Mini Mods - [DBTech] User Spotlight v1 (vB4)

DragonByte Technologies are proud to present User Spotlight v1: A mini mod to show a random member on your forumhome page.


Why User Spotlight?

DBTech's User Spotlight mod lets you display a random member on your forum home page as a way to increase member commmunication.

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Priority support for this version is handled at the Developers Website.

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Major Features

ForumHome Integration: Members' details will show in the infobar on the forumhome.

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Feature List

• Random user selected every night
• Admin override of selected user
• Admin variables to limit selected users by number of posts, reputation and days active

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This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of the forum home page which includes:

• 1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
• 1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by tattooz

I am having a problem getting the cron to update daily. I have it set to daily in the options and my scheduled task is set to 00 0 * * * Which should be "every day of every month at 0 hour and 0 minutes" But for some reason, it does not update......

Any ideas?

Did you modify the scheduled task?

In the settings what do you have set for the field
Spotlight Next Cron Run

Also, if you look at the scheduled tasks log, you should see entries in there for the spotlight script

[tattooz]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Did you modify the scheduled task?

In the settings what do you have set for the field
Spotlight Next Cron Run

Also, if you look at the scheduled tasks log, you should see entries in there for the spotlight script

This is what is there, 1294498267

[Taurus1]

The avatars are still not showing.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Taurus1

The avatars are still not showing.

If you open dbtech/spotlight/core/class_fetchuser.php
on line 162 replace

$spot_avatar_file = $this->registry->options['homeurl'] . "/" . $this->registry->options['avatarurl'] . "/avatar" . $this->registry->options['dbtech_spotlight_rnd_userid'] . "_" . $rand_user_data['avatarrevision'] . ".gif";

with

$spot_avatar_file = $this->registry->options['avatarurl'] . "/avatar" . $this->registry->options['dbtech_spotlight_rnd_userid'] . "_" . $rand_user_data['avatarrevision'] . ".gif";

does that fix it?
I was checking out what the vB code does for avatars and I think I'm doing some overkill which is screwing it up for different types of setups.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by tattooz

This is what is there, 1294498267

That's set for 2:51 tomorrow afternoon (GMT).
Are there any log entries for spotlight in the scheduled task log?

[OMAN_LOVER]

good one but it increased the load of my server
I tried to stop the product but it seems no option to do that only I have to uninstall it please check
I'm using vb410
also even if I disabled it from products still it not stop

Minimum Days since Last Post & Minimum Days dosn't work please also have a look on it

Thank you

[Smak Runner 2K]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

If you open dbtech/spotlight/core/class_fetchuser.php
on line 162 replace

$spot_avatar_file = $this->registry->options['homeurl'] . "/" . $this->registry->options['avatarurl'] . "/avatar" . $this->registry->options['dbtech_spotlight_rnd_userid'] . "_" . $rand_user_data['avatarrevision'] . ".gif";

with

$spot_avatar_file = $this->registry->options['avatarurl'] . "/avatar" . $this->registry->options['dbtech_spotlight_rnd_userid'] . "_" . $rand_user_data['avatarrevision'] . ".gif";

does that fix it?
I was checking out what the vB code does for avatars and I think I'm doing some overkill which is screwing it up for different types of setups.

My avatar URL in the sidebar is pointing to forumhome

http://www.clevelandsportsforums.com/forums/forum.php. I made the change you mention in the quoted post, but it didn't help. Avatars are stored in the file system, and I downloaded the latest version.

Help? I'm at a loss...

[Taurus1]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

If you open dbtech/spotlight/core/class_fetchuser.php
on line 162 replace

$spot_avatar_file = $this->registry->options['homeurl'] . "/" . $this->registry->options['avatarurl'] . "/avatar" . $this->registry->options['dbtech_spotlight_rnd_userid'] . "_" . $rand_user_data['avatarrevision'] . ".gif";

with

$spot_avatar_file = $this->registry->options['avatarurl'] . "/avatar" . $this->registry->options['dbtech_spotlight_rnd_userid'] . "_" . $rand_user_data['avatarrevision'] . ".gif";

does that fix it?
I was checking out what the vB code does for avatars and I think I'm doing some overkill which is screwing it up for different types of setups.

Thank you very much! That fixed it!! And thanks for your great support. :up:

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Smak Runner 2K

My avatar URL in the sidebar is pointing to forumhome

http://www.clevelandsportsforums.com/forums/forum.php. I made the change you mention in the quoted post, but it didn't help. Avatars are stored in the file system, and I downloaded the latest version.

Help? I'm at a loss...

The avatar url for the webmaster is
http://www.clevelandsportsforums.com...sc/unknown.gif

It looks like you have something that sets that as the default if the user doesn't have an avatar? I saw several users that showed that image for the avatar and profile image.

The one user I saw that had an avatar looks like it's stored in the db.
http://www.clevelandsportsforums.com...647&type=thumb

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Taurus1

Thank you very much! That fixed it!! And thanks for your great support. :up:

Glad we got it worked out.
I'll make sure the changes are in the next release so it matches the vB type path and we shouldn't run into this problem again