Show Thread Enhancements - Who has read a Thread

This modification is no longer available or supported.

This displays who has read a thread, and the time they last looked at it.

Hovering over a name will show when the member last viewed the thread, and (optionally) what IP address they viewed it from. Note that you can only view the ip addresses in the 'View-All' display.

There is also an option to allow a thread author to view who has read their thread when they are not in one of the allowed usergroups. The IP and number of days restrictions still apply.

The set/reset facility allows members to click on the 'set' link which then sets a personal 'cutoff' time - only showing who has read the thread after that time. The time can be reset as many times wanted, and also completely cleared again. When using this facility there is also a link to allow you to view a seperate list of all readers of the thread.

Warning: When using the set/reset option - there is only a limited capacity of entries per thread (several thousand) - therefore you should only allow this feature to be used by a limited number of people - typically Staff usergroups. Allowing all members to use it will probably slow down your forum and cause errors if more than about 3000 members set a date on one thread.

Note: You must have the "Show Users Browsing Threads" option set in your vbulletin options for this to display.

A cron job (optionally) allows the deletion of records from the whoread table that are over a certain age - this is provided for large forums where the number of table entries can start to reach a million or more after 12 months. The delete age is a setting in the ACP.

There are also settings for the following (in vBulletin Options > Who Has Read a Thread) ;

1. Turn the system on/off.
2. Restrict the display to certain usergroups
3. Restrict the IP display to certain usergroups.
4. Restrict the display to a set number of days.
5. Option to allow thread author to view who read information.
6. Option to turn on the who read cutoff date (reset) function
7. Restrict use of reset function to certain usergroups.
8. Option to set whoread data records to be cleaned out after xxx days.
9. Clicking on a user will display a page of their thread viewing history, most recent first.

Note: When using option 4 or the set/reset facility, the data is still kept beyond this limit, so they can be changed at any time.

Download the zip, extract the XML file and import using the vb Product Manager.

Version 3.7.006 has experimental support for TMS. If you have TMS installed then the existing automatic template update system will be disabled in favour of TMS. One effect of this is that when using TMS the requirement for "Show Users Browsing Threads" to be enabled is bypassed . This version will continue to work as before for those who do not use TMS.


History:

v3.7.001 : First Release for vb 3.7.
v3.7.002 : Added check for 'view others threads' permission.
v3.7.003 : Fix for cron_script hook changed in 3.7 Beta 4.
v3.7.004 : Bug fix for days limit when reset option is enabled.
v3.7.005 : Updated to remove potential $group variable name clash.
v3.7.006 : TMS Support added, this is currently experimental.
v3.7.007 : Threads read via the archive are now recorded. Minor permissions update as well.

[Ghanem]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Sorry, I cant think of any possible reason.

Although its a new fresh install with no 0 installed products, using the original style, I still can't make the link view all nor clicking the name of the reader work..

I also updated to vesion 3.7.4 last night, uninstalled, reinstalled the MOD, but no luck, I always end up with the error IE can not display the web page

Is there any thing I can check or do manualy

[Paul M]

Nope.

Maybe something on your server is breaking the links, but without access I cant even guess really.

[Ghanem]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Nope.

Maybe something on your server is breaking the links, but without access I cant even guess really.

- Can I give you admin access to check..
- Can the mod adjusted to show who did not read a thread for certin group

[Bladinium]

Hello,

Thank you for this hack!

I turn on VB 3.7.3 unfortunately the hack was installed without problem! but there is nothing to display!

I checked the options you ask.

Do you have a solution?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Ghanem

- Can I give you admin access to check..
- Can the mod adjusted to show who did not read a thread for certin group

You can PM me access if you want, I can't say when I'll look, hopefully sometime this week.

Originally Posted by Bladinium

Do you have a solution?

No, I dont. I cannot possibly just guess what your problem is, but see reply above.

[leitel]

I am running a generic install. However, username links to Thread url NOT user Profile page url.

[Ghanem]

Originally Posted by Paul M

You can PM me access if you want, I can't say when I'll look, hopefully sometime this week

I will prepare a separate forum and mail you the ID..

Originally Posted by Ghanem

- Can the mod adjusted to show who did not read a thread for certain group

What about this part..
Its important as we have a must read forum where we need to know who did not read the threads..

Thank you in advanced

[Paul M]

No, you cannot list who has not read a thread.

[cirdok2]

hi, I am investigating why my most users ever online have been reset today (due to a database error or to a mod as suggested in vb).
This is one of the few mods I use. Is there any chance that this mod caused it?

I have to say that I have been using this mod smoothly for months.

[nakedzero]

Originally Posted by IvyKeepMommy

It's not showing on my site either... where do I find Currently active Users Viewing this thread?

Same here