Live Forum Statistics on All Pages in Header

Plugin Keywords: Forum, Stats, Statistics, Members, New Members, Forum, Statistics, Member Info

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Requested by :
Myself :devious:

Context :
Searched through vb.org but could not find a similar plugin/hack for vB3.5/vB3.0.x. I wanted to show all vital forum stats like total posts, total threads, total members and newest member on each page of my forum as well as vBa CMPS, in header template and this plugin performs exactly the same function.

What this plugin does ?
This plugin uses the 'global_start' hook and stores the desired information from your forum database into php variables and when called in 'header 'template, produces the desired results.

Utility :
Imagine... an unregistered/guest visits your website for the first time via a search engine link (95% of times its not the homepage that is found via a search engines link) and the first thing s/he notices is the forum header information and says wow!! this forum has got xxxx members, xxxxx threads, xxxxxx posts, why not get registered with this community and see what this forum has got in store for me. LOL!! quite true actually.

Demo : http://www.sikhism.us

Any Screenshots : Demo is self-explanatory.

Warning : This plugin executes 5 queries per page.

Installation Instructions : (Also attached alongwith the plugin.)

 
Step by Step Instructions: 
1. Ofcourse, download the Plugin.
2. Go to 'Plugin System' module in vb admin panel and click 'Download/Upload Plugins'.
3. Towards the botton of next screen, you will see a box table - 'Import Plugin Definitions XML File'. Click the 'Browse' button and select the Plugin Definitions XML File downloaded and saved somewhere on your computer. Click the 'Import' button and well... you are not quite yet done. LOL!!
4. Ok, Now go to Styles & Tempalte --> 'Styles Manager' and select the 'Common Templates' option from drop down menu and click the 'Go' button.
5. In the header template:
 
Find: (ususally at the end of the template file)
<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open
 
$_phpinclude_output
 
 
 
Add Above:
<!-- Forum Stats in Header Template -->
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
    <td>
     <div align="left"><span class="smallfont">| <b>Discussions:</b> $totalthreads | <b>Messages:</b> $totalposts | <b>Members: </b>$numbermembers | <b>Online: </b>$totalonline </b> | <b>Newest :</b> <a href="$vboptions[bburl]/member.php?u=$newuserid"><b>$newusername</b></a> (Welcome!)
</span></div>
     </td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- Forum Stats in Header Template -->
 
Ofcourse you can customise this code to suit your website setup. ;)
 
9. And, now finally you are done! :)

Enjoy!!

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[kurtbarker]

Originally Posted by Neutral Singh

This hacks counts all the posts in your database whether they are under usergroup restrictions or not which i think is the true count of posts in your forums.

hey mate, was going to install, but what is stated above is a bit of a worry for me... I have admin/mod/official sections which only those usergroups have access to, I don't want to display more posts than what my members can actually see, and if it shows a different count from the stats down the bottom, then it could be seen as a 'bug' by my members

[Neutral Singh]

Is there any need to show both the stats at all... just remove the stats down the bottom !!

[Svenna]

sorry, don?t work.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=116361


I have tried all sorts of things but it simply does not work.

[MrOnline]

i've had to use impex on my old vb sqldb and move to a new, but on the new one after running all kinda "maintance" i still cant get the this plugin to show anything at the header...
the default stats update like no problem, but nothing comes up on top...

[Neutral Singh]

i think you would have to install the plugin again.

[napy8gen]

me too having the same problem to 2 of our client skin;

Invalid SQL:
SELECT userid, username FROM vb_user WHERE vb_userid=9041;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'vb_userid' in 'where clause'
Error Number : 1054

the plugin was installed and the code is put in header template properly.Any clue Mr Singh?

[TitanJeff]

I am having a custom skin designed for 3.5.1 and installed this just a few minutes ago. It worked like a charm but it messed with my photo thumbnail table below the masthead by scrunching (technical term) the thumbnails to the left. Not only that, it did the same thing to my current skin which isn't even using the plugin.

Any ideas or suggestions as to a fix? I turned off this plugin and all returned to normal. I can post an image if it may help.

Thanks!

[TitanJeff]

Originally Posted by TitanJeff

I am having a custom skin designed for 3.5.1 and installed this just a few minutes ago. It worked like a charm but it messed with my photo thumbnail table below the masthead by scrunching (technical term) the thumbnails to the left. Not only that, it did the same thing to my current skin which isn't even using the plugin.

Any ideas or suggestions as to a fix? I turned off this plugin and all returned to normal. I can post an image if it may help.

Thanks!

Just to follow up, here are screen shots which show the problem better.

[Neutral Singh]

Hi Jeff, sorry for a late reply... see you dont have to put the same html formatting i used for an example....

So, even the following code should work for you!!

<b>Discussions:</b> $totalthreads </br>
<b>Messages:</b> $totalposts </br>
<b>Members: </b>$numbermembers </br>
<b>Online: </b>$totalonline </b> </br>
<b>Newest :</b> <a href="$vboptions[bburl]/member.php?u=$newuserid"><b>$newusername</b></a> (Welcome!) </br>

[TitanJeff]

Originally Posted by Neutral Singh

Hi Jeff, sorry for a late reply... see you dont have to put the same html formatting i used for an example....

So, even the following code should work for you!!

<b>Discussions:</b> $totalthreads </br>
<b>Messages:</b> $totalposts </br>
<b>Members: </b>$numbermembers </br>
<b>Online: </b>$totalonline </b> </br>
<b>Newest :</b> <a href="$vboptions[bburl]/member.php?u=$newuserid"><b>$newusername</b></a> (Welcome!) </br>

I am still getting the same error with the thumbnails shifting. Here is the code:

<td style="background-image:url($stylevar[imgdir_misc]/header_mid_bg.gif); background-position:top;">
	<p class="headlink2">
	<span class="headlink2">
	<strong>Members:</strong> $numbermembers<br />
    <strong>Threads:</strong> $totalthreads<br />
    <strong>Posts:</strong> $totalposts<br />
	
          <br />
          <strong>Newest Member:</strong> <a href="$vboptions[bburl]/member.php?u=$newuserid">$newusername</a></span></p>
    </td>

I assume this has to be in the plug-in code itself as my current template, that doesn't even use this plugin, has a shift of the photo gallery thumbnails when the plugin is activated.