Modification Name: User Online

Author(s): Brett

Description: Adds a picture in each post to indicate whether the user is active on the forum at the moment or not. Recent Visitors must be enabled.

Demo: http://www.pavioni.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/4/8.asp#000011

Download Link: https://www.ubbdev.com/ubb/upload/00006378/Online6.7.zip

Credits: LK(for the idea of javascript from the hit hack)

This works in much of the same way as the hit hack, so the cache is safe. After install, clear the 'Topic Pages' cache.

Cool, good job! Going straight into my board.
By looking at the code, though, I think it also shows online state for invisible users, which don't want to appear online...
you might try (untested)before the last part of online.cgi.

It looks like it might be the 2nd(3rd technically ) placement in the login arrayas the hidden variable? At least i'm pretty sure it is.

Updated online.cgi.

Just installed... and it works I think it'd be cool though that if the user is online it'd say "Online" or something like that when you hover the image, and if they're offline it'd say "Offline/Invisible". I'm not sure if it's possible in JS, but I think just instead of "src" you should put "alt".

I am working in mozilla 1.6, and the .alt did work, but it didn't mouseover anything. .title does tho. jic, i left both alt and title in, since they both don't have any errors. Figuring 2 is better than 1, maybe there's a browser who will only accept alt, i dunno.

i use those for my irc indicators heh

in Mozilla, ALT is when the image isn't available and title is when it is... In IE ALT is when the image is available and near the [x] when it isn't.

hmm, never noticed that. Sweet, so it should be safe on all fronts.

"ultimatebb.php/topic/4/8.asp" lol

ultimatebb.php/topic/33/162.brett

:x

Using it on my forums and it looks great. You should use Gizzy's images in the zip cause Jelsoft might get pissed

IAN! Watch your language! I'm going to tell mom :x...

Oh BTW, feel free to use my images, I give you complete rights to do so (at least i think I'm the one who made them, I've been so busy that I don't even recall lol, i've been using them for like 2 years now, and their crappy, so i'm pretty sure i made them)...

I wonder how much it'd slow down your board having it in the directory...

this hack with VIPHTML and recicle bin rocks!

Brett #1 !

I'm semi curious how this works with deleted members posts...

it doesn't show at all. no image whatsoever

Designed Behavior™

Nice nice nice... I plan on upgrading soon, so be prepaired...

OK, so I get the "Offline" image, but never the online.


Where should I start looking?

user_online.gif and user_offline.gif are located in the noncgi directory of the zip and should be uploaded into the respective directory on your webserver.

That isn't the issue, the image shows up for offline, but I'm having a functionality issue in that it doesn't ever change to "online"...

I'm just not sure what file/part of code toggles that feature.

For one, you do need recent visitors enabled. Also check to make sure you've uploaded online.cgi in ascii format and with 755 permissions.

If that doesn't work, can i get a link to your board?

I forget there isn't a link to my board in my sig...


http://4.11.202.114/tin_benders/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi


test:1234

These files are on my local disk, so there is no upload and chmod issue to deal with.

according to his online.cgi, it can't locate vars_config.

Do I need to modify online.cgi? I placed it in the cgi-bin folder, along with all the other cgi's.

is it in the same folder as vars_config?

Yes, it is in the came folder as vars_config.cgi (which is 701 bytes)

Found a couple of status gifs for this if anyone else would like to use them. Just did a random search on google for gifs of the same name.

Help?

shh, brett is sleeping... :x...

Could there be something wrong with Vars_Config.cgi?

I even tried pointing to it directly (URL) within online.cgi, and it still didn't work although I can access the file via IE.

did you have to change the location of vars_config.cgi in your ultimatebb.cgi and cp.cgi? Also you can't do url path to your config file, it's gotta be the full path. e.g. /usr/bin/local/path/file/ubbcgi/vars_config.cgi.

No, i wish. I work from 2 to 11 on thursday, had a very important project due today, couldn't mess around. :x

I haven't changed the location of vars_config.cgi since the install. It is still in cgi-bin, the same folder that online.cgi is in.

I have returned the file online.cgi to it's original state, having altered it playing with paths.

Ok, open up your ultimatebb.cgi, about line 122 it will have something like
This is the exact same way in the upload file on line 72. They should be exactly the same, since their in the same directory.

Software error:
Can't locate http://4.11.202.114/tin_benders/cgi-bin/vars_config.cgi in @INC (@INC contains: E:/Perl/lib E:/Perl/site/lib .) at E:inetpubwwwroottin_benderscgi-binonline.cgi line 9.

eval {
do "vars_config.cgi";
};

Is how it looks in both now.


Same problem :tired and confused:

Software error:
Can't locate vars_config.cgi in @INC (@INC contains: E:/Perl/lib E:/Perl/site/lib .) at E:inetpubwwwroottin_benderscgi-binonline.cgi line 9.

For help, please send mail to this site's webmaster, giving this error message and the time and date of the error.

Ok, change the http://4.11.202.114/tin_benders/cgi-bin/vars_config.cgi in ubb_upload.cgi to E:inetpubwwwroottin_benderscgi-binvars_config.cgi

ubb_upload.cgi? I assume you mean online.cgi? This is what I get making that change to online.cgi because I don't have a ubb_upload.cgi


Software error:
Can't locate E:inetpubwwwroot in_bendersi-binvars_config.cgi in @INC (@INC contains: E:/Perl/lib E:/Perl/site/lib .) at E:inetpubwwwroottin_benderscgi-binonline.cgi line 9.

For help, please send mail to this site's webmaster, giving this error message and the time and date of the error.

Whoops, thinking about the wrong hack. okay, replace:
require "vars_config.cgi";

with

eval {
do "vars_config.cgi";
};

Ok, so I did that, and then I got the Error for the lext line of code, where it looks for vars_pntf. So I went and replaced it also. Now I get this if I try and run online.cgi by itself...

And the image doesn't change.

That is a standard message when you run online.cgi by itself.

Ok, so I replaced the standard "Require" code with ofcourse I get no errors, but it still doesn't work

online.cgi doesn't log you. You/or another registered user needs to be on the boards. Also, the user must have hide pntf off.

n/m please check your private messages, phillip.

OK, I just tried to install this one and it semi-appears to work except for the big error I get when I click on a topic. Rehacked 3 times now.

"A Runtime Error has occured. Do you wish to debug?

Line:1
Error: Syntax error"

A picture does show up though and says I am offline.
Help?

it can't find vars_config

Al, it's in the JS code, not the Perl code... Also it's not surely line 1, IE's not so accurate when it comes to line numbers...

After going back over the thread I had to do what Phillip had to do in online.cgi. Wasn't exactly clear, but I figured it out. Replace

require "vars_config.cgi";
require "$vars_config {VariablesPath}/vars_pntf.cgi";

with

eval {
do "vars_config.cgi";
};
eval {
do "vars_pntf.cgi";
};

What's really interesting is that I replaced images, cleared cache, and it's still showing the old image for me being offline... How is that happening? I searched my entire www root directory for images of the same name and the one I want is the only one there???

the javascript is made by the perl, and Firefox gives you great javascript errors.

Hmm... I still can't get this to change status though. I always see offline also. Had another person register just to test and ask if they see me online which they don't, and I didn't see their online status change either. Any ideas?

Looks like the same thing from Phillip's server. The way i fixed it was, okay do this. Download a fresh copy of the cgi file.

Whoo Hoo! It worked! :::does a little dance::: Thanks for your help Brett.

Here are a couple of Status .gifs you are free to use if you like.




Enjoy!

I'll add to that Painfool

very kewl

Is it possible to change the location of the offline/online images to show under the avatar or next to where it says " IP: Logged" at the bottom?

Yes, you could put the image anywhere.
All in /non-cgi/Templates/public_topic_page.pl

If you want it under the avatar:
Replace:
$AvatarBits


with:
$AvatarBits

$OnlineBits


Or next to ip logged, just add the variable $OnlineBits after $ip_wording

Thanks

I have added this hack to my UBB 6.7.2.
The online status never changes from offline to online.
I do not receive any error messages.
I am certain that the required files are located in the correct directories.

My website is www.termpro.com (Click on Audio Forum).

I really, really want this feature. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Wayne Harris

I'd re-check your changes to the base script files.

When checking my server logs I am receiving an error "502 - Bad Gateway" whenever the online.cgi file is referenced. My server is Win 2003 Enterprise Edition with IIS.

The online.cgi script is as follows ...

#!/usr/bin/perl

# load modules
use strict;

BEGIN {
($0 =~ m!(.*)(\|/)[^/\]+!) && unshift(@INC, $1, "$1$2Modules");
$| = 1;
};
use lib("./Modules", ".");
use UBBCGI qw(:cgi);
use UBBCGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser set_message);

use vars qw(%vars_config %vars_pntf);
require "vars_config.cgi";
require "$vars_config{VariablesPath}/vars_pntf.cgi";

print qq~Content-type: text/html\n\n
var AllImgs = document.body.getElementsByTagName("img");
function ChangeAll(img) {
for(var i=0; i <= AllImgs.length; i++) {
if(AllImgs[i] && AllImgs[i].id == img) {
AllImgs[i].src = '$vars_config{NonCGIURL}/user_online.gif';
AllImgs[i].alt = 'Online';
AllImgs[i].title = 'Online';
} // end if
} // end for
}
~;

if($vars_pntf{Enabled} eq "yes" && -e "$vars_config{CachePath}/pntf/now.cgi") {
do "$vars_config{CachePath}/pntf/now.cgi";
my $load = UBB::PNTF::_load();

foreach my $uniq (keys %{ $load->{uniq}->{logins} }) {
my $user = $load->{uniq}->{logins}->{$uniq}->[0];

# check to see if actual user or if hidden
next if $user eq '' || $load->{uniq}->{logins}->{$uniq}->[2] eq 1;


print qq~ChangeAll('online$user');\n~;
} # end if
} # end if

exit(0);
1;

I am pretty sure that all of the security settings are correct. The requested url in the log file is /cgi-bin/ubb/online.cgi.

This is where all of my cgi scripts are located. This is also where the online.cgi file resides.

The offline graphic is showing up correctly on my pages and the online.cgi script is being called.

Your suggestions are appreciated.

Did you update the path to perl to match that of your ultimatebb.cgi file? I used to run ubbdev on a windows server for a few years and I believe the path to perl has to be set (usually something like c:\perl\perl.exe - it's been a while )