Miscellaneous Hacks - Top Posters List

This modification is no longer available or supported.

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, 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.

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

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


History:

v3.7.001 - First 3.7 release.
v3.7.002 - Fix counting of guest posts in certain circumstances.

[KURTZ]

like all Paul's hacks ...

[rolandogomez]

Installed. This would be cool if there were links to the posters profile page. Thanks regardless, works fine on VB3.7 B5 rg.

[Paul M]

I have thought about that in the past. You can do it yourself by editing the template.

Originally Posted by Paul M

Dont make meaningless statements either. This cannot "crash" a database.

BTW, I run this on a forum much larger then the one listed in your profile .....

If the query hangs up (like mine did, and I installed it during a very low usage time) you're likely to be SOL and restoring from a backup (like I am as I type this). Any mod can crash a database. That's why every install should start with "back up first".

Note: Paul's mod is fine, db crashes happen.

[GoodKarmaKid]

I really like this mod. I have it running here:

http://www.pokerstrategyforums.com/m...?do=topposters

My only complaint/suggestion would be that I prefer the members names not bolded. Presumably I can change this somewhere in the file or xml? I'm not much of a hacker but I'm good at following directions if someone would be kind enough to point me in the right direction.

Thanks again for this mod.

Jason

[Paul M]

Edit the Top_Posters_bit template.

[Leica.Robbiani]

While installing this mod I get in the APC the following error:

[:]
Checking for Index
Adding Index

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded in I:\XXXXX\htdocs\forum\includes\class_core.php on line 413

My database is ok, but the Mod doesn't work.

[Paul M]

The index creation is taking a long while and so the php has timed out - mysql should still complete the index build and once its done, the install routine shouldnt try to add it again. Just try installing it again.

[navjotjsingh]

Paul - you should notify users about this 3.7 version on mod's 3.6 and 3.5 pages. It took me a lot of time to reach this page.

[BigDog56]

Installed, Thank you so very much! You are the Mod King!