What is the (H) next to users names?

Worker Joined: Jan 06, 2009 Posts: 183

Afer the upgrade I noticed that there is an (H) next to users online. What does this mean?

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:11 pm

H = Online Presence is (H)idden to other users.

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:16 pm

dad7732,

Ok, so that something the user can chose in their profile settings.

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:22 pm

Well, I thought I had that figured out. But, I guess I don't no what makes a user hidden. I don't see the setting for that.

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:25 pm

In "Your Account" => "Change Info", scroll down to the third drop-down:

Hide your online status: Yes/No

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:32 pm

dad7732 wrote:

In "Your Account" => "Change Info", scroll down to the third drop-down:

Hide your online status: Yes/No

It wasn't there as an option but, I seen that it was deactived in the user fields in the user config. It must default at hidden if not active.

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:33 am

On one of my sites I have the hidden option deactivated. However, everytime I go to Your Account / Change Info and click Save Changes, even without making changes, the value of user_allow_viewonline changes from 1 to 0. I go into phpmyadmin and change the value back to 1 and then test it again, (go to Your Account/Your Info and without making any changes, and the Hide Online isn't even available as an option, I click Save Changes) and sure enough the value of user_allow_viewonline changes back to 0.

Is this addressed somewhere else? I did a search but this thread was the closest I got to the issue.

registered · Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:29 am

How do you deactivate this option Embarassed

could not find it in admin Embarassed

jc

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:28 am

Edit Users / Configuration / Default Fields Tab /
Display Option to Hide Online Status

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:29 am

So easy when someone baby steps you through it! thanks CodyG Very Happy

jc

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:52 am

Now that you've found the deactivate link ... how about trying to replicate my issue? Wink

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:59 am

Hmm not sure about that, but to change from H to not hiding I simply go admin / Forums / management > select user = then Hide your online status NO after this the value of Hide stays at not hiding for me Very Happy

jc

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:15 am

CodyG wrote:

Now that you've found the deactivate link ... how about trying to replicate my issue? Wink

I will look at this if I remember lol. Which value means hidden 1 or 0. I am thinking the intent was that if the admin disables this option that everyone will be defaulted to "not hidden" when editing there preferences.

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:22 pm

Ok so I'm confused Embarassed

I just found out there are two places for making your visit (H) one in Your Account >Change Info and another in Forums>Profile "Hide your online status:" so can both be deactivated, and if not I guess changing "Edit Users / Configuration / Default Fields Tab / Display Option to Hide Online Status" makes no sense Neutral

am I missing something?

jc

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:45 pm

CodyG wrote:

On one of my sites I have the hidden option deactivated. However, everytime I go to Your Account / Change Info and click Save Changes, even without making changes, the value of user_allow_viewonline changes from 1 to 0. I go into phpmyadmin and change the value back to 1 and then test it again, (go to Your Account/Your Info and without making any changes, and the Hide Online isn't even available as an option, I click Save Changes) and sure enough the value of user_allow_viewonline changes back to 0.

Is this addressed somewhere else? I did a search but this thread was the closest I got to the issue.

Open /modules/Your_Account/public/saveuser.php
Go to line 42:

Code:




if ($ya_config['usehideonline'] == '0') $user_allow_viewonline = '0';

Change to:

Code:




if ($ya_config['usehideonline'] == '0') $user_allow_viewonline = '1';

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:47 pm

NeapolitanWorld wrote:

Ok so I'm confused Embarassed

I just found out there are two places for making your visit (H) one in Your Account >Change Info and another in Forums>Profile "Hide your online status:" so can both be deactivated, and if not I guess changing "Edit Users / Configuration / Default Fields Tab / Display Option to Hide Online Status" makes no sense Neutral

am I missing something?

jc

You are correct. It can be edited in both places. So yes it may be a little pointless other than removing clutter. The only way to fix that is to remove the field from the forum template and hard code in a hidden input to set to 1 or 0 depending on your needs.

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:52 pm

That fixed my problem. Wink

Not sure if it caused another one....
It was such an odd behaviour. Everytime I changed the value in the db, saving the form reversed it!

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:04 pm

It will still reverse it now, but only if the user has it set to No. I figure the only reason you would want to hide that field is so a user can't hide him/herself.