Current Visitors

[aussie]

can the current visitors list time period be extended to say 1 hour?

 

[Chris D]

Yes, it can.

It's known as the "Online Status Timeout".

 

[aussie]

many thanks Chris.

 

[mikelowrey]

Chris, what's the purpose of it? Would it be beneficial to extend or to shorten?

 

[Paul B]

Some people increase it to make the site look more active.

 

[Chris D]

It simply defines how long a user appears to be online for after their last activity.

After a user interacts with the system (by clicking a link etc.) they will be considered 'online'. They will be considered to be offline if they do not interact with the system again within the time specified here.

 

[aussie]

one last question: can it be changed within the admin cp and if so, where? if not, can you please advise where do I change the code.

 

[Chris D]

It can be changed in the Admin CP.

Admin CP > Options > User Options or use the Admin CP search to find "Online Status Timeout".

 

[aussie]

perfect, cheers.

 

[Joe Kuhn]

Increased mine to the limit of 60 minutes. Thanks.

 

[Joe Kuhn]

It can be changed in the Admin CP.

Admin CP > Options > User Options or use the Admin CP search to find "Online Status Timeout".

The max on this is 60 minutes. Any chance I can change this limit? I believe I have a forum people don't want to join; they'd rather take what they can use and leave the rest, which is ok. Problem is I'm not sure because I can't tell who has been to my site in the last day. When I changed it to 60 minutes my visitor count went up from a max of 3 to 5. I would like to be able to check once a day at the same time to see who's been on.

Another problem I have is identifying bots accurately. Any help there?

 

[Max Taxable]

The max on this is 60 minutes. Any chance I can change this limit?

I did.

 

[Joe Kuhn]

I did.

Secret stuff? You're talking to a rookie here.

 

[Max Taxable]

Secret stuff?

Not secret just, kind of light-grey hat. Probably not approved by the PTB here either but, works.

Get this:


By doing this:


Pull up browser console and change the "60" to whatever you're looking for. I use "120."