Display who has read a thread - Version 3

This modification is no longer available or supported.

This is a completely new version, based on the idea of my "Display who recently read a thread" hack.

It has a few differences that some people may prefer to the other system. However, those differences may not suit everyone so both versions will continue to be available. Note however that they both have the same product id, it is not possible (or sensible !) to use both at the same time. You can upgrade Version 2 to Version 3 simply by importing the new product with overwrite set to 'yes'.

This version uses it's own table and does not rely on the database thread marking system being active, this also means that old data is not lost when the display limit is passed. The problem of people not being recorded when reading old threads is also removed.

The hack is a vb product and is installed in the normal manner via the product manager - the installation does a small amount of processing so be patient.

Hovering over a name in the displayed list will show when the member last visited the thread, and (optionally) what IP address they last visited it from.

There are settings for the following (in vBulletin Options - Thread Display Options) ;

1. Turn the system on/off.
2. Restrict the display to certain usergroups
3. Restrict the IP display to certain usergroups.
4. Restrict the display to a set number of days.

Note: When using option 4, the data is still kept beyond this limit, so it can be changed at any time.


History:

v3.12 : First Release.
v3.13 : Minor changes, no update necessary.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by blue6995

Cannot find the template changes I need to rectify this problem of seeing those that have read the thread appearing in 2 identical dialogue boxes...uninstalled, reluctantly

If you used an old version of this then look for a block of code in SHOWTHREAD labelled "<!-- Thread Readers -->" or something similar - also try looking for "thread_readers" or "$treaders".

If you have non of those then perhaps you have this line in your template twice for some reason ?

<!-- end currently active users -->

[OndaReal]

installed

[blue6995]

Originally Posted by Paul M

If you used an old version of this then look for a block of code in SHOWTHREAD labelled "<!-- Thread Readers -->" or something similar - also try looking for "thread_readers" or "$treaders".

Excellent - yes, it was the block of code under "<!-- Thread Readers -->"

Many thanks - Installed

[HaMaDa4eVeR]

good jop

I've question !
what do u meant by "Restrict the display to a set number of days" ??

can u add more information about the member who has read thread like how many times , last read date ...

Thank u
Installed

[Gizmo5h1t3]

got it installed, and works a treat...
nice addition m8

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by HaMaDa4eVeR

what do u meant by "Restrict the display to a set number of days" ??

If you set it to "X" days it will only list members who have read the thread in the last X days.

The last read time is already shown, read the notes.

[firstrebel]

Does the v3 xml file name need to be changed to upgrade from v2.23 as it is a slightly different name, or will it still overwrite?

Bob

[Paul M]

The file name does not matter, only the contents.

[aciurczak]

Works perfectly! Paul - your hacks are such a refreshing change from many of the other items sprinkled throughout this board. They are useful, they are cake to install, the instructions are great, and almost all of them are useful enough that I wonder why vB doesn't just include them in the base code.

I never have to go in and "fix" these hacks to work on my board; I just have to go in sometimes and "tweak" them to make them just a bit better for my purposes.

The one change I made on this one (same as I did on your prior version) was to sort the thread readers by "dateline" instead of username. I think the display is much more useful when sorted by when they visited rather than by their usernames, but that's perhaps because we have a small board with a few hundred users rather than a mega-board of tens of thousands where username might make more sense. I'm not clear if embedding this choice as an admin option would be easy/hard/impossible, but it may be useful for other folks who would want a choice in how the usernames were sorted in that display.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by aciurczak

The one change I made on this one (same as I did on your prior version) was to sort the thread readers by "+++++ad.dateline" instead of username. I think the display is much more useful when sorted by when they visited rather than by their usernames, but that's perhaps because we have a small board with a few hundred users rather than a mega-board of tens of thousands where username might make more sense. I'm not clear if embedding this choice as an admin option would be easy/hard/impossible, but it may be useful

Actually, none used be sorted by name, I changed it due to numerous requests.