Users Viewing Forums

[Adriano Faria]

This plugin will display, on Forums index, total users (members and guests) browsing forums.

NOTE: This plugin DO NOT count users reading topics in the forums; only users browsing the forums.

 

Edited November 4, 2020 by Adriano Faria

[Joy Rex]

I just purchased this, and everywhere it is showing "1 viewing" (on the forums that actually have activity), but when I click on it shows many more users - is there a problem?

And yes, this is in Table view - I thought this was similar to VBulletin's "users viewing topic".

[Adriano Faria]

1 minute ago, Joy Rex said:

is there a problem?

Not that I know. Send a PM with your board URL and credentials. I'll take a look in the SQL Toolbox to see what's showing there.

[Percival]

@Adriano Faria Thank for the plugin!

I've got the same problem as @Joy Rex (it shows only "1 viewing" despite more users).

Could you add a possiblity to translate "viewing" in regard to 1 user in other language? I mean an ability to change translation to {%s [1:viewing][?:viewing]}

[Adriano Faria]

I’ll take a look on his board in a couple of hours and will release a fix, if that’s the case. 👍

[Noble~]

any way to get this to work on grid?

[Adriano Faria]

9 minutes ago, Noble~ said:

any way to get this to work on grid?

It will. Right now there’s an issue preventing to work: https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/459347-template-forums-index-forumgriditem/

 

[Noble~]

Perfect, I will purchase this and wait for the fix 👍

[Adriano Faria]

1 minute ago, Noble~ said:

Perfect, I will purchase this and wait for the fix 👍

Should be out tomorrow. 👍

[Adriano Faria]

New version submitted (and waiting approval). It fixes the inconsistency in the total number of users viewing forums (on board index) and adds pluralization to the board index language bit.

EDIT: Oh God, forgot to increase the version number. So when it's out, UNINSTALL the version you have and install it again. I will submit it again with right version number next time.

Edited November 4, 2020 by Adriano Faria

[403 - Forbiddeen]

I like your plugin, but will turn better if count from sub foruns and topics reads, its rare have a member inside foruns.

A suggestion, integration with tutorials and downloads.

[Adriano Faria]

It won’t count users in topics because an additional query per topic ID would be required to get the forum_id where the topic is posted. So 20 users in 20 topics, will result in 20 additional queries when you load your index. I really don’t think you will want to slow down your board considerably. I also don’t believe IPS would approve such poor implementation. 

Edited November 5, 2020 by Adriano Faria

[yurg]

Hi, we've purchased this plugin and we have Forum Table View and all set on Admin CP -> System -> Plugins -> Users Viewing Forums -> Edit (pencil button) but there is no viewing statistics available. Are there any other steps to perform in order to see this working? Thanks.   

[Adriano Faria]

5 minutes ago, yurg said:

Are there any other steps to perform in order to see this working?

Choose the groups in the settings and it should appear in the index, besides the forums names.

[yurg]

 

1 hour ago, Adriano Faria said:

Choose the groups in the settings and it should appear in the index, besides the forums names.

Did already, no dice. Any other hint please?  

[Adriano Faria]

1 minute ago, yurg said:

 

Did already, no dice. Any other hint please?  

That’s all you have to do. Send a PM with ACP access. I’ll take a look. 

[Adriano Faria]

Just a closure on this: the user has only one forum, so there isn’t an index, that’s why it doesn’t show. 

[Adriano Faria]

What's New in Version 1.0.2:

• Fix users online in the popup on Redis

[Mercury5]

Thanks for creating this addon @Adriano Faria 

Just a quick question before I purchase.

Is there a way that this does not show when no viewers are looking in forums? 

• Display "0 Viewing" in forums when no user is browsing it

[Adriano Faria]

Setting enabled:

Setting disabled:

 

So to not show 0 viewing, leave the setting disabled.

[Mercury5]

1 minute ago, Adriano Faria said:

Setting enabled:

Setting disabled:

 

So to not show 0 viewing, leave the setting disabled.

Awesome, thank you. :)

[alexxis]

The plugin won't count users reading topics, I understand this, but how about users in the subforums? will they be counted on the main page?

For example, if the forum called "Test forum" has two subforums inside it - "Second forum" and "Third forum", and there are some users browsing inside them (not inside topics), - will they be counted on the main page, right on the "Test forum"?

[Adriano Faria]

Same user can’t be in two different places at same time so it wouldn’t be an accurate result. 

Edited February 9, 2021 by Adriano Faria

[alexxis]

3 hours ago, Adriano Faria said:

Same user can’t be in two different places at same time so it wouldn’t be an accurate result. 

I wasn't talking about the same user. Imagine: John is visiting the main forum called "A Test forum" like on your picture above. So, he will be counted as "1 viewing". If at the same time, Mark starts to browse in its subforum ""Second forum" , will Mark be counted as the second person viewing the "A test forum" forum?

[ftl001_merged]

It does not appear to be working for 4.5.