BoardMod Support Forum - Online Activity 4 YaBB 2.4

Carsten

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11.12.09 at 20:43:45

This mod adds a "Online Activity" area to the info center on the Board Index page listing the users activities on the forum. Admin option to set permissions.

Download Online Activity 4 YaBB 2.4...

12.12.09 at 03:43:49 - beta 0.2 - more detailed activity description.

12.12.09 at 14:40:57 - beta 0.2.1 - fixed problem with Global Announcment topics in virtual boards.

13.12.09 at 16:14:03 - beta 0.2.2 - fixed showing in Template Configuration. Added to old yabb21 template.

15.12.09 at 10:58:13 - beta 0.3 - more details when visiting 'View Profile' pages.

10.02.10 at 01:08:05 - beta 0.4 - problem with boards using "IIS server/Active State Perl" not providing the "REQUEST_URI" environment variable fixed. Bug in showing virtual boards fixed.

26.02.10 at 17:12:46 - beta 0.5 - sorted out bots from online list (until now shown as guests). Fixed bug where a member also stayed in the online list after login (or registration).

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Carsten Mod Author of the Year 2003 Offline Posts: 3281	Reply #1 - 12.12.09 at 03:48:21 beta 0.2 - added more detailed activity descriptions. New package attached to first post.
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Carsten Mod Author of the Year 2003 Offline Posts: 3281	Reply #2 - 12.12.09 at 14:44:02 Fixed problem with Global Announcment topics in virtual boards. New beta 0.2.1 package attached to first post.
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Captain John Hacker Expert Offline Posts: 264	Reply #3 - 12.12.09 at 17:34:23 WOW .. another Great one !
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Derek Barnstorm Hacker God Offline Posts: 1113	Reply #4 - 12.12.09 at 19:45:20 Cool. Thanks for this. I've only noticed a couple of small things so far - For some reason it's not picking up the Register and Login pages for me, I get 'Guest is visiting Undefined page'. Also (just to be fussy), maybe you could do something with the activity tag in Template Configuration and add it to the old 2.1 template too?
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Reply #5 - 12.12.09 at 20:14:27

Captain John wrote on 12.12.09 at 17:34:23:

WOW .. another Great one !

Thanks Capt'n

Derek Barnstorm wrote on 12.12.09 at 19:45:20:

For some reason it's not picking up the Register and Login pages for me, I get 'Guest is visiting Undefined page'.

Did you upload the latest 'OnlineActivity.lng' file?

Derek Barnstorm wrote on 12.12.09 at 19:45:20:

maybe you could do something with the activity tag in Template Configuration and add it to the old 2.1 template too?

Will do in next beta.

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Derek Barnstorm Hacker God Offline Posts: 1113	Reply #6 - 12.12.09 at 20:25:08 Carsten wrote on 12.12.09 at 20:14:27: Did you upload the latest 'OnlineActivity.lng' file? Oops! Sorry Carsten. I usually work on my Mac, but I installed it through BoardMod on my PC, so I'd used a version I downloaded last night. Doh! It's all working fine now I've updated anyway.
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Carsten Mod Author of the Year 2003 Offline Posts: 3281	Reply #7 - 13.12.09 at 16:17:13 beta 0.2.2 - fixed showing in Template Configuration. Added to old yabb21 template. New package attached to first post.
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Derek Barnstorm Hacker God Offline Posts: 1113	Reply #8 - 13.12.09 at 19:24:05 Great. Thanks!
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Carsten Mod Author of the Year 2003 Offline Posts: 3281	Reply #9 - 15.12.09 at 11:01:16 beta 0.3 - more details showing displayed name when visiting 'View Profile' pages. New package attached to first post.
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batchman Global Moderator Offline Posts: 1280	Reply #10 - 01.01.10 at 22:29:58 I've been trying this out, and it's kind of cool. But it keeps saying my other member is visiting an undefined board. How do I get my boards defined?
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Reply #11 - 10.01.10 at 23:54:49

batchman wrote on 01.01.10 at 22:29:58:

I've been trying this out, and it's kind of cool. But it keeps saying my other member is visiting an undefined board. How do I get my boards defined?

Hmmm - strange. I've now been testing on 5 different test boards with 5 different browsers and 6 different accounts besides guests and i've been over the code more times and have not been able to create any problems or found anything in the code to cause problems.

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THEWISEOLDOWL Bloody Novice Offline Posts: 23	Reply #12 - 11.01.10 at 01:46:53 I have installed this mod, whenever someone clicks the online activity button it always says everybody is visiting the board index, when i know their not..
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Captain John Hacker Expert Offline Posts: 264	Reply #13 - 11.01.10 at 16:10:08 mm seems to work Ok for me, Have Guest Activity enabled ? Everyone starts at the BoardIndex. Using the browser back button will not update (as it shouldn't), visiting a board, then clicking on the Nav link to return to Index displays online activity stats, correctly for me.
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THEWISEOLDOWL Bloody Novice Offline Posts: 23	Reply #14 - 12.01.10 at 05:31:38 Have Guest Activity enabled ? Is there a check box or something i'm missing that should be checked?
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mick Hacker Expert Offline Posts: 344	Reply #15 - 12.01.10 at 16:11:30 Hi, I installed the mod without problems, runs well. German Translation-Files attached. For bigger Boards it would be nice, to see some Admin- or GMod-Action. If I see, that another Admin splits a Thread (or something like this), I don't have to look for that anymore.
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THEWISEOLDOWL Bloody Novice Offline Posts: 23	Reply #16 - 17.01.10 at 19:16:35 Howdy, Ihave removed and reinstalled this mod 2 times with the same results, It always says everybody is visiting the board index...any ideas.
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Reply #17 - 03.02.10 at 00:12:48

THEWISEOLDOWL wrote on 17.01.10 at 19:16:35:

Howdy,
Ihave removed and reinstalled this mod 2 times with the same results, It always says everybody is visiting the board index...any ideas.

I don't really see how that could happen unless they all actually are visiting the board index. Could you show me the content of the 'Variables/activlog.txt' (with some users online)?

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THEWISEOLDOWL Bloody Novice Offline Posts: 23	Reply #18 - 09.02.10 at 06:40:30 Sure, THEWISEOLDOWL 1265696005\|172.163.13.208\| 67.195.37.105 1265696103\|67.195.37.105\| 173.50.97.181 1265696225\|173.50.97.181\| DAMITMAN 1265695804\|172.163.13.208\| 67.195.111.254 1265696369\|67.195.111.254\| 220.225.153.147 1265696364\|220.225.153.147\|
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Carsten Mod Author of the Year 2003 Offline Posts: 3281	Reply #19 - 09.02.10 at 10:44:46 @THEWISEOLDOWL - oh, looks like you are not getting anything from the environment variable in the active log. What kind of server is your board on? IIS? You could try this: In Subs.pl find Code: $requri = $ENV{'REQUEST_URI'}; and replace it with Code: $requri = "?" . $ENV{'QUERY_STRING'};
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THEWISEOLDOWL Bloody Novice Offline Posts: 23	Reply #20 - 09.02.10 at 19:34:59 using a windows based server, readyhosting.com
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Carsten Mod Author of the Year 2003 Offline Posts: 3281	Reply #21 - 09.02.10 at 21:21:42 THEWISEOLDOWL wrote on 09.02.10 at 19:34:59: using a windows based server, readyhosting.com Yep - but did you try the code change suggested in my previous post?
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THEWISEOLDOWL Bloody Novice Offline Posts: 23	Reply #22 - 09.02.10 at 22:58:40 THANKS Carsten, that did the trick, it's working fine now.
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Carsten Mod Author of the Year 2003 Offline Posts: 3281	Reply #23 - 10.02.10 at 01:18:49 beta 0.4 - problem with boards using "IIS server/Active State Perl" not providing the "REQUEST_URI" environment variable fixed. Bug in showing virtual boards fixed. New zip package attached to first post. @THEWISEOLDOWL - glad it worked out for you - a very nice catch
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Reply #24 - 10.02.10 at 04:55:06

Thanks for the help, i had run out of ideas. working well now,

Feb 9th, 2010 at 11:53pm
• TheWiseOldOwl is visiting the Board Index.
• Guest (66.249.65.170) is visiting "Hurricans" Topic in the "General Topic Forums" Board.
• Guest (67.195.37.105) is visiting a Undefined page.
• Guest (213.80.128.38) is visiting a Undefined page.
• Guest (67.195.111.254) is visiting " Mysti." Topic in the "Member Introductions"

Is this normal?

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Reply #25 - 10.02.10 at 13:38:42

@THEWISEOLDOWL - yes, that is perfectly normal if you have added tabs to the main menu (or other links) to yabb actions not included in the standard distribution (like mods).

In the 'OnlineActivity.lng' file in the zip package i've added 'action descriptions' for a few mods like 'Member Map', 'CE Chat', 'Ratings' and 'Event Calendar'.

You can add 'action descriptions' by adding a data pair to the '%activitytxt' hash in the 'OnlineActivity.lng' file using the 'action' as the 'key'.

Example: The 'CE Chat' page uri is: .../YaBB.pl?action=chat then the data pair to add is: 'chat' => 'the Chat', (as mentioned already added).

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THEWISEOLDOWL Bloody Novice Offline Posts: 23	Reply #26 - 10.02.10 at 19:43:26 Thanks, I'll toy with that alittle, i have added a few mods, Users Today Reputation system OnlineActivity Shoutbox Mood 1.5 Countdown Event Twitter in Profile YaBB Advertisement Ratings Boardviewers , planing on adding more
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Carsten Mod Author of the Year 2003 Offline Posts: 3281	Reply #27 - 26.02.10 at 17:17:05 beta 0.5 - sorted out bots from online list (until now shown as guests). Fixed bug where a member also stayed in the online list after login (or registration). Link to new zip package in first post.
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Moyamoya Bloody Novice Offline Posts: 26	Reply #28 - 18.05.10 at 06:02:13 Carsten, Before I install this mod, may I ask if everyone can see the online activity section or is this only for Admins and Moderators? Thank you for any info, DJ
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mick Hacker Expert Offline Posts: 344	Reply #29 - 19.05.10 at 11:34:20 Hi Dj, you can decide who can see the online-activity. Only Admin, Admin + GMods, Admin + GMods + Members or everyone. Greetings Mick
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