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As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.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

Yes for Lurkers, Should be No for inactive.

[CzarZelinsky]

This mod appears to be not working for 4.1.11

Running the Daily Cleanup Task will make the mod function, but I don't see the point really if it doesn't work automatically. Any idea when this will get updated/fixed?

[Paul M]

There is nothing to fix.

It works just fine on my 4.1.11 test forums, and indeed, nothing has changed in 4.1.11 that would affect this.

[Nirjonadda]

Installed...Your All mods is excellent...thanks Paul M.

[CzarZelinsky]

Hm, anyway you could help me get it working automatically then? I'll try reinstalling for now.

Like I said, it works fine when I manually run the Daily Cleanup Task, just doesn't seem to do it automatically.

Edit: when trying to uninstall, I get this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function ilog() in /home/xxx/public_html/forum/admincp/plugin.php(1562) : eval()'d code on line 2

I forced an update by just reinstalling the plugin, allowing it to overwrite. That uninstalls fine and works perfectly.

I hope this fixed the entire issue...

[Skyrider]

This must be lower than the Inactive setting. Set to 0 to disable this feature. <--

Anyway this can be ignored, changed? I need it to be higher for good reasons.

[Paul M]

It makes no sense to have the lurker setting higher than the inactive setting - if you are inactive then by definition you cannot have posted.

[Skyrider]

Originally Posted by Paul M

It makes no sense to have the lurker setting higher than the inactive setting - if you are inactive then by definition you cannot have posted.

I see it differently. You can browse around the forums, and not post at all. Which means you are "somewhat" active just by checking the forums. But you are not active post wise. That is why I wish to set the settings higher than the inactivity.

[Bundle]

Hello! This is ALMOST exactly what I'm looking for, but wondering if it can be easily altered slightly?

Ideally, what I want to to is move mostly inactive users to a new usergroup... i.e. rather than it being "pure" lurkers (never posting) moved, we want to have it so that those who don't post much (e.g. 10+ posts per month) are moved, and are then moved back when they make 10 or more posts.

Is this possible with this mod? Is it possible at all, in theory, or should I give up and look at alternative arrangements?

[Paul M]

Its not possible with this, and would be very process intensive to do such a thing as you would need to scan the post table to find out how many posts everyone has made in the last month, and each time someone posted, do the calculation again.