Away message for users

Hi,

This is something that is common in IRC - /me is away

In BBs, a user is either online or offline (or invisible).

But, on my Bulletin Board, the folks created such a community that every time someone goes on a holiday or goes offline for a while, he/she posts a new thread to annouce they're 'away.

So, I wrote a hack allowing a user to change his/her status to "away", including a return date and an away reason which will show up in their profile.

Likewise, the online/offline icon in postbit and buddy list will change to an away icon (a very faded version of the 'offline' one).

Some demo captures:

The Edit Profile screen, when a user is NOT away:



The Edit Profile screen when a user IS away:



The Get Info (User Profile) screen when a user IS away:



The Get Info (User Profile) screen when a user is NOT away:



The postbit icon when a user is away:




How to install:

Download the attached zip file. Upload away.gif to your images dir (or create your own away.gif).

Upload install_awayuser.php to your admin dir and follow the instructions.

Cheers,

Bira

newest version by sho here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...606#post287606

[talon3dhq]

In Root/UserCP.PHP- The Code should be:

if ($buddy['lastactivity'] > $datecut and (!$buddy['invisible'] or $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6) and $buddy['lastvisit'] != $buddy['lastactivity']) {
$onoff="on";
} else {
$onoff="off";
}

In Admin/User.PHP- The Code should be:

$user=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT user.*,FROM_UNIXTIME(joindate) AS joindate,FROM_UNIXTIME(lastvisit) AS lastvisit,FROM_UNIXTIME(lastactivity) AS lastactivity,FROM_UNIXTIME(lastpost) AS lastpost,

[talon3dhq]

In Root/UserCP.PHP- The Code should be:

if ($buddy['lastactivity'] > $datecut and (!$buddy['invisible'] or $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6) and $buddy['lastvisit'] != $buddy['lastactivity']) {
$onoff="on";
} else {
$onoff="off";
}

In Admin/User.PHP- The Code should be:

$user=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT user.*,FROM_UNIXTIME(joindate) AS joindate,FROM_UNIXTIME(lastvisit) AS lastvisit,FROM_UNIXTIME(lastactivity) AS lastactivity,FROM_UNIXTIME(lastpost) AS lastpost,

I think that is what you need.

[Boofo]

Can anyone please tell me how to fix the following? This is what an autoreply private message looks like.

Auto Reply: test 
Hi Boofo,

I have been away since Today (Testing the size problem in private messaging...) and will read your message when I return on Jul 7, 2002.

[disable]This is an auto-reply generated by the bearfacts2.com Forum Messaging System.[/disable]

The color and italics show up fine but the size always shows the tags.

[Boofo]

Please disregard my last message. It was user error on my part. I forgot to make a size vb code replacement variable. Duhhh!!!!

[The Ghost]

hi,

I want to use this Hack on my Version 2.2.6.

Knows somebody Problems with this Hack and Version 2.2.6?

Thanks!

[The Ghost]

Hello?

[Boofo]

From what I have heard and seen, it works fine on 2.2.6. They have it running here and they are running 2.2.6.

[The Ghost]

thx for your info -> I'll try it

[The Ghost]

Work's fine on 2.2.6 !! thx!

[Anitah]

I followed all the directions to the "t" but...

1. nothing whatsoever shows up

2. my buddy list icons are 'broken'

I did all the changes in a text editor and then uploaded the files, not realizing that the usercp.php would leave me with this:

<td><img src="images/.gif" border="0" alt="toko-g is -line"></td>

I've done a few hacks to my board, but I'm just not proficient enough to know how to fix this.

Needless to say, I can't begin to know why the 'away' hack doesn't appear at all.

Could I please get some help on this?