Forum Home Enhancements - Track Guest Visits

As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This tracks the number of guests that have visited a forum each day. This isn't possible in stock vbulletin as no record is kept of guest visits, they are a 'realtime' display only. This will add (another) section to the "What's Going On" area.

Options / Features ;

* The ability to turn it on/off.
* The ability to turn just the display on/off.
* The ability to allow (or prevent) certain usergroups viewing the display.
* The ability to run the display code on all pages (not just forumhome).
* The ability to switch between 'Today' and Rolling 24 Hours display (default).
* The list of guests can be set to be always collapsed on initial view.
* The script that the Guest is running is logged (e.g. showthread, usercp etc).
* The request variables in use are logged (e.g. threadid, userid etc).
* The guest table can be cleaned of old records to help control it's size.
* Controls for the displays automatic template update.
* The datastore read (for spider detection) will read from the File/APC/Memcache/Xcache datastore [if used].
* Guest Views data collection - tracking each guests viewing of the forum index page, forums and threads.
* Guest Views data collection can be separately disabled.
* Multiple guest visits to the same page are logged separately.
* Clicking on a Guest type in the main display will list all recent visits by guests of that type.
* Clicking on the option in the guest listing will show that guests viewing data (if enabled).
* Usergroup permissions are done with the standard vbulleten usergroup permissions system.
* The option to keep a record of [and display] the most ever guests can be enabled.

Four new usergroup permissions are provided in the usergroup manager.

* Can View the Guests Visited Display - Members can view the guests visited display on Forumhome.
* Can View Guest IP Addresses - Members can see the ip addresses of visiting guests.
* Can View Guest Visits List - Members can view the list of guest visits page.
* Can View Guest Tracking Data - Members can view the individual guest visit tracking page.

* All (non usergroup) modification settings are in vBulletin Options > Guest Tracking.

To install (or upgrade);

• Unzip the XML files.
• Upload the bitfields file to your ../includes/xml folder.
• If upgrading from a previous version, delete the old bitfield xml file from your ../includes/xml folder.
• Import the product into vBulletin using the ACP Product Manager.
• Set your required permissions in the usergroup manager.

Note that by default no usergroup permissions are given, you must set them.


You can get an improved Spiders Definition file from this post.

Note: For Spider detection to work you must set Enable Spider Display to 'Yes' in vBulletin Options > Who's Online Options.

Template Hook

Please note that this modification uses the following template hook in the FORUMHOME template ;

forumhome_wgo_pos2

This must be present in any customised template/style you are using, otherwise this modification will not display.


History:

v3.8.001 : Initial vb 3.8 release.
v3.8.002 : Fix install code SQL error.
v3.8.003 : Fix bug in attachment viewing links.

[hescominsoon]

I got a similar database error..i wound up having to uninstall it AND my vbull blog 2.x version because the blog was also hosed. I am reinstalling the latest blog and i'll try this again.

[Merjawy]

Thanks

[harlita]

Working great, easy install and admins are cheering for you.
Nominating for MOTM.

Thanks again, PaulM for another excellent mod.

[japancars]

I installed the mod and made the permissens in the usergroups manager...
But i cant see anythin on the index page... what have i done wrong?
I use vb 3.8.1

[Paul M]

Sorry, but I dont have special magic powers - I could only guess at what you have done wrong. Most likely you need to read the brown note about template hooks.

[harlita]

Originally Posted by japancars

I installed the mod and made the permissens in the usergroups manager...
But i cant see anythin on the index page... what have i done wrong?
I use vb 3.8.1

So the section doesn't even show up? It doesn't stand out, it looks very neat and natural, right below the list of folks online right now as you can see here: http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...li/visitor.jpg
Very neat and tidy.

Once it shows up for you, there is a noted delay after initial installation before you'll see any data showing up for the Visitors / Spiders / Bots, but that's of course due to the fact it's a new install, so there's no data to display yet.

Is the box not showing up at all, though? I'm running 3.8.0 as well, but not 3.8.1 - though I can't imagine a non-major release would adversely affect the code PaulM gave us to the point it doesn't even display.. :S

[Welshy2008]

Hi Paul,

I have installed it to the tee (Even removed your old hack on th 3.6.8) but I am getting no box.

I am still pretty new to this, so, would you (or anyone else) mind explaining what is meant by what you say here, Please? Where & how would I check for it, what is it exactly that I am looking for? And how do I overcome it Please? I am running 3.8.1.

Originally Posted by Paul M

You prob have a customised forumhome template, missing the vb template hooks.

I know that you are very busy - But I would appreciate some help.

[Paul M]

Compare your template to the vb default, you will see the missing template hook(s) that you must add.

[Welshy2008]

Thanks for your reply, Paul. I will check it later.

[rizelim]

forumhome_wgo_pos2

Where to it will combine. thanks!