Miscellaneous Hacks - vB3.5 15 Most Recent Searches Made By Our Members

vB3.5 15 Most Recent Searches Made By Our Members
Version 1.0.4
(By Boofo)

What does this product do?
This product will display the last 15 searches made by your members on your main site search page at the top. The search words are then linked to those search results. It uses your censor options to make sure nothing bad shows up. The searchee will also be visible, but only to Admins. The search box will only show up when searches have been made. Searches made in your private forums are not shown to members who do not have access to those forums. It is now fully permissions based.

Version Information:
Version 1.0.0 --Initial release
Version 1.0.1 --Fixed error for new sites when the search table was empty.
Version 1.0.2 --Product is now fully self-contained. No more need for a template edit. Also changed the product name.
Version 1.0.3 --Fixed search template from repeating itself on each subsequent search.
Version 1.0.4 --Fixed searchee name being blank on a guest search.

Upgrade Instructions:
1. You MUST un-install the old product before upgrading due to the product name being changed.
1. Go to the "search_forums" template and remove "$last15searches" (sans quotes).
2. Install the product.

Credits:
A big thank you goes out to EvilSL1 for co-authoring the vB3.0 version, on which this hack has been converted.

Installation overview:
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Products to install: (1)

[dieselpowered]

Originally Posted by merk

You will notice that the error will reappear every hour unless people have been searching. (The cron system deletes the contents of the search table that are over an hour old every hour)

Im sure Boofo and Marco will solve the issue soon.

You are correct sir...I am having that issue as well.

I do not mind the cron job deleting the searches, however, I would like to not see that error every hour.

[ThePimp]

Any way to get this on the Forumhome?

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by xtremeoff-road

You are correct sir...I am having that issue as well.

I do not mind the cron job deleting the searches, however, I would like to not see that error every hour.

It is being worked on as we speak. Sit tight.

[yoyoyoyo]

Originally Posted by Boofo

That would require a total re-write of this product.

you're not too busy are you? j/k Just a suggestion, but if it is undoable then that is fine. I would like to see the prune cron be optional, but not if it means a total re-write.

[Boofo]

Well, between this hack and talking to lawyers and dealing with that stuff (personal), I am doing what I can as best I can at the present time.

As far as the prune cron job goes, this hack doesn't touch any of that. That is how vBulletin handles that part of it.

[dieselpowered]

Originally Posted by Boofo

It is being worked on as we speak. Sit tight.

I am sorry, I did not mean to come accross as though I was knocking your hack or knocking you

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by xtremeoff-road

I am sorry, I did not mean to come accross as though I was knocking your hack or knocking you

No problem.

I will get back to you shortly with a fix.

[dieselpowered]

Originally Posted by Boofo

No problem.

I will get back to you shortly with a fix.

Excellent, looking forward to it

[Talisman]

Oh, no...... not that dreaded 15-Most-Recent-Searches hack?

Do you have any idea how distracting it was here when I went to search for something and a good 8 of the 15 previous searches caught my attention ... ? By the time I checked out what results someone else got back on those, I couldn't remember what I went there to search for in the first place. LOL.

:cheeky:

[Kirk Y]

If the keyword(s) you're searching for don't return any results, they're not added to the list. Any way to add keywords that don't yield results to the list?