Time Spent on Forums..

[NPassero]

I was just on a different forum (just viewing another post) and saw a cool little feature..

It had a "Time spent on forum " for each user..


ex..
Time spent in forums: 5 Days 6 h 16 m 27 sec

which would be a cool little feature to add. Not sure if you guys store the log on / log off times, but you could just total those up or something.

[brad jones]

I beleive there are a lot of people that might be shocked to find out how much time they actually spend on the forums...

In truth, the value you would see would not be that relevant. A lot of members sign onto the sight and leave the site in a browser window. As such, the 'time on' would simply keep adding up even though they aren't actually 'on' the forum.

I think the "joined date" in combination with the number of posts and such will give an equally valid indication of the amount of time spent on the forum....

Brad!

[RobDog888]

Maybe its a total of "Logged in time"?
I think I would have a heart attack if I knew my total

Its better not to know


I dont believe vBulletin forum software stores a history of logged on date/time and logged off etc. It just stores the "Last Logged in" date/time.

[Paul M]

SMF show the logged time

[dclamp]

are you suggesting we switch to SMF then jk...


But yes, as Brad said, i login to vbf to check my stuff, then i go and do other things, come back, leave and so on. And i have "Remember Me" checked, so i am always logged on.

[RobDog888]

"Remember me" doesnt keep you continuously logged in. It only autologs you in when your sesion has expired from no activitity (after 15 mins) and you start a refresh or navigate away from the page you were viewing.

[szlamany]

I've never noticed a 15 minute time out...

Are you saying that if I visit the forum on one PC - wait past 15 minutes - visit the forum form another PC (and let's say not even log on) that I won't see myself in the Current User list??

If I had any time I would just test this out for myself

[edit] Rob - is your next gem going to be a different color??

[RobDog888]

If you are on the second computer as a guest then no you will not see yourself online as your session would have expired.

I believe its 15 minutes for session timeouts. This can be tested by logging out and when logging back in not checking the "Remember me" checkbox. Then wait and see if its 15 minutes or ??? when you refresh and get prompted to relogin.

No more Gems for me Steve. I have retired from the post/rep race. Plus, the system can not handle anymore reps for displaying without a vBulletin hack which we dont use on the forums.

[dclamp]

what do you mean rob? (about the gem thing)

[RobDog888]

11 Gems is the maximum number of Gems that can be displayed with vBulletin.

[mendhak]

I was just on a different forum (just viewing another post) and saw a cool little feature..

It had a "Time spent on forum " for each user..


ex..
Time spent in forums: 5 Days 6 h 16 m 27 sec

which would be a cool little feature to add. Not sure if you guys store the log on / log off times, but you could just total those up or something.

Think about the day your life changed and you were suddenly happy all the time and the birds were always singing and the weather was always perfect and the food you ate always tasted good and your view of the world became rose tinted. Subtract that date from today's date. That's how much time you have spent on VBForums.

[NPassero]

i guess your right. simple equation of happiness can tell how long one has been logged in.

[Asiadeep]

Hi guys, am indeed new to this forum but was initially here just to look for some answers but decided to lurk a bit longer. I think if you add up all the time spent it might add up to a few days already. Imagine those more senior members and the % of their life that was dedicated to this forum.

[dclamp]

i know i spend at least 5-10% of my life on vbf, now for some one like RobDogg, he might spend some where between 70-99.999% of his life here :P