Miscellaneous Hacks - Top Posters

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Top Posters mod for vb 3.6.

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 (24 hours), 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. Excluded is only available from v3.29 onwards.

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

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


History:

v3.20 - First 3.6 release - auto adds link to quick links.
v3.21 : Dependancies updated for 3.6.0 Gold.
v3.22 : Updated for Version Checking.
v3.23 : Dependancies updated, URL's updated (not released).
v3.24 : SQL changed to use slave.
v3.25 : SQL Changes to use slave.
v3.26 : Added autolink options.
v3.27 : Fixed table index creation.
v3.28 : Added automatic version in template (not released).
v3.29 : Added option to include or exclude usergroups.
v3.30 : Internal version, not released.
v3.31 : Internal version, not released.
v3.32 : Internal version, not released.
v3.33 : Internal code changes, no funcionality change.
v3.34 : Defaults on first install updated.
v3.35 : Option for link path prefix added.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Varsh

Sorry to be so blunt here but where do you set this? Or have I completely missed something?

The Top Posters section in vbulletin options.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by netwiz

Installed it on 3.6 Gold installation.. but does not seem to work. It misses few users.

It works fine. Please read the notes or post #12 of this thread.

[wolfyman]

I have added additional usergroups to the settings, but they don't show yet. Do I need to do anything else?

Aso, when I check version, I get this error:

Version check failed. No version number was found at this location. The URL for the version check may be incorrect, or the server may be experiencing problems. Please try again later.

[Paul M]

What version do you have installed ?

[wolfyman]

3.21, but I just noticed you're on 3.22, so I'll upgrade now.

[wolfyman]

ok, now check version works.

However, my usergroups looks like this: 2,5,6,7,34,35,36,37,19,26,29,32,30,28

But group 36 is still not showing up on the toplist. There may be others, but it just so happens that group 36 is my most active usergroup so they let me know first :P

[Get Shorty]

Installed and working perfectly...

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by wolfyman

ok, now check version works.

However, my usergroups looks like this: 2,5,6,7,34,35,36,37,19,26,29,32,30,28

But group 36 is still not showing up on the toplist. There may be others, but it just so happens that group 36 is my most active usergroup so they let me know first :P

Is 36 their primary group ?

[wolfyman]

The one case I was looking at that is not on the list

Primary: 36
Additional: 30, 26, 7, 37

Another that is not showing up:

Primary: 36
Additional: 30, 26, 2

[wolfyman]

It occurs to me that it might be easier to let people specify which usergroup to block from the toplist, rather than which group to add to the toplist.