most bulletin board software packages i've seen (phpbb, vbuletin, ubb.threads etc.. have had a full page display of who's online showing user name, last time their online status was updated and what page they are currently viwing as of the last update and sometimes for administrators, the IP address they are coming from)
before i go into developing a module to do that perpas one has already been written to do that?
if not how can i go about obtaining that information from drupal to write such a module? that way i can add that kind of message board style functionality and perhaps even log this information for security purposes (or in case one user harasses another, makes threatening posts, or in general deserves an IP ban, etc..);
and of course as i mentioned in addition to logging the information have a semi real time display for admins to keep track of what exaclty IS being done on the site at any given moment.
example, the phpbb2 admin panel
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/3695/aviarylocalhostpicture1.png
i'm trying to mimic that kind of who's online functionality for a site i'm building
By hoppurr on
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Wrong Forum
Hi,
This forum is for folks who have already decided to extend Drupal's functionality by writing custom modules. It doesn't appear from your post that you have already made that decision.
I just went to the "Post Installation" forum an searched for your topic "Who's Online" and got plenty of great solutions. Therefore I recommend you check out the "Post Installation" forum here:
http://drupal.org/forum/22
Unless you really want to write a computer program, this is not the appropriate forum for your question. Most folks would start off by determining whether Drupal existing functionality performs their requirements.
granted but my intention is
granted but my intention is more then likely to write something custom anyways i was just wondering if a module existed more to use as a reference, i guess i wasnt as clear as i could be for such i was simply hoping for a point in the right direction to get started
Please read
Hi,
This forum is described by the moderator here: http://drupal.org/node/644164 (Please read :).
It's really important for developers to be able to peruse this forum to get an idea of how to solve issues using the Drupal API. Therefore it is important that this forum remained reserved for "development" discussion, not configuration.
Please use the "Post Installation" forum.
sigh that's what i was trying
sigh that's what i was trying to say, i am trying to develop a module that does exactly what i want it to do, nothing more or less, i have quite a bit of experience with the drupal api and have developed quite a few custom modules for projects, i prefer to code my own functions whenever possible since it's easier then maintaining code that someone else wrote or relying on that someone to release a patch to fix a problem
i was just hoping someone could help point at the location in the database, a function or hook that might be invoked to get that information or a module that has been written to do something like this for the purpose of tearing open the code and using as reference, not just what admin setting i can turn on or what module i can install to do this
sorry if i am bad at describing the specifics of what i'm looking for