Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Move Inactive and Lurker Users To New Usergroup

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This runs daily to check the activity of members and move them to a new usergroup if they meet certain rules.

Lurkers
If a member has not posted on the forum for a defined number of days (90 by default) then they will be moved from their existing usergroup to the defined usergroup (this can be any existing usergroup, however, you should really create a new 'Lurkers' group

Inactive Members
If a member has not visited the forum for a defined number of days (180 by default) then they will again be moved from their existing usergroup to the defined usergroup (this can also be any existing usergroup, however, you should again really create a new 'Inactive Users' group.

Only members of a defined list of usergroups are checked for inactivity.

If a member of the Inactive usergroup returns to the forum, or the Lurkers usergroup posts again, and auto-restore is enabled, they are automatically restored either to another pre-defined usergroup (by default this is usergroup 2, Registered Users) or to the usergroup they were in before they got initially moved. Note that if you use this option then you really must have seperate Inactive and Lurker usergroups, otherwise you are going to get in a mess.

Any of the options above can be disabled if not required. All options are in ACP > Options > Inactive and Lurker Members

To install simply download the file and import in vbulletin using the product manager.

Note: The move of inactive users is done once per day as part of the existing vbulletin daily update cron job. The restore function should be pretty much instant. Also, this works purely on the Primary usergroup, secondary groups are neither checked or altered.


History:

v4.0.1 : 02-Jan-2010 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 02-Jan-2010 : Prevent restore to usergroup 0 if old usergroup data is missing.
v4.0.3 : 16-Feb-2010 : Lurker & Inactive settings split out.
v4.0.4 : 18-Feb-2010 : Installer & code updates.
v4.0.5 : 12-Sep-2010 : Fix bug in disable options.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by OhSoBlonde

Jeez...the blonde is really showing!

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[betts02]

Installed and shall comment futher when fully tested

Cheers

[betts02]

I have tried this and it just maybe me and old age kicking in !!!

But i set this up and it moved normal registered users to my members usergroup once they posted

I have read the instructions but seem to have got lost and any help in setting this up would be great

I have NGG Members who i want to place to normal users if they do not post within 3 days

So i set this to :

Inactive Cutoff Point - set this to 3 days
Inactive Group - Normal users
Inactive Checked Groups - The couple i selected
Inactive Restore - Restore to usergroup specified below>
Inactive Restore Group - NGG member

Is this correct ?

So i want my NGG members tobe moved and moved back if they post after the 3 days

Cheers for any advice and/or help

[Paul M]

You seem to have completely mis-read something.

Check the definitions in the main post

Inactive Members
If a member has not visited the forum for a defined number of days.

Lurkers
If a member has not posted on the forum for a defined number of days

Seems to me you are talking about moving Lurkers, so you need to turn off the Inactive settings, and use the Lurker settings.

[betts02]

Did as you said, But can you let me know if the settings i posted are correct if i do this for the lurkers ?

I did this and the same happens, it moved a community member to an NGG member when thay posted

[Paul M]

The settings you posted make no mention of "community" members.

Please post a screenshot of them.

[betts02]

This is how i have it set up

[Paul M]

Those are Inactive Settings, please read what I said before (post #154).

[betts02]

So if i use the same settings but for Lurkers, It will work ?

Cheers for the help mate

[Paul M]

Yes, remember to disable the inactive function.