Forum Home Enhancements - Split Useronline on Forumhome

Description
Splits the User Online section on the Forum Home to allow for staff/team members and users to be split into separate groups. This is the latest version of my previous mod and is now compatible with 4.0.x. My 3.7.x version was itself a new version of Surviver's original modification which was made for vBulletin 3.6.4.

My 3.7.x version of the modification can be found here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1537920


The rjs_split_online_40_vb4.1.2.zip download is only compatible with vBulletin 4.1.2 and above.

However if you are still using 4.0.x up-to 4.1.1 then please use the original download: rjs_split_online_40_pre4.1.2.zip



Features

• Currently allows for five different types of extra users (Admins, Staff, Premium, VIP, Donators) on top of the usual members (for those not assigned to any of the other groups).
• This is controlled through the usergroup manager whereby you can select Yes or No for each of the five types of users.
• This works off a user's display usergroup for which section/s they will appear in on the online listing.
• The titles for the six groupings (5 plus members) can now be managed inside the Vbulletin Options inside the Split Useronline section.
• Compatibility with User Legend Hacks (providing their Execution order is set to 2 or more)
• You can use HTML markup to change the colours of the titles. e.g
  

  <style="color:red;">Staff</span>

• The default additional spacing between the groups is now optional. This is managed in the VBulletin Options alongside the other settings above.
• There are no manual template edits any more.

Installation

1. Upload all necessary files to their respective directories. Overwrite files where prompted.
2. Install the product XML file. Be sure to Allow Overwrite.
3. Check that Split Useronline tool is turned on: vBulletin Options -> Split Useronline -> Activate: Yes
4. Decide whether you want to use the additional spacing between Groups.
   
5. If you are using a 4.0.x version prior to 4.0.6 then you will need to make the below template change:
   
   Style Manager -> Expand the "CSS Templates" Group -> Customize "split_online.css"
   
   And then change the following:
   

   #wgo_onlineusers .commalist li.nocomma:after {content: "";}
   #wgo_onlineusers .commalist li.br {display:block;}

   To (i.e. remove "#wgo_onlineusers "):
   

   .commalist li.nocomma:after {content: "";}
   .commalist li.br {display:block;}

   After you do upgrade to 4.0.6 just revert the above template and all will be fine.
   
6. Set relevant permissions for each usergroup.

Upgrading from 2.0.0 (was made for vBulletin 3.7.x)
Do not uninstall the old version of this mod before installing. Upgrading from my 3.7.x version of this modification should be painless. It will auto remove the previous version (if you have it installed). As detailed above I've switched from using phrases to vbulletin options to define the titles for the groupings. This was done due to user feedback from the last release. The groups each have a default title in place however they can easily be changed to your own preference.

Upgrading from 1.0.3 (was made for vBulletin 3.6.4)
Unfortunately anyone wishing to upgrade from Survivor's original modification will be unable to. You will need to uninstall this product at your own convenience. The usergroup assignments are also managed through the usergroup permissions screen rather than the vBulletin settings.

Changelog
2.5.0 - 4.0.x compatible release.
2.5.1 - Fixing issue with friend icons/invisible icons not appearing.
2.5.2 - Changed order of groups and made the extra spacing optional.
2.5.4 - Added an Automated CSS Template instead of manual template edits.
2.5.5 - Resolved compatibility issues with latest VBulletin. vBulletin 4.1.2 and above only

Author Notes
The main priority was simply to get a 4.0.x compatible version released but at the same time I did try to listen to user feedback and thus increased the number of groupings to five. In addition to this I also changed how the group titles are defined in an attempt to make this more accessible.

Credit for the original version of the modification still goes to Surviver.

Also the credit for the ilog function and the product un-installation process found within the installation code goes to Paul M.

[consolegaming]

@Taurus: What version of vB are you using? I've got some version specific comments in my initial post. The downloadable file works perfectly without any changes for 4.0.6 onwards, if your using anything before that then there's some instructions on a small change to make in a template. And then once you do upgrade to 4.0.6 you can either undo the change or just re-install the plugin.

@DeadRabbit: Have you expanded the CSS Templates group? After doing that the template is just above stylegenerator.css for me. If you still can't see it try doing a search for:

.nocomma

That should find it. It's a class only I'm using so it shouldn't bring up any other templates.

[Taurus1]

Hey! I am running 4.0.7

No luck here....

[consolegaming]

Ive not tried upgrading to 4.0.7 yet, I hope they haven't changed something else to muck up the css lol. It's definitely a CSS Issue as I just went to your forum and it's not seeing my css at all.

Do you have the template (split_online.css - It should be in the CSS Templates group) I mentioned in my response to DeadRabbit? (or search templates for .commalist )

If it's there can you tell me what the CSS Shows.

If it's VB 4.0.6 (providing they haven't changed something else in 4.0.7) or later it should be:

#wgo_onlineusers .commalist li.nocomma:after {content: "";}
#wgo_onlineusers .commalist li.br {display:block;}

If it's any earlier than 4.0.6 (i.e. 4.0.5 or earlier) then the css should be:

 .commalist li.nocomma:after {content: "";}
.commalist li.br {display:block;}

[Taurus1]

I can confirm that the split_online.css template is there, and also that this code is in there:

#wgo_onlineusers .commalist li.nocomma:after {content: "";} 
#wgo_onlineusers .commalist li.br {display:block;}

[consolegaming]

Originally Posted by Taurus1

I can confirm that the split_online.css template is there, and also that this code is in there:

#wgo_onlineusers .commalist li.nocomma:after {content: "";} 
#wgo_onlineusers .commalist li.br {display:block;}

Ok, let me guess you have this plugin installed:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228628

Pedro on page 5 had that issue:

Originally Posted by pedroenf

Well, after some "investigation" (lol) on why wasn't working i figured that your mod should be working just fine. It happens that i have this other mod installed (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228628) and just needed to add the split_online.css (#wgo_onlineusers .commalist li.nocomma:after {content: "";}
#wgo_onlineusers .commalist li.br {display:block;}) to it. Sorry for the misinformation, my bad

Working fine now.

I think that plugin must be overriding the CSS includes or something.

[Taurus1]

Originally Posted by consolegaming

Ok, let me guess you have this plugin installed:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228628

Pedro on page 5 had that issue:



I think that plugin must be overriding the CSS includes or something.

No, I don't. Damn. I really hope I can get this to work. It would really be awesome. And thanks for the effort.

[consolegaming]

Ah worked out what the issue is after looking at your source code. You store your CSS as files rather than templates.

As a quick fix adding those two lines of css to the end vbulletin.css template should resolve the issue.

For a proper fix it looks like I'll need to look into what to do to my product to make it work in this way by default i.e. working no matter how the CSS is stored.

[Taurus1]

Awesome!! That did it. Thank you very very much!

[sonixax]

Originally Posted by Eazy1

Well, I had that done (I've now updated to your newest version)... I'm curious how to remove just the last comma in each line:

Have Same problem .

[nikki712]

I cannot get this to work on my 4.0.8 test forum. I don't have that additional_css.css mod installed, and my css are not stored as files.