Since Your Last Visit!

Somebody here request it so I made it quickly.... Basically this hack here tells your users how many new posts and threads there have been since hteir last visit on the main page.

An example is https://vborg.vbsupport.ru and right under your username.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Inside index.php (not admin) find:

PHP Code:

// if user is know, then welcome 


right under it add:

PHP Code:

$getnewthread=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS threads FROM thread WHERE lastpost > '$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]'");
$getnewpost=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT count(*) AS posts FROM post WHERE dateline > '$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]'"); 


In the template forumhome_welcometext find:

PHP Code:

Welcome back, <b>$bbuserinfo[username]</b> 


right under it add:

PHP Code:

<br>There have been <b>$getnewthread[threads]</b> threads and <b>$getnewpost[posts]</b> posts since your last visit! 


That's it! If you installed the hack please click the install button!

[Aracnakat]

Terrific hack .. thank you very much for making this for everyone to use!


~Kat

[dr1]

Does anyone have the code to do this?

I have members that are only interested in a particular forum and would love to be able to see the newest posts for that specific forum.

Rob.

[CHeeKY]

Nice and simple and it works thanks

[trilOByte]

Originally posted by FireFly
Lesane, there's no link on my numbers.

LuBi, it invloves a lot of new code and templates, I can just "post it all".

Hey Firefly/MrLister thanks for the cool hacks. I've been playing around with this myself, I think I got a decent version working and I wrote it up for an admin friend as a walkthrough. I hope you don't mind, but I used your hack (fully credited of course ) and posted a template/hack thing. I think it's cool, and I think it's what LuBi is looking for....

here....
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...984#post202984

...example in sig

[Me2Be]

Hey there! Just wanted to let you know that on my small board (average 100+ users) it worked great, however, when I got it on my big board (400+ users) it dragged it down quite a bit! Those two extra queries made a big difference when index.php gets hit a ton of times

[eva2000]

Originally posted by Me2Be
Hey there! Just wanted to let you know that on my small board (average 100+ users) it worked great, however, when I got it on my big board (400+ users) it dragged it down quite a bit! Those two extra queries made a big difference when index.php gets hit a ton of times

ouch

seems to run nicely on my vB

[Bimma Boy]

I installed this hack last night and it was working fine, I then did this..

Went into the forumhome_welcometext template and took out the user name code from it and place it in my forumhome display template (I did becuase I want it to display 'wELCOME BACK USER NAME on top line, then dispaly x new threads x new posts few lines under this)

After I did this - I refreshed and instead of saying Welcome back Admin.. it said Welcome back anothermembersname ???????

I then quickly took out the user name code from the index template and put it back in the forum home_welcometext template - things were all sound again!!

Now today.. other people are saying to me that it says Welcome back differentusername instead of their own name.. The name its displaying is from the online users lists.. Whats going on??

Thanks

[mister]

The way it works now, this hack counts threads & posts in EVERY forum, private forums included.

Is there an easy way to not count those forums the user doesn't have access to?

Some of my users are confused, because it says 12 threads, but they're only getting 10 back (2 are in private forums).

[LaNder]

hmm, i have the same problem

i had to remove this hack from my welcome-panel.

is there a chance to get a fix for it??


greets LaNder

[trilOByte]

Originally posted by Bimma Boy
I installed this hack last night and it was working fine, I then did this..

Went into the forumhome_welcometext template and took out the user name code from it and place it in my forumhome display template (I did becuase I want it to display 'wELCOME BACK USER NAME on top line, then dispaly x new threads x new posts few lines under this)

After I did this - I refreshed and instead of saying Welcome back Admin.. it said Welcome back anothermembersname ???????

I then quickly took out the user name code from the index template and put it back in the forum home_welcometext template - things were all sound again!!

Now today.. other people are saying to me that it says Welcome back differentusername instead of their own name.. The name its displaying is from the online users lists.. Whats going on??

Thanks

Instead of using...

Welcome back, <b>$username</b>

try...

Welcome back, <b>$bbuserinfo[username]</b>