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 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.

There are two templates: forumhome_vbtrends and forumhome_vbtrends_newmembers_bit.

[rex_b]

OK I will see what I can come up with.. hehe

[username12]

Easy install, though I can't for the life of me figure out how the percentages work.

[hambil]

Originally Posted by username12

Easy install, though I can't for the life of me figure out how the percentages work.

Let me give an example. Let's say you openned your board on Dec 20th. You current post count average would be:

(January 1st - 19th + February 1st - 19th + March 1st - 19th) / 3

Let's use some numbers to make it easier:
(50 + 210 + 315) / 3 = 191.67

Okay, so we have your boards "Month to date" post count average, now compare it to this month: April 1st - 19th - let's say we have 392 posts so far this month.
(392 / 191.67) * 100 = 205.23
Which we round to 205.

This number is the percentage of the orginial, not the percentage increase. In other words, 392 is 205% of 191, but we don't have a 205% increase, because 191 represents 100%. So, we do a tiny bit more math.
205 - 100 = 105%
Your board has an increase of 105% in posts over the average this month so far!

That's how it works.

[Omranic]

Originally Posted by hambil

30 queries? What are you drinking?

I Drink water
& some times schweppes

as I said
30+ query

our server is down now
when it it up i'll shot the screen & let you see

:|

[pspcrazy]

anyway so that admins can only see this?

[Omranic]

Now see with your eyes


without vbTrends 1.0.0 (product Enabled)



with vbTrends 1.0.0 (product Disabled)


:banana:

what you say for that ?
41 Query

[hambil]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake@GTI

Now see with your eyes


without vbTrends 1.0.0 (product Enabled)



with vbTrends 1.0.0 (product Disabled)


:banana:

what you say for that ?
41 Query

Um, I say that's more than a bit odd. Is that the first run where it does the extra once a day queries, or every run?

I'd also say, upgrade

[Omranic]

every run
every run
every run


I'll Upgrade & see what will happen


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EDIT
after uninstalling the old version & installing the new one I Get 49 query for the first run & 46 Query every run

[hambil]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake@GTI

every run
every run
every run


I'll Upgrade & see what will happen


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EDIT
after uninstalling the old version & installing the new one I Get 49 query for the first run & 46 Query every run

I can assure you the hack only runs 5 queries. You have another hack that must have hooks into something I am doing.