Users Stay Active

yngwiethps · Post by **yngwiethps** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:59 pm

Can you make the users online list so users stay on the list no matter how long it has been since they last clicked?

Just like Invision Power Boards,
where it displays the users names in order from who had clicked a page. And if you leave the site or log off, it takes you off the list.

yngwiethps · Post by **yngwiethps** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:26 am

ckwalsh · Post by **ckwalsh** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:19 am

I've never written a Mod before, but *think* this is a really easy fix that doesn't need a special mod.

In the overall_header.tpl file of each of your styles, add this next to the other meta tags:

Code: Select all

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="300">

That should force the page to refresh every 5 minutes, also re-adding them to the active users list.

chrisb123 · Post by **chrisb123** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:42 am

Please note this will increase your bandwidth consumption

Elias · Post by **Elias** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:55 am

Is there a MOD just like this one but on the "who is online" the users always stay online..?
Is there anything like that?

chrisb123 · Post by **chrisb123** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:59 am

there is a fake users mod if thats what u mean

Elias · Post by **Elias** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:01 am

And what does that MOD do?

chrisb123 · Post by **chrisb123** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:02 am

Here >> http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=180515

Ensure that is what you want by reading it properly and be aware that this mod is not a full release and shouldnt really be used on your live site

ckwalsh · Post by **ckwalsh** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:43 pm

It seems like it would be easy to set up a small, hidden ifram that refreshed every 5 minutes, and the page is would request wouldn't have anything, just readd them to hte list.

stickerboy · Post by **stickerboy** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:59 pm

Brainy wrote: It seems like it would be easy to set up a small, hidden ifram that refreshed every 5 minutes, and the page is would request wouldn't have anything, just readd them to hte list.

i'm sure someone did that for the admin panel

have you tried using the MOD search tool, or looked throught some older pages in the MOD Dev forums?

Merlin Sythove · Post by **Merlin Sythove** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:10 am

yngwiethps wrote: Can you make the users online list so users stay on the list no matter how long it has been since they last clicked?

Just like Invision Power Boards,
where it displays the users names in order from who had clicked a page. And if you leave the site or log off, it takes you off the list.

How will you know, when someone has just requested a page, that they are sitting behind their computer reading it, or that they switched off their computer and have gone to the pub?

I have augmented my "Who is online" list by a list of users who have visited the board in the past 24 hours. That gives a good idea of how many people are interested and have seen some posts etc.

yngwiethps · Post by **yngwiethps** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:17 am

Brainy wrote: I've never written a Mod before, but *think* this is a really easy fix that doesn't need a special mod.

In the overall_header.tpl file of each of your styles, add this next to the other meta tags:
Code: Select all
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="300">
That should force the page to refresh every 5 minutes, also re-adding them to the active users list.

Hey thanks man.

yngwiethps · Post by **yngwiethps** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:35 pm

Merlin Sythove wrote:
yngwiethps wrote:Can you make the users online list so users stay on the list no matter how long it has been since they last clicked?

Just like Invision Power Boards,
where it displays the users names in order from who had clicked a page. And if you leave the site or log off, it takes you off the list.

How will you know, when someone has just requested a page, that they are sitting behind their computer reading it, or that they switched off their computer and have gone to the pub?

I have augmented my "Who is online" list by a list of users who have visited the board in the past 24 hours. That gives a good idea of how many people are interested and have seen some posts etc.

I dunno, so if i change
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="300">
to <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5">
and somebody is inactive for 5 seconds they are taken off the list?

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