Forum Home Enhancements - Site Life Status

Site Life Status for vB3.7
Version 1.0.4
(By Boofo)

What does this product do?
This product will add a Site Life Status info area, including Site Startup Date, Site Age and a Pagehits counter to your forumhome What's Going On box.

NOTE: The maximum counter value will depend on your system. The maximum signed integer value for 32 bit systems is 2147483647 (or 2,147,483,647), while the maximum signed integer value for 64 bit systems is 9223372036854775807 (or 9,223,372,036,854,775,807). These are the highest numbers this counter will be able to count to, depending on your system.

Version Information:
Version 1.0.1 --Initial release for vB3.7
Version 1.0.2 --Fixed changed variable in the template manual edit code.
Version 1.0.3 --Added phrases for counter. Now fully phrased.
Version 1.0.4 --Counter moved to the datastore. Added setting for the page views start count.

NOTE: You will need to uninstall any previous version and do a clean install of 1.0.4 to upgrade. You will also need to delete the forumhome_pagehits.txt file as it is no longer needed.

Credits:
A big thank you goes out to Shawn Dean for supplying the javascript code for the Site Age counter.

Installation overview:
Products to install: (1)
Templates to edit: (1) - Optional
Files to edit: (1)
Files to Upload: (2)
Images to upload (1)

Installation Instructions:
1. Upload life_status.gif to the images/misc folder on your site.

2. Upload site_life.js to the clientscript folder on your site.
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4. Go to your Admin CP
Scroll down to 'Plugin System'
Click 'Manage Products'
Click 'Add/Import Product'
Click the 'Browse' button, and locate the product-site_lifestatus.xml file on your computer

5. Go to your Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Help Site Life Status and set the following options:
--Site Life Status Enable: Enable/Disable the Site Life Status.
--Site Life Status Startup Date: Enter your site startup date.
--Site Life Status Automatic Template Replace: Click yes to have the template automatically edited.
--Update the page views counter to the value below? If you want to change the current page views counter value on forumhome to the value provided below, set this to "Yes" - it will automatically be reset to "No" once the new value has been set (at the next page view).
--Site Life Status Forumhome Page Views Counter: Enter the number of page views, without commas, to start the page views count at. (Example: 16897)


NOTE: You are done unless you opted to do the manual template install. If you chose Site Life Status Automatic Template Replace, there is no need to do the manual template edit in the install file.

Done!
Enjoy!

NOTE: If you do not click install, you do not need support.

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by hIBEES

I've took out the code as well and so far all is well

$hits[0] = (float) $hits[0];

Still ok

[princeedward]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Keep me posted on whether the fix works for you.

it's been almost 3 days and looks good...Fix workin' good...i guess that's the only solution to our little problem...

once again thanks bro...and best regards...

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by hIBEES

Still ok

and still,looks like that fix sorted it...

many thanks B for your patience with us moaning bassa's

[digicom]

Thanks apprciated:up:

[rob30UK]

I've implement this with years, months and days:-
http://www.studentmidwife.net/

[Boofo]

It already has years and days.

[rob30UK]

well, months is good isnt it.... just an idea

[Boofo]

Yes, nice idea. Care to share how you did it?

[SuperDave71]

Hey Guys,

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I must say, I thought I fixed this one as well with the code modiification but it was not the case.

This morning before work, I had 32412 hits on the visitors.

When I got to work, it was set to 12232.

I have no idea what the issue could be. Sadly, I am going to have to remove this mod for now.

Please post if anyone else is having issues. I know Boofo has quailty mods and this is by NO means any reflection on his work. I am sure there is something possibly conflicting on my site.

Just wanted to offer a friendly heads up.

Thanks.

Dave

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by SuperDave71

Hey Guys,


I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I must say, I thought I fixed this one as well with the code modiification but it was not the case.

This morning before work, I had 32412 hits on the visitors.

When I got to work, it was set to 12232.

I have no idea what the issue could be. Sadly, I am going to have to remove this mod for now.


Please post if anyone else is having issues. I know Boofo has quailty mods and this is by NO means any reflection on his work. I am sure there is something possibly conflicting on my site.


Just wanted to offer a friendly heads up.


Thanks.


Dave

Beings you are the only one who has reported the fix not working, it has to be something you changed or another hack interfering with this one. Possibly the same gremlin that messed up the Site Map hack?