A question about editing forum stats?

[Grammy]

Editing forum stats is probably a bad idea, I guess.  I got the idea from THIS THREAD.

Regular members can't see the normal forum stats but I don't mind users seeing Who's Online.  I just don't want them to view "Most Online Today, Most Online Ever..."  Would that be the "more stats" part of that block of code in BoardIndex.template.php?  If so, I don't seem to be able to comment that out cleanly, I get a syntax error. 

That should be my new user name:  Syntax Error.   

I assume it can be done...  just not by me, apparently.

[shadav]

find

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<p class="last smalltext">
', $txt['most_online_today'], ': <strong>', comma_format($modSettings['mostOnlineToday']), '</strong>.
', $txt['most_online_ever'], ': ', comma_format($modSettings['mostOnline']), ' (', timeformat($modSettings['mostDate']), ')
</p>
and either remove it or comment it out
IF YOU COMMENT IT OUT then you will need to move the '; to a new line
so then find

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<p class="last smalltext">
', $txt['most_online_today'], ': <strong>', comma_format($modSettings['mostOnlineToday']), '</strong>.
', $txt['most_online_ever'], ': ', comma_format($modSettings['mostOnline']), ' (', timeformat($modSettings['mostDate']), ')
</p>';
replace

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// <p class="last smalltext">
// ', $txt['most_online_today'], ': <strong>', comma_format($modSettings['mostOnlineToday']), '</strong>.
// ', $txt['most_online_ever'], ': ', comma_format($modSettings['mostOnline']), ' (', timeformat($modSettings['mostDate']), ')
// </p>
';

[shadav]

hm strange...
I tried commenting it out but it still shows up with the comments
I also tired

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/** <p class="last smalltext">
', $txt['most_online_today'], ': <strong>', comma_format($modSettings['mostOnlineToday']), '</strong>.
', $txt['most_online_ever'], ': ', comma_format($modSettings['mostOnline']), ' (', timeformat($modSettings['mostDate']), ')
</p> */
';
same thing, it still showed up but with the comment...

I guess removing it is the only option

[Grammy]

Hi, Shadav, and thanks so much!  So....  just try deleting that very last block of code you showed?


EDIT:  Deleted this

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</p>
<p class="last smalltext">
', $txt['most_online_today'], ': <strong>', comma_format($modSettings['mostOnlineToday']), '</strong>.
', $txt['most_online_ever'], ': ', comma_format($modSettings['mostOnline']), ' (', timeformat($modSettings['mostDate']), ')


and left the closing

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</p>';

That seems to have sorted it!  Thank you so much!   

[shadav]

np

hehehe yes those pesky syntax errors and unable to load template above 
it's almost always a forgotten echo ' or the closing ';

[Grammy]

That's why I never close a file I'm editing or quit my ftp...  so I can hit "Undo" and get the "hell outta Dodge"!   

[Kindred]

the problem was that you were still making the edits within an echo....

you needed to move the ';   to BEFORE the commented lines

[shadav]

the problem was that you were still making the edits within an echo....

you needed to move the ;   to BEFORE the commented lines

ahhh, that makes sense

because the echo is basically telling it to display this information rendering the comments as text....

dang echos anyways