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Number of views per announcement · **Released**: 04-08-2002

I wasn't able to find this hack anywhere. So I wrote this.

This hack will show the number of views per announcement.

Tables affected: announcement
Templates affected: forumdisplay_announcement
Files affected: forumdisplay.php and announcement.php

First we need to add a new field to announcement:

alter table announcement add visits smallint(5) unsigned DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL;

Then we need to modify forumdisplay_announcement template:

Look for the following:

Code:

<smallfont><br>($announcement[usertitle])</smallfont></td>
	<td bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><normalfont>-</normalfont></td>
	<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF"><normalfont>-</normalfont></td>

And replace it with the following:

Code:

<smallfont><br>($announcement[usertitle])</smallfont></td>
	<td bgcolor="#F1F1F1"><normalfont>-</normalfont></td>
	<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF"><normalfont>$announcement[visits]</normalfont></td>

In forumdisplay.php:

Look for the following:

PHP Code:


			
if ($announcement=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT announcementid,startdate,title,user.username,user.userid,user.usertitle,user.customtitle

                                         FROM announcement

                                         LEFT JOIN user

                                           ON user.userid=announcement.userid

                                         WHERE startdate<=$datenow AND enddate>=$datenow

                                           AND $forumlist

                                         ORDER BY startdate DESC

                                         LIMIT 1")) {

    if ($foruminfo[allowratings]) {

      $thread[rating]='clear.gif';

      eval("\$threadrating = \"".gettemplate('forumdisplaybit_threadrate')."\";");

      $backcolor = '#DFDFDF';

          $bgclass = "alt2";

    } else {

                        unset($threadrating);

      $backcolor = '#F1F1F1';

          $bgclass = "alt1";

    }



     if ($announcement[customtitle]==2)

       $announcement[usertitle] = htmlspecialchars($announcement[usertitle]);

           $announcement[postdate]=vbdate($dateformat,$announcement[startdate]);



  if ($announcement[startdate]>$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]) {

        $announcement[icon]='newannounce.gif';

  } else {

        $announcement[icon]='announce.gif';

  }

  eval("\$announcement = \"".gettemplate('forumdisplay_announcement')."\";");

  $doneannouncements = 1;

}

And replace it with the following:

PHP Code:


			
if ($announcement=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT announcementid,startdate,title,user.username,user.userid,user.usertitle,user.customtitle,visits

                                         FROM announcement

                                         LEFT JOIN user

                                           ON user.userid=announcement.userid

                                         WHERE startdate<=$datenow AND enddate>=$datenow

                                           AND $forumlist

                                         ORDER BY startdate DESC

                                         LIMIT 1")) {

    if ($foruminfo[allowratings]) {

      $thread[rating]='clear.gif';

      eval("\$threadrating = \"".gettemplate('forumdisplaybit_threadrate')."\";");

      $backcolor = '#DFDFDF';

          $bgclass = "alt2";

    } else {

                        unset($threadrating);

      $backcolor = '#F1F1F1';

          $bgclass = "alt1";

    }



     if ($announcement[customtitle]==2) {

       $announcement[usertitle] = htmlspecialchars($announcement[usertitle]);

     }

     $announcement[postdate]=vbdate($dateformat,$announcement[startdate]);



  if ($announcement[startdate]>$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]) {

        $announcement[icon]='newannounce.gif';

  } else {

        $announcement[icon]='announce.gif';

  }

  eval("\$announcement = \"".gettemplate('forumdisplay_announcement')."\";");

  $doneannouncements = 1;

}

In announcement.php

Look for the following:

PHP Code:


			
$announcements=$DB_site->query("

SELECT

announcementid,startdate,enddate,announcement.title,pagetext,user.*,userfield.*

".iif($avatarenabled,",avatar.avatarpath,NOT ISNULL(customavatar.avatardata) AS hascustomavatar,customavatar.dateline AS avatardateline","")."

FROM announcement

LEFT JOIN user ON user.userid=announcement.userid

LEFT JOIN userfield ON userfield.userid=announcement.userid

".iif ($avatarenabled,"LEFT JOIN avatar ON avatar.avatarid=user.avatarid LEFT JOIN customavatar ON customavatar.userid=announcement.userid","")\

."

WHERE startdate<='$datenow' AND enddate>='$datenow' AND $forumlist ORDER BY startdate DESC");

And replace it with the following:

PHP Code:


			
$announcements=$DB_site->query("

SELECT

announcementid,startdate,enddate,announcement.title,pagetext,visits,user.*,userfield.*

".iif($avatarenabled,",avatar.avatarpath,NOT ISNULL(customavatar.avatardata) AS hascustomavatar,customavatar.dateline AS avatardateline","")."

FROM announcement

LEFT JOIN user ON user.userid=announcement.userid

LEFT JOIN userfield ON userfield.userid=announcement.userid

".iif ($avatarenabled,"LEFT JOIN avatar ON avatar.avatarid=user.avatarid LEFT JOIN customavatar ON customavatar.userid=announcement.userid","")\

."

WHERE startdate<='$datenow' AND enddate>='$datenow' AND $forumlist ORDER BY startdate DESC");

In announcement.php

Look for the following:

PHP Code:


			
  $counter++;

  //$allowhtml = 1;

  //$announcebits .= getpostbit($post);

And annd the following directly below it:

PHP Code:


			
  $DB_site->query("UPDATE announcement set visits=visits+1 where announcementid=$post[announcementid];");

That's it.

MarkB · #2 04-09-2002, 09:18 PM

YES!! Been wanting something like this for ages

Thanks! Works great

Admin · #3 04-10-2002, 10:09 AM

Great, now we can prove that no one, but no one, reads the announcements.

Two things:
a) Instead of updating the counter for every announcement, you could just run a query that goes more or less like this:

Code:

UPDATE announcement SET visits = visits+1 WHERE forumid IN ($forumlist);

(generate $forumlist if needed). That way you only add one query instead of one per announcement.

b) Use the shutdown queries of vBulletin.

An example can be found in showthread.php:

Code:

if ($noshutdownfunc) {
  $DB_site->query("UPDATE thread SET views=views+1 WHERE threadid='$threadid'");
} else {
  $shutdownqueries[]="UPDATE LOW_PRIORITY thread SET views=views+1 WHERE threadid='$threadid'";
}

Zzed · #4 04-10-2002, 10:49 AM

As always, I am most grateful for the wonderful advice.

Thank you.

Jawelin · #5 04-10-2002, 07:42 PM

Very nice....
Should we wait for a upgrade, so ?

Thnx

Zzed · #6 04-10-2002, 08:01 PM

Sure.

I'll post an update later tonite.

Xelation · #7 04-10-2002, 09:00 PM

also for the forumdisplay.php file, when your trying to find the first part it should be....

PHP Code:


			
if ($announcement=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT announcementid,startdate,title,user.username,user.userid,user.usertitle,user.customtitle

                                         FROM announcement

                                         LEFT JOIN user

                                           ON user.userid=announcement.userid

                                         WHERE startdate<=$datenow AND enddate>=$datenow

                                           AND $forumlist

                                         ORDER BY startdate DESC

                                         LIMIT 1")) {

    if ($foruminfo[allowratings]) {

      $thread[rating]='clear.gif';

      eval("\$threadrating = \"".gettemplate('forumdisplaybit_threadrate')."\";");

      $backcolor = '#1C5780';

          $bgclass = "alt2";

    } else {

            unset($threadrating);

      $backcolor = '#13486D';

          $bgclass = "alt1";

    }



     if ($announcement[customtitle]==2) {

       $announcement[usertitle] = htmlspecialchars($announcement[usertitle]);

         }

        $announcement[postdate]=vbdate($dateformat,$announcement[startdate]);



  if ($announcement[startdate]>$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]) {

      $announcement[icon]='newannounce.gif';

  } else {

      $announcement[icon]='announce.gif';

  }

  eval("\$announcement = \"".gettemplate('forumdisplay_announcement')."\";");

  $doneannouncements = 1;

}

and not

PHP Code:


			
if ($announcement=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT announcementid,startdate,title,user.username,user.userid,user.usertitle,user.customtitle,visits

                                         FROM announcement

                                         LEFT JOIN user

                                           ON user.userid=announcement.userid

                                         WHERE startdate<=$datenow AND enddate>=$datenow

                                           AND $forumlist

                                         ORDER BY startdate DESC

                                         LIMIT 1")) {

    if ($foruminfo[allowratings]) {

      $thread[rating]='clear.gif';

      eval("\$threadrating = \"".gettemplate('forumdisplaybit_threadrate')."\";");

      $backcolor = '#1C5780';

          $bgclass = "alt2";

    } else {

                        unset($threadrating);

      $backcolor = '#13486D';

          $bgclass = "alt1";

    }



     if ($announcement[customtitle]==2)

       $announcement[usertitle] = htmlspecialchars($announcement[usertitle]);

           $announcement[postdate]=vbdate($dateformat,$announcement[startdate]);



  if ($announcement[startdate]>$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]) {

        $announcement[icon]='newannounce.gif';

  } else {

        $announcement[icon]='announce.gif';

  }

  eval("\$announcement = \"".gettemplate('forumdisplay_announcement')."\";");

  $doneannouncements = 1;

}

you forgot to add 2 brackets, just thought I would let you know... it could be confusing for newbies.

Crazy Mofo · #8 04-16-2002, 01:53 AM

so any updates for this?

coz i get this error

Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/domain/domain119/web/forum/announcement.php on line 34

inetd · #9 04-16-2002, 06:10 PM

ZZed, pleaser release update this wonderful hack!

Zzed · #10 04-16-2002, 07:57 PM

Ok, I updated it.

It is all in the original post. And I updated the attachment.

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