vBulletin Forum Sideblocks - Members who have visited (Sideblock)

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This modification adds the members who have visited display to the forum sideblocks.

As per the main modification, this cannot count guests, it is members only.

Note: This is untested on vBulletin 4.0.0, but I think it should be fine.

The main features are as follows ;

1. It displays in the Forum Sideblocks (Default Display Order = 1).
2. Invisible users are only displayed to those allowed to see them (with a "*")
3. Users who should display as coloured or bold etc will be displayed correctly (based on the display usergroup).
4. If you 'hover' over a username it will show the time they were last active.
5. An option to record and display the Most Ever Members can be enabled.
6. The switch between Visited Today and Rolling 24 Hours is an ACP option.
7. The list view is collapsable, so you just see the number .
8. The display can be set as always collapsed on initial page load (however, this can have odd results as the display is cached).

(Options are in vBulletin Options > Who Has Visited Today Block)

Please note this sideblock uses the block cache system, so it will always be slightly behind realtime in its display - the cache ttl is set to 5 minutes.

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


History:

v4.0.1 : 24-Jan-2010 : Initial release for vb 4.0.1.
v4.0.2 : 26-Jan-2010 : Minor code update, no visual change.
v4.0.3 : 28-Jan-2010 : Fix template caching bug.
v4.0.4 : 02-Feb-2010 : Install code updated.
v4.0.5 : 03-Mar-2010 : Block control code updated.
v4.0.6 : 12-Apr-2010 : Fixed to work in vb 4.0.3
v4.0.7 : 20-Jun-2010 : Fixed to work in vb 4.0.4
v4.0.8 : 21-Jun-2010 : Fixed the update code and added cache purge on update.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.
v4.1.7.1 : 16-Oct-2011 : Fix typo in install code.
v4.1.8.0 : 18-Nov-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.8 onwards (only).
v4.1.8.1 : 20-Nov-2011 : Fix caching for renamed template.
v4.1.11.0 : 03-Mar-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.11 image changes.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.

[Paul M]

Not really sure what you mean, since this will only ever show registered members.

[War.Frog]

It looks like the vB 4.04 upgrade has broken this. I'm now getting a blank box ("There are no visitors to list at this moment.").

Edit: strange - the list population is actually sporadic. Sometimes the names are there, most of the time they're not.

[Lionel]

Mine still displays after upgrading 4.0.3 -> 4.0.4

edit, you are right. After seeing your edit, I went and checked mine, it was gone.

[Lionel]

Originally Posted by War.Frog

It looks like the vB 4.04 upgrade has broken this. I'm now getting a blank box ("There are no visitors to list at this moment.").

Edit: strange - the list population is actually sporadic. Sometimes the names are there, most of the time they're not.

I set the cache to 0 and that solved the issue.

[War.Frog]

Originally Posted by Lionel

I set the cache to 0 and that solved the issue.

What cache?

[Lionel]

Go to forum block manager and select the Who has visited block and edit. You'll see the cache, set it to 0

[Paul M]

*sigh* IB really are testing my patience - WTF do they have to keep changing things and breaking mods, it really makes me want to just give up.

It seems that 4.0.4 has somehow f**ked the way the block is compiled and then cached, which is why it appears ok every so often (every time the cache expires, then it reverts to the broken cached copy again).

[War.Frog]

Originally Posted by Lionel

Go to forum block manager and select the Who has visited block and edit. You'll see the cache, set it to 0

Awesome...worked perfectly. Thank you!

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by War.Frog

Awesome...worked perfectly. Thank you!

Yep, setting it to zero bypasses the screwed up caching. TBH, I think thats going to be the perm fix.

[Lionel]

Originally Posted by Paul M

*sigh* IB really are testing my patience - WTF do they have to keep changing things and breaking mods, it really makes me want to just give up.

It seems that 4.0.4 has somehow f**ked the way the block is compiled and then cached, which is why it appears ok every so often (every time the cache expires, then it reverts to the broken cached copy again).

Hahaha. I was feeling exactly like you but I am falling in love with vb again after that 4.0.4 release.