Miscellaneous Hacks - Top Posters

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Top Posters mod for vb 3.6.

This displays a page with the Top Forum Posters for a given set of periods. Two periods are fixed ('This Month' & 'Overall') but can be turned off in the options. The other three periods are user definable (in days) - the default values are 1 day (24 hours), 7 days & 28 days. These three columns cannot be turned off.

The number of posters to be shown can also be set, the default is the top 10 posters. You can also select which usergroups are included (or excluded) in the count, so members in banned groups etc are not shown. Excluded is only available from v3.29 onwards.

If enabled, it will also attempt to add a link to your Quick Links or Navbar. There is an option to prefix this path if you use something like CMPS.

To install just unzip the xml file and import it using the Product Manager


History:

v3.20 - First 3.6 release - auto adds link to quick links.
v3.21 : Dependancies updated for 3.6.0 Gold.
v3.22 : Updated for Version Checking.
v3.23 : Dependancies updated, URL's updated (not released).
v3.24 : SQL changed to use slave.
v3.25 : SQL Changes to use slave.
v3.26 : Added autolink options.
v3.27 : Fixed table index creation.
v3.28 : Added automatic version in template (not released).
v3.29 : Added option to include or exclude usergroups.
v3.30 : Internal version, not released.
v3.31 : Internal version, not released.
v3.32 : Internal version, not released.
v3.33 : Internal code changes, no funcionality change.
v3.34 : Defaults on first install updated.
v3.35 : Option for link path prefix added.

[ncangler]

I had this working with the 3.27 version but when I upgraded to 3.29 via the XML file I now get this 404 error message:

404 Not Found

The requested URL /misc.php?do=topposters does not exist.

Any suggestions on how I can fix this? Thanks.

[Makc666]

Originally Posted by ncangler

I had this working with the 3.27 version but when I upgraded to 3.29 via the XML file I now get this 404 error message:

Any suggestions on how I can fix this? Thanks.

Uninstall - Install again...

[ncangler]

I uninstalled and installed again, then realized that the Quicklinks link works from forum pages but not from the vBadvanced CMPS home page. So I need to add the /forums/ to the path. But I'm not sure where to do this. Is this the line of code that the script adds to the Quicklinks:
$template_hook[navbar_quick_links_menu_pos2]
If so can I just change this to something like:
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="/forums/misc.php?do=topposters">Top Posters</a></td></tr>

Originally Posted by Makc666

Uninstall - Install again...

[Paul M]

Yep, that should work.

[ncangler]

That did it. Thanks Paul!

[control1110]

how do I put this information on my forumhome instead of linking it to a different page

[Paul M]

You can't, it's designed to be a seperate page.

[Tygerwoody]

awesome mod. Thanks

[KURTZ]

updated

[ncangler]

I just updated and I'm having the same path problem for my vbA CMPS home page. If I try to add the URL to the NAVBAR code I end up with two Top Posters links in Quick Links and the one installed with the update does not work because it does not have /forums/ in the path.

Where could I edit the template hook to add the path statement or URL to make the new version work? Thanks for this great tool!