Away message for users

Hi,

This is something that is common in IRC - /me is away

In BBs, a user is either online or offline (or invisible).

But, on my Bulletin Board, the folks created such a community that every time someone goes on a holiday or goes offline for a while, he/she posts a new thread to annouce they're 'away.

So, I wrote a hack allowing a user to change his/her status to "away", including a return date and an away reason which will show up in their profile.

Likewise, the online/offline icon in postbit and buddy list will change to an away icon (a very faded version of the 'offline' one).

Some demo captures:

The Edit Profile screen, when a user is NOT away:



The Edit Profile screen when a user IS away:



The Get Info (User Profile) screen when a user IS away:



The Get Info (User Profile) screen when a user is NOT away:



The postbit icon when a user is away:




How to install:

Download the attached zip file. Upload away.gif to your images dir (or create your own away.gif).

Upload install_awayuser.php to your admin dir and follow the instructions.

Cheers,

Bira

newest version by sho here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...606#post287606

[Boofo]

[QUOTE=Sho]I wrote a version of this hack for vB3 (all new code - includes away status in postbit & co, PM auto-reply, as well as some additions, like optionally deactivating away mode on the return date, etc.), let me see if I find the time to package it over the holidays.

[Sir_Yaro]

any chance for 3.0.x version ???

[Sir_Yaro]

I found it:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=67250

[Mum]

I am trying to find something like this for 3.6.5, any ideas anyone? I've been searching for ages.