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As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.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.

[GraphiX2004]

hello paul,

if this plugin works in all versions of 3.8 which i'm not doubting you
i'm just not getting this working i followed your instructions to the letter

i have installed alot of plugins / mods for years on vbulletin boards granted
i've never coded one myself so i'm familiar with how to install them.

i install the plugin it says installed fine on both stylevar templates the default
vbulletin 1 and the custom battlegear skin from vbvision.

in the vbulletin settings i go down to the bottom option which is yours.
i see the config page where you edit it to turn on/off and all the other options.
but even if i set 0 to all options or the ID of actual usergroups

there is nothing in the legend that says users has viewed this thread.
all that shows is the default vbulletin one that says

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 3 (2 members and 1 guests)
GraphiX2004, Candostum

but say i stop viewing this thread or candostum does there's no mention
that these people have viewed my post/thread

with this being v3.8.1 and the stock files it should contain this template hook.
i can't see it but maybe i'm looking in the wrong place but either way if it is there
then the plugin has installed and i can edit the options of the plugin

why is nothing showing on my forum about users who's viewed the thread?
i'll be honest paul i thought this was a standard feature of vbulletin thats why i bought it.

if i would of known this was not a standard thing i'd of gone with ipb or some other software
i need this working , due to the content of the post i need to know which of my members has read it.

can you shed any light on why it's not working ?

[Paul M]

If the template hook is missing (because you have a custom template) then this wont show.

There is nothing I can tell you without admin access.

[Lonely Heart]

Dears,

I'm unable to install this Add-ons it's showing the following error message

=====


Database error in vBulletin 3.8.2:

Invalid SQL:
DELETE FROM product WHERE productid = 'paulm_wrt_38';

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Wednesday, April 8th 2009 @ 02:45:48 PM
Error Date : Wednesday, April 8th 2009 @ 02:45:54 PM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/forum/admincp/...=productimport
Referrer : http://www.mysite.com/forum/admincp/...?do=productadd
IP Address : ********
Username : Lonely
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

======

[Paul M]

Thats a mysql error.

FYI, that query seems a bit odd if you are installing it, since its deleting the product. There is no such query in the mods install code.

[Lonely Heart]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Thats a mysql error.

FYI, that query seems a bit odd if you are installing it, since its deleting the product. There is no such query in the mods install code.

I installed the same add-on when my forum was 3.6.7 i upgrade my forum then i download the latest version of this add-on and marked "Yes" on overwrite product but this message appear.

regards,

[Eq4bits]

*installed* and working perfectly
love all the added extras this version has over the earlier one I had installed on my old vB

[Hornstar]

I just had an idea from this mod. MAybe you could create a new mod called "who has downloaded an attachment" and that way you can see which members have downloaded the attachment. Might be useful to know that info.

[warezwaldo]

thanks it works like a charm

[samouri]

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.

Sorry, but I'm at a loss.

I'm a complete new website builder and don't know what I have to do here.

Can anyone explain where I can get the above and once I obtain it, what do I do with it?

many thanks in advance.

[nonspin]

Originally Posted by Lonely Heart

Dears,

I'm unable to install this Add-ons it's showing the following error message

=====


Database error in vBulletin 3.8.2:

Invalid SQL:
DELETE FROM product WHERE productid = 'paulm_wrt_38';

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Wednesday, April 8th 2009 @ 02:45:48 PM
Error Date : Wednesday, April 8th 2009 @ 02:45:54 PM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/forum/admincp/...=productimport
Referrer : http://www.mysite.com/forum/admincp/...?do=productadd
IP Address : ********
Username : Lonely
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

======

same problem here. reason:

old version only has

PHP Code:

$oldpid = 'paulm_20050716'; 


set

while the new has

PHP Code:

// Start v3.8.003 //
$pidlist = array(
'paulm_20050716',
'paulm_wrt_38',
); 


now if the initial check finds one pid -> it tries to update (delete) both ("array<-"

There is no such query in the mods install code

... but in 'wrtcleanup' it is .. i guess is part of the update procedure