UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V5 Mod Questions Who's Currently Online

NBAustin,

Here is what I am doing with the postings.cgi file and it seems to work great:

To see it in action, look here

After sub Reply {

add this:


After sub PrepForEdit {

add this


After sub PostReply {

add this:


After sub NewTopic {

add this:


After sub PostTopic {

add this:


After sub DoTheEdit {

add this:


Okay I'm sure there is a better way to do this, but using the subs is the best way. You could also do the same for "delete topic sub", I do not enable it so no need to modify it.

So what do you all think?


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Michael Butterfield
Music Global Network
http://musicglobalnetwork.com

Michael,

I see nothing wrong with where you have them in postings.cgi, and it should work fine. The only thing is, peopl should be aware that putting them there will show people posting in private forums and stuff... which is something I'd rather not have people knowing who has access to them. If that doesn't concern you, then that's probably a good place to put them!

Hi Dave,

I do not have private forums enabled. I agree if you do have private forums additional coding and placement is crucial.

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Michael Butterfield
Music Global Network
http://musicglobalnetwork.com

Thanks Michael. I had it right. It's working fine. I appreciate your help.

Works great!

NOW....

How do we get it to show people either performing a search, or reading "Today's Active Topics"?

and....how about it showing a guest registering...reading the FAQ...etc?

Cool, I'm glad to help out. It should switch from area to area really well that way. Having a couple static IP accounts helped me debug it. I would try and get that private forum issue solved, but I have to pack up now and go to Hawaii. However, I am sure I left the baseline code in good hands here on the Code Hackers Hideout. I bet by the time I come back, there will probably be 5 or more cool addons or enhancements

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Michael Butterfield
Music Global Network
http://musicglobalnetwork.com

The man sure knows how to make somebody jealous... have a good trip.


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Allen

- http://www.stand318.com

Hey Dave,

Just wanted to extend a thank you for this excellent script! Now updated to the newest version (1.8), on 5.45b, and all is working perfectly here. Maybe you should take a vacation to Hawaii too. You deserve it!


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Administrator
Alien Soup Forums
http://www.aliensoup.com/cgi-bin/forums/Ultimate.cgi

Please help I installed your code V1.8 and in the main page it shows up when i click on the who is online this is what i get

Invalid header: Unknown or unsupported header

Script output was:
Undefined subroutine &main::get_cookie called at online.cgi line 106.

music global: that was EXACTLY it, thank you very much

DJLunacy - what version of UBB are you running. If your ubb_library.pl does not have the "get_cookie" subroutine in it, you'll need to add the following line with the other requires at the beginning of any script that you put a "&WriteUserSession" call in:


require "cookie-lib.pl"

Hi Dave,

I have installed this hack off of a local file at http://www.mrwebb.net/ubbhacks/ but I have not been able to connect to your site at all. The version of the hack that I have is great and all but the whole deal, especially with what the Pokemon guy did would be ideal. Any idea why I can't connect to your site? Any chance that I could talk someone into e-mailing me the txt directions?

Thanks in advance!


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Cygnus

http://www.cygnus-study.com

consider the instructions emailed to you.

i also included the latest version of online.cgi just incase you didn't have it

Dave,

Just wanted to thanks. Very easy to follow! I have only had my board for a couple of days and was able to install this hack the first time!
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Just one questions about this..
# Who do you want to see ip/host information?
# Options available are: admin, mods, both, everyone, none
# Setting this to anything other than 'none' MAY drastically increase the
# load on your server.

$display_host = "both";
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I set mine to "none" just because of what you said, but was wondering what the options mean

Thanks! Tim

Admin = Only admins can see IP/Host info
Mods = Only mods can see IP/Host info (??)
Both = Both admins and mods can see IP/Host info
Everybody = Anybody can see IP/Host info
None = Noone can see IP/Host info

I have a small problem. I have two online.cgi's installed, online.cgi and online2.cgi. online.cgi functions as a normal online.cgi, while online2.cgi is the SSI one, and I include it in a small bar over my UBB nav bar, and it refreshes every 20 seconds. Only problem is, every time it refreshes, it writes the user as "reading the onlinelist", as it would if you were reading the normal online.cgi. I tried removing the but the script then just shows nothing. How do I stop online2.cgi from writing the user session? THanks!

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http://mb.pokemonabode.com

Dave Downin,

I must say this is one of the best hacks. And I really appreciate you taking the time to fix the minor bugs here and there. Its very easy to install.

You may want to put in the online.txt file that its been updated on a newer date. right now it still says 2/11/00 or something.

Great Job and keep it up!

Dave Downin,

I dont know what you did to fix the cookie problem. But you fixed all my cookie problems. PM works without duplicate names and everything. Thanks Dave!

Ohhh yeah quick idea. I dont know how much more you want to code into this. But how about having the users location also in the who is online. Also since there is a log of how many visiters. How about total visitors?

Just a idea Thanks again Dave.

AWSOME!!!
That is all I can say,
Haven't worked on my forum in months.
Now the Hacks are great.
I installed the Who's Online hack in minutes and it works great.

Kudos

Grumbling http://www.eliteleagues.com

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Nothing But Grim Determination...

Hi, I have been following this forum for about 3 months already and learned much of it, also had the errors with double names but that's solved too with latest release but here's what I get now:

After adding the first one, everything worked except the double name thing

now I upgraded it and the script works but ALL my msgs have the icon that they are new, and all the forums' Light are lit stating they have new msgs.

Maybe this has come before, but how do I fix this?

plz help would be appreciated.

If you want to test it at the forum itself, here it is: http://hammer.prohosting.com/~pandora0/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi

It's at prohosting = Slow but something for ppl who don't have their ow server nor the money to buy webhosting

Plz help me, because I love this hack and would like to have it to work without messing up the rest of the script.

Thanks

Redneck - I've heard of this problem, and I'm not sure what the cause of it is, because I don't have that problem on my forums. I know that this site had that problem for a while, but now it seems to be fixed. If anyone knows what the deal is, I'd love to hear how you solved it. (It's kinda hard to fix something that you can't duplicate).

I never got this problem either.

Helios, does it works with you already now? if yes how have you fixed it?

Thanks

holy monkey!

Okay, I've spent the past hour reading this entire topic and I just tried installing Dave's the hack today. So I'm guessing I have the latest version of everything.

And since I'ma complete moron, I can't get it to work. Although my problem was similar to others, it's not quite the same. I'm sure it's simple and I'm going to feel even more idiotic, but it don't think it's as simple as "uploading in ASCII and setting my premissions" because I've already done that, twice.

Firstly, on the "main page" I get this "Guest - There are no members, and 1 guest on the boards." Why am I being seen as a Guest?

And secondly, when I click on the link I get a 500 error. I know this mean my premissions aren't set right, but I swear I have. Unless they're suppose to be something *other* than 755? Or maybe not 755 at all?

I dunno. I'm so confused. Anyone willing to help? Please?
http://littleginsu.net/ubb/


Oh! Okay. When I posted a msg on my board it then recognized me. However, I cleared my History and Temporary Internet File and now it doesn't know who I am. Is this just something that happens to everyone, or have I *really* messed things up? help!
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spoo

I'm an even bigger loser. I installed it tonight (so I assume I have the recent versions) but when I tried to access my forum I just got "Document contains no data" and
Undefined subroutine &main::WriteUserSession called at Ultimate.cgi line 140.
Undefined subroutine &main::WriteUserSession called at Ultimate.cgi line 133.
Undefined subroutine &main::WriteUserSession called at forumdisplay.cgi line 331.

In my error logs.....

ideas? I only did the basic install... ubb_library.pl, Ultimate.cgi, and forumdisplay.cgi

I checked to make sure those scripts had the
require "ubb_library.pl" line

Right now I am reverted back to the previous code because I didn't want my board down.

k solved my prob

deleted the cookie of UBB on my hd and everything works back

very weird

OpalCat - did you follow my instructions and install the 2 subroutines (and replace one) in ubb_library.pl? Doesn't sound like you did...

This topic is getting long, 192 posts, thats the longest I've ever seen in UBB

That's tiny. I know a post with over 100 pages.

Just a thought

Any suggestiongs for me?

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spoo

Whoa! 100 pages? Thats long, how many posts was that?

Still waiting for help...

but the script then just shows nothing. How do I stop online2.cgi from writing the user session? THanks!

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http://mb.pokemonabode.com

whoop!

No more internal server error, but my cookies are still screwed up.

Any suggestiongs? Please?

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spoo

I tried installing the hack..and what I got is that it puts the "Online Users" section that is supposed to go at the bottom of the forum at every 'section' of the main page.

It's kind of hard to explain, so just check it out here: http://forums.ttlg.com

This is my 'experimenting' forum, I don't want to screw up my actual forum, so please let me know what needs to be fixed. Thanks in advance.

Gawain.... looks like you've got the code in Ultimate.cgi in the wrong place... check the directions and where you put it!

So... I guess this means no one's up for helping me?

It's not like I haven't been looking around and using the serach function because I am. I've tried every suggestion I was able to find and understand and still no luck. I know you guys are probably sick of answering the same stupid questions over and over again, but could you at least take a look and point me in the right direction. Thanks.

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spoo

Thanks, I redid it and it works!

However, one more thing -- how come it shows me as "guest"?

I mean, it says:
"Guest - There are 14 members, and 16 other guests on the boards."

Also, how do I remove the IP address listing on the guest's on the online.cgi page? I want to conserve their privacy... sorry, I'm not that much of a perl/cgi guy -- I'm an ASP guy.

Is there a solution to these? Thanks again for your help.

Greetings -

I am running 5.45c and I attempted to install this hack (which is the best hack so far). I am getting a blank page when I try to connect to the ubb. I followed your instructions to the T, but I usually did something silly like added a ) or forgot a ;. I have read about 100 of these pages and found nothing. I am running it on my own server (iis5.0) and played around with the print switch that you suggested. Just for giggles I put in 1 modified file at a time to try and pinpoint the page with the error in it, but each page seperately would bring up a blank page. If any of you have any suggestions, please let me know. I will give it a shot from scratch soon, but there is always hope.

joor

Okay. I'm new at all this CGI stuff, so bear with me.

I've added all the code for this hack to the appropriate places. Ultimate.cgi, ubb_library.pl, forumdisplay.cgi and cookie-lib.pl have all been edited properly, as far as I can see.

online.txt was uploaded and renamed to online.cgi, and the permissions set right.

It works, until someone clicks on the "Currently Browsing.." link...then I get a 500 error.

Oh...my server needs the .shtml extension.

Now, did I miss something, and am I completely clueless?

Any help would be really REALLY good.

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Tony