Forum Home Enhancements - Members who have visited today.

As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This adds a simple display of all members who have visited the forum - either today (i.e. since the users midnight) or in the last 24 hours.

Note: it is not possible for this hack to count guests.

The main features of the 3.8 version are as follows ;

1. It displays the list on the Forum Home.
2. The list view is collapsable, so you just see the number.
3. Invisible users are only displayed to those allowed to see them (with a "*")
4. Users who should display as coloured or bold etc will be displayed correctly (based on the display usergroup).
5. If you 'hover' over a username it will show the time they were last active.
6. The list is in member name order.
7. The ability to turn it on/off is in the ACP Options.
8. The ability to allow only certain usergroups to view the list is an ACP option (include or exclude groups).
9. An option to record and display the Most Ever Members can be enabled.
10. The switch between Visited Today and Rolling 24 Hours is an ACP option.
11. The listing of members can be suppressed (a simple message is displayed instead).
12. The list of names can be set to be always collapsed on initial view.

(Options are in vBulletin Options > Who has visited today)

To install just unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.

Template Hook

Please note that this modification uses the following template hook in the FORUMHOME template ;

forumhome_wgo_pos2

This must be present in any customised template/style you are using, otherwise this modification will not display.


History:

v3.8.001 : Initial version for vB 3.8.x
v3.8.002 : Fix Most Ever Display Bug.

[Saviour]

Can this be coded with a conditional to prevent Banned members from appearing? If so, what is the correct procedure for coding this mod to allow for this?

Thanks, in advance...

[Jobe1986]

Odd question, but why doesn't this mod use:

PHP Code:

$user['musername'] = fetch_musername($today); 


in the forumhome_start plug-in so it doesn't have to go and find the user name markup itself?

Personally I think this would be a nice addition to the mod. At least that way other mods can use the fetch_musername hook and it actually have effect in this mods output.

[Paul M]

Because it doesnt need to use it

The information is read as part of an existing read, and also in an existing cache, therefore the extra overhead that fetch_musername() adds is unnecessary.

[Skydiver10]

Thanks for this mod Paul!!

[Jobe1986]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Because it doesnt need to use it

The information is read as part of an existing read, and also in an existing cache, therefore the extra overhead that fetch_musername() adds is unnecessary.

But at the cost of not allowing OTHER mods to use the fetch_musername hook to change the musername

Also, for the record (from the afore mentioned fetch_musername, where $user is passed TO the function, using the SAME caches):

PHP Code:

$user['musername'] = $vbulletin->usergroupcache["$displaygroupid"]['opentag'] . $username . $vbulletin->usergroupcache["$displaygroupid"]['closetag']; 


[Paul M]

I'm well aware how the function works

As for the hook, no one has found that to be an issue in over 4 years.

I will not be changing this version (or any of the 3.x versions). However, I will consider it for the 4.0 version.

[forumtester]

Just a quickie.
It says in the info that you can change the mode from today to last 24 hrs in the acp.

I must be a bit of an idiot because I can't see any option for changing between the two. Could someone just point me in the right direction.

[Paul M]

(Options are in vBulletin Options > Who has visited today)

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[forumtester]

You Da Man!!

And a fellow brit....good lad

[Adam H]

Hey paul what code would i need to edit to change the time period , i.e instead of 24 hours changing it to a week or something