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As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.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.

[Welshy2008]

Originally Posted by 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.



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

Originally Posted by Paul M

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

Originally Posted by Welshy2008

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

Hi Paul,

It is now showing for me Mate. I have searched my "FORUMHOME" and the 'forumhome_wgo_pos2' is there as follows...

PHP Code:

            </div>

        </td>
    </tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end logged-in users -->
</if>
[COLOR="Red"]$template_hook[forumhome_wgo_pos2][/COLOR]
    <tr> 


Any Ideas, Please?

[Welshy2008]

Cancel the above post, Paul. I un-installed and re-installed them and it works great.

Thank You.

[Tophon]

Thanks Paul, great add-on!

Installed

[Dave-M]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for this, I have been using the older version for 3.7 plus the "Members who have visited" add on.

I've updated to 3.8.1 from 3.7.4 and now neither of the add ons will display.

Having read through this thread, I've made sure that I have the latest version of my template and it does indeed contain the required hook (see piccy below). The add ons seem to have installed correctly and are enabled, but I cant see them on the forumhome page.

I've reinstalled them, but still no luck.

Would you have any idea why this may not be working please? If you need any more details, please say.

Thanks

Dave

Edit: Fixed, changed to a different template, reinstalled the add on and then changed the template back and it's ok now...weird!

[reverse1312]

Originally Posted by Dave-M

changed to a different template, reinstalled the add on and then changed the template back and it's ok now...weird!

Hello Dave,

I have the same problem

Wonder what you mean with "changed to a different template" and "changed the template back"

Could you just explain a bit more please ?

Thanks

EDIT : After having once more uploaded the "bitfield xml file" - you must erase the existent one, everyting is running fine again :-)

[Phobos49]

Great!!! Thanks!

I have a problem:
After editing the phrase [trg_visitors] the whole plugin stops working!
I would like to change "Visitors" into "Heutige Gäste". How can I do this without crashin' the PlugIn?
The problem seems to be the blank between the 2 words!

[Paul M]

I have changed it to that on my test forum and it seems to be working fine, what do you mean by "crashing" ?

[Phobos49]

Originally Posted by Paul M

I have changed it to that on my test forum and it seems to be working fine, what do you mean by "crashing" ?

"crashing" means that if you click on the number of guests, the displayed guest tracking page has no entrys.
I think I figured out the problem: the blank between the two words "Heutige G?ste" appears as "%20" in the link to misc.php

But don't worry about the problem! I now use the single word "G?ste" instead of "Heutige G?ste" and everything works fine.

[Paul M]

It works fine for me, with the space

[Rakehel]

This is the 4th(?) version of this mod that I've used and it has always worked well and been a favorite. For some reason this version isn't functioning properly. The appropriate display with a Guest count/link shows on the main board but the individual spiders are no longer listed. I can click the link for the generated guest count and review all of the pertinent information, as before.

I'm running vB v3.8.1 w/PL1. I began the Track Guests upgrade after moving to a new server about two weeks ago. We've been using a dedicated I.P. longer than that without issues in displaying individual spiders.

-I've uninstalled the old version, removed the bitfield.
-Uploaded the new bitfield.
-Imported the product.
-Set permissions.
-Verified the hook location in defult and customized styles.
-Made certain the mod was activated in vB ACP options and Plug-In mgr.
-Double-checked spider detection in WOL. (ACP options)
-Uninstalled product and removed bitfield from server a few times over 2-3 days. (Reinstalled with vB default style activated too.)
-Verified chmodding.
-Verfied content and re-uploaded vbulletin_spider.xml list.
-Repaired SQL tables.

What am I missing here? The most recent reinstall has been in place for over 12 hours, spiders are visiting but not displayed individually and the total count keeps growing. Do I need to wait longer? Run the query to clear the WOL cache?