Module: Automatic Time Zones
Posted by Joe Curia
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Module: Automatic Time Zones October 20, 2008 01:27AM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 1,301 |
This module tries to automatically detect the visitor's time zone (using JavaScript) and adjusts the times shown in your forum accordingly. This will work for both logged in and anonymous users.
By default, all time zone offests will be automatically determined by the time zone offset on the visitor's computer. For authenticated users and anonymous users that have cookies enabled in their browser, the time zone will be checked once per day. If an anonymous visitor does not have cookies enabled, that visitor's IP address will be stored with the offset information. In this case the time zone will be checked every two hours to avoid issues with dynamic and/or roaming IP's.
In the settings page, the admin can allow registered users to override the automatic timezone with one of there own choosing. To use this option, you must enable the option "Allow Time Zone Selection" in the User Settings section of the General Settings page in the admin section as well.
Initial coding of this module idea was done by Joe Curia (a.k.a. Azumandias). Maurice Makaay did a full rewrite in version 6.0.0, making use of new Phorum features to make the module more efficient and to fix some small remaining bugs.
Thanks go to these bug hunters:
didi2
Exislander
James E.
Maurice Makaay
Phil Connolly
Rob Granger
Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
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Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 07/07/2012 06:30AM by Maurice Makaay.
By default, all time zone offests will be automatically determined by the time zone offset on the visitor's computer. For authenticated users and anonymous users that have cookies enabled in their browser, the time zone will be checked once per day. If an anonymous visitor does not have cookies enabled, that visitor's IP address will be stored with the offset information. In this case the time zone will be checked every two hours to avoid issues with dynamic and/or roaming IP's.
In the settings page, the admin can allow registered users to override the automatic timezone with one of there own choosing. To use this option, you must enable the option "Allow Time Zone Selection" in the User Settings section of the General Settings page in the admin section as well.
Initial coding of this module idea was done by Joe Curia (a.k.a. Azumandias). Maurice Makaay did a full rewrite in version 6.0.0, making use of new Phorum features to make the module more efficient and to fix some small remaining bugs.
Changelog: ---------- 2012-07-07 v6.0.2 (Maurice Makaay) - Fixed a PHP error: "Unsupported operand types in .../include/format_functions.php on line 248." 2011-04-02 v6.0.1 (Maurice Makaay) - Fixed a PHP warning: Missing argument 1 for phorum_mod_automatic_timezones_addon() 2011-04-01 v6.0.0 (Maurice Makaay) - A full rewrite of the module, taking Joe's ideas to the next level, making optimal use of new features in the Phorum core. - Extracted logic into a separate api.php, for code clarity. The module code has been simplified into using only three hooks. - Moved the javascript code into the global Phorum javascript (still only triggering this code when the timezone needs to be determined). - The module now uses the addon hook to handle posting the offset from the client to the module. The redirection code has been improved, to not have to fiddle with the active URL to include the offset in the request (which could cause issues with systems that use their own URL formatting schema for things like friendly URLs or embedding Phorum). - New offset caching mechanism, to minimize local impact: - When cookie storage is available for the client, then no local caching of offsets is done anymore. - When cookie storage is unavailable, then registered users will have their offset stored in the user's settings data. For unregistered users, the offset is cached based on the IP address of the user. - Keeping the IP-cache limited (to prevent db storage overflow) has been optimized to not delete all entries on overflow, but only to trim down the cache to 80% of the maximum allowed storage. - Fixed some buggy behavior that showed for users that configured their own timezone in the Control Center (when saving settings, the selected time zone was stored, but the settings panel would show the automatically determined time zone instead). - Fixed the bug that caused the PHP Notice "Undefined index: REMOTE_ADDR in .../automatic_timezones.php on line 79" when executing the script.php. 2009-04-02 v5.2.1.05 (Joe Curia) - Enhancement: Module rewritten to place the necessary javascript inside the header. This allows for browsers without javascript to view the page without any negative consequences without the need for the excessive browscap support. Thanks go to Phorum developer Maurice Makaay for pointing me in the right direction on this. 2009-03-28 v5.2.1.04 (Joe Curia) - Bugfix: Previous coding required the user's browser to support javascript. To work around this, the module now checks if the user's browser is capable of supporting javacript before running. If the user has disabled javascript, a meta refresh will kick in after 2 seconds the first time they visit the forum. After that their IP Address will be cached. Thanks go to Phorum user didi2 for reporting this bug. - Bugfix: Eliminated some PHP notices. 2009-02-04 v5.2.1.03 (Joe Curia) - Bugfix: Users in the GMT time zone (i.e. 0 offset) would experience an infinite loop. Thanks go to Phorum user ExIslander for reporting this bug. 2008-12-15 v5.2.1.02 (Joe Curia) - Enhancement: Added support for the Recent Messages module and other modules which might call the phorum_api_user_save() function before displaying dates. 2008-10-22 v5.2.1.01 (Joe Curia) - Bugfix: Fixed a bug that caused the cc_panel hook in other modules to fail. Thank you Maurice Makaay for this fix. 2008-10-20 v5.2.1.00 (Joe Curia) - Started.
Thanks go to these bug hunters:
didi2
Exislander
James E.
Maurice Makaay
Phil Connolly
Rob Granger
Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
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Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 07/07/2012 06:30AM by Maurice Makaay.
Re: Module: Automatic Time Zones October 21, 2008 06:26PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 61 |
Interesting, I installed and enabled the module and suddenly our User Avatars mod quit working: from the Control Center, clicking on the Avatar link displays the user's profile, not the avatar upload/selection page. Existing avatars were still present, but changing or uploading a new one did not work. Once I turned off the Automatic Time Zones the avatar page displayed fine.
Thought it was worth mentioning.
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Thought it was worth mentioning.
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Re: Module: Automatic Time Zones October 21, 2008 06:40PM |
Admin Registered: 20 years ago Posts: 8,532 |
I fixed the problem in the module and uploaded a new version in the first message of this thread. Please download v5_2_1_01 and see if it fixes your issue.
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
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Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce
Re: Module: Automatic Time Zones October 21, 2008 07:41PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 1,301 |
Argh! Thanks for catching that bug Maurice (if leaving out crucial data passes could be called a bug :)).
Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
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Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
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Re: Module: Automatic Time Zones October 22, 2008 02:20AM |
Admin Registered: 20 years ago Posts: 8,532 |
That's not a bug.
We call it a "sin" ;-)
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce
We call it a "sin" ;-)
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce
Module: Automatic Time Zones - Support for phorum_api_user_get() December 15, 2008 10:49AM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 1,301 |
I have completed v5.2.1.02 of this module with the following change:
- Enhancement: Added support for the Recent Messages module and other modules which might call the phorum_api_user_save() function before displaying dates.
Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
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- Enhancement: Added support for the Recent Messages module and other modules which might call the phorum_api_user_save() function before displaying dates.
Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
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Re: Module: Automatic Time Zones February 03, 2009 05:54PM |
Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 4 |
One of my users found a potential bug in 5.2.1.01. He lives in London, and he (and a few friends he roped in to help test) were unable to access our phorum. Eventually, we were able to trace it to the common_pre hook and from there to this module. As you know, when it gets to the end of that hook, it attempts a location.href change; as far as I can tell, he was stuck in an endless loop of redirect, fail, redirect, fail.... None of our other users had issues with the time zone detection so I'm guessing it may have to do with London having a zero GMT offset!
I looked at 5.2.1.02 but that part of the code doesn't appear to have changed.
For the time being, we've just disabled that module. When I get a chance I'll change the time zone on my computer and see if I can figure out the problem.
I looked at 5.2.1.02 but that part of the code doesn't appear to have changed.
For the time being, we've just disabled that module. When I get a chance I'll change the time zone on my computer and see if I can figure out the problem.
Module: Automatic Time Zones v5.2.1.03 - Bugfix for GMT time zone February 03, 2009 07:22PM |
Moderator Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 1,301 |
I have released v5.2.1.03 of this module with the following change:
- Bugfix: Users in the GMT time zone (i.e. 0 offset) would experience an infinite loop. Thanks go to Phorum user ExIslander for reporting this bug.
Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
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- Bugfix: Users in the GMT time zone (i.e. 0 offset) would experience an infinite loop. Thanks go to Phorum user ExIslander for reporting this bug.
Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
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Re: Module: Automatic Time Zones February 09, 2009 10:00AM |
Registered: 15 years ago Posts: 4 |
Re: Module: Automatic Time Zones March 27, 2009 04:57PM |
Registered: 16 years ago Posts: 35 |
Hello.
I have the following problem with this mod.
When I activate it, my forum is not accessible for google indexing and text-based browsers like lynx.
When I open the forum in a text based browser, all what I get is:
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these two lines, instead of the forum text.
So, when I activate the module, google cannot read my forum anymore because nothing is shown.
Strange, but it is this module which causes the problem.
regards
I have the following problem with this mod.
When I activate it, my forum is not accessible for google indexing and text-based browsers like lynx.
When I open the forum in a text based browser, all what I get is:
-----
-----
these two lines, instead of the forum text.
So, when I activate the module, google cannot read my forum anymore because nothing is shown.
Strange, but it is this module which causes the problem.
regards
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