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As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.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.

[betts02]

Not working for me

Did as explained and what you said

As soon as i did this, It made a NGG cummunity member to an NGG member even though he never posted

Disabled for now, cheers anyway for the help

[Dr.osamA]

thank you for update

[BillieJoe]

This mod is awesome and i waited years for it!

But can i use it on my vB 3.8 ?

[Paul M]

Nope, this is for vb 4.

There is a 3.8 version, but I cant remember if it has all the same functionality, I dont think it does.

[BillieJoe]

Yep i know but the 3.8 version doesn't have the 'lurker-function' but that's exactly what i'm looking for.

Is there a chance to simply edit the variable used in your 3.8 version? So, changig 'lastactivity' with 'lastpost'.

[Paul M]

Its not that simple (unless you dont want the restore - it would need to be disabled).

[BillieJoe]

Hm there would be no need for the restore.
User didn't post within the last x days, he gets moved to a defined usergroup, done. that's it.
Reactivating should work by request only which means manually.

[basilrath]

Nominated

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by BillieJoe

Hm there would be no need for the restore.
User didn't post within the last x days, he gets moved to a defined usergroup, done. that's it.
Reactivating should work by request only which means manually.

Then I think what you said would work, but I wont say for certain as its a change untested by myself.

[BillieJoe]

Ok, so i think i'll test it on a testforum. I let you know if it works.

Thanks for your help.

Edit: So, i tried to run the script and it seems to work. :up: