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soniceffect · #1 10-08-2009, 06:30 PM

Hi peeps,

I have had a look for this as Im determined to learn, however Im sorry to say I cant find this one LOL ...

I am looking to reorder the Currently Active Users display on the forum homepage as I would like to show admin first (alphabetically) then supermods, premium members, members and so on. Problem is Im just not sure where to look.

I would like if someone could let me know where to start and what I would need to do to get this working. Not after a full solution, just pointers so I can have a play around with it myself and hopefully learn something along the way.

Lynne · #2 10-08-2009, 07:25 PM

You might want to look up the GROUP BY part of a SELECT statement for mysql. Then you may need to get a bit creative in ordering the list by the group. However, it looks like there are hooks you can use for both things (take a look under the LOGGED IN USERS area in index.php).

soniceffect · #3 10-08-2009, 09:54 PM

Sorry I must not have put it clearly above. Im fine with the sql (Im a sql developer) it's the understanding of where the current code for this is. Have had a look at the vbulletin api but seem to be missing it. Could well be me loosin the plot lol.

Also another quick question. I understand the idea behind the hooks in vbulletin. However how would you go about replacing a feature, ie with this one I would want to replace the sql with that of my own. Would this be a case of switching off in the vbulletin settings area the current one and completely running my own, or would I be able to replace the current sql. Just getting myself a little confused. Im keen to learn however just struggling to start myself off anywhere.

Lynne · #4 10-08-2009, 10:02 PM

As I said in my post, it is in the index.php page under the header of LOGGED IN USERS. Hooks are basically just areas where you may add in your own code. If you look at the query for this, there are hooks in the query to allow you to add to the query. You can read up on plugins/hooks in the manual.

soniceffect · #5 10-09-2009, 05:36 AM

sorry Lynne, you did say which file. That'll teach me for reasing late at night LOL .... Thankyou for your help

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