Show Thread Enhancements - Thread Reader Enhancements

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This adds the following enhancements to the vB core Who has read a Thread feature.

1. Option to turn on the who read cutoff date (reset) function
2. Restrict use of reset function to certain usergroups.
3. Clicking on a user will display a page of their thread viewing history, most recent first.
4. Restrict the list of reader names to certain usergroups.
5. Restrict the list of recent threads a member has read to certain usergroups.

The set/reset facility allows members to click on the 'set' link which then sets a personal 'cutoff' time - only showing who has read the thread after that time.
The time can be reset as many times wanted, and also completely cleared again.

There is also a link to allow you to view a seperate list of all readers of the thread, this is where the ip will be shown [if you have permission].

Warning: When using the set/reset option - there is only a limited capacity of entries per thread (several thousand) - therefore you should only allow this feature to be used by a limited number of people - typically Staff usergroups. Allowing all members to use it will probably slow down your forum and cause errors if more than about 3000 members set a date on one thread.

Note: When using the set/reset facility, the data is still kept beyond this limit, so they can be changed at any time.

All settings are located in vBulletin Options > Thread Reader Enhancements

To install, download the zip, extract the XML file and import using the vb Product Manager.


History:

v4.2.0.0 : 26-May-2012 : New for vBulletin 4.2.0.

[Bubble #5]

Paul in the hack details it says "There is also a link to allow you to view a separate list of all readers of the thread, this is where the ip will be shown [if you have permission]."

Not seeing any link. Where is it supposed to appear? All we see is the set button.

[Paul M]

As it says - "if you have permission".

If you dont see it then you havent given your usergroup permission.

("View Thread List" Permission in the mods options).

[Bubble #5]

<i>Everything</i> is enabled for admins in usergroup.

View thread list is set to All.

Actually now it's even worse. When I look at it now it just says "Members who have read this thread:" but it's collapsed and no members are listed (see screenshot)

[D3m0n h311ra153]

Great mod

All set up, all usergroup permissions added, works like a dream, does exactly what it says in the first post. Perfect.

Downside: Not suitable for custom themes, like my dark forum theme, as the text is barely viewable in the 'Who Viewed This Thread' list But hoping there'll be another update to this to work with custom themes.

Bubble #5: I'm currentlyf using vB 4.2.1, and the button is missing on the far right to un-collapse the Who's Read display. The only way to work around this is to goto:-

1. AdminCP
2. Settings
3. Options
4. Thread Display Options (showthread)

and un-check 'Who Read - Collapse on Load' This will at least show who's read the thread.

[edgeless]

This is a very nice enhancement. It works well. It would be nice though if tapatalk would fix their hooks problem so that the 'who has read a thread' function can work with users accessing vB forums via tapatalk as well. There are a lot of tapatalk users these days. And that's merely a comment; there is no fault whatsoever with this modification. As I've said, it works beautifully. Tapatalk is the problem here

[coolbreeze86]

Hi my version is vb4.2.2.

List of Threads Viewed by : Member name &
Who Viewed This Thread : Thread name.

The list is showing but the date is decresing day by day. I need all entries be there without decreasing date. how can i set it.

[Paul M]

TBH, I dont understand the question.

[logismod]

Hello Paul, I believe the old version of this plugin had a setting for an automatic date cutoff on Who Viewed This Thread -- for instance, members who hadn't ready the thread in the past 7 days wouldn't be shown on the list.

Does this setting still exist? I'm looking in Settings>Thread Display Options and Settings>Thread Reader Enhancements, not seeing anything that seems to directly relate to this, but I may just be blind.

Thanks!

[Paul M]

Thats part of the core in vB 4.2.

Options > Thread Display Options (showthread) > Who Read - Days Limit

[logismod]

Still not seeing it, I've attached a screenshot of Options > Thread Display Options (showthread) as proof. Problem with 4.2.3?