more.

Thanks for your efforts on this.

Questions:

1. Are all the stats calculated on the fly everytime the topposters page is requested?
2. Or are stats just updated periodically, like once a day?
3. If only periodic updates, is there a cron job that runs and where is it defined?
4. Is there a server load encountered during install (as it calculates stats)?
5. Any known issues with php 4 vs. 5?
6. Any known issues with mysql 4 vs. 5?

We have ~2.5 million posts and ~25K posts/week.

Thanks in advance.

[Paul M]

1. On the fly.
2. See 1.
3. See 1.
4. There are no calculations during install.
5. Nope.
6. Nope.

[YabbaDabba]

Thank you for the info

** clicks install**

[Majest]

Great mod, no problems discovered thus far, nice and simple to install and use too.

[cash7c3]

How can I add this as a side bar on my home page? All I need to know is which vbphrase is being used to call the list from the overall top posters..

[Aimee1969]

I like this thank you

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by cash7c3

How can I add this as a side bar on my home page? All I need to know is which vbphrase is being used to call the list from the overall top posters..

Sorry, I don't quite follow your question.

[cash7c3]

<a href="http://www.modmymoto.com" target="_blank">www.modmymoto.com</a>. On the left, under the Google ad, I have a small table set up with a link to the top posters page at the moment. I would like to have that table actually display the overall top posters for the site.

[Paul M]

You would need a seperate mod to do that.

[coffee]

Works great with vB 3.6.6 !