Shoutbox and Users Online

[daisyprincess]

Hi there, just have 2 questions that I need answered if possible.

Can I remove the Shoutbox from the forum completely, and if so how?

And...can I remove the Users Online section at the bottom of the page? We only want it for admin to see.

Any help would be great...thanks in advance.

[Tressa]

To disable the Shoutbox: Admin > Settings > Forum Settings > Shoutbox tab > set first setting to disabled. I'll let someone better at coding help you with restricting the Users Online. I'm sure it can be done.

[David Clark]

daisyprincess, it's simple enough to hide the Users Online section from everyone except the admin - it just requires a quick HTML modification.

Go to Admin > Structure > Layout Templates > Home and scroll down to about line 68, where you should see this code:

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<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">$[image.online]</td>
<td class="info last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr><th>Users Online</th></tr>
<tr><td>$[total_staff_online] Staff, $[total_members_online] Member{if $[total_members_online] != 1}s{/if}, {if $[view_guests_online_link]}<a href="#" class="$[view_guests_online_link.class]">{/if}$[total_guests_online] Guest{if $[total_guests_online] != 1}s{/if}{if $[view_guests_online_link]}</a>{/if}.</td></tr>
<tr><td>
{foreach $[online_user]}
$[online_user]{if $[online_user.invisible]} <span class="small">(invisible)</span>{/if}$[online_user.comma]
{/foreach}
{if $[total_online_not_shown]}
, and <a class="$[view_active_members_link.class]" href="$[view_active_members_link.href]">$[total_online_not_shown] more...</a>
{/if}
</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>

Wrap this code with an If statement that checks to make sure the current user is the admin. Replace the above with the following:

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{if $[current_user.username] == "admin"}
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">$[image.online]</td>
<td class="info last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr><th>Users Online</th></tr>
<tr><td>$[total_staff_online] Staff, $[total_members_online] Member{if $[total_members_online] != 1}s{/if}, {if $[view_guests_online_link]}<a href="#" class="$[view_guests_online_link.class]">{/if}$[total_guests_online] Guest{if $[total_guests_online] != 1}s{/if}{if $[view_guests_online_link]}</a>{/if}.</td></tr>
<tr><td>
{foreach $[online_user]}
$[online_user]{if $[online_user.invisible]} <span class="small">(invisible)</span>{/if}$[online_user.comma]
{/foreach}
{if $[total_online_not_shown]}
, and <a class="$[view_active_members_link.class]" href="$[view_active_members_link.href]">$[total_online_not_shown] more...</a>
{/if}
</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
{/if}

[daisyprincess]

Dec 2, 2013 8:56:10 GMT -8 Tressa said:

To disable the Shoutbox: Admin > Settings > Forum Settings > Shoutbox tab > set first setting to disabled. I'll let someone better at coding help you with restricting the Users Online. I'm sure it can be done.

Thank you David and Tressa...users online now hidden except for admin.

Now...I know the above code is to disable the Shoutbox but can I remove it completely??

[Tressa]

With the Shoutbox disabled as above, it will not appear on your forum at all.

[David Clark]

I can confirm that the way Tressa does remove it completely, daisyprincess. Simply leave it disabled.

[daisyprincess]

Dec 2, 2013 10:46:50 GMT -8 David Clark said:

daisyprincess, it's simple enough to hide the Users Online section from everyone except the admin - it just requires a quick HTML modification.

Go to Admin > Structure > Layout Templates > Home and scroll down to about line 68, where you should see this code:

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<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">$[image.online]</td>
<td class="info last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr><th>Users Online</th></tr>
<tr><td>$[total_staff_online] Staff, $[total_members_online] Member{if $[total_members_online] != 1}s{/if}, {if $[view_guests_online_link]}<a href="#" class="$[view_guests_online_link.class]">{/if}$[total_guests_online] Guest{if $[total_guests_online] != 1}s{/if}{if $[view_guests_online_link]}</a>{/if}.</td></tr>
<tr><td>
{foreach $[online_user]}
$[online_user]{if $[online_user.invisible]} <span class="small">(invisible)</span>{/if}$[online_user.comma]
{/foreach}
{if $[total_online_not_shown]}
, and <a class="$[view_active_members_link.class]" href="$[view_active_members_link.href]">$[total_online_not_shown] more...</a>
{/if}
</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>

Wrap this code with an If statement that checks to make sure the current user is the admin. Replace the above with the following:

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{if $[current_user.username] == "admin"}
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">$[image.online]</td>
<td class="info last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr><th>Users Online</th></tr>
<tr><td>$[total_staff_online] Staff, $[total_members_online] Member{if $[total_members_online] != 1}s{/if}, {if $[view_guests_online_link]}<a href="#" class="$[view_guests_online_link.class]">{/if}$[total_guests_online] Guest{if $[total_guests_online] != 1}s{/if}{if $[view_guests_online_link]}</a>{/if}.</td></tr>
<tr><td>
{foreach $[online_user]}
$[online_user]{if $[online_user.invisible]} <span class="small">(invisible)</span>{/if}$[online_user.comma]
{/foreach}
{if $[total_online_not_shown]}
, and <a class="$[view_active_members_link.class]" href="$[view_active_members_link.href]">$[total_online_not_shown] more...</a>
{/if}
</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
{/if}

thanks for the shoutbox tip...its now all gone.


but I got the users part wrong lol...I need to know if I can remove the Users Online in the Past 24hours section from general members and only have it viewable to admin...this code removed the Users Online part which I originally needed...can I remove the 24 hour users online only? (we would like to keep the Users Online section)

thanks in advance! (again)

[daisyprincess]

thanks for the shoutbox tip...its now all gone.


but I got the users part wrong lol...I need to know if I can remove the Users Online in the Past 24hours section from general members and only have it viewable to admin...this code removed the Users Online part which I originally needed...can I remove the 24 hour users online only? (we would like to keep the Users Online section)

thanks in advance! (again)

[Tumbleweed]

You'll pretty much do the same thing David posted except go to line 95 and wrap that if statement around this bit: 

{if $[current_user.username] == "admin"}
<tr class="last">
<td colspan="2">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="icon">$[image.online_24]</td>
<td class="info last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr><th>Users Online in the Last 24 Hours</th></tr>
<tr><td>$[total_staff_online_24] Staff, <a class="$[view_todays_active_members_link.class]" href="$[view_todays_active_members_link.href]">$[total_members_online_24] Member{if $[total_members_online_24] != 1}s{/if}</a>, $[total_guests_online_24] Guest{if $[total_guests_online_24] != 1}s{/if}.</td></tr>
<tr><td>
{foreach $[online_user_24]}
$[online_user_24]{if $[online_user_24.invisible]} <span class="small">(invisible)</span>{/if}$[online_user_24.comma]
{/foreach}
{if $[total_online_not_shown_24]}
, and <a class="$[view_todays_active_members_link.class]" href="$[view_todays_active_members_link.href]">$[total_online_not_shown_24] more...</a>
{/if}
</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
{/if}