Ok I am going to release this hack. It's is a views counter that works with the cache, but does not work with the accelerator. It is VERY BETA, I warn you up front, so don't scream and yell if it doesn't work perfect. In fact, if you are not comfortable installing BETA hacks, don't install this at all. With those things in mind, download the hack below. This hack was based off of JB007's original hack for 6.0x.

Download
Views Counter 5.0 [BETA]

Demo
http://www.vhforums.com

<font color="#000000" size="1">[ 11-28-2001 06:18 PM: Message edited by: Slurpee ]</font>

Thanks Slurpee... if you used JB's from before and upgraded to this one, would the counts form the old one remain?

Yep did on mine.

Is there a way to keep the date and time of when the thread was started? Took alook at your site and think this is going to be another one of those must haves!

I don't think I have that anywhere, I just have the last time the topic was replied to on the topic page. What am I missing? Where are you looking?

I took a look at your site vs my development site. Mine also has along with the user, the date and time the thread started.

My develoment site:
www.pwrhouse.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

I see what you're talking about. Yes you have that on your Topics Display, I don't. So now what's the question you're asking? <img src="smile.gif" border="0" alt="" />

To also include the date and time stamps of when the thread started <img src="smile.gif" border="0" alt="" />

Oh you mean as part of this Views Counter thing?

Yeppers <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0" alt="" />

I'm a little confused in ubb_forum.cgi part.



but i already have the who's online code there. Do i skip over this step if i do er...what?

It works fine with me. There is an error in the code I think you should add a "}" in this code

it should be

another thing if you have last replay by hack instald you should change this

to be

I am not sour about the last step because I have added a colomin for this hack in the form page
I am using v6.1.0.3

Oh I forget
Thank you very much for this hack I rely need it in my form

<font color="#000000" size="1">[ 11-27-2001 12:08 AM: Message edited by: Slurpee ]</font>

Thanks made the fix. With regards to placement because of other hacks....There is no way for me to make a bunch of different variations of this hack with all the possible layout changes and hacks people have added. You will have to have some understanding of placing variables in the public_forum_page.pl template if you have a bunch of different hacks that are affecting placement of the $v_counter variable.

I do BEG you please make it compatible with qasics hacks. Whois online. I am sure qasic will help if you ask <img src="smile.gif" border="0" alt="" /> He is a heck of a guy (when you can get him to respond to ya LoL)

Anyway if it is compatibale with popular hack it would be nice. Anyone who finds out what it is compatible with should list them so you know what hacks cause problems. That way when people ask you can tell them that it is compatible with or not any particular hack.. (Less problems for you the DEV if you know what works and what doesn't)

Anyways this is only a suggestion...

In this part the v_counter with hypercells in public_forum_page.pl:

<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" bgcolor="$alt_color" align="left" $alt_HyperCells$HyperCellPath>
<font size="1" face="$vars_style{FontFace}">
$TheDate</font> <font size="1" face="$vars_style{FontFace}" color="$vars_style{TimeColor}">$last_time</font>
<font size="1" face="$vars_style{FontFace}">$last_post_username</font> $v_counter</td>

This was crushing the tables. <img src="frown.gif" border="0" alt="" />

Can anyone tell us if this mod worked with Hypercells and Last reply ? It will be great if he tell us the code we must change in public_forum.pl

Oh and dont forget
Great job Slurpee

please she can help I thank. in the control panel after me updating appears the following message: You did not completes all required fields.
You did not completes: count_views
(and these options don't exist for me to change.)

It works with Who's Online just fine, as documented in the instructions. If somebody wants to document which hacks it works with and let me know, then that's fine, but I am not running a lot of hacks, so I don't know. I mean it should work with EVERY hack, it might just be a matter of where code needs to be placed in public_forum_page.pl, depending on your board's layout. Also you can look at my board an the stuff I am running, and get a good idea of what things it works with.

<font color="#000000" size="1">[ 11-27-2001 11:08 AM: Message edited by: Slurpee ]</font>