Away message for users

Hi,

This is something that is common in IRC - /me is away

In BBs, a user is either online or offline (or invisible).

But, on my Bulletin Board, the folks created such a community that every time someone goes on a holiday or goes offline for a while, he/she posts a new thread to annouce they're 'away.

So, I wrote a hack allowing a user to change his/her status to "away", including a return date and an away reason which will show up in their profile.

Likewise, the online/offline icon in postbit and buddy list will change to an away icon (a very faded version of the 'offline' one).

Some demo captures:

The Edit Profile screen, when a user is NOT away:



The Edit Profile screen when a user IS away:



The Get Info (User Profile) screen when a user IS away:



The Get Info (User Profile) screen when a user is NOT away:



The postbit icon when a user is away:




How to install:

Download the attached zip file. Upload away.gif to your images dir (or create your own away.gif).

Upload install_awayuser.php to your admin dir and follow the instructions.

Cheers,

Bira

newest version by sho here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...606#post287606

[bira]

ok, here are a couple of add-ons:

1) Cancel 'Away' status when user posts:

Open newthread.php

Find:

          $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET
          ".iif ($foruminfo[countposts],"posts=posts+1,","")."
          $dotitle"."lastpost='".time()."' WHERE userid='$bbuserinfo[userid]'");

Change to (changes hilighted):

          $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET
          ".iif ($foruminfo[countposts],"posts=posts+1,","")."
          $dotitle"."lastpost='".time()."'[high],away=0,awaydate='',awayreason='',returndate=''[/high] WHERE userid='$bbuserinfo[userid]'");

Open newreply.php and find:

          		$DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET
          		".iif ($foruminfo[countposts],"posts=posts+1,","")."
          		$dotitle"."lastpost='".time()."' WHERE userid='$bbuserinfo[userid]'");

Change to (changes hilighted):

          		$DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET
          		".iif ($foruminfo[countposts],"posts=posts+1,","")."
          		$dotitle"."lastpost='".time()."'[high],away=0,awaydate='',awayreason='',returndate=''[/high] WHERE userid='$bbuserinfo[userid]'");

Save both files and upload.

This change will automatically cancel a user's 'away' status once he/she posts a new thread or a new reply.


2) Send auto-reply to PMs while a user is a way.

This add-on will act like the "vacation" auto-reply most e-mail programs have.

When you send a PM to a user who is away, you will immediately receive a PM with "Auto Reply:" in the subject line.
The PM message body will say 'I'm away and will read your PM when I return', with the reason (if present) and the return date (if present).

If you want to add this, open private.php and find:

eval("standardredirect(\"".gettemplate("redirect_pmthanks")."\",\"private.php?s=$session[sessionhash]\");");

ABOVE it ADD:

PHP Code:

  // away auto-reply add-on
  if ($touserinfo[away]=="1") {
      
      $sincedate = vbdate($dateformat, $touserinfo[awaydate]);
    if ($touserinfo[returndate]=="0000-00-00") {
        $returndate = "[i](date unknown)[/i]";
    } else {
          $returnaway = explode("-", $touserinfo[returndate]);
          $returndate = "on ".vbdate($dateformat, mktime(0,0,0,$returnaway[1],$returnaway[2],$returnaway[0]));
      }
      if (!$touserinfo[awayreason]) {
          $awayreason = "[i](No reason specified)[/i]";
      } else {
          $awayreason = "[i]($touserinfo[awayreason])[/i]";
      }
       
      $autoreply = "Hi $bbuserinfo[username],\n\n I have been away since $sincedate $awayreason and will read your message when I return $returndate.";

    $autotitle = "Auto Reply: ".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($title));

      $DB_site->query("INSERT INTO privatemessage (privatemessageid,userid,touserid,fromuserid,title,message,dateline,showsignature,iconid,messageread,folderid,receipt) VALUES (NULL,$bbuserinfo[userid],$bbuserinfo[userid],$touserinfo[userid],'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($autotitle))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($autoreply))."','".time()."',0,0,0,0,0)");
    if ($bbuserinfo[emailonpm]) {
      eval("\$emailmsg = \"".gettemplate("email_pmautoreply",1,0)."\";");
      eval("\$emailsubject = \"".gettemplate("emailsubject_pmreceived",1,0)."\";");
      mail($bbuserinfo[email],$emailsubject,$emailmsg,"From: \"$bbtitle Mailer\" <$webmasteremail>");
    }

  }
  // away auto-reply add-on 


Save and upload.

create NEW template called email_pmautoreply and place in it:

$bbuserinfo[username],

You have received a new private message at $bbtitle from $touserinfo[username]. Please click here to log in and read it:
$bburl/private.php

Thanks,
$bbtitle team

That's it

p.s.

Meta, I will add what you're asking for (Admin CP) tomorrow. I'm off to sleep now

[Bedhead]

Awesome!!!

[JJR512]

I don't have time to do this hack now, but I've saved it and have it queued... One question: Does the ZIP in the original post include the changes or additions from just above?

[Chi]

very very sweet.

[Hooper]

Question:

Will you be incorporating all of the addon code you posted into the script? If so, I will just wait for the final. Looks very impressive.

Thank You.

[SirSteve]

How about being able to set your own auto PM message.

[Admin]

Very nice addons, installed all except one (auto-setting away back to 0 when posting, because people often login to check posts out and sometimes post while they're still away).

[Crinos]

Installed and working ... excellent work!

Just did some slight modifications to the getinfo template, but it works great.

This is the 3rd or 4th straight hack from bira I am using, and all of them are just grrrrrreat

[KuraFire]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Crinos
Just did some slight modifications to the getinfo template, but it works great.

[Nemesis77]

Great Hack thanks. I installed this with no probs at all except The Icon in the postbit area (away.gif) does not show when a user is away. I didn't see anything in the install instructions about adding anything to the postbit template.