Show Thread Enhancements - Who has read a Thread

This modification is no longer available or supported.

This displays who has read a thread, and the time they last looked at it.

Hovering over a name will show when the member last viewed the thread, and (optionally) what IP address they viewed it from. Note that you can only view the ip addresses in the 'View-All' display.

There is also an option to allow a thread author to view who has read their thread when they are not in one of the allowed usergroups. The IP and number of days restrictions still apply.

The set/reset facility allows members to click on the 'set' link which then sets a personal 'cutoff' time - only showing who has read the thread after that time. The time can be reset as many times wanted, and also completely cleared again. When using this facility there is also a link to allow you to view a seperate list of all readers of the thread.

Warning: When using the set/reset option - there is only a limited capacity of entries per thread (several thousand) - therefore you should only allow this feature to be used by a limited number of people - typically Staff usergroups. Allowing all members to use it will probably slow down your forum and cause errors if more than about 3000 members set a date on one thread.

Note: You must have the "Show Users Browsing Threads" option set in your vbulletin options for this to display.

A cron job (optionally) allows the deletion of records from the whoread table that are over a certain age - this is provided for large forums where the number of table entries can start to reach a million or more after 12 months. The delete age is a setting in the ACP.

There are also settings for the following (in vBulletin Options > Who Has Read a Thread) ;

1. Turn the system on/off.
2. Restrict the display to certain usergroups
3. Restrict the IP display to certain usergroups.
4. Restrict the display to a set number of days.
5. Option to allow thread author to view who read information.
6. Option to turn on the who read cutoff date (reset) function
7. Restrict use of reset function to certain usergroups.
8. Option to set whoread data records to be cleaned out after xxx days.
9. Clicking on a user will display a page of their thread viewing history, most recent first.

Note: When using option 4 or the set/reset facility, the data is still kept beyond this limit, so they can be changed at any time.

Download the zip, extract the XML file and import using the vb Product Manager.

Version 3.7.006 has experimental support for TMS. If you have TMS installed then the existing automatic template update system will be disabled in favour of TMS. One effect of this is that when using TMS the requirement for "Show Users Browsing Threads" to be enabled is bypassed . This version will continue to work as before for those who do not use TMS.


History:

v3.7.001 : First Release for vb 3.7.
v3.7.002 : Added check for 'view others threads' permission.
v3.7.003 : Fix for cron_script hook changed in 3.7 Beta 4.
v3.7.004 : Bug fix for days limit when reset option is enabled.
v3.7.005 : Updated to remove potential $group variable name clash.
v3.7.006 : TMS Support added, this is currently experimental.
v3.7.007 : Threads read via the archive are now recorded. Minor permissions update as well.

[Paul M]

Depends on how old the older version is.

[Emperor_Mel]

All working greatly.. thanks

[p@nDa]

Members who have read a thread. 3.38 .

i have updated the skin and as i suspected there's no box showing the members who read the thread in any thread ...

can i in some way save the database of the hack , disinstall old version and then istall the new using the database saved ? ( so i don't lost any thread info ? )

[KanmaiseR]

Very very nice, thank you Paul

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by p@nDa

Members who have read a thread. 3.38 .

i have updated the skin and as i suspected there's no box showing the members who read the thread in any thread ...

can i in some way save the database of the hack , disinstall old version and then istall the new using the database saved ? ( so i don't lost any thread info ? )

If you install this without uninstalling 3.38 then it should remove the old version for you without deleting the data. I would advise you to backup the Whoread table tho, just in case.

[p@nDa]

done , and the table is still there , but i cannot see the post in the thread showing me the members who reads ...

in options i check and the product is on and my group is allowed to see ...

[Paul M]

If you are using a custom style then its probably missing the required html comment that this hooks into.

[p@nDa]

if u mean this one ...

Auto-Template Search Text : Who Read This Thread

then yes , even if my style is custom that code is there in the template and the Auto-Template Search Text : Who Read This Thread is Enabled ...

And i have not the TMS installed in the forum ...

how can i add the box manually ?

[Paul M]

Sorry, but if you have the required comment, dont have TMS (and do have "Show Users Browsing Threads" enabled) then it should work. If it isnt then something is broken - you need to find and fix that, not try/hope to bypass it with manual template edits.

[p@nDa]

so what i have to look for ?