vB3 Forum Quick Stats Cache Serialize Hack v1.1

vB3 Forum Quick Stats Cache Serialize Hack
Version 1.1
(By Boofo)

What does this hack do?
It will display stats about each forum at the top of that forum. (NOTE: The attachments info will NOT show in forums that have no attachments.) Also included in the hack is Logician's vB2 "Last Post Minute Hack" (with his permission for the vB2 version, of course) optimized and redone for vB3. It now uses NO queries to get the last minute info. This hack will display a link the last post and the time the last post was made (i.e. "1 minute" or "2 days", etc.) as well as the name and link to the last poster in the forum. The stats are cached and the cache is only updated at a time set by you. With an option in the Admin CP, you can reset the time between cache updates without having to edit any more files once this hack is installed. This hack will add 1 optimized query (for the user's threads and replies stats) on a cache read, but since this hack is serialized, the cache read itself will not pull a query. On a cache update, it will add 6 queries to update the datastore. And then drop back down to the one query until the next cache update. This hack will make a cache in the datastore for each forum you have, so you don't have to worry about forums getting cross-cached with this hack. It has been thorughly tested on my site, but as we all know too well, sites can, and often do, vary in the way a hack performs on it. I forsee no problems of any kind on any site in the way this hack functions. It's basically pretty simple and hard to mess up.

Note: This is the setting for the time interval (in minutes) that you want the cache to be updated on. The default value is 10 minutes. The following code is in the forumdisplay.php part of this hack.

$updatetime = 10;

Once you install the Admin CP setting (at the end of this file), you will be able to update this from the Admin CP vBulletin Options settings.

Credits:
A BIG thank you goes out to KirbyDE for all of his guidance and patience while this hack was being written and tested. This hack might never have gotten past the dreamed up state if it wasn't for him. And it definately wouldn't have been finished by now or turned out as optimized as it is. Thank you, my friend. I learned a lot from you on our little adventure here. It was definately worth the trip.

Version Information:
Version 1.0 --Initial release
Version 1.1 --Corrected a few minor potential bugs and re-did the template. Now it has a cleaner look.

Installation overview:
Files to edit: (1)
--forumdisplay.php
Templates to add: (1)
--forumdisplay_quickstats
Templates to edit: (1)
--forumdisplay
Settings to add: (1)
--forumcachetime

Note: The first image below will show the forum quick stats for a forum that has attachments. The second image will show the forum quick stats for a forum that has no attachments.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by nydk

Quick question... (not sure if it was addressed in this thread)

My Administrator usergroup has HTML markups to BOLD and change the font color of the username to RED. My Super Moderators are supposed to show up just BOLD... etc. etc.

Under "Currently Active Users", only the Administrator usernames reflect HTML markups. If an Admin is online, it shows their name BOLDED and RED, but other usergroups look like standard links(like regular, registered users).

Under "Number of Active Users Today", all usergroups' "HTML Markups" show up correctly, not just the Administrators.

Does anybody know how I would go about fixing this??? Thanks

Wrong thread.

[RetroDreams]

I, too, have tried to change the green in both places and it still shows green. Any idea?

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by RetroDreams

I, too, have tried to change the green in both places and it still shows green. Any idea?

Just look for:

<font color=green>

in the install file and change it to what you want where the code is at for the hack.

[RetroDreams]

Got it.

[Boofo]

Good. Now you can click the install button.

[RetroDreams]

If you insist...

You can see it in action at: http://www.ka-alumni.org

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by RetroDreams

If you insist...

You can see it in action at: http://www.ka-alumni.org

That looks really good.

[RetroDreams]

Thanks and thanks for the excellent hack! :nervous:

[pjdaley]

Boofo, im just thought of it... first of all thanks for the great hack... you see on the last table, how it gives you the number of threads? you think its possible to get a total number of lets say the number of threads of a few forums, of a certain member and add them up?

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by pjdaley

Boofo, im just thought of it... first of all thanks for the great hack... you see on the last table, how it gives you the number of threads? you think its possible to get a total number of lets say the number of threads of a few forums, of a certain member and add them up?

Since this shows in each forum, that really wouldn't be accurate to add other forum thread counts to each forum.

Try my vB3 Threads Started in postbit, pm, usernotes, showpost and profile v1.3 hack. That might be more of what you are looking for for this.

You forgot the install button, sir.