Re: Semi OT: vbulletin and # viewing - how do that do that?
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 54925
interpreted = N
texte = Interesting, thanks Alex. That might be a fun project to tackle after all. The way that I have my forum set up, everyone is tracked already via a username/password and by cookie, so I don't think it would be too much to add this component. I'll keep you updated when I get time to mess with that. Thanks, GK At 08:05 AM 12/11/2003, you wrote: >On 12/11/03 8:41 AM, "Gary Krockover"
wrote: > >Interesting. >I would see it as a related table where each user had a unique Identifier >number. This could be done with the cart#, username/pass, or a cookie. > >Then as each user enters a forum a record gets created for them in this >table that contains >ID#, Forum#, ENTERTIME, ENTERDATE > >Then each time someone views the homepage, you search the visiting.db and >tally based on total numbers found for each forum#... > >So far so simple... > >To keep it accurate, each time a user enters another forum, it replaces >their forum# keyed off their ID# > >And finally, each time a user refreshes/enters the main page where these >totals are shown, if checks for the time against a grace period, lets say 5 >min. If that time of entry is older than the grace period, it discounts the >record, and ultimately deletes it. > >Did a similar thing in a web based, frame chat with webdna many moons ago. > >HTH >Alex > > > > > Actually would be OT as I'm wanting to apply this to a webdna bulletin > > board that I have on one of my sites, but if you go to a vbulletin board > > (ex: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?forumid=160 ) > > they have a (# viewing) next to each thread. How would you imagine that > > information is calculated? Obviously it's a count of cookies, but how > > would that be applied to WebDNA? I am collecting cookies on my site, so I > > think it could be applicable, just not sure how: > > > > [showif [GETCOOKIE name=login5]=TRUE] > > add 1 to a temp db tally for this thread > > [/showif] > > > > But then when someone leaves that thread, how do I subtract 1 from the > tally? > > > > Maybe even a better question, do I really want to do this? :) > > > > GK > >Alex J McCombie New World Media >Chief Information Officer Box 124 >888/892.6379 MartVille, NY 13111 >Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com > >Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Interesting, thanks Alex. That might be a fun project to tackle after all. The way that I have my forum set up, everyone is tracked already via a username/password and by cookie, so I don't think it would be too much to add this component. I'll keep you updated when I get time to mess with that. Thanks, GK At 08:05 AM 12/11/2003, you wrote: >On 12/11/03 8:41 AM, "Gary Krockover" wrote: > >Interesting. >I would see it as a related table where each user had a unique Identifier >number. This could be done with the cart#, username/pass, or a cookie. > >Then as each user enters a forum a record gets created for them in this >table that contains >ID#, Forum#, ENTERTIME, ENTERDATE > >Then each time someone views the homepage, you search the visiting.db and >tally based on total numbers found for each forum#... > >So far so simple... > >To keep it accurate, each time a user enters another forum, it replaces >their forum# keyed off their ID# > >And finally, each time a user refreshes/enters the main page where these >totals are shown, if checks for the time against a grace period, lets say 5 >min. If that time of entry is older than the grace period, it discounts the >record, and ultimately deletes it. > >Did a similar thing in a web based, frame chat with webdna many moons ago. > >HTH >Alex > > > > > Actually would be OT as I'm wanting to apply this to a webdna bulletin > > board that I have on one of my sites, but if you go to a vbulletin board > > (ex: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?forumid=160 ) > > they have a (# viewing) next to each thread. How would you imagine that > > information is calculated? Obviously it's a count of cookies, but how > > would that be applied to WebDNA? I am collecting cookies on my site, so I > > think it could be applicable, just not sure how: > > > > [showif [GETCOOKIE name=login5]=TRUE] > > add 1 to a temp db tally for this thread > > [/showif] > > > > But then when someone leaves that thread, how do I subtract 1 from the > tally? > > > > Maybe even a better question, do I really want to do this? :) > > > > GK > >Alex J McCombie New World Media >Chief Information Officer Box 124 >888/892.6379 MartVille, NY 13111 >Alex@NewWorldMedia.com http://OurClients.com > >Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database Designer > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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