alternate sidebar: members online now

this sidebar will load avatars for your online members rather than the default text link. i thought the members would like being able to see at a glance whos online, rather than see a list of text. member feedback has been positive.

what makes this sidebar different than the other available avatar sidebars is the following:

• the smallest avatars are loaded.
• staff and moderators will not reappear in 'members' (they already show in 'staff online').
• people you follow will not reappear in 'members' (they already show in 'people you follow').
• tooltip on mouseover with the members name.

those worried about this bloating out the page:

• the avs are an average of 5KiB in size.
• the avs are cached by your regulars.
• the number of avs listed is configurable via the acp.

http://xenforo.com/community/data/at...661178d693.jpg

(beta 5) in template sidebar_online_users:

replace all code with:

PHP Code:

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<xen:edithint template="sidebar.css" />
<xen:if hascontent="true">
    <!-- block: sidebar_online_staff -->
    <div class="section staffOnline avatarList">
        <div class="secondaryContent">
            <h3>{xen:phrase staff_online_now}</h3>
            <ul>
                <xen:contentcheck>
                    <xen:foreach loop="$onlineUsers.records" value="$user">
                        <xen:if is="{$user.is_moderator} OR {$user.is_admin}">
                            <li>
                                <xen:avatar user="$user" size="s" img="true" />
                                <xen:username user="$user" rich="true" />
                                <div class="userTitle">{xen:helper userTitle, $user}</div>
                            </li>
                        </xen:if>
                    </xen:foreach>
                </xen:contentcheck>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
    <!-- end block: sidebar_online_staff -->
</xen:if>
<!-- block: sidebar_online_users -->
<div class="section membersOnline userList">
    <div class="secondaryContent">
        <h3><a href="{xen:link online}" title="{xen:phrase see_all_online_users}">{xen:phrase members_online_now}</a></h3>
        <xen:if is="{$onlineUsers.records}">
            <xen:if is="{$visitor.user_id}">
                <xen:if hascontent="true">
                <h4 class="minorHeading"><a href="{xen:link account/following}">{xen:phrase people_you_follow}:</a></h4>
                <ul class="followedOnline">
                    <xen:contentcheck>
                        <xen:foreach loop="$onlineUsers.records" value="$user">
                            <xen:if is="{$user.followed}">
                                <li title="{$user.username}" class="Tooltip"><xen:avatar user="$user" size="s" img="true" class="_plainImage" /></li>
                            </xen:if>
                        </xen:foreach>
                    </xen:contentcheck>
                </ul>
                <h4 class="minorHeading"><a href="{xen:link members}">{xen:phrase members}:</a></h4>
                </xen:if>
            </xen:if>
            <ol class="followedOnline">
                <xen:foreach loop="$onlineUsers.records" value="$user" i="$i">
                    <xen:if is="{$i} <= {$onlineUsers.limit}">
                  <xen:if is="!{$user.is_moderator} OR !{$user.is_admin}">
                  <xen:if is="!{$user.followed}">
                            <xen:if is="{$user.user_id}">
                  <li title="{$user.username}" class="Tooltip"><xen:avatar user="$user" size="s" img="true" class="_plainImage" /></li>
                <xen:else />
                                {xen:phrase guest}<xen:if is="{$i} < {$onlineUsers.limit}">,</xen:if>
                            </xen:if>
              </xen:if>
              </xen:if>
                    </xen:if>
                </xen:foreach>
                <xen:if is="{$onlineUsers.recordsUnseen}">
                    <li class="moreLink">... <a href="{xen:link online}" title="{xen:phrase see_all_visitors}">{xen:phrase and_x_more, 'count={xen:number $onlineUsers.recordsUnseen}'}</a></li>
                </xen:if>
            </ol>
        </xen:if>
        <div class="footnote">
            {xen:phrase online_now_x_members_y_guests_z, 'total={xen:number $onlineUsers.total}', 'members={xen:number $onlineUsers.members}', 'guests={xen:number $onlineUsers.guests}'}
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<!-- end block: sidebar_online_users --> 


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if you are using jaxels portal you will want to also edit his module template.

in template EWRporta_Block_OnlineUsers:

replace the entire template with the following:

PHP Code:

---

      <xen:if hascontent="true">
    <div class="section staffOnline avatarList">
        <div class="secondaryContent">
            <h3>{xen:phrase staff_online_now}</h3>
            <ul>
                <xen:contentcheck>
                    <xen:foreach loop="$OnlineUsers.records" value="$user">
                        <xen:if is="{$user.is_moderator} OR {$user.is_admin}">
                            <li>
                                <xen:avatar user="$user" size="s" img="true" />
                                <a href="{xen:link members, $user}" class="username">{xen:helper richUserName, $user}</a>
                                <div class="userTitle">{xen:helper userTitle, $user}</div>
                            </li>
                        </xen:if>
                    </xen:foreach>
                </xen:contentcheck>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
</xen:if>

<div class="section membersOnline userList">
    <div class="secondaryContent">
        <h3><a href="{xen:link online}" title="{xen:phrase see_all_online_users}">{xen:phrase members_online_now}</a></h3>

        <xen:if is="{$OnlineUsers.records}">

            <xen:if is="{$visitor.user_id}">
                <xen:if hascontent="true">
                <h4 class="minorHeading"><a href="{xen:link account/following}">{xen:phrase people_you_follow}:</a></h4>
                <ul class="followedOnline">
                    <xen:contentcheck>
                        <xen:foreach loop="$OnlineUsers.records" value="$user">
                            <xen:if is="{$user.followed}">
                                <li title="{$user.username}" class="Tooltip"><xen:avatar user="$user" size="s" img="true" class="_plainImage" /></li>
                            </xen:if>
                        </xen:foreach>
                    </xen:contentcheck>
                </ul>
                <h4 class="minorHeading"><a href="{xen:link members}">{xen:phrase members}:</a></h4>
                </xen:if>
            </xen:if>

            <ul class="followedOnline">
                <xen:foreach loop="$OnlineUsers.records" value="$user" i="$i">
                    <xen:if is="{$i} <= {$OnlineUsers.limit}">
        <xen:if is="!{$user.is_moderator} OR !{$user.is_admin}">
        <xen:if is="!{$user.followed}">
                        <xen:if is="{$user.user_id}">
         <li title="{$user.username}" class="Tooltip"><xen:avatar user="$user" size="s" img="true" class="_plainImage" /></li>
                        <xen:else />
                            {xen:phrase guest}<xen:if is="{$i} < {$OnlineUsers.limit}">,</xen:if>
                        </xen:if>
                </xen:if>
              </xen:if>
                    </xen:if>
                </xen:foreach>
                <xen:if is="{$OnlineUsers.recordsUnseen}">
                    <li class="moreLink">... <a href="{xen:link online}" title="{xen:phrase see_all_visitors}">{xen:phrase and_x_more, 'count={xen:number $OnlineUsers.recordsUnseen}'}</a></li>
                </xen:if>
            </ul>
        </xen:if>

        <div class="footnote">
            {xen:phrase online_now_x_members_y_guests_z, 'total={xen:number $OnlineUsers.total}', 'members={xen:number $OnlineUsers.members}', 'guests={xen:number $OnlineUsers.guests}'}
        </div>
    </div>
</div> 


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