Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Move inactive users to new usergroup

As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

If a member has not visited the forum for a defined number of days (180 by default) then they will be moved from their existing usergroup to another usergroup (this can be any existing usergroup, however, you should really create a new 'Inactive users' group - esp if you use the auto-restore option).

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

If a member of the inactive usergroup returns to the forum, and auto-restore is enabled, they are automatically restored to another defined usergroup (by default this is usergroup 2, Registered Users).

Note: The move of inactive users is done once per day as part of the daily update cron job.


History:

v3.8.001 : First Release for vB 3.8.

[robbiefritz]

Very nice. Thanks.

[sandt38]

Is there a way to redefine "inactive"? For instance, I would like to demote my members that don't contribute, but they come on board and view or do things behind the scenes etc. I want to force them to contribute, or be allowed only to view a "limbo" forum or something. I have some people who have not posted in 2 months, but they show up a couple times a week... It is irritating.

[Tolas]

great mod, thanks Paul!
Any way to log the users this moves?

[Paul M]

No, there is no logging facility.

[BlackJacket]

this is not working for me.

I forgot i installed this like 2 weeks ago, lol. All my inactive people are going somewhere, but not to where i told them to go. Dont ask me where, im still trying to find out. N other group has increased in numbers.

[Paul M]

Did you set the destination usergroup in the options ?

[GateKeper]

I am thinking of using this, but one question, if it moves all the inactive users to a new group, and then I don't see a need for this hack and disable it or remove it for whatever reason, what happens to the users that were moved, where do they end up ?

Also does this affect member count, or will it retain the same count, regardless of the group they are in

never mind the second question, it counts all members, no matter what group they are in, until such a time, that they are deleted, if I am not mistaken...

Thanks

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by GateKeper

if it moves all the inactive users to a new group, and then I don't see a need for this hack and disable it or remove it for whatever reason, what happens to the users that were moved, where do they end up ?

Nothing happens to them, they remain in the group they were moved to.

[Hostboard]

This is a great modification and huge tool to help monitor/track users.

Would you consider modifying it a bit so that when it scans UserGroups for inactivity based on X days that when/if they return they are restored back to their original group?

I have multiple groups I would like to scan but need them to be returned to their original group if and when they return. It seems by the way it is worded in the ACP that I can only have them return to 1 group.

Also would be a huge bonus if there was an option to create/save a predefined email and send it to the users that are in the inactive group. Then be able to track who received these emails so when emails are sent back out they are not resent to these members (do not want to spam them) or at least be able to define x amount of days before they receive another email.

Thanx

[Paul M]

While both are nice features, I really dont have the time to work on such things at the moment.