REVIEW: Moderator Statistics 1.3

About this hack:
This vBulletin hack permits you to view statistics on your moderators and administrators. You'll see columns for each type of action the moderator/admin is permitted to perform, and details of their actions.

Installation:
Very easy. 1 Product file to upload.

Support:
Support seems good, with most questions being answered in a day or so.

Configuration:
There is a control panel in AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Moderator Statistics
It is pretty simple to configure. You can select which usergroups or individual users can view the statistics, and you can select the time frame to show statistics for. (i.e. 30 days, 60 days, etc)

Usage:
To view the statistics, you go to the URL:

http://www.yoursite.com/forum/misc.php?do=moderator_stats


When viewing the hack, you can also sort the statistics by column, by clicking the column header.

Additionally, you can click the Advanced Stats and get a plethora of information about what your moderator is doing as a moderator.

http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/images/statistics.JPG

Features:

Uses vBulletin easy Product installer/updater/uninstaller
Full set of options
Setting to add other usergroups to the stats (eg. smods and admin)
Setting for who can view the stats
Only a plug-in. No FTP file uploading required.
Can sort by any category
Many more ...List of Stats:

Last Activity
Posts
Posts in His Forums
Threads Started
Threads Started in His Forums
Total Moderator Actions
Average Per Day of Total Moderator Actions
Advanced stats drop down for split moderator actions types.Installation information on hack:

Files edited: 0
Templates edited: 0
Files to upload: 1
Time to install: 5 seconds max
Ways to Improve:
One would be to provide either an easier url to remember, or to provide link code for the footer, Quick Links drop down menu, or make it accessible via the AdminCP.

For example. To add the link to your quicklinks drop down menu:

In your NAVBAR template, look for:<if condition="$show['wollink']"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[whos_online]</a></td></tr></if>


And after it add:<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 5, 6, 7)"><tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="http://www.YOURSITE.com/forum/misc.php?do=moderator_stats">Moderator Statistics</a></td></tr></if>


Change ($bbuserinfo, 5, 6, 7) to whatever usergroups you want to be able to view the link, making sure this matches the settings in the Moderator Statistics Control Panel for who can view the statistics.Why you should have this hack:
This lets you know if your moderators are really being moderators and doing the job, or if they are just hanging out with the moderator label. This also can be used to determine if a particular moderator is "over moderating" or being a forum natzi, i.e. closing threads constantly, etc. It gives you the ability to easily monitor what your moderators are up to, and help you decide if they should really be Moderators.


This hack has been upgraded for vb 3.64 as well. Moderator Statistics Version: 2.0 (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=139248)
To upgrade you only need to import a new product.

I usually don't install mods that don't provide a feature that I went in search of, but this looks interesting.

It will be fun to watch and see which mods are actually modding and which are simply enjoying their titles. ;)

-Raymond

good work............