Individual User activities block
dropchew - March 10, 2009 - 06:57
| Project: | Activity |
| Version: | 6.x-1.1 |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | jaydub |
| Status: | patch (to be ported) |
Description
Hi,
We are aware that there's a 'All' activities and a 'My' activities block for logged in users. But is there a block that shows individual user's activities? Sorry if this is a duplicate post, I can't find another post with this request. Thanks.
#1
We don't currently have a block for this, but there is a way you can do this easily if you look at the code implemented within hook_user()
<?php
...
// View activity on user profile page.
case 'view':
if (user_access('view public activity') && variable_get('activity_user_profile_records', 5) != 0) {
drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'activity') .'/activity.css');
$activities = activity_get_activity($account->uid, NULL, variable_get('activity_user_profile_records', 5));
$account->content['activity'] = array(
'#type' => 'user_profile_category',
'#title' => t('Activity'),
'#weight' => 6,
);
$account->content['activity'][] = array(
'#type' => 'user_profile_item',
'#value' => theme('activity_user_profile_activity', $activities),
);
}
break;
...
?>
This basically retrieve's all activity for the current user whose profile you are viewing and shows it. You could just as easily put this in a hook_block() and in the line
$activities = activity_get_activity($account->uid, NULL, variable_get('activity_user_profile_records', 5));you would use$user->uidinstead of$account->uidafter declaringglobal $userSo in short you can paste something like this into your site's custom module: (not tested)
<?php
function MYMODULE_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0, $edit = array()) {
global $user;
switch ($op) {
case 'list':
$blocks[] = array('info' => t("Activity - Current User Activity"));
return $blocks;
break;
case 'view':
drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'activity') .'/activity.css');
$activities = activity_get_activity($user->uid, NULL, variable_get('activity_user_profile_records', 5));
if (count($activity)) {
return array(
'subject' => t('My !name\' activity', array('!name' => $type->plural_name)),
'content' => theme('activity_block', $activities, $more_link)
);
}
break;
}
?>
#2
How can I do this by just adding some code to my profile page template? I don't want to create another module or mess around with drupal hooks.
I'm currently trying to use this code:
$activities = activity_get_activity(arg(1), NULL, variable_get('activity_user_profile_records', 5));print_r(theme('activity_user_profile_activity', $activities));
Where arg(1) is the current profile page's UID.
But this isn't working. What am I doing wrong? All it shows me is "Array" instead of the activity feed. Thanks.
#3
In a core profile system (no mods to the profile) it should already show up. that is what hook_user(), case view does.
Have you modified your user profiles with another module?
As for your code above, if you print_r($activities), that should work. But you don't want to print_r the theme function that you're passing $activities into as the theme function does not return an array.
#4
could this be an option as part of the Activity module?
Facebook status gives you a similar capability to see the status of the person you are viewing. That makes a lot of sense.
#5
I've got a production site with 1000 registered users. The user profiles were written by hand to make sure they do what they need to do.
So I need to find a way to get the activity for a profile to appear on them using custom code.
Good point about the print_r. I only had that in there to see if I could see what was wrong.
The problem with that code I posted above is that all it returns is "array()"
How do I get it ot return the actual activity?
Is there different code I should use?
#6
related issue: #373480: My activity block: Can it also display activity of person whose profile i am viewing
#7
Ok how about someone try this patch which adds a new block for viewing activity for the user you are currently viewing.
this is for the 6.1 branch against the latest -dev snapshot.
#8
With the above patch,
1)eg, if visitor comments on a node, its will be recorded as 'you' commented on the node and not 'visitor' when viewing as a visitor
2)eg, if a member change his status (facebook style status module), when viewing as a visitor, it will be recorded as 'you' and not the member's name.
So far these are my findings. Thanks.
#9
#1 - don't see this behaviour. Can you detail exactly what steps you took to get this result?
#2 - fbstatus module is maintained outside of Activity and likely needs to have its support
for Activity updated as there have been a lot of changes on our end.
#10
The patch from #7 was committed to CVS. Please try a -dev release to try out this block.
#11
Any update for the 5.4 implementation of this? Thanks so much.
#12
Right now the 6.x branch has a lot more users than 5.x so we're looking to make sure that features are working in the 6.x branch before considering porting to 5.4. I highly encourage you to play with a 6.1-dev snapshot as 6.1.x and on into the future 6.2.x will be the primary focus of development.
#13
Thanks jaydub. Unfortunately, the site I'm working that heavily uses activity will be in five for awhile until various other modules (panels and APK in particular) become stable for 6.
#14
OK, so I went ahead and just inserted the following
$block['user']['info'] = t("Activity (User): show activity of the user being viewed");and
case 'user':if (user_access('view public activity') && arg(0) == "user" && is_numeric(arg(1))) {
$uid = arg(1);
$author = activity_user_load($uid);
$activity = activity_get_activity($uid, NULL, variable_get('activity_block_'. $delta, 5) + 1);
if ($count = count($activity)) {
drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'activity') .'/activity.css');
if ($count > variable_get('activity_block_'. $delta, 5)) {
$more_link = theme('activity_more_link', 'activity');
array_pop($activity);
}
$activities = array();
foreach ($activity as $item) {
$item['delete-link'] = activity_delete_link($item);
$activities[] = theme('activity', activity_token_replace($item), $item);
}
return array(
'subject' => t("@username's activity", array('@username' => $author->name)),
'content' => theme('activity_block', $activities)
);
}
}
break;
in 5.x-4.x under hook_block() the same way it appears in the 6 dev version.
Everything works pretty much. The only issue I have, which is a half blessing, is that, having put this block in my APK (user) panel (with bio), it shows comments made on the profile [edit: or any node made by displayed user] by other users as well as every activity made by the user - and nothing else. Since I'm not using core do comments made by other users on nodes by the user (who's profile is being viewed) get shown? I like it even if it's not supposed to happen. The only thing is that simply displays "user commented on user" without the other tokens I've setup for comments like "saying [comment...". All other comments display properly except the one shown in this block made on the node profile by other users.
#15
Another bug I have is that when using block refresh (http://drupal.org/project/block_refresh) the block refreshes a blank slate unlike the rest of the activity blocks which seem to pull in fresh data fine.
#16
That module doesn't exist for Drupal 6 so I'm afraid I can't really assess why the feature in this issue doesn't work for you. I encourage you to delve into block_refresh and see how it works and post your results here.
#17
Yup will do.
#18
The original issue request is in CVS now. For the poster in #15 you can open a new issue although keep in mind that there is no d5 implementation of this yet and since your problem with block_refresh is on a d5 module it might not get addressed.
#19
I saw that activity module now has views integration, so is there a way that I can actually reproduce this kind of functionnality using the views integration??
Not sure this is possible tho...
Patchak
#20
It should be possible now, yes. The basic idea would be to give your Activity view a uid argument, or filter.
If anyone tries this out please report back and give us a recipe - I'd like to start a handbook page of different Views that people can plug into their sites. Thanks!
#21
here is the view I have created (6.x-2.x-dev on drupal 6.14 with latest dev of views). It does the job and can be included e.g. in panels on user profiles
$view = new view;$view->name = 'user_activity';
$view->description = 'All activity of a user';
$view->tag = 'activity';
$view->view_php = '';
$view->base_table = 'activity';
$view->is_cacheable = FALSE;
$view->api_version = 2;
$view->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default view disabled initially */
$handler = $view->new_display('default', 'Defaults', 'default');
$handler->override_option('relationships', array(
'uid' => array(
'label' => 'User',
'required' => 1,
'id' => 'uid',
'table' => 'activity',
'field' => 'uid',
'relationship' => 'none',
),
));
$handler->override_option('fields', array(
'created' => array(
'label' => '',
'alter' => array(
'alter_text' => 0,
'text' => '',
'make_link' => 0,
'path' => '',
'link_class' => '',
'alt' => '',
'prefix' => '',
'suffix' => '',
'target' => '',
'help' => '',
'trim' => 0,
'max_length' => '',
'word_boundary' => 1,
'ellipsis' => 1,
'strip_tags' => 0,
'html' => 0,
),
'empty' => '',
'hide_empty' => 0,
'empty_zero' => 0,
'date_format' => 'raw time ago',
'custom_date_format' => '',
'exclude' => 0,
'id' => 'created',
'table' => 'activity',
'field' => 'created',
'relationship' => 'none',
),
'message' => array(
'label' => '',
'alter' => array(
'alter_text' => 0,
'text' => '',
'make_link' => 0,
'path' => '',
'alt' => '',
'prefix' => '',
'suffix' => '',
'help' => '',
'trim' => 0,
'max_length' => '',
'word_boundary' => 1,
'ellipsis' => 1,
'html' => 0,
),
'exclude' => 0,
'id' => 'message',
'table' => 'activity_messages',
'field' => 'message',
'relationship' => 'none',
),
'delete_activity' => array(
'label' => '',
'alter' => array(
'alter_text' => 0,
'text' => '',
'make_link' => 0,
'path' => '',
'link_class' => '',
'alt' => '',
'prefix' => '',
'suffix' => '',
'target' => '',
'help' => '',
'trim' => 0,
'max_length' => '',
'word_boundary' => 1,
'ellipsis' => 1,
'strip_tags' => 0,
'html' => 0,
),
'empty' => '',
'hide_empty' => 0,
'empty_zero' => 0,
'text' => '',
'exclude' => 0,
'id' => 'delete_activity',
'table' => 'activity',
'field' => 'delete_activity',
'relationship' => 'none',
),
));
$handler->override_option('sorts', array(
'aid' => array(
'order' => 'DESC',
'id' => 'aid',
'table' => 'activity',
'field' => 'aid',
'relationship' => 'none',
),
));
$handler->override_option('arguments', array(
'uid' => array(
'default_action' => 'default',
'style_plugin' => 'default_summary',
'style_options' => array(),
'wildcard' => 'all',
'wildcard_substitution' => 'All',
'title' => '',
'breadcrumb' => '',
'default_argument_type' => 'user',
'default_argument' => '',
'validate_type' => 'none',
'validate_fail' => 'not found',
'break_phrase' => 0,
'not' => 0,
'id' => 'uid',
'table' => 'users',
'field' => 'uid',
'relationship' => 'uid',
'validate_user_argument_type' => 'uid',
'validate_user_roles' => array(
'2' => 0,
),
'override' => array(
'button' => 'Override',
),
'default_options_div_prefix' => '',
'default_argument_user' => 0,
'default_argument_fixed' => '',
'default_argument_php' => '',
'validate_argument_node_type' => array(
'panel' => 0,
'profile' => 0,
'story' => 0,
'uprofile' => 0,
'video' => 0,
),
'validate_argument_node_access' => 0,
'validate_argument_nid_type' => 'nid',
'validate_argument_vocabulary' => array(
'1' => 0,
'6' => 0,
'2' => 0,
'3' => 0,
'4' => 0,
'5' => 0,
),
'validate_argument_type' => 'tid',
'validate_argument_transform' => 0,
'validate_user_restrict_roles' => 0,
'validate_argument_node_flag_name' => '*relationship*',
'validate_argument_node_flag_test' => 'flaggable',
'validate_argument_node_flag_id_type' => 'id',
'validate_argument_user_flag_name' => '*relationship*',
'validate_argument_user_flag_test' => 'flaggable',
'validate_argument_user_flag_id_type' => 'id',
'validate_argument_php' => '',
),
));
$handler->override_option('access', array(
'type' => 'none',
));
$handler->override_option('cache', array(
'type' => 'none',
));
$handler->override_option('title', 'user activity');
$handler->override_option('use_ajax', TRUE);
$handler->override_option('items_per_page', 25);
$handler->override_option('use_pager', '1');
$handler->override_option('row_options', array(
'inline' => array(
'created' => 'created',
'message' => 'message',
'delete_activity' => 'delete_activity',
),
'separator' => '-',
'hide_empty' => 0,
));
$handler = $view->new_display('page', 'Page', 'page_1');
$handler->override_option('path', 'user/%/activity');
$handler->override_option('menu', array(
'type' => 'none',
'title' => '',
'description' => '',
'weight' => 0,
'name' => 'navigation',
));
$handler->override_option('tab_options', array(
'type' => 'none',
'title' => '',
'description' => '',
'weight' => 0,
));
$handler = $view->new_display('panel_pane', 'Content pane', 'panel_pane_1');
$handler->override_option('arguments', array(
'uid' => array(
'default_action' => 'ignore',
'style_plugin' => 'default_summary',
'style_options' => array(),
'wildcard' => 'all',
'wildcard_substitution' => 'All',
'title' => '',
'breadcrumb' => '',
'default_argument_type' => 'fixed',
'default_argument' => '',
'validate_type' => 'none',
'validate_fail' => 'not found',
'break_phrase' => 0,
'not' => 0,
'id' => 'uid',
'table' => 'users',
'field' => 'uid',
'relationship' => 'uid',
'validate_user_argument_type' => 'uid',
'validate_user_roles' => array(
'2' => 0,
),
'override' => array(
'button' => 'Override',
),
'default_options_div_prefix' => '',
'default_argument_user' => 0,
'default_argument_fixed' => '',
'default_argument_php' => '',
'validate_argument_node_type' => array(
'panel' => 0,
'profile' => 0,
'story' => 0,
'uprofile' => 0,
'video' => 0,
),
'validate_argument_node_access' => 0,
'validate_argument_nid_type' => 'nid',
'validate_argument_vocabulary' => array(
'1' => 0,
'6' => 0,
'2' => 0,
'3' => 0,
'4' => 0,
'5' => 0,
),
'validate_argument_type' => 'tid',
'validate_argument_transform' => 0,
'validate_user_restrict_roles' => 0,
'validate_argument_node_flag_name' => '*relationship*',
'validate_argument_node_flag_test' => 'flaggable',
'validate_argument_node_flag_id_type' => 'id',
'validate_argument_user_flag_name' => '*relationship*',
'validate_argument_user_flag_test' => 'flaggable',
'validate_argument_user_flag_id_type' => 'id',
'validate_argument_php' => '',
),
'uid_1' => array(
'default_action' => 'ignore',
'style_plugin' => 'default_summary',
'style_options' => array(),
'wildcard' => 'all',
'wildcard_substitution' => 'All',
'title' => '',
'breadcrumb' => '',
'default_argument_type' => 'fixed',
'default_argument' => '',
'validate_type' => 'none',
'validate_fail' => 'not found',
'break_phrase' => 0,
'not' => 0,
'id' => 'uid_1',
'table' => 'activity',
'field' => 'uid',
'validate_user_argument_type' => 'uid',
'validate_user_roles' => array(
'2' => 0,
),
'override' => array(
'button' => 'Use default',
),
'relationship' => 'none',
'default_options_div_prefix' => '',
'default_argument_user' => 0,
'default_argument_fixed' => '',
'default_argument_php' => '',
'validate_argument_node_type' => array(
'panel' => 0,
'profile' => 0,
'story' => 0,
'uprofile' => 0,
'video' => 0,
),
'validate_argument_node_access' => 0,
'validate_argument_nid_type' => 'nid',
'validate_argument_vocabulary' => array(
'1' => 0,
'6' => 0,
'2' => 0,
'3' => 0,
'4' => 0,
'5' => 0,
),
'validate_argument_type' => 'tid',
'validate_argument_transform' => 0,
'validate_user_restrict_roles' => 0,
'validate_argument_node_flag_name' => '*relationship*',
'validate_argument_node_flag_test' => 'flaggable',
'validate_argument_node_flag_id_type' => 'id',
'validate_argument_user_flag_name' => '*relationship*',
'validate_argument_user_flag_test' => 'flaggable',
'validate_argument_user_flag_id_type' => 'id',
'validate_argument_php' => '',
),
));
$handler->override_option('pane_title', '');
$handler->override_option('pane_description', '');
$handler->override_option('pane_category', array(
'name' => 'View panes',
'weight' => 0,
));
$handler->override_option('allow', array(
'use_pager' => 0,
'items_per_page' => 0,
'offset' => 0,
'link_to_view' => 'link_to_view',
'more_link' => 0,
'path_override' => 0,
'title_override' => 'title_override',
'exposed_form' => FALSE,
));
$handler->override_option('argument_input', array(
'uid' => array(
'type' => 'context',
'context' => 'node.uid',
'context_optional' => 0,
'panel' => '0',
'fixed' => '',
'label' => 'User: Uid',
),
'uid_1' => array(
'type' => 'user',
'context' => 'node.uid',
'context_optional' => 0,
'panel' => '0',
'fixed' => '',
'label' => 'User: Uid',
),
));
$handler->override_option('link_to_view', 0);
$handler->override_option('inherit_panels_path', 0);
$handler = $view->new_display('block', 'Block', 'block_1');
$handler->override_option('block_description', '');
$handler->override_option('block_caching', -1);