Show Thread Enhancements - Who has read a Thread

As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This displays who has read a thread, and the time they last looked at it.

Hovering over a name will show when the member last viewed the thread, you can view the ip address the member used in the 'View-All' display.

There is also an option to allow a thread author to view who has read their thread when they are not in one of the allowed usergroups. The IP and number of days restrictions still apply.

The 3.8.001 release adds the option to restrict the display to certain forums only.

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. When using this facility there is also a link to allow you to view a seperate list of all readers of the thread.

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.

A cron job (optionally) allows the deletion of records from the whoread table that are over a certain age - this is provided for large forums where the number of table entries can start to reach a million or more after 12 months. The delete age is a setting in the ACP.

There are also settings for the following (in vBulletin Options > Who Has Read a Thread) ;

1. Turn the system on/off.
2. Restrict the display to certain usergroups
3. Restrict the IP display to certain usergroups.
4. Restrict the display to a set number of days.
5. Option to allow thread author to view who read information.
6. Option to turn on the who read cutoff date (reset) function
7. Restrict use of reset function to certain usergroups.
8. Option to set whoread data records to be cleaned out after xxx days.
9. Clicking on a user will display a page of their thread viewing history, most recent first.
10. Restrict the display to certain forums only.

Note: When using option 4 or the set/reset facility, the data is still kept beyond this limit, so they can be changed at any time.

Download the zip, extract the XML file and import using the vb Product Manager.

Note: The experimental TMS support has been removed from the 3.8 Version - as of 3.8 Gold a template hook is available.

Template Hook

Please note that this modification uses the following template hook in the SHOWTHREAD template ;

showthread_after_activeusers

This must be present in any customised template/style you are using, otherwise this modification will not display.


History:

v3.8.001 : First Release for vb 3.8.
v3.8.002 : Changed to use template hook in 3.8.0 Gold.
v3.8.003 : Fix permission bugs when using the forum restrictions option.

[Paul M]

It will affect any other mods that happen to use that hook.

[snake-boy]

Originally Posted by Paul M

It will affect any other mods that happen to use that hook.

Thank you, but does that mean it can't be moved without causing a potential issue?

Surely there must be a way I can paste the required code above/below the hook (at it's original location)? But I don't know enough about PHP to know what I should put where to make it work.

I would appreciate a solution or at least a suggestion to perhaps some alternate way I could move it?

[Paul M]

That hook is brand new, so I doubt any other mod uses it atm, unless you encounter a problem in the future i wouldnt worry about it.

[GSMir]

for vBulletin 3.8.0 Beta 3) not installed

pls realease new!!!

[Paul M]

No.

This will not install on beta versions by design, you should not be running a live forum on a beta version.

[AteNa]

Thanks a lot

[GraphiX2004]

hey Paul i'm glad you have really kept up with the updates since v3.5 etc...
just tried this on 3.8.1 patch level 1 and 3.8.2 and it doesn't work or i cant see it working
the plugin says installed correctly the options are available in the settings menu option.
but when i set everything to 0 so in theory all members can see who's read a post
while im on the post it says GraphiX2004 currently viewing this thread.

if i get another member to come view the thread/post at the same time it says

Currently active users viewing this thread GraphiX2004 / testmembername
once test member name leaves the page or the thread there i no mention of
myself or testmembername ever reading or visiting this thread.

i know when we had this on 3.6.7 it said "Current members who read the threat is.
then it listed the members who read/clicked the thread.

am i doing something wrong? is it working on 3.8.1 patch level 1 or 3.8.2?
if not could you maybe please look at getting this working? it's one of the most
essentials mods of vbulletin and should be included as a default option.

let me know how i can get this working please.

[Paul M]

I would imagine you need to read the brown note in the main post.

[GraphiX2004]

Paul i did read that but i've checked v3.8.x templates and it does not have that brown hook.
i really appreciate your work and i had this working on v3.6.7 i paid to upgrade to v3.8
thinking this plugin would continue to work but it doesn't

i'm wondering where this hook is, if it's not in the default stock files template.
then how can i add this hook into the template without breaking everything

i would really appreciate your help here and anyone else who reads this might
find the same problems i'm having but to scared to post and say so.

for this to work on 3.8 you must have the same stock files as me so unless this
does not work for v3.8.1 patch level 1 then it's not working on 3.8.x

i understand it doesn't work in beta but 3.8.1 is not beta is it?
and were not all coders we may mess with code alter or edit a little here and there
but how do you expect us to code in a whole template hook.

saying to us all btw if your template does not have this hook it wont work
doesn't actually help anyone out who wants it to work so how do we add this hook?

[Paul M]

It works in all versions of 3.8, my test forum is always up to date.

What help exactly is it you want ?