Add-On Releases - Automatic Inactive Users Pruning - vB3.7 RC2

Originally Created by NeoRevan (in 2005) for vB 3.0.7.

I could not run NeoRevan?s version on vB3.7 CR2.

I also took a look at a similar Mod by Paul M (Dr Pepper Addict) on Inactive Users, but I missed some of NeoRevan?s features on it.

Thus I decided to update NeoRevan?s version to suit my needs on vB 3.7 CR2. If needed, I Will update it accordingly for vB3.7 Gold, once it?s released.

Feel free to use this Mod as you see fit, I just wished to share it with this Community. :up:

What this Mod does:

1. Runs a daily cronjob, removing all members according to the script's configuration
2. Exclude selected usergroups from been pruned
3. Flag automatically selected user(s) for pruning after x days (7 by default)
4. Email automatically selected user(s) that have been flagged (on by default)
5. Has the ability to prune users that match ALL the following conditions:
   1. Has not visited in the last x days (30 by default)
   2. Has not posted in the last x days (30 by default)
   3. Has x or fewer posts (0 by default)
   4. Has been flagged for pruning earlier than x days (7 by default)
6. Send email to pruned users, notifying them of their change in status membership (on by default)
7. Send email to the admin (webmaster) for book keeping.

Installation instructions in the attachment.

[J98680Bxxxxx]

Originally Posted by Super Jinni

and what about if the users who got pruned signed in and/or post a thread or post?
do they automatically remove to the group which they were belonged to before pruning?

thank you for this, I didn't notice it just now..
and currently I'm using Paul's which I really like.. but as you said, it has not features as yours..

are they work in the same way with Paul's or there is differences?

There is no automatic removal from the "Pruned Usergroup", simply because, in my forum for example, moderator(s) must ensure that pruned users are not just posting non sense of the type "Thank you, nice thread" or "Thank you, keep up the good work", etc... over and over just to get unpruned.

The basic principle for pruning is the same as with Paul's Mod. Read the "What this Mod does" from the Thread text above.

[Super Jinni]

ok, I think I like this one more than Paul's Mod

I guess I have to uninstall Paul's Mod in order to install this one right?

and I think if you can make an option for the automatic removal from the "Pruned Usergroup" to turn it on/of according to some conditions depending on the cases that user has moved to the "Pruned Usergroup"

to be honest with you, I've been using Paul's Mod for a while no, and there are some users who they have been in the "Inactive Usergroups" ,and I'm afraid if I Uninstall Paul's Mod I'll have some problems with those who are now in the "Inactive Usergroup".

any suggestions?

[J98680Bxxxxx]

Hi Super Jinni,

It's up to you how you want to use these two mods. I don't think that this Mod and the one from Dr. Peper conflict. Just ensure that you specify the same usergroup Id for prumed members. In any case, you can always move pruned members to any other usergroup manually from your ACP -> Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager.

It is possible to have an automatic removal from the "Pruned Usergroup" according to some conditions. You can use the cron of this mod as basis and just change the SQL query accordingly.

[Super Jinni]

ok then, I'm gonna give it a try.. I'll install it beside Paul's Mod..

if I have any problem, I'll post it here..

thanks

[Zelda-King]

I just ran the first cron job on 3.7 Gold. Some users were 'pruned' but they weren't put in the specified usergroup. Would that be because they'd already been inactive for well over the specified time and thus immediately deleted or what?

Am using the following config:

// The user must had logged in the forum in the last x days
$lastactivity = 365;

// The amount of days an user stays "flagged" before been pruned
$flaggedtime = 7;

// The user must have posted in the forum in the last x days
$lastpost = 365;

// Users with more than this amount of posts will not be pruned
$maxposts = 1;

// Set this to true to email the members that are been pruned
$sendmail = true;

// This is the UserGroup that will receive pruned members. 
// If you do not have such usergroup already available, 
// please create one and refer to its id number here.
$groupid = 23;

// Set here the usergroups you do NOT wish to have modified,
// seperate each groupid with a space 
$exclude = "5 6 7 10 22";

[J98680Bxxxxx]

Originally Posted by Zelda-King

I just ran the first cron job on 3.7 Gold. Some users were 'pruned' but they weren't put in the specified usergroup. Would that be because they'd already been inactive for well over the specified time and thus immediately deleted or what?
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Hi Zelda-King,

On the first cron job, users get flagged, not pruned yet. Nothing get deleted. Users are moved from one usergroup to another only after the specified flagged time.

Ensure that you actually have the specified usergroup Id = 23 created, also checkout the usergroup ID of those members that were 'pruned'.

[Zelda-King]

Hello!

Well that would explain it then. Nicely timed response too! I was just wondering why no one had changed to that usergroup and yet my member count hadn't gone down either.

What I'm not sure about is how to find which users have been flagged. Oh, and are they e-mailed at this stage or on being pruned?

[J98680Bxxxxx]

Hi,

Those members flagged receive an e-mail notifying them of their situation and asking them to improve their activity status. When the specified flagged time expire, they get 'pruned' and also receive a second e-mail notifying them of their change in status.

To find users that have been flagged, you can use phpMyAdmin (on your server CPanel) and view the (last column of) user table.

Hope it help.

[Mum]

What does the email say? (i'm not sure how to find it to read it)

[Zelda-King]

Perfectly clear. Thanks for clearing that up!