vB3 15 Most Recent Searches Made By Our Members

vB3 15 Most Recent Searches Made By Our Members
Version 1.1
(By Boofo and EvilLS1)

What does this hack do?
This hack will display the last 15 searches made by your members on your main site search page at the top. The search words are then linked to those search results. It uses your censor options to make sure nothing bad shows up. The searchee will also be visible, but only to Admins. The search box will only show up when searches have been made. The Admin, Supermod and Mod searches will not show up in the listing. It is done this way so any searches made in your private forums are not shown to the regular members.

Credits:
A big thank you goes out to AntiOnline for his original "Last 10 Searches" hack for vB2, partly on which this hack is based.

Version Information:
Version 1.0 --Initial release
Version 1.1 --Re-did the template code to make it match the default style a little better and also added the ability to collaspe the table.

Installation overview:
Files to edit: (1)
--search.php
Templates to edit: (1)
--search_forums

For those wanting the HTL file for this, thanks to Frank, you can get it from this post.

The first image is what the other members will see and the second image is what the Admin will see.

[MajorGeek]

Installed yesterday (clicked install here) and it originally showed 6 queries. Then 2. Its steady at 2. I used this hack back on Vb2 with less members then there are now and there were always plenty of searches listed. I checked the file from reading this thread and its set tot he default last 15.

Any idea off the top of your head what could be causing this?

I did wipe and rebuild my search index after install hoping that would fix it.

[Boofo]

The seraches are only held in the db for 24 hours on vB3. I think it was 7 days (if I remember right) on the vB2 version of this hack.

[cteselle]

<font color="Yellow">* clicks install</font>

Great hack, thanks!

[cteselle]

Originally Posted by Boofo

It is set up to not show Admins, Super Mods or Mod searches.

Just curious why this is? Security issues?

[Boofo]

If you (the Admin or Mods) do a search in a private area, it will show up on the list, even though users can't get into that area. By making it so the staff searches don't show up, it avoids any problems the users might have seeing what it is you were looking for in those areas.

[Tradjick]

Boofo, is there a way to add it to switch this hack on and off?

[Boofo]

You could probably do it with a profile field.

[WreckRman2]

Originally Posted by Boofo

The seraches are only held in the db for 24 hours on vB3. I think it was 7 days (if I remember right) on the vB2 version of this hack.

Is there any way to change this? Unless the board is very active odds are no one will every see the latest searches.

[Boofo]

The only way to change it would be to add another table and 1 or 2 queries to it and I'm not sure that would work as well as it does now.

[Nj?rd Eriksson]

Originally Posted by Boofo

The hack is working. It only holds the searches for 24 hours before it deletes them. Keep an eye on it for a few days and you will see that it is working like it is supposed to.

Great hack but it only seems to hold them for about an hour (or just less than 2 hours) on my board:

7 Most Recent Searches Made By Forum Members
1 post - german-galician - 20 Minutes Ago
16 posts - sergi - 21 Minutes Ago
5 posts - eurafrican - 25 Minutes Ago
9 posts - natufian - 30 Minutes Ago
23 posts - capoid - 35 Minutes Ago
969 posts - russian - 56 Minutes Ago
505 posts - slavs - 1 Hour Ago

It's set to 15 searches. Any idea why that is, and how to fix it?