Make the user post count module configurable for node types

I can look into that. That module is from flatforum and I haven't looked at the code. My guess is it wouldn't be hard to do.

Michelle

Changing the title so I remember what this is.

Michelle

I believe that user_stats module holds promise for helping to provide user stats/profile/etc information. The module is clean and simple and should be able to be dropped right into advanced_forum.

http://drupal.org/project/user_stats and http://drupal.org/node/199089 for configurable content types for the post count.

As I said in your other comment, I had already looked at this a while ago and decided not to use it. However, your patch for the post counts sounds interesting. I'll take a look at that and see if I can work it in. Of course, anyone is welcome to use user_stats with their forums but I had already done a lot of what's in it before I heard of it and I didn't want to have a dependency on it for advforum.

Michelle

Of course, anyone is welcome to use user_stats with their forums but I had already done a lot of what's in it before I heard of it

You haven't integrated with workflow-ng and Token though. That's really the point of the module (although it doesn't depend upon either of those modules, it just integrates if they're there). :)

Workflow-ng and Token integration means we can do automatic user promotions based on post count and number of days registered/since last post/since last logged-in etc. vBulletin has this feature: my forums used it, which is why user_stats was written.

Also, it's a bit of functionality you can let someone else worry about. Version 1.0 will be released when Jaydub's excellent patch has been committed: http://drupal.org/node/199089 and when we've got some documentation (I'll write it when that patch has been committed).

It's up to you whether you want to integrate user_stats of course, would be great if you did though. :)

Liam,

Yeah, the post count stuff sounds like it's better than what came with flatforum, which is what I used. The trouble is the overlap in the other features. You're module provides:

days registered;
join date;
days since last login;
days since last post;
post count;
user online/offline;
IP address;

Of those, only the post count warrants adding another module since the rest are all really simple things. I'm trying to avoid dependencies as much as possible, so I don't want to just rip out all my code and make it dependent on user_stats. Especially since I'd need to do the same for advprofile (they share code). But what I can do is add in an extra check to see if user_stats is enabled and use that for the post counts if so. Then they'd just leave the post counts submodule unchecked and use yours instead.

Thanks,

Michelle

Just to quickly explain the reasoning behind those simple additions: integration with workflow-ng and Token. The user promotions based on days registered etc. mentioned in #5. So it's important the module includes this simple stuff. :)

But what I can do is add in an extra check to see if user_stats is enabled and use that for the post counts if so.

Sounds like an excellent compromise. Thanks very much!

Actually, I've changed my mind on this. I really have no desire to port the old flatforum post count module to D6 so I'm just going to drop it and people can use user_stats if they want that functionality.

Michelle