Forum Home Enhancements - Track Guest Visits

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This tracks the number of guests that have visited a forum each day. This isn't possible in stock vbulletin as no record is kept of guest visits, they are a 'realtime' display only.

This modification adds another section to the "What's Going On" area.
It also has seperate pages to display (1) the list of guests, and (2) the pages a particular guest has visited

Options / Features ;

* The ability to turn the whole modification on/off.
* The ability to turn just the forumhome display on/off.
* The ability to allow (or prevent) certain usergroups viewing the forumhome display.
* The ability to switch between 'Today' and Rolling 24 Hours display (default).
* The script that the Guest is running is logged (e.g. showthread, usercp etc).
* The request variables in use are logged (e.g. threadid, userid etc).
* The guest table can be cleaned of old records to help control it's size.
* The datastore read (for spider detection) will read from the File/APC/Xcache datastore if used [note, not Memcache].
* Guest Views data collection - tracking each guests viewing of the forum index page, forums and threads.
* Guest Views data collection can be separately disabled.
* Multiple guest visits to the same page are logged separately.
* The option to keep a record of [and display] the most ever guests.
* Usergroup permissions are done with the standard vbulleten usergroup permissions system.
* Clicking on the main display icon will list the recent visits by all guests (if allowed).
* Clicking on a Guest type in the main display will list all recent visits by guests of that type (again, if allowed).
* Clicking on the option in the guest listing will show that guests viewing data (if enabled, and allowed).
* The main display can be set as always collapsed on initial page load (4.0.3 +)

Four new usergroup permissions are provided in the usergroup manager.

* Can View the Guests Visited Display - Members can view the guests visited display on Forumhome.
* Can View Guest IP Addresses - Members can see the ip addresses of visiting guests.
* Can View Guest Visits List - Members can view the list of guest visits page.
* Can View Guest Tracking Data - Members can view the individual guest visit tracking page.

* All (non usergroup) modification settings are in vBulletin Options > Guest Tracking.

To install (or upgrade);

• Unzip the files.
• If upgrading from a previous version, delete any old trg bitfield xml files from your ../includes/xml/ folder.
• Upload the new bitfields file to your ../includes/xml/ folder.
• Import the product into vBulletin using the ACP Product Manager.
• Set your required permissions in the usergroup manager.

Note that by default no usergroup permissions are given, you must set them.


You can get an improved Spiders Definition file from this post.

Note: For Spider detection to work you must set Enable Spider Display to 'Yes' in vBulletin Options > Who's Online Options.
The installation code will turn this on for you.

It is recommended that you visit your Who's Online page after installing this mod (or after updating your spiders file) to make sure your spider definitions are built / rebuilt.


History:


Beta Releases

v4.0.0.2 : 04-Jan-2010 : Initial Beta release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.0.3 : 05-Jan-2010 : Fix scope error in global hook database write.
v4.0.0.5 : 06-Jan-2010 : Second stage Beta - Main Guest List Display added.
v4.0.0.6 : 06-Jan-2010 : Fix IP display error in Guest List Display.

v4.0.1 : 08-Jan-2010 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 09-Jan-2010 : Minor code changes and fixes.
v4.0.3 : 16-Jan-2010 : Added always collapsed option.
v4.0.4 : 20-Feb-2010 : Internal update, not released.
v4.0.5 : 27-Feb-2010 : Style code updates for vB 4.0.2.
v4.0.6 : 19-Sep-2010 : Fix bug in attachment viewing links.
v4.0.7 : 23-Oct-2010 : Fixed for WGO style changes in vB 4.0.8.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.
v4.1.8.0 : 18-Nov-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.8 onwards (only).
v4.1.11.0 : 03-Mar-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.11 image changes.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.

[Shazz]

Paul: Am I on your ignore list?

[imported_dfmafia]

I installed Track-guests-4200 on vB 4.2.0 PL 2.

Download and installed improved spider display.
WGO did not update. Who's Online did not update.

Am I missing something?

[Nichtofen]

If you installed bitfield_trg.xml in the proper folder on your server.

Paul M

Set your required permissions in the usergroup manager.


Note that by default no usergroup permissions are given, you must set them.

AdminCP:
Go to Usergroups -> Usergroup manager

Select and edit the the usergroup permissions to your liking. Settings for plug-in under each usergroup is located at the bottom under a new heading: Guest Tracking Permission, with 4 options.

In my case, currently only the Administrators are allowed access to this information. Until I understand it a little better.

Hope this helps.

[imported_dfmafia]

yeah, i found all the permission settings.

but my WGO doesnt show any new data
no guest display as well

[Streamcentral]

Ive Just Installed This Mod - Installation Seemed To Go Ok But I dont See Any Change In The Whats Going On Area. I Can See The Track Guests Settings In The Settings Tab So I Know Its Installed Fine. Anything Need Configured?

[Paul M]

Did you follow the instructions ?

To install (or upgrade);

• Unzip the files.
• If upgrading from a previous version, delete any old trg bitfield xml files from your ../includes/xml/ folder.
• Upload the new bitfields file to your ../includes/xml/ folder.
• Import the product into vBulletin using the ACP Product Manager.
• Set your required permissions in the usergroup manager.

[Streamcentral]

i have followed the instructions and its installed correctly - i can see all the track visitors options in the control panel options which have all been enabled. only thing i can thin im not doing is the user group permissions. where abouts can i find this. ive looked in permissions and their doesnt seem to be a track visitor option for permissions. can anyone give some guidence on this part?

thanks

[Nichtofen]

Originally Posted by Streamcentral

Ive Just Installed This Mod - Installation Seemed To Go Ok But I dont See Any Change In The Whats Going On Area. I Can See The Track Guests Settings In The Settings Tab So I Know Its Installed Fine. Anything Need Configured?

yes. please read this forum starting with the original first post located at the top. Nothing is active by default.

Edit: My browser didnt refresh the last few posts. Read my last post (#253) of this thread. It explains where to find the user permissions area within the Admin Control Panel. If you are not seeing the "Guest Tracking Permissions" Section at the bottom within each usergroup (administrators, moderators, registered users, etc) then you have not uploaded the included .xml file correctly into the respective folder on your hosting server.

[Nichtofen]

Originally Posted by imported_df+++++

yeah, i found all the permission settings.

but my WGO doesnt show any new data
no guest display as well

PM me if you would like me to take a look. If I find the issue, I can walk you through. Hard to tell where/what we missed along the way. Would be happy to assist.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Streamcentral

i have followed the instructions and its installed correctly - i can see all the track visitors options in the control panel options which have all been enabled. only thing i can thin im not doing is the user group permissions. where abouts can i find this. ive looked in permissions and their doesnt seem to be a track visitor option for permissions. can anyone give some guidence on this part?

thanks

Usergroup permissions are in the [standard] usergroup manager screens.