Statistics Modifications - vbTrends - An Enhanced Statistics Box on Forum Home

Note: This product is now being supported at www.catnine.net

Keywords: Statistics, New members, joins, trends, Forum Home, threads, posts

ATTENTION:
If you download the latest version go into your usergroups and set the 'can view trends' permission. SAVE the usergroup even if you haven't changed the setting or things may not work. There is an odd permissions bug I haven't figured out yet.

Also note that overwrite will not work. Please uninstall the previous version before installing the new one.

Description:
Enhances the "YourBBS" Statistics box on the forum home to show trends of posts, threads and new users vs. the overall history of the board. Also allows you to display more than one "newest member".

Version 2.0.0:

1. Calculations exposed and modifiable in admincp.
2. Added ability to delay updates of stats to every x minutes in admincp.
3. Added a style setting for positive and negative trends.
4. Added custom hooks for all aspects of vbTrends, and moved code into said hooks.
5. Changed template to still show total threads when trend is negative and 'positive trends only' is enabled.
6. Usergroup permission to view trends.

Note: You cannot cause an error by messing up the calculations in the admincp. If the calculation you provide contains errors the stat in question will show as N/A.

This is a major rewrite, so I've set the hack to beta for now.

Version 1.2.6:

1. Made some minor tweaks for cleaner code
2. Made change to build datastore call to force serialization

You can just overwrite the product.xml if you are upgrading. Remember vbTrends has an option in the admincp to reset the counters. To see any changes/fixes you'll want to run that, or you'll end up having to wait for a new day before the changes will take affect.

Version 1.2.5:

1. fixed minor bug in auto-replace that was causing it not to work on some boards

Version 1.2.4:

1. fixed bug in percentage of active users
2. fixed bug in limit of queries (added order by)

Thanks to bchertov and Battle_Ring for the testing

Version 1.2.3:

1. Added option to display % of active users.
2. Added option to set the number of previous months to include in the trend data.

Version 1.1.3:

1. Updated for vBulletin 3.6.
2. Fixed long standing problem with stats calculating incorrectly.
3. Added option to only show positive trends.

Version 1.1.2:

1. Added admincp menu to reset cached counters.
2. Fixed a couple of divide by zero errors that occurred when your board had no history (was less than a month old).
3. Fixed so templates are now cached.

Version 1.1.1:

1. Fixed calculation of statistics - should definately be correct now

Version 1.1.0:

1. Fully phrased.
2. Uses templates now so look and feel can be customized
3. Fixed bug so output is valid xhtml 1.0.

Version 1.0.0:

1. Turn on/off in admincp
2. Offers the option to auto replace in templates, or to manually edit templates.
3. Allows more than one 'newest user' to be display.
4. Shows trends for posts, threads and new users - this month vs. the boards average.

Install

1. Download the vbTrends_2.0.0.zip.
2. Unzip and follow instructions in install.html.

[hambil]

Point me toward the hack and I'll see if I can make nice with it

[Blackhat]

I know. But its a great addon non the less

[Doctor Death]

Nice job. Installed.

I would like to see an AdminCP option to toggle showing numbers of Inactive members as well.

Both active and inactive ought to be hyperlinks that list the Names of both categories...

I am always trying to figure out who my inactive people are, and this would be a great assist.

[Phooey]

This looks great, I'm clicking install now and will install it when I get home later.

[ymy]

Great much needed mod

clicks install

Thanks

[Atakan KOC]

Thanks....

[bchertov]

Nice Hack! However...

It looks to me that you are computing stats regarding the comparison of this month compared to the average of all other months for the life of the board. I don't think this give a fair representation. I think it would be better to offer a limit of the number of months the trend is based on (default to 3 and expose as a ACP option).

Installed and removed pending update...

[hambil]

A limit is certainly easy enough to implement, and a good idea. I'll have an update later today with some more options re: limits and ranges, and some active users percentage stuff as requested.

[Lizbaby4]

I am pretty new at this and the instructions were very vague. Could you be more specific as to where the files go?

Needless to say, it is not working for me.

[hambil]

Hi liz, and welcome There is an install.html file that is contained within the zip. Did you read that? If so, and you are still unsure let me hack a look at the install.html and see if I can't break it down even better.