vbStats

For vBulletin version: 2.3.x
Files added: vbs_counter.php, vbstats.php, vbstats_admin.php, vbstats_set.php
Files to edit: None! (all hacking is optional)
Current Version: 230.b (02.14.03 - 3am CST)

What does it do?

• Tracks + Displays Visitors Browser
• Tracks + Displays Visitors OS
• Tracks Referring Sites
• Tracks Total Hits
• Tracks Top Posters
• Tracks Top Forums
• Tracks Top Threads
• Displays a Massive Amount of Stats
• Link Queue!
• Install File!
• Un-Install File
• Intergration with vBPortal 2.x/3.x
• Members,Staff,Active,Non-Active,Activity Level,Newest Member,Top Referrer
• Threads,Posts,PMs,Thread Views,Page Views
• (vBPortal) News Stories,Comments,Weekly Surveys
• (vBPortal 3.x) Link Categories, Links
• More but I'm tired of typing already

Check the samples:
Stats
http://www.talkloud.net/forums/vbstats.php
Incoming Referrals
http://www.talkloud.net/forums/vbsta...ction=incoming
Member Referrals
http://www.talkloud.net/forums/vbsta...on=memberrefer
Top Posters
http://www.talkloud.net/forums/vbsta...ion=topposters
Top Threads/Forums
http://www.talkloud.net/forums/vbsta...ion=topthreads
Top Visitors Countries
http://www.talkloud.net/forums/vbsta...action=country


Here's the newest version, it's only been a year and a half since the last update!

Translations have been removed as it just made it easy for people to get the hack even without a license. I am hoping people who make translations will be kind enough to post here.

Special Note: I am about as far as it gets from a PHP guru. This is my first hack or addon or whatchamacallit. If this somehow nukes your system Im quite apologetic, but I know you will all be smart enough to BACK UP YOUR DATABASE BEFORE INSTALLING THIS.. I have faith Brad and Chen have both checked this out and given their stamps on it but that doesnt mean it will all Gel for you. Be smart, back it up.

Install: There is a self install file that takes care of the templates and tables, simply unzip the package and upload it (with paths) to your vbulletin directory. Then run the install. Please be sure you add your site (yoursite.com) to the excluded urls in the CP. If you dont your site will get counted as a referrer and that can get messy.

Demo: You can of course see the demo at http://www.talkloud.net/ however if you'd like to see it in use on some other boards check out vbstats page where I will try to keep a list of installs for you to check out. If you do install it please let me know so I can put your site up!

I tested this on my test forum, and on one public forum, and all went well, if there are any problems you notice please report them here as soon as possible.

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CHANGELOG

[230.b] Changed Active Users to fix a small bug.
[230.b] Like, tested it and stuff..
[230.a] The MySQL Row=O error is now customized to say add to the template!!!!
hopefully no more "where did I go wrong?" posts! Muahahaha!
[230.a] Fixed Upgrade Counter (?action=upgrade)
[230.a] Set Excluded URL.. Now lists URLS
[230.a] Updated Istall to be compatible with vB 2.3.0
[230.a] Changed Most Number Results to Have a , format (ie 1,000 instead of 1000)
[230.a] I decided Frosted Flakes really are pretty tasty.
[230.a] Implemented Kurafires Member Referrer Changes, thanks Kura
[230.a] Implemented Kurafires Top Posters rewrite.



DEAR GOD CHECK THE SECOND POST OF THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU ASK A QUESTION!!!!

[Bane]

the vbstats options and exclude *are* in the admin directory. The only difference between the two are the action=add for excludes, I'm not sure why they wouldnt both work. The link to the actual statistics was sortof a thrown in bonus so not sure on that.

[Steve Machol]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bane
the exclude system is a bit confusing right now, it doesnt actually list what you exclude.. just excludes it. I will put the list in the next version. I'll try this on 2.2.0 and let you know what I get.

[Bane]

If you add it into the excludes it will not log new hits to that site, any that are in the table already will still be displayed. You would have to go into phpMyAdmin and remove them.

[Steve Machol]

Ah, ok. Thanks for clarifying this.

[Bane]

If you see any other things that are confusing please let me know. Im going to try to put as much documentation in for the next version as I can.

[Steve Machol]

Thanks Bane. Here's a few more things I noticed:

1. The text colors are very difficult to manage because of all the style sets I have. Can I put the vB replacement variables in these fields instead of the colors?

2. Shouldn't the 'activity levels' show up as a percent? I'm getting '581.115' instead of '58.1%.

3. How do I set it up so that private forums only show up for members that have access to those forums?

[Bane]

I didnt change the title to 2.2.0

The MySQL errors were quite likely from not putting the vbs_counter include in your header file. Did you check that?

[Bane]

Steve,

1) I will have to look at that. Or maybe set extra replacements per style. I had put the extra codes there to begin with because I had wanted the numbers to stand out.

2) This is as was intended, as I prefered that, but I will change it in the release since it seems to confuse people as well.

3) You can exclude forums in the vbstats config.

[Steve Machol]

Thanks Bane. On #3, I don't want to exclude forums. I want the forums to show based on user permissions. Are you saying it's all or nothing?

[Bane]

Steve: For now it is, One gentleman figured out the permissions for vbstats, but I believe he is trying to sell them . So you'll have to wait for me to grow the brain cells to grasp that

Everyone? I have a lot of things I need to throw in this version. Most are done or near done, just sorting through them. Unfortunately (fortunately?) I have had enough client work that I havent even been able to upgrade my own forum. As soon as Im done with that vbstats has my attention and I will release the next full version. It will have an upgrade from 203.2 so hopefully all the people (thanks ) who have signed up for updates/installed will have an easy time when I release the upgrade.

I want to take this space for a special thanks though. You guys have been pretty patient with me, through my initial bumbling with the updates etc, to my current schedule, and I wanted to thank everyone for that. I'll try to get her out soon!