vbStats

For vBulletin version: 2.3.x
Files added: vbs_counter.php, vbstats.php, vbstats_admin.php, vbstats_set.php
Files to edit: None! (all hacking is optional)
Current Version: 230.b (02.14.03 - 3am CST)

What does it do?

• Tracks + Displays Visitors Browser
• Tracks + Displays Visitors OS
• Tracks Referring Sites
• Tracks Total Hits
• Tracks Top Posters
• Tracks Top Forums
• Tracks Top Threads
• Displays a Massive Amount of Stats
• Link Queue!
• Install File!
• Un-Install File
• Intergration with vBPortal 2.x/3.x
• Members,Staff,Active,Non-Active,Activity Level,Newest Member,Top Referrer
• Threads,Posts,PMs,Thread Views,Page Views
• (vBPortal) News Stories,Comments,Weekly Surveys
• (vBPortal 3.x) Link Categories, Links
• More but I'm tired of typing already

Check the samples:
Stats
http://www.talkloud.net/forums/vbstats.php
Incoming Referrals
http://www.talkloud.net/forums/vbsta...ction=incoming
Member Referrals
http://www.talkloud.net/forums/vbsta...on=memberrefer
Top Posters
http://www.talkloud.net/forums/vbsta...ion=topposters
Top Threads/Forums
http://www.talkloud.net/forums/vbsta...ion=topthreads
Top Visitors Countries
http://www.talkloud.net/forums/vbsta...action=country


Here's the newest version, it's only been a year and a half since the last update!

Translations have been removed as it just made it easy for people to get the hack even without a license. I am hoping people who make translations will be kind enough to post here.

Special Note: I am about as far as it gets from a PHP guru. This is my first hack or addon or whatchamacallit. If this somehow nukes your system Im quite apologetic, but I know you will all be smart enough to BACK UP YOUR DATABASE BEFORE INSTALLING THIS.. I have faith Brad and Chen have both checked this out and given their stamps on it but that doesnt mean it will all Gel for you. Be smart, back it up.

Install: There is a self install file that takes care of the templates and tables, simply unzip the package and upload it (with paths) to your vbulletin directory. Then run the install. Please be sure you add your site (yoursite.com) to the excluded urls in the CP. If you dont your site will get counted as a referrer and that can get messy.

Demo: You can of course see the demo at http://www.talkloud.net/ however if you'd like to see it in use on some other boards check out vbstats page where I will try to keep a list of installs for you to check out. If you do install it please let me know so I can put your site up!

I tested this on my test forum, and on one public forum, and all went well, if there are any problems you notice please report them here as soon as possible.

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CHANGELOG

[230.b] Changed Active Users to fix a small bug.
[230.b] Like, tested it and stuff..
[230.a] The MySQL Row=O error is now customized to say add to the template!!!!
hopefully no more "where did I go wrong?" posts! Muahahaha!
[230.a] Fixed Upgrade Counter (?action=upgrade)
[230.a] Set Excluded URL.. Now lists URLS
[230.a] Updated Istall to be compatible with vB 2.3.0
[230.a] Changed Most Number Results to Have a , format (ie 1,000 instead of 1000)
[230.a] I decided Frosted Flakes really are pretty tasty.
[230.a] Implemented Kurafires Member Referrer Changes, thanks Kura
[230.a] Implemented Kurafires Top Posters rewrite.



DEAR GOD CHECK THE SECOND POST OF THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU ASK A QUESTION!!!!

[Bane]

As I said, it goes by the language encoding you have set up.

Im not sure why its not registering, do you have someone there from denmark who can test what those hits are counting as?

[Tim Wheatley]

Yeah I have about a thousand who could help me.

How would they go about finding out for me??

I thought all Denmark ISP's would use DK? Or is that not what we're on about?

[Bane]

vbStats doesnt detect by IP. It uses language encoding. In other words its detecting the language setup of windows and not the ip or isp info. Really it should say User Languages instead of User Countries but..

The easiest way they can help you is have them go to the address:

your-path-to/vbstats.php?action=info

and paste you the region code line. that will tell you what the counter is finding.

[fonzerelli_79]

First of all id like to thank you for this great hack
youve obviously spent a lot of time with it

i have a few questions which i hope you can answer

• You mentioned that vbstats detects the language setup of windows and not the ip when displaying what country they're from. Im from the UK, but i use the american keyboard set up (cos thats the way i installed it and im used to where all the keys are). This is now saying that i am from the USA. Is there not a way round this.
• Reardless of how many times i exclude my own domain in the admin panel, my site still appears in the link queue. Why is this?
• I use vbportal and have switched my stats page from http://www.presents4them.com/stats.php to http://www.presents4them.com/forums/vbstats.php . Is there an easy way to merge the link and downloads section into your hack. The first stats page which i mentioned has more fields and would be relevant to my site, especially to advertisers (ie. no of links clicked)
• Also, is there a way to port my old statistics to this hack. What i mean is that the first page says i have had 'Since December 27th, 2001 we have received 17257 page views.' My new stats page says 0. Is there a way to add your old page views to the database
• Is there an easy way to add the link queue to another page ie. the header or footer

Thanks bane and keep up the goodwork

(also, why was a certain member very reluctant to link back to your site - not good karma!!)

[Bane]

1) Currently no way around it. I hope to have ip detection in the next version.

2) If presents4them.com is in the exclude list it is likely still showing up because of making it into the list before it was excluded.

3) This can be done yes, you may have to wait a while unless your willing to pay for it though, as my free time is somewhat limited atm. That Im sorry about.

4) The easiest way would be to enter it into the field in phpMyAdmin. IE edit it so you have the 17257 views instead of 0.

5) I will be putting this in the next version (I cringe when I say that, it's been so long.)

[fonzerelli_79]

thanks bane for your speedy and honest response

all the best and good luck with the next version

[M.h.f]

very cute... BUT plz check mine and tell me wts wrong on it...
http://www.hagasny.net/vbstats.php

[Bane]

M.h.f. - Second post of this thread answers your problem.

make sure you made the changes to the phpinclude template

[M.h.f]

plz man cant be more specific??
i am stupid in php

[Bane]

Not PHP, its vbulletins templates. Read through the directions included in the zip.

you can find you phpinclude template in your vbulletin admin panel and in the menu templates click |edit| you should click on the set you wish to edit and scroll down until you see the name: phpinclude

Add the line

include("./vbs_counter.php");

in this template