vB3 Forumhome Stats Cache Serialize hack v2.2

vB3 Forumhome Stats Cache Serialize hack
Version 2.2
(By Boofo)

What does this hack do?
This hack will add some forum statistics to your forumhome that will be cached (to reduce the query load) for a certain amount of time that can be set to whatever you want. This covers most of the stats any forum Admin would use on his site.

Note: This is the setting for the time interval (in minutes) that you want the cache to be updated on. The default value is 10 minutes. The following code is in the index.php part of this hack.

$updatetime = 10;

Once you install the Admin CP setting (at the end of this file), you will be able to update this from the Admin CP vBulletin Options settings.

Credits:
I want to thank Tigga for the original Forumhome Statistics Cache hack for vB2, partly on what this hack is based. I also want to thank EvilLS1 for his time and patience in helping put this hack together. Another thank you goes out to Mike Gaidin for testing this thoroughly while I was putting together this install file. And, finally, thank you goes out to NTLDR, for helping me track down a very stupid mistake on my part which I had overlooked.

Version 2.0 credits go out to g-force2k2 for getting me started on the datastore version of this hack and guiding me through some of the rough parts in the beginning. And also to KirbyDE for answering all of my dummy questions while writing this version and verifying the code when I figured out all of my mistakes. This is my first attempt at using the datastore function but it seems to work better and be easier to code than the older way of doing things.

Version Information:
Version 1.0 --Initial release
Version 2.0 --Completely rewritten using the datastore function for vB3. It now uses "serialize" to store the data and "unserialize" to retrieve the data. There is also now 1 less query when reading from the cache.
Version 2.1 --Combined the "new threads since last visit" and "new posts since last visit" queries into 1 query, thus eliminating another query on cache hits. Thanks goes out to g_force2k2 for this one. Also added Admin CP setting code so you can change the time interval between cache updates via the Forum Display Option setting in the vBulletin Option in the Admin CP. That code to add is at the end of this file.
Version 2.2 --Added "Top Reputation" statistic (requested by rinkrat ) and totally re-did the template. It looks cleaner now.

New Installation:
Do all of the steps in this file.

To Update Version 1.0 to Version 2.0:
To update this hack you will need to do everything in this file over again except the second query (Query #2). After you have this hack up and running again and you have made sure it is running to your satisfaction, you can drop the statscache table (from version one of this hack) completely. It is no longer needed.

To Update Version 2.0 to Version 2.1:
You will need to re-add the code for the index.php and go to the end of this file and add the setting for the Admin CP.

To Update Version 2.1 to Version 2.2:
You will need to re-add the code for the index.php and replace the code for the forumhome template.

Installation overview:
Queries to run: (2)
Files to edit: (2)
--index.php
--member.php
Templates to edit: (1)
--forumhome
Settings to add: (1)
--forumhomecachetime

vB3 Arcade hack stats addon:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=262

The first attachment shows the Guest loggedin and the second attachment show the Registered Member and above loggedin.

[Ian Emu-UK]

Originally Posted by dstruct2k

Boofo -- I hope you're gonna fix the code for Top Thread Starter and Top Poster percentages to work with numbers over 1000.


Hint: The $totalposts and $totalthreads variables are sent through vb_number_format() BEFORE your hack runs. Numbers over 999 show up in the variables as "1,000" and as we all know, PHP can't do this: 1,002 / 9,534

(I've fixed this on my own, if you want my code, I'll give you it )

I would also be interest if you'd like to share

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Ian Emu-UK

I would also be interest if you'd like to share

There will be an update in the next day or two that will fix that problem as well as add a couple more stats to this hack.

[Ian Emu-UK]

Excellent, thanks for that

[Chris|vB]

* clicks install

thanks

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by Boofo

There will be an update in the next day or two that will fix that problem as well as add a couple more stats to this hack.

Hey mate ? I have some questions for you.

What performance benefit does this hack bring to my portal site ? Any experiences yet ? I read one query less. Right ? :nervous:

Before i try to install this version, you just mentioned above that you will bring out a new version. The first thread was not updated since 7th of april. So i assume you had no time yet to finish the new version ? :tired:

Please tell me when you finish it and i go for it. I don't want to do things twice. ;-)

Cheers buddy,

[Boofo]

I'm not sure how I'm going to work this quite yet. Apparently there are sites out there that download the hacks here and put them up for download on their site without permission and I'm really getting sick of releasing hacks that end up that way. Some of them are in other countries where Jelsoft will have a hard time doing anything about.

Any new hacks or future upgrades I do to my hacks will probably only be available on my site. I can watch things a little closer that way.

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by Boofo

I'm not sure how I'm going to work this quite yet. Apparently there are sites out there that download the hacks here and put them up for download on their site without permission and I'm really getting sick of releasing hacks that end up that way. Some of them are in other countries where Jelsoft will have a hard time doing anything about.

Any new hacks or future upgrades I do to my hacks will probably only be available on my site. I can watch things a little closer that way.

I don't think that your own site will prevent them from spreading. You usergroup is small and fine but if you create one day THE perfect hack and everyone wants to have it, then your site will be overrun and you will have the same like.

Cheers,

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Pseudomizer

I don't think that your own site will prevent them from spreading. You usergroup is small and fine but if you create one day THE perfect hack and everyone wants to have it, then your site will be overrun and you will have the same like.

Cheers,

I doubt we have anything to worry about me either creating THE perfect hack or my site ever getting overrun with anyone wanting something like that. If that's the only way I can keep an eye on my hacks and keep them from getting put on warez sites or whatever, then I guess that's what I'm going to have to do. Don't worry, buddy, you have the access you need to get them.

[Pseudomizer]

Originally Posted by Boofo

I doubt we have anything to worry about me either creating THE perfect hack or my site ever getting overrun with anyone wanting something like that. If that's the only way I can keep an eye on my hacks and keep them from getting put on warez sites or whatever, then I guess that's what I'm going to have to do. Don't worry, buddy, you have the access you need to get them.

Yeah. :smoke:

Cheers,

[ChrisLM2001]

Originally Posted by hXc Radio

Thought you might like to see how I worked this into the nav.. Love the hack! good job!!

Ah, man, ah, man, ah, man....just when you thought you had your design figured out!

This is a great mod for those who love stats. On the navbar, it's even sweeter!

Adding it to my list of "to do" projects.....

Chris