Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Shouts Autoprune for vBShout v2.0

Shouts Autoprune for vBShout v2.0

Please note! This hack was NOT made by me. It was made by S@NL - BlackBik. I have posted this with author's permission.


~ What does this hack do? ~
The script will delete all shouts older than xx hours. (You can change it to whatever you want, default is 24 hours.)
If you want to change it, you can do it by editing the deletion time in the vbshout_prune.php:

(TIMENOW - (60 * 60 * 24)

just change 24 to whatever suits you best.


~ Hack Installation ~
1. Download the attached php file and put in the /includes/cron directory.
2. Make a new scheduled task from ACP, "Add New Scheduled Task" (see attached image for more info).
Of course you can set it to run whenever you want and as often as you want, I have it running every night at 05:05.

[FreshFroot]

Originally Posted by Distance

You could say that for alot of the mods on here. They are all just to lighten the load on admins

yeah.. well must be very lazy admins if they can't type /prune

[Distance]

That is not the point.

[Ticinofelino]

I will install it this summer when it will be time for holidays and no one will write prune

[nedo_a]

Originally Posted by Masiello

When i try to run it:

don't happen nothing, it don't delete any shout

same problem......

[FreshFroot]

Originally Posted by Distance

You could say that for alot of the mods on here. They are all just to lighten the load on admins

Then what's your point?

[Stifmeister2]

Originally Posted by FreshFroot

what's the point of the hack :P cant a staff member at the forum or an admin take 1 min to type prune in the SB

Well that's true. :P But our members dont like that the whole shoutbox is pruned. That's why I have the script deleting all shouts older than 48h every day.


That way the users can still see older shouts since their last visit, but the archive isn't too big...

[Stifmeister2]

Originally Posted by nedo_a

same problem......

Hmm strange.

1. You have vbshout 2.0 or 2.1? I'm not sure if this works for 2.1 or not, should work but I haven't tested.

2. Are you sure you uploaded the php file to oyur forum//includes/cron folder? And are you sure you put the right path to the scheduled task you had to create (Filename)?

[nedo_a]

Originally Posted by Stifmeister2

Hmm strange.

1. You have vbshout 2.0 or 2.1? I'm not sure if this works for 2.1 or not, should work but I haven't tested.

2. Are you sure you uploaded the php file to oyur forum//includes/cron folder? And are you sure you put the right path to the scheduled task you had to create (Filename)?

i have vbshout 2.0 and i uploaded php file to the right directory, and i put rught path in the scheduled task

[Stifmeister2]

Originally Posted by nedo_a

i have vbshout 2.0 and i uploaded php file to the right directory, and i put rught path in the scheduled task

Then it should work 100%. Check the settings from your ACP (edit that scheduled task), there could be a little typo or something...

The script itself is very simple and should work...

[FreshFroot]

Originally Posted by Stifmeister2

Well that's true. :P But our members dont like that the whole shoutbox is pruned. That's why I have the script deleting all shouts older than 48h every day.


That way the users can still see older shouts since their last visit, but the archive isn't too big...

In that case.. it's not a bad mod then. I thought it would delete EVERYTHING off that time. hmmm I might look into this hack and see if my members want it.