Statistics Modifications - vbTrends - An Enhanced Statistics Box on Forum Home

Note: This product is now being supported at www.catnine.net

Keywords: Statistics, New members, joins, trends, Forum Home, threads, posts

ATTENTION:
If you download the latest version go into your usergroups and set the 'can view trends' permission. SAVE the usergroup even if you haven't changed the setting or things may not work. There is an odd permissions bug I haven't figured out yet.

Also note that overwrite will not work. Please uninstall the previous version before installing the new one.

Description:
Enhances the "YourBBS" Statistics box on the forum home to show trends of posts, threads and new users vs. the overall history of the board. Also allows you to display more than one "newest member".

Version 2.0.0:

1. Calculations exposed and modifiable in admincp.
2. Added ability to delay updates of stats to every x minutes in admincp.
3. Added a style setting for positive and negative trends.
4. Added custom hooks for all aspects of vbTrends, and moved code into said hooks.
5. Changed template to still show total threads when trend is negative and 'positive trends only' is enabled.
6. Usergroup permission to view trends.

Note: You cannot cause an error by messing up the calculations in the admincp. If the calculation you provide contains errors the stat in question will show as N/A.

This is a major rewrite, so I've set the hack to beta for now.

Version 1.2.6:

1. Made some minor tweaks for cleaner code
2. Made change to build datastore call to force serialization

You can just overwrite the product.xml if you are upgrading. Remember vbTrends has an option in the admincp to reset the counters. To see any changes/fixes you'll want to run that, or you'll end up having to wait for a new day before the changes will take affect.

Version 1.2.5:

1. fixed minor bug in auto-replace that was causing it not to work on some boards

Version 1.2.4:

1. fixed bug in percentage of active users
2. fixed bug in limit of queries (added order by)

Thanks to bchertov and Battle_Ring for the testing

Version 1.2.3:

1. Added option to display % of active users.
2. Added option to set the number of previous months to include in the trend data.

Version 1.1.3:

1. Updated for vBulletin 3.6.
2. Fixed long standing problem with stats calculating incorrectly.
3. Added option to only show positive trends.

Version 1.1.2:

1. Added admincp menu to reset cached counters.
2. Fixed a couple of divide by zero errors that occurred when your board had no history (was less than a month old).
3. Fixed so templates are now cached.

Version 1.1.1:

1. Fixed calculation of statistics - should definately be correct now

Version 1.1.0:

1. Fully phrased.
2. Uses templates now so look and feel can be customized
3. Fixed bug so output is valid xhtml 1.0.

Version 1.0.0:

1. Turn on/off in admincp
2. Offers the option to auto replace in templates, or to manually edit templates.
3. Allows more than one 'newest user' to be display.
4. Shows trends for posts, threads and new users - this month vs. the boards average.

Install

1. Download the vbTrends_2.0.0.zip.
2. Unzip and follow instructions in install.html.

[djjeffa]

Originally Posted by mcyates

yeah this slows down my site also, i've uninstalled it.

anybody else have this problem

[hambil]

It should not have much of an impact on the load times, but, I think I have a solution for this that will also be in this upcoming release. Right now, the stats are realtime. Meaning - every post effects them as soon as someone refreshes. This adds a couple queries to forum home.

I'm putting in a 'delayed' options, where you can set the number of minutes. If set to 0 it's basically the same as realtime. However, if set to 10 for example, then the trends data would only change every ten minutes, and use much less resources.

[tobias_t]

The problem I am having with this is, if I choose to only display positive trends, it doesn't even show the absolute numbers for threads, members, posts unless the trends for them are positive, which is effectively crippling the display. Is that a bug on my end or just how this mod works?

Also, it would be very helpful having the option to limit viewing rights of the trend numbers to a certain user group. Any easy code change that would make this possible?

Thanks, Tobias

[hambil]

Originally Posted by tobias_t

The problem I am having with this is, if I choose to only display positive trends, it doesn't even show the absolute numbers for threads, members, posts unless the trends for them are positive, which is effectively crippling the display. Is that a bug on my end or just how this mod works?

Also, it would be very helpful having the option to limit viewing rights of the trend numbers to a certain user group. Any easy code change that would make this possible?

Thanks, Tobias

Hmmm, I guess it's a bug now that I think about it. A template fix anyway. I'll add it to the upcoming release. Group permissions is a good idea too, I'll add that.

[hambil]

The latest update is complete as promised. I hope you enjoy and it solves the problems some of you are having.

[voteforbird]

Hmm… After updating to the latest one, nothing's showing: http://www.volconvo.com

[Deadly Assassin]

Installed Thanks

Just a few things..

1. The newest member in the stats is not actually the last member to join up, will this update?

2. The % has no number next to it, will this update aswell?

3. In the forumhome template for this, how do i change the colours and make the 'Active member' bold etc...
I am a bit of a newbie a this so any help would be appreciated.

Great hack though :up:

[hambil]

Originally Posted by voteforbird

Hmm? After updating to the latest one, nothing's showing: http://www.volconvo.com

You're using a custom template, so it autoreplace likely isn't working. Turn it off in the admincp options for vbtrends, and make the manual template edits as suggested in the install.htm file.

[hambil]

Originally Posted by Deadly Assassin

Installed Thanks

Just a few things..

1. The newest member in the stats is not actually the last member to join up, will this update?

2. The % has no number next to it, will this update aswell?

3. In the forumhome template for this, how do i change the colours and make the 'Active member' bold etc...
I am a bit of a newbie a this so any help would be appreciated.

Great hack though :up:

I can't tell by looking at the forum. I'll need an admin login. If you are okay with that then send my a pm.

[loonytune15]

Can you repost v1.2.6?

I dont particularly want to swich to the beta until its no longer a beta. And I missed the 1.2.6 update