Forum Home Enhancements - vbTrends 1.1.2 - An Enhanced Statistics Box on Forum Home

Keywords: Statistics, New members, joins, trends, Forum Home, threads, posts

Description:
Enhances the "YourBBS" Statistics box on the forum home to show trends of posts, threads and new users vs. the overall history of the board. Also allows you to display more than one "newest member".

Version 1.1.2:

1. Added admincp menu to reset cached counters.
2. Fixed a couple of divide by zero errors that occurred when your board had no history (was less than a month old).
3. Fixed so templates are now cached.

Version 1.1.1:

1. Fixed calculation of statistics - should definately be correct now

Version 1.1.0:

1. Fully phrased.
2. Uses templates now so look and feel can be customized
3. Fixed bug so output is valid xhtml 1.0.

Version 1.0.0:

1. Turn on/off in admincp
2. Offers the option to auto replace in templates, or to manually edit templates.
3. Allows more than one 'newest user' to be display.
4. Shows trends for posts, threads and new users - this month vs. the boards average.

Install

1. Download the vbTrends_1.0.0.zip.
2. Unzip and follow instructions in install.html.

[hambil]

Originally Posted by 1996 328ti

My bad. Sorry.
Looking better, thanks.
Now one last thing (for now)
How do I get rid of the previous settings area under vBulletin Options.

It doesn't work that way. The settings area under vBulletin Options is the correct place for a hack's settings. The settings choice I put on the admincp menu is just a short cut to the same screen you'd get if you went through vBulletin Options.

[SweetHome]

thanks

[Robru]

Originally Posted by hambil

Actually, I was half wrong. The template I wrote wasn't respecting the $show['activemembers'] setting. Fixed now. Grab and reinstall over the existing one (make sure to set allow overwrite to yes on import).

Are you sure you updated the last one? I don't get the rule Active Members anymore with the last grab, en yes I allow overwrite on import ...

Threads: 22,556, This Month: 2647 (394%)
Posts: 73,321, This Month: 7606 (330%)
Members: 815, This Month: 105 (450%)

[hambil]

Originally Posted by Robru

Are you sure you updated the last one? I don't get the rule Active Members anymore with the last grab, en yes I allow overwrite on import ...

Threads: 22,556, This Month: 2647 (394%)
Posts: 73,321, This Month: 7606 (330%)
Members: 815, This Month: 105 (450%)

Active members is a vBulletin feature, not part of my hack. All I do is respect the settings you set in vBulletin Options under "Forums Home Page Options".

[bashy]

Looks like its all working fine at Bashy's Place
Cheers m8 great looking hack ya made..... Now why the dlckens is my arrows red pmsl...

Bashy's Place Statistics
Threads: 3,184, This Month: 439 (-21%)
Posts: 7,567, This Month: 807 (-40%)
Members: 572, This Month: 40 (-62%)
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Thanks to our latest contributing members:
Total VIP's: 11
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[snakes1100]

bashy, what don't you have installed on your site....

[hotwheels]

I just installed the program and it is working flawlessly.......I do have a question though, what are the %'s based on average wise? Monthly statistic's or a time since the board opened stats?

I had 40 new member's this month and it say's that i am

Threads: 4,727, This Month: 235 (-53%)
Posts: 46,389, This Month: 1624 (-67%)
Members: 596, This Month: 40 (-35%)

Just curious

[Gizmo5h1t3]

it says in the initial post mate...i think its compared to the board AVERAGE number of threads and posts....

Shows trends for posts, threads and new users - this month vs. the boards average.

[hambil]

Originally Posted by Gizmo5h1t3

it says in the initial post mate...i think its compared to the board AVERAGE number of threads and posts....

It's also month to date. So it's comparing the months so far (through the 19th) against the board average for the first 19 days of the month. That's why it has to run the extended queries once a day.

[rex_b]

How does one alter the layout of the output. I have my stats in a small box on a sidebar and this current layout doesn't look right in my small box.