Forum Home Enhancements - Track Guest Visits

As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This tracks the number of guests that have visited a forum each day. This isn't possible in stock vbulletin as no record is kept of guest visits, they are a 'realtime' display only. This will add (another) section to the "What's Going On" area.

Options / Features ;

* The ability to turn it on/off.
* The ability to turn just the display on/off.
* The ability to allow (or prevent) certain usergroups viewing the display.
* The ability to run the display code on all pages (not just forumhome).
* The ability to switch between 'Today' and Rolling 24 Hours display (default).
* The list of guests can be set to be always collapsed on initial view.
* The script that the Guest is running is logged (e.g. showthread, usercp etc).
* The request variables in use are logged (e.g. threadid, userid etc).
* The guest table can be cleaned of old records to help control it's size.
* Controls for the displays automatic template update.
* The datastore read (for spider detection) will read from the File/APC/Memcache/Xcache datastore [if used].
* Guest Views data collection - tracking each guests viewing of the forum index page, forums and threads.
* Guest Views data collection can be separately disabled.
* Multiple guest visits to the same page are logged separately.
* Clicking on a Guest type in the main display will list all recent visits by guests of that type.
* Clicking on the option in the guest listing will show that guests viewing data (if enabled).
* Usergroup permissions are done with the standard vbulleten usergroup permissions system.
* The option to keep a record of [and display] the most ever guests can be enabled.

Four new usergroup permissions are provided in the usergroup manager.

* Can View the Guests Visited Display - Members can view the guests visited display on Forumhome.
* Can View Guest IP Addresses - Members can see the ip addresses of visiting guests.
* Can View Guest Visits List - Members can view the list of guest visits page.
* Can View Guest Tracking Data - Members can view the individual guest visit tracking page.

* All (non usergroup) modification settings are in vBulletin Options > Guest Tracking.

To install (or upgrade);

• Unzip the XML files.
• Upload the bitfields file to your ../includes/xml folder.
• If upgrading from a previous version, delete the old bitfield xml file from your ../includes/xml folder.
• Import the product into vBulletin using the ACP Product Manager.
• Set your required permissions in the usergroup manager.

Note that by default no usergroup permissions are given, you must set them.


You can get an improved Spiders Definition file from this post.

Note: For Spider detection to work you must set Enable Spider Display to 'Yes' in vBulletin Options > Who's Online Options.

Template Hook

Please note that this modification uses the following template hook in the FORUMHOME template ;

forumhome_wgo_pos2

This must be present in any customised template/style you are using, otherwise this modification will not display.


History:

v3.8.001 : Initial vb 3.8 release.
v3.8.002 : Fix install code SQL error.
v3.8.003 : Fix bug in attachment viewing links.

[pneumothorax]

A few days ago I've banned an A class network and everything was fine until today, when I saw high activity from this particular network in the log. Is that normal?
And also an you tell me if "Logged" means that the visitor is logged in the forum with a username and pass?
Thank you!

[Farman]

I was facing a problem, when I installed new template it was not showing there, and later I figured it out.

If everything is fine there in Usergroups and Admincp > VB Options > Guest Tracking than just add

$template_hook[forumhome_wgo_pos2]

to the "ForumHome" template, and It will be shown.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by pneumothorax

A few days ago I've banned an A class network and everything was fine until today, when I saw high activity from this particular network in the log. Is that normal?

Yes. When you ban an IP in vbulletin, it can still connect, all that happens is they get redirected to a no access page.

Originally Posted by pneumothorax

And also an you tell me if "Logged" means that the visitor is logged in the forum with a username and pass?

No, it means how many times they have been logged visiting certain areas of the site (which can be listed if you have that permission).

[Orakk]

My favorite mod Paul..

I have a request - Back at the ranch we make a game out of banning bots and I'm curious if some kind of botometer could be run off this mod showing how many bots have been captured so far.

[Kadi]

I read through all the posts, checked and rechecked but I can't see the permissions.

[lm3a.net]

Thanks bro ..

[SirHappy]

thx Paul. works in 3.8.3.

[Brathamike]

unable to install i get invalid error

am i supposed to install this from admin - manage products - add/import product?

is this correct? if now how do you install this

thanks

[Brathamike]

I was uploading wrong file thanks for the file

[Brathamike]

How do i install spiders_vbulletin that you offer? do i need to FTO this in my includes - xml file? if not how do you install that script

thanks