Miscellaneous Hacks - vB3.5 15 Most Recent Searches Made By Our Members

vB3.5 15 Most Recent Searches Made By Our Members
Version 1.0.4
(By Boofo)

What does this product do?
This product will display the last 15 searches made by your members on your main site search page at the top. The search words are then linked to those search results. It uses your censor options to make sure nothing bad shows up. The searchee will also be visible, but only to Admins. The search box will only show up when searches have been made. Searches made in your private forums are not shown to members who do not have access to those forums. It is now fully permissions based.

Version Information:
Version 1.0.0 --Initial release
Version 1.0.1 --Fixed error for new sites when the search table was empty.
Version 1.0.2 --Product is now fully self-contained. No more need for a template edit. Also changed the product name.
Version 1.0.3 --Fixed search template from repeating itself on each subsequent search.
Version 1.0.4 --Fixed searchee name being blank on a guest search.

Upgrade Instructions:
1. You MUST un-install the old product before upgrading due to the product name being changed.
1. Go to the "search_forums" template and remove "$last15searches" (sans quotes).
2. Install the product.

Credits:
A big thank you goes out to EvilSL1 for co-authoring the vB3.0 version, on which this hack has been converted.

Installation overview:
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Products to install: (1)

[Dave-ahfb]

I am showing nothing at all.

1) searches made within five minutes, still not showing. (not an issue with cron cleaning searches)

2) The only changes I see on search_forums are from adding google adsense.

3) product is enabled, as are (2) hooks

4) link: http://www.ahfb2000.com/webmaster_help_desk/search.php

I may well be wrong but it seems obvious to me that the xml failed to write to the search_forums template. Can somebody post the changes that should be made to this template.

[TheMusicMan]

Sorry to ask this dumb question... but i have installed this plug-in, yet I don't see anything on my forums.

Is there an area in AdminCP that controls who sees this that I have yet to spot...?? Sorry for being dull...

[funinthesun]

It only shows up searches that are done recently. Try doing a search your self then taking a look. The cron deletes the search list every hour.

[TheMusicMan]

Thanks for the quick response funinthesun.

However, I did a quick search for 'coding', and yet I still see nothing on the forumhome page...? is this where it will appear?

EDIT: Damn... I see it now on the Search.php pages... sorry...

Also... is there any way of controling who actually sees this search list? it would be nice if we were able to control via usergroups et al...

/me clicks install

[Dave-ahfb]

Originally Posted by Dave-ahfb

I am showing nothing at all.

1) searches made within five minutes, still not showing. (not an issue with cron cleaning searches)

2) The only changes I see on search_forums are from adding google adsense.

3) product is enabled, as are (2) hooks

4) link: http://www.ahfb2000.com/webmaster_help_desk/search.php

I may well be wrong but it seems obvious to me that the xml failed to write to the search_forums template. Can somebody post the changes that should be made to this template.

anybody have an idea?

Dave

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Dave-ahfb

anybody have an idea?

Dave

Guests won't see the searches. If you want to make a test account with Admin CP priviledges, I can take a look and see if everything is set up right.

[Dave-ahfb]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Guests won't see the searches. If you want to make a test account with Admin CP priviledges, I can take a look and see if everything is set up right.

pm sent

[Nathan2006]

Works great!

Thank you

Install

[Pickalo]

Someone asked this a while ago, but is there any way to get this outside of the search.php page? Such as on the forumhome or something? Great hack - thanks