[SPLIT] about custom who.template.php

[Kindred]

spiders = search engine "robots".

the search engine bots that crawl the web categorizing links, etc...

[Vinspire^]

spiders = search engine "robots".

the search engine bots that crawl the web categorizing links, etc...

Is there any way to hide the spiders from whois online list ?

[Kindred]

yes... modify the code to remove the display of users identified as spiders...

[Surferbird]

And i haven't seen a single spider in few weeks, in fact never 
Wonder time in time if this work at all but maybe it work when observe my self online 

[Bigguy]

It works. I have it installed on my forum plus the sitemaps mod and all the spiders are crawling the forum.

[Owdy]

Wonder time in time if this work at all

Then  don't use it. Simple as that. Spiders don't crawl 24/7 in every site in this planet. Especially if you have small/new forum it takes time to spiders to find it. Weeks, months even.

[Surferbird]

Can it be the CAPTCHA (code verification) that prevent spiders and robots from visiting site?
I read somewhere that spiders not like code verifications?

Why should i not use it, i'm only curious of why none have been observed 

[mforum]

I think CAPTCHA prevents bots of register or make a post, does not prevent them of visiting forum....They will come inventually, works just like Owdy said . 

Wonder time in time if this work at all

Then  don't use it. Simple as that. Spiders don't crawl 24/7 in every site in this planet. Especially if you have small/new forum it takes time to spiders to find it. Weeks, months even.

[Surferbird]

Okay, thanks both for explaining about spiders 

[Raffaele]

separated list for users, guests and spiders

Simply awesome! Thanx for sharing it!

Have a simple question: due to my (very very) poor knowledge on PHP, I need help to know what I must change to simply show other words than Members, Guests and Spiders, i.e. Membri, Ospiti and Ragni (translations in my language).

Big thanx in advance!

[Kindred]

I believe the text strings are aqdded to modifications.*language*.php

[Raffaele]

I believe...

Thanx for your advice

[Surferbird]

Can someone tell me where is it exactly, filename...because i couldn't find right place?

[Bigguy]

The Who.template.php file is attached to the first post of this thread.

[Surferbird]

Not looking for the who.template.php file, looking for the file in where the changes should be made for different language for Guests, Members and Spiders 

The Who.template.php file is attached to the first post of this thread.

[Niteblade]

I put an amazon affiliate link on my site since the purpose is financial education.

207.171.165.38 is the spider or bot that's always on my site, and a whois reveals that it is amazon. Any possible way to add it (and the rest of the ip range) to the file in the first post ?

[Surferbird]

Can someone clever SMF person or the author of this Who thing tell us where to change this 3 words to other language? Here is many clever persons in this forum, please someone who understand php, help us with this!
Where, in what file should this 3 words be translated/changed to own language?

Guests
Members
Spiders

[Aslan]

Can someone clever SMF person or the author of this Who thing tell us where to change this 3 words to other language? Here is many clever persons in this forum, please someone who understand php, help us with this!
Where, in what file should this 3 words be translated/changed to own language?

Guests
Members
Spiders

I actually have members with arachnaphobia. I too would like to change the word spiders. I did a search for any file on my machine that had the word Spider in it. I confined my search to today's date (I just downloaded and installed it):



I right clicked on the file named Who[1].template.php.txt, went to open with and chose Wordpad.



When the file opens in WordPad, I see stuff like this: ( I edited a COPY of the file to pull this together)

'Members' => array(),
'Guests' => array(),
'Spiders' => array(),
foreach($context['members'] AS $key => $member)
$spider = getAgent($member['query']['USER_AGENT'], $context['members'][$key]['name'], $agent, $member['id'] == 0);
$context['members'][$key]['agent'] = $agent;
$member['query']['USER_AGENT'] = isset($member['query']['USER_AGENT']) ? $member['query']['USER_AGENT'] : '';
if ( $member['id'] != 0 )
$brokendown['Members'][] = &$context['members'][$key];
else if ( $spider )
$brokendown['Spiders'][] = &$context['members'][$key];
else
$brokendown['Guests'][] = &$context['members'][$key];

$brokendown['Guests'][] = &$context['members'][$key];

Would I be safe if I consistently change the names in single quotes, like ['Members'] ['members']['Spiders']['Guests']

and do not touch stuff like: $member $spider $guest

or

do I also need to coordinate the $ names with the 'names'?

If I do have the right file, and can change it, do I have to uninstall the package then reinstall?

OR

Am I the most dangerous user of all - a semi-literate Idiot?

[Kindred]

no....do not change like that!

you can't just change variable names....

[moonwolf]

I put an amazon affiliate link on my site since the purpose is financial education.

207.171.165.38 is the spider or bot that's always on my site, and a whois reveals that it is amazon. Any possible way to add it (and the rest of the ip range) to the file in the first post ?

in Sources/Subs.php

Find:

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                array (
                        'agent' => 'Googlebot',
                        'spidername' => 'Google spider',
                        'spider' => true,
                ),


Add after that:

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                array (
                        'agent' => 'amzn_assoc',
                        'spidername' => 'Amazon Affiliates',
                        'spider' => true,
                ),
                array (
                        'agent' => 'aranhabot',
                        'spidername' => 'Amazon Affiliates',
                        'spider' => true,
                ),


in Themes/<themename>/Who.template.php

Find:

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                array (
                        'agent' => 'Googlebot',
                        'spidername' => 'Google spider',
                        'spider' => true,
                ),


Add after that:

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                array (
                        'agent' => 'amzn_assoc',
                        'spidername' => 'Amazon Affiliates',
                        'spider' => true,
                ),
                array (
                        'agent' => 'aranhabot',
                        'spidername' => 'Amazon Affiliates',
                        'spider' => true,
                ),


Can someone clever SMF person or the author of this Who thing tell us where to change this 3 words to other language? Here is many clever persons in this forum, please someone who understand php, help us with this!
Where, in what file should this 3 words be translated/changed to own language?

Guests
Members
Spiders

In Themes/<themename>/Who.template.php

Find:

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        $brokendown = array (
                'Members' => array(),
                'Guests' => array(),
                'Spiders' => array(),
        );


Replace with:

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        $brokendown = array (
                'Word for Members' => array(),
                'Word for Guests' => array(),
                'Word for Spiders' => array(),
        );


Find:

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                if ( $member['id'] != 0 )
                        $brokendown['Members'][] = &$context['members'][$key];
                else if ( $spider ) 
                        $brokendown['Spiders'][] = &$context['members'][$key];
                else
                        $brokendown['Guests'][] = &$context['members'][$key];


Replace with:

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                if ( $member['id'] != 0 )
                        $brokendown['Word for Members'][] = &$context['members'][$key];
                else if ( $spider ) 
                        $brokendown['Word for Spiders'][] = &$context['members'][$key];
                else
                        $brokendown['Word for Guests'][] = &$context['members'][$key];


You can use whatever word you like, but it has to be the same in both sections.