Forum Display Enhancements - Whats going on Box on ForumDisplay (with working Stats!)

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This modification will allow you to show the whats going on box on forumdisplay pages Demo

See attachments for screenshots. Installation instructions are simple as placing $forumdisplay_stats into your forumdisplay template.

Install Instructions.
1. Download product attached.
2. Login to your adminCP and add the product via the product manager
3. Open your forumdisplay template and add the following code where you want it to appear

$forumdisplay_stats

4. Enjoy the little added feature.

Info: This has 3 plugins, and will create a few additonal queries on forumdisplay pages, though they shouldn't be server intensive.

FAQ

Where is a good place to add the $forumdisplay_stats code?

I've added mine after this code in forumdisplay

</thead>
$forumbits
</table>
<br />

Why is this version Mod Version: .099c

Because that box let me put whatever i wanted in. And that sounded the coolest

What does it do?

This product will let you insert the whats going on box on forumdisplay. Current the only things that will appear are Who's Online, if you have Paul M's users visited in last 24hrs, and the forum stats box.

Why did you make this?

There have been numerous posts, and even paid requests for such a product but I've never seen one released, plus it looks cool on my forums

Will you make me something cool?

No

Can You Release That Awesome Skin?

No and it probably never will be
Do you have screenshots?

Yes! See attachments

Can you add users birthdays and events to this?

Perhaps in a future release if there is demand for it.

What If I don't Have Paul M's plugin installed?

Who doesn't these days?! But open up the newly created forumhome_stats template and remove

<!-- Paul M's WHO VISITED TODAY -->
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_todayusers')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_todayusers" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_todayusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			$whotitle
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_todayusers" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_todayusers]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><a href="memberlist.php"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></td>
		<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$whotoday</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<!-- PAUL M WHO VISITED TODAY -->

What If i want to add/remove something else to the block?

Open up the forumdisplay_stats template and modify it as you see fit.

Were all these FAQ neccassary

Probably not, but I see everyone else doing it, and I wanted a long meaningful release thread as well.

[wizardan]

Installing this wiped out several of the 'most ever' numbers in my What's going on box, including most online, most guest visits, etc...
Thumbs down.