[HowTo] Categorize Who's Online on Forumhome

HACK: [HowTo] Categorize Who's Online on Forumhome
BY: KuraFire [www.kurafire.com]
REQUESTED BY: Xiphoid [www.creations.nl]
DESCRIPTION: Divide the active users bit on Forumhome into a Staff: section and Members: section
DIFFICULTY: Easy
INSTALL-TIME: 5 minutes

Xiphoid asked for a categorization on forumhome (Staff / Members) for vB 3, but since it's such an easy thing I decided not to wait for vB 3 but just make the hack myself

Kudos to xiphoid for a good idea

EXAMPLE HERE: click here for an example of this hack

Warning / note: The || and && operators in original vB code I put in the instructions here that you need to search on MIGHT BE "or" and "and" in your version. Keep that in mind if you can't find the code!

Note: I wrote this on my own board which is currently still version 2.2.5, it might well work on any version above that but that is not yet tested or confirmed! (nor for versions below)

INSTRUCTIONS ARE IN THE ATTACHMENT

If something did not work right, you did not follow the instructions properly

Enjoy!

[WEForums]

*commits suicide*

Yes, that worked...for that... It seems vB.org needs to fix the problem (or is it intentional? seems stupid)

Sadly enough this is frustrating. Fix one area of code and and another is messed up. This is another parse error... it's just a little bit strange. Something to do with a variable or some crap. Here's the error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home2/wef/public_html/forums/index.php on line 357

What's strange about it? Line 357 is:

?>

Yeah, the closing part of the code.

FRUSTRATING.

EDIT: Are we allowed to post the full script (index.php) or not? I don't think we are so I wouldn't even try.

[KuraFire]

nope, not allowed to post full scripts, at all...

I dunno what the problem is though, but I think you should try and reinstall it using the (renewed) attachment in post 1

[WEForums]

Worked perfectly. Thanks for your time AND help.

"Master Hacker" is right.

[KuraFire]

*grins*

You're welcome, glad you got it working

[Frozen Dreams]

Never thought it - but actually worked on first try for me
awesome hack - exactly the one I wanted

thanks Kura

[high]* Frozen Dreams clicks install[/high]

[MGM]

I keep getting an error, it says: Parse error: parse error in /home/virtual/site24/fst/var/www/html/forums/online.php on line 101

It comes up whenever I click on the Currently Active Users lino to go to the Who's Online page

here's the code around line 101:

PHP Code:

        $userinfo[where] = "Creating New Thread in Forum <a href='forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&forumid=$userinfo[forumid]'>".$forum[forumid][$userinfo[forumid]]."</a>";
      }
      break;
    case 'newreply':
      if (!$thread[title][$userinfo[threadid]] || !$forum[canview][$thread[forumid][$userinfo[threadid]]] || (!$forum[canviewothers][$thread[forumid][$userinfo[threadid]]] && $thread[postuserid][$userinfo[threadid]] != $bbuserinfo[userid])) {
        $userinfo[where] = "Replying to Thread";
      } else {
        $userinfo[where] = "Replying to Thread <a href='showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$userinfo[threadid]'>".$thread[title][$userinfo[threadid]]."</a>"; 


line 101 is the line right under "case 'newreply':" i think it is anyways

Can ANYONE help me here! lol

MGM out

[KuraFire]

why are you editing online.php ?

[Almax]

installed worked ok ....but
there are normal members showing up in staff as well as members ?

[KuraFire]

ehm?

[MGM]

err.... hmm.... wrong hack, sorry. I thought this hack edited online.php, i didnt know i edited index.php, argh, well, sorry to bother you. If you know how to fix it, then by all means do so, but I dont wanna bother you with a hack that doesn't belong here :P

MGM out