vBulletin CMS Widgets - Widget: CMS Most Viewed Articles This Week

Most Viewed Articles This Week

1. Installation

1. Goto Admincp->vBullietin CMS->Widgets->Create New Widget
2. Choose PHP Direct Execution as Widget's Type
3. Insert a title. This Week's Most Popular for example.
4. Click Save
5. Click Configure on the right of the newly created widget.
6. Remove the default code that appears.
7. Copy and Paste the code in item 2 below.
8. Save
9. Goto Admincp->vBullietin CMS->Layout Manager
10. Add the Widget to your Layout
11. Click Save

2. PHP Code

      // Current Week Most Viewed
  $starttime = time() - (3600*24*7);
  $mostpopularweek_get = vB::$db->query_read("
  SELECT DISTINCT
                 ca.contentid,
                 cn.publishdate,
                 cn.nodeid,
                 cni.title,
                 cni.viewcount
  FROM
   ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodecategory cnc
  JOIN
   ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_node cn
  ON 
  cnc.nodeid = cn.nodeid
  JOIN
   ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_article ca
  ON
   cn.contentid = ca.contentid
  JOIN
   ".TABLE_PREFIX."cms_nodeinfo cni 
  ON
  cn.nodeid = cni.nodeid
  WHERE
  cn.setpublish = 1
  AND
  cn.publishdate>'".$starttime."'
  ORDER BY
  cni.viewcount desc
  LIMIT 5
     ");
  $output = '';
  while($article = vB::$db->fetch_array($mostpopularweek_get))
  {
            $output .='<div class = "cms_widget_post_bit"><h4 class="cms_widget_post_header"><a href="content.php?r='.$article[nodeid].'">'.$article[title].'</a> </h4></div>';
  }

3. Change Log

[Version 1.02 9-23-2010]
Removed unnecessary ob*() calls.
Changed output_bits to just output.

[Version 1.01 4-21-2010]
Fixed a bug show the correct URL was used for each article.

[tbworld]

We all appreciate the sharing, that is what makes the community.

[concepts]

Originally Posted by tbworld

We all appreciate the sharing, that is what makes the community.

Exactly!!! and thanks for this mod!