vBulletin Forum Sideblocks - Members who have visited (Sideblock)

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This modification adds the members who have visited display to the forum sideblocks.

As per the main modification, this cannot count guests, it is members only.

Note: This is untested on vBulletin 4.0.0, but I think it should be fine.

The main features are as follows ;

1. It displays in the Forum Sideblocks (Default Display Order = 1).
2. Invisible users are only displayed to those allowed to see them (with a "*")
3. Users who should display as coloured or bold etc will be displayed correctly (based on the display usergroup).
4. If you 'hover' over a username it will show the time they were last active.
5. An option to record and display the Most Ever Members can be enabled.
6. The switch between Visited Today and Rolling 24 Hours is an ACP option.
7. The list view is collapsable, so you just see the number .
8. The display can be set as always collapsed on initial page load (however, this can have odd results as the display is cached).

(Options are in vBulletin Options > Who Has Visited Today Block)

Please note this sideblock uses the block cache system, so it will always be slightly behind realtime in its display - the cache ttl is set to 5 minutes.

To install just unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.


History:

v4.0.1 : 24-Jan-2010 : Initial release for vb 4.0.1.
v4.0.2 : 26-Jan-2010 : Minor code update, no visual change.
v4.0.3 : 28-Jan-2010 : Fix template caching bug.
v4.0.4 : 02-Feb-2010 : Install code updated.
v4.0.5 : 03-Mar-2010 : Block control code updated.
v4.0.6 : 12-Apr-2010 : Fixed to work in vb 4.0.3
v4.0.7 : 20-Jun-2010 : Fixed to work in vb 4.0.4
v4.0.8 : 21-Jun-2010 : Fixed the update code and added cache purge on update.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.
v4.1.7.1 : 16-Oct-2011 : Fix typo in install code.
v4.1.8.0 : 18-Nov-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.8 onwards (only).
v4.1.8.1 : 20-Nov-2011 : Fix caching for renamed template.
v4.1.11.0 : 03-Mar-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.11 image changes.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.

[CybaGirl]

Thank you very much!

Installed and working perfectly!

[Paul M]

<u>4.0.7 Released</u>

This should work correctly with the caching changes in vb 4.0.4 - however on first upgrading you will need to clear the existing cache (or just wait 5 minutes for it to expire). The latest version should still work ok in older versions of vb 4.0.x

[Boofo]

What caching changes are in 4.0.4? I didn't see that anywhere.

[War.Frog]

Grr. Hmm...I just installed the update and now I'm getting a blank box again. It has been half an hour now.

What cache do I need to clear? Is it the Purge Cache under the Forum Blocks manager? If so, I did that and it has had no effect.

Any thoughts?

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Boofo

What caching changes are in 4.0.4? I didn't see that anywhere.

The way that html/php blocks are cached has changed in 4.0.4.

Originally Posted by War.Frog

What cache do I need to clear? Is it the Purge Cache under the Forum Blocks manager? If so, I did that and it has had no effect.

Any thoughts?

Yes, Ive forgotten to change the product update code to 4.0.7, so its not updating the blocks php code when you upgrade from 4.0.6 (it will actually work if you upgrade from an older version).

I wilI fix the upgrade tonight (uk time), until then you will need to uninstall it, and then install it again.

[War.Frog]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Yes, Ive forgotten to change the product update code to 4.0.7, so its not updating the blocks php code when you upgrade from 4.0.6 (it will actually work if you upgrade from an older version).

I wilI fix the upgrade tonight (uk time), until then you will need to uninstall it, and then install it again.

Thanks Paul!

[pant]

I have uninstalled for now.

Cheers Paul.

[Paul M]

<u>4.0.8</u>

* Fixed the product update so that v4.0.6 will upgrade correctly.
* Added code to auto clear the blocks cache on upgrade, so that doesnt need to be done manually.

[War.Frog]

Fantastic - update 4.08 works like a charm.

[pant]

Sweet, can confirm that this appears to be working but did have to clear the forum block cache to get it working.

Thanks.