Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlStringMiniMOD

Author : muzishun
Subject : MiniMOD - Update Last Here Date
Posted : 17 January 2008, 11:39
Message :

Currently, the forum does not update your last here date when you post while logged out. This can cause the last here date and last post dates to be out of sync. This miniMOD fixes that issue (which technically isn't a bug, but to me it's a bit odd).
In post_info.asp, find this code around lines 1847-1853:

Code:


			case else
				Response.Write("Have a nice day!")
		end select
		Response.write	"</font></p>" & vbNewLine & _
				"      <p align=""center""><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strDefaultFontSize & """><a href=""" & strReturnURL & """>" & strReturnTxt & "</a></font></p>" & vbNewLine
	else 
		Response.write	"      <p align=""center""><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strHeaderFontSize & """ color=""" & strHiLiteFontColor & """>There has been a problem!</font></p>" & vbNewLine & _

Make that look like this by adding the code in red:

Code:


			case else
				Response.Write("Have a nice day!")
		end select
		Response.write	"</font></p>" & vbNewLine & _
				"      <p align=""center""><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strDefaultFontSize & """><a href=""" & strReturnURL & """>" & strReturnTxt & "</a></font></p>" & vbNewLine
		If blnUpdateLastVisited Then
			UpdateLastHereDate DateToStr(strForumTimeAdjust),strDBNTUserName
		End If
	else 
		Response.write	"      <p align=""center""><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strHeaderFontSize & """ color=""" & strHiLiteFontColor & """>There has been a problem!</font></p>" & vbNewLine & _

Then find this code around lines 60-67:

Code:


if strAuthType = "db" and strDBNTUserName = "" and len(Request.Form("Password")) <> 64 then
	strPassword = sha256("" & Request.Form("Password"))
else
	strPassword = ChkString(Request.Form("Password"),"SQLString")
end if

if strAuthType = "db" and strDBNTUserName = "" then
	strDBNTUserName = Request.Form("UserName")

Make that look like this by adding the code in red:

Code:


blnUpdateLastVisited = False
if strAuthType = "db" and strDBNTUserName = "" and len(Request.Form("Password")) <> 64 then
	strPassword = sha256("" & Request.Form("Password"))
	blnUpdateLastVisited = True
else
	strPassword = ChkString(Request.Form("Password"),"SQLString")
end if

if strAuthType = "db" and strDBNTUserName = "" then
	strDBNTUserName = Request.Form("UserName")

Basically what this does is adds a boolean value at the beginning that checks if we're hashing a password (this only happens if the user enters their password, meaning they aren't logged in when they post). Then, at the end of the whole process, the forum checks that boolean value, and if it's true, updates the last here date.<

Reply Author: HuwR
Replied on: 17 January 2008, 12:11
Message:

it was designed that way for a reason , and if you look at the way the forum deals with "active topics since your last visit" you will understand why

it is kind of like coming to your house and posting a note through your mailbox, does that mean I visited you ? no, it doesn't.<

Reply Author: muzishun
Replied on: 17 January 2008, 13:16
Message:

That's a good point, and I know the forum was designed that way on purpose. However, occasionally people will browse/post without logging in, and then the next time they log in, they're shown topics that they have already seen. This gives people the option to remove some of that confusion (albeit adding a little of it's own).
Thinking about your mailbox analogy, I may not even implement this in my own forum, but at least the code is here if someone else down the road decides they want it.<

Reply Author: HuwR
Replied on: 17 January 2008, 13:27
Message:

agreed

there will always be people who want it to behave a different way.<

Reply Author: Shaggy
Replied on: 18 January 2008, 04:45
Message:

What I've done on a couple of sites that have more to them than forums is add an extra field to the members table that holds the date they were last seen on the site with the forum's lastheredate only being updated if they hit the forums while logged in. Although all those sites require registration so they can't get to post.asp without being logged in, I've still added some code to post_info.asp that will update the date they were last seen on the site if they post when not logged in, just in case the admins ever turn off the registration requirement.
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Reply Author: davemaxwell
Replied on: 18 January 2008, 07:02
Message:

Originally posted by muzishun
That's a good point, and I know the forum was designed that way on purpose. However, occasionally people will browse/post without logging in, and then the next time they log in, they're shown topics that they have already seen. This gives people the option to remove some of that confusion (albeit adding a little of it's own).

Makes sense, but then to keep the active topics functionality from breaking for those that are logged in, I'd only apply it to the forum for those users that are not logged in. If the user is logged in, I wouldn't apply this functionality.<

Reply Author: muzishun
Replied on: 18 January 2008, 09:17
Message:

Originally posted by muzishun
That's a good point, and I know the forum was designed that way on purpose. However, occasionally people will browse/post without logging in, and then the next time they log in, they're shown topics that they have already seen. This gives people the option to remove some of that confusion (albeit adding a little of it's own).

Makes sense, but then to keep the active topics functionality from breaking for those that are logged in, I'd only apply it to the forum for those users that are not logged in. If the user is logged in, I wouldn't apply this functionality. That's what the MOD does. It only updates the lastheredate when the user posts while not logged in.<

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