Miscellaneous Hacks - IWT - Time Spent Online

Notice
There are two versions of this modification. This is the vBulletin 4.x version, you can find the vBulletin 3.8 version here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=243221

Current Stable Version
Version 1.2.6

What is it?
This modification will add a counter to your forums that will record/track how much time your users have spent online. And output it in various sections of the site (EX: Time Online: 5 Months 2 Weeks 1 Day 15 Hours 44 Minutes 33 Seconds).

Features

• Total Time Online in Postbit & Ministats block in the profile
• Average Time Online (Per Day) in Postbit & Ministats block in the profile
• Leader Board Displaying Time Online & Average Time Online (Per Day) for all the sites members
• Cumulative Time Online on Leader Board & Stats box of FORUMHOME

Demo
You can see this product in action here.

Settings
Admin Control Panel Options to Toggle:

• Entire System
• Show Total Time in Postbit/Profile
• Show Average Time Per Day in Postbit/Profile
• Use Short Phrases (Ex. "1 Min 5 Secs" instead of "1 Minute 5 Seconds")
• Use Micro Phrases in Postbit (Ex. "32d 12h 44m")
• Display Cumulative Time Online on Leader Board/Forumhome
• Leader Board/Navbar Link Enabled

Installation/Upgrade
See included file.

Release Notes

Version 1.1.1

• Added the average time per day function
• Added 4 settings used for controlling display of the Time Online and Avg. Time Online for both profile and postbit.
• A few optimizations for memory/performance

Version 1.2.0

• Added Leader Board Displaying Time Online & Average Time Online (Per Day) for all the sites members
• Added Cumulative Time Online on Leader Board
• Added Cumulative Time Online on Stats box of FORUMHOME
• Added Numerous new settings for controlling the system

Version 1.2.1

• Fixed a Bug resulting in the timestamp for date installed not setting correctly.

Version 1.2.2

• Updated postbit template code.

Version 1.2.3

• Added Postbit Micro Phrases
• Added Template Group

Version 1.2.4

• Moved functions to a file.
• Added Time Spent Online to the Who's Online.
• vBulletin 3.8 Version Released

Version 1.2.5

• Fixed a timestamp flaw in the average time spent online function.

Version 1.2.6

• Fixed a Bug causing the postbit to show invalid average online times in vB 4.1.x.

Known Bugs

• Currently none.

Resolved Bugs

• Function definition problem causing scripts that utilized the postbit factory without the vbulletin global file being initialized, such as the vBcms commenting engine, to display errors. (version 1.2.0)
• Bug resulting in the timestamp for date installed not setting correctly. (version 1.2.1)
• Bug causing the postbit to show invalid average online times in vB 4.1.x. (version 1.2.6)

Planned additions
We currently are talking about making an average time per day (similiar to the posts per day) (Added in version 1.1.1)
We also have plans to make a leaderboard for so people can see who spends the most time floating around the site. (Added in version 1.2.0)
We are planning to add in more settings at some point to give quite a bit more control over the system.(Added in version 1.2.0)

Support
This modification is released for free and as such we don't officially support it, but as time permits we will try to offer support on it. You are more likely to get a response over at our site as we wont be checking this thread frequently.

This modification brought to you by Ideal Web Technologies.

[aaronrand]

I still get the same issue after the new version.
Well, the spacing changed a bit , but still not accurate

[Ideal Web Tech]

Originally Posted by aaronrand

I still get the same issue after the new version.
Well, the spacing changed a bit , but still not accurate

I wasn't positive the update we did would fix it for you, but the code we updated could have in a few cases caused that.

As far as your one goes, I'm going to have to assume its a problem with the other script. If you would like to post a link to your board, I will look into it more when I get the time.

[aaronrand]

sure, i appreciate it. it seems closer, but just one break off i think?
its http://www.sharingebooks.com

[Ideal Web Tech]

<dt>Thanks</dt> <dd>12</dd>
<dd style="white-space: nowrap; display: inline; float: left;">Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts</dd>
<dt>Time Online</dt> <dd>19 Mins 36 Secs</dd>
<dt>Avg. Time Online</dt> <dd>16 Mins 49 Secs</dd>

The code above is taken from your postbit, and if you notice, one of the <dd> tags for the Thanked Hack has "display: inline; float: left;" within it, that is what is causing the problem.

That block of code should look like this:

<dt>Thanks</dt> <dd>12</dd>
<dd style="white-space: nowrap;">Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts</dd>
<dt>Time Online</dt> <dd>19 Mins 36 Secs</dd>
<dt>Avg. Time Online</dt> <dd>16 Mins 49 Secs</dd>

Hope this helps.

[aaronrand]

ok, stupid question time, where do i find that code from postbit to change the thanked mod?

[Ideal Web Tech]

Originally Posted by aaronrand

ok, stupid question time, where do i find that code from postbit to change?

Personally I don't know exactly where it would be, I'm not using that product, however it should be in one of these places:

• A template made by the product (Would most likely have the name of the of the product in the template name)
• The plugin code for the product
• If worst case, which I highly doubt, the code could be in the postbit/postbit_legacy template

I would think it would be in the first location, but without looking at the code or the product I can't be sure. If you can't find it, I may be able to make the time to do it myself if you send me a login.

[War.Frog]

Will the 1.2.2 update reset the clock?

[Ideal Web Tech]

Originally Posted by War.Frog

Will the 1.2.2 update reset the clock?

Shouldn't, but if for some reason it does, let me know.

[War.Frog]

Nope! Worked perfectly.

[RedHacker]

This: Cumulative User Time Online are time who online all users?