Re: Semi OT: vbulletin and # viewing - how do that do that?
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 54883
interpreted = N
texte = Thanks Andy, I was thinking along the same lines, just wasn't sure how to handle the expiring cookie. Probably all a bit much just to have a (# viewing) - a neat stat to know but doesn't do anything else to enhance the board. Maybe I'll just stick a ([random] viewing) up there for a week and see if anyone comments on it. :-) Thanks, GK At 08:10 AM 12/11/2003, you wrote: >Hey Gary, > >Just off the top of my head, here's how I might attack this: > >1. Set up a database BoardLogin.db >2. Assign all visitors a cookie that expires after a reasonable amount of >time (both guests & those logged in) >3. Keep same cookie, but change expire time after each page request. >(If someone has their browser open to your board, but hasn't loaded a new >page in 5 minutes, it's my guess that they're no longer "active") >4. Everytime a page is loaded, have it do a search of BoardLogin.db for >all data w/ an expire date/time greater than or equal to now. > >hth, > >andy ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Thanks Andy, I was thinking along the same lines, just wasn't sure how to handle the expiring cookie. Probably all a bit much just to have a (# viewing) - a neat stat to know but doesn't do anything else to enhance the board. Maybe I'll just stick a ([random] viewing) up there for a week and see if anyone comments on it. :-) Thanks, GK At 08:10 AM 12/11/2003, you wrote: >Hey Gary, > >Just off the top of my head, here's how I might attack this: > >1. Set up a database BoardLogin.db >2. Assign all visitors a cookie that expires after a reasonable amount of >time (both guests & those logged in) >3. Keep same cookie, but change expire time after each page request. >(If someone has their browser open to your board, but hasn't loaded a new >page in 5 minutes, it's my guess that they're no longer "active") >4. Everytime a page is loaded, have it do a search of BoardLogin.db for >all data w/ an expire date/time greater than or equal to now. > >hth, > >andy ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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