Statistics Modifications - User Rank by Posts

This is a quick modification I made for my own forum to rank all of my users by the number of posts they've made and make that ranking available on the postbit and profile pages. No extra queries are added, except for the cron job that runs to update the statistics at an interval you specify, which will add 4 queries when called.

This hack was only tested on 3.6.5, but it may work on 3.5.x as well. If anyone confirms that, let me know.

Installation Instructions
- 1 XML upload
- 1 File upload
- 2 optional template modifications

1. Upload the file rank_users_by_post.php to your forum/includes/cron directory.
2. Use the Product Manager to import the product file product-rah_user_rank_by_posts.xml
3. By default, user ranks will be updated once per hour. If you want to change the frequency of the updates, go into the Schedule Task Manager and find the job "Update User Post Ranks". You may change this script to run as often or as little as you like. You can run it manually to get an idea of how long it will take to run, which give you a good idea of how frequently you can safely run it. (On my forum, it runs almost instantaneously with over 2000 members.)
4. If you want to add the poster's rank to each post, you can add it anywhere by referencing the $post[postrank] variable. On my forums, I added it just under the users post count by finding:

                    <div>
                        $vbphrase[posts]: $post[posts]
                    </div>

And below that, add:

<if condition="$post[postrank]"><div><b>$vbphrase[rah_urbp_rank]: #$post[postrank]</b></div></if>

5. You can also reference the rank on the profile page. On my forums, I added it just above the user's last activity by editing the MEMBERINFO template and finding:

<if condition="$show['lastactivity']">

And above that, add:

<if condition="$userinfo[postrank]"><div>$vbphrase[rah_urbp_rank]: #$userinfo[postrank]</div></if>

And that's all there is to this one. It is a very simple hack, but I figured I'd share.

Standard (Global) Phrases Used:
rah_urbp_rank = "Poster Rank"

Known Bugs:
None.

Revision History:
v1.0.0 - Initial Release

[Spank]

I see what you mean, numbered ranks. Nice idea. ^_^

[alessai]

great instaled.....

[2impulsiv]

Love your work Farcaster....


Cheers..

[aakhan136]

Thanks

[johnrizz]

This is a cool hack, thanks!

Farcaster, I have a question! On the bottom of this pic I see a mod that I would love to have. haha! Its the Distance to Member: Did you make this or do you know were I can get it?

[Andyucs]

Very nice tnx

[Farcaster]

Originally Posted by stone0075

Distance to Member: Did you make this or do you know were I can get it?

Yes, it is part of a larger hack I wrote. My site features a "Player Registry" that members can search for other members within a certain radius of their location and by a number of other criteria. Its proprietary, I fear, and not one I have published publicly.

[Majest]

Originally Posted by Farcaster

One albeit obvious note, ranks will not show up until after the first time the cron job is run. If you want them to show up right away, you need to run the cron job manually.

How would one do that?

[BigDog56]

Got it installed, works as advertised! Thank you!

[ymy]

installed and work fine

Thanks

Ymy

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