Users Recently Online - Joomla! Administrator Module

Introduction

This module shows a list of the recently logged in users, including those currently online, in a tab in the Joomla! Administrator cpanel. This module is a replacement for the standard "Logged In" module in Joomla!

Features

• The tab lists users, groups, date/time of last activity, online status and an icon to force a user logoff
• Clicking on the name/username in the list edits user
• The list is paginated and includes navigation
• Managers and Admins cannot see Admins in higher privilege groups
• Module parameters control:
• display of username or full name
• option to exclude non-enabled members
• format and locale of last activity date/time
• choice of user manager
• option to exclude the viewing user from the list

Installation Notes

This module was written for Joomla! 1.0.x. To install it in Joomla! 1.5, you must enable the System-Legacy plugin in the Extensions/Plugin Manager.

After installing the module, simply relocate its position to the cpanel and unpublish the standard "Logged In" module.

Note: For the page navigation to work properly, you have to un-publish the "Logged In" module, because Joomla! can't handle two navigation widgets on the same page.

Screenshot

A simple screenshot of the tab in the administrator cpanel.

Changelog

Version 1.1: 2008-02-16: Feature Improvements and Updates Download

• Add: Status header shows at-a-glance the parameters chosen for:
• Own user view
• Non-enabled members
• Date/time locale
• Currently chosen user manager (only displayed if user has privilege to edit users i.e. Admins and Super Admins)
• Add: Parameter to choose user manager used to edit users (Joomla! or Community Builder User Managers)
• Add: Parameter to view reported date/time according to server or website locale
• Add: Parameter to exclude viewing user from list
• Improve: Last Activity uses the most recent information available
• While user is online, Last Activity is drawn from the session table, which is updated every time a user navigates the site.
• When user is offline, Last Activity is drawn from the user table, which is updated only when the user logs in.
• Add: Users in the same group cannot logout each other out
• Logout symbol is dimmed if this is the case
• "No forced user logout: This user has the same or higher privileges" tooltip over logout symbol
• Add: Check to determine if standard "Logged In" module is published
• If "Logged In" module is published alongside "Users Recently Online", page navigation will not work in either module
• Warning to this effect
• Improve: Table headers updated
• Name/username table heading changes according to the name/username parameter chosen
• Add: Added tool tip text for:
• Which user manager will be used to edit user

Version 1.0: 2008-02-19: Initial Release Download