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At the end of the forum index, there is a section called Users Online.  This provides a list of users who are browsing the forum in the last x minutes.  This feature can be enabled, or disabled, and the number of minutes can be changed, by selecting [[Features and Options]] in the admin panel.
==Who's Online==


This list displays members in order of recent activityUsers which belong to certain membergroups, such as administrator or global moderator, appear in a different color to regular users in this list. Administrators, for example, appear in red, and global moderators appear in blue. Regular users appear in the default color associated with the forum theme.
At the end of the forum index, there is a section called Users OnlineThis is a list of users who have recently used the forum. This feature can be enabled or disabled, and the definition of "recent" changed from [[{{Latest docs}}Features and Options|Features and Options]] in the admin panel.<noinclude>


To find out what individual users are doing on a forum, select the icon to the left of Users Online, or the Guests, Users above the list of usersBoth of these lead to a page which displays the actions of everyone (guests, users, and hidden) who are currently browsing the forumAs an example, [http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=who this is Who's Online page for this forum].  On this page, it is possible to change the display, so that it shows only users, or only guests.  To do this, select the drop down menu on the right of the page, and choose either members only, or guests only.
This list is ordered by most recent activityMembers who belong to color-coded membergroups (such as administrator or global moderator) will be color-coded on this list. Administrators, are shown in red and global moderators are shown in blue by defaultRegular users appear in the default color used by the forum theme.


Note that the activity of hidden users can only be viewed by administrators.
To learn more about what users are doing, select the Users Online icon or the link below the heading to display the '''Who's Online''' page.  This page is a list of everyone (guests, members, and hidden)  currently browsing the forum along with the last thing they tried to do on the forum.  For example, [http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=who this is the Who's Online page for simplemachines.org].
{{{{Localized|Version specific}}|version=2.0|content=In versions 2.0+, any user can use a drop-down list to choose whether to view members only, guests only, or all users.}}


[[Category:SMF_Terminology]]
===Unknown Action===
In the Who's Online section, you can occasionally see some users (or even guests) whose action is displayed as ''Unknown Action''. You may find this strange and suspicious but it is not. This action is displayed when you have a [[Modifications|modification]] installed on your forum and this modification does not declare itself properly, meaning that the forum does not recognise what the user is doing.
 
===Nothing, or nothing you can see...===
It is very common to see this action displayed when viewing the Who's Online list. In most of cases, this will happen if you are a regular user because you do not have permissions to see what some other users are doing, for example, if they are posting in a board that you cannot see. As an administrador, you may also see this action displayed for regular users. In this case, it means that users are trying to access a deleted message or topic or other pages that no longer exist.
 
==Why do I see my guests viewing threads in Who's Online when they cannot view the forum?==
Is it possible to prevent [[Guest|guests]] from viewing the forum by unchecking the ''Allow guests to browse the forum'' in ''Admin > Configuration > Features and Options > General''. If you uncheck this option, guests will not have access to any part of the forum, and they will be forced to log in or register.
 
Even with this feature enabled, some guests will be viewing threads in the Who's Online section. These guests are [http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/SMF2.0:Search_engines#Spiders|spiders]. Spiders are internet bots used for web indexing (such as Google or Yahoo) and they will be accessing your threads to index them. For more details about spiders and how to change the settings relating to them, please see http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/SMF2.0:Search_engines.
 
[[Category:SMF terminology]]</noinclude>

Latest revision as of 10:43, 15 March 2017

Who's Online

At the end of the forum index, there is a section called Users Online. This is a list of users who have recently used the forum. This feature can be enabled or disabled, and the definition of "recent" changed from Features and Options in the admin panel.

This list is ordered by most recent activity. Members who belong to color-coded membergroups (such as administrator or global moderator) will be color-coded on this list. Administrators, are shown in red and global moderators are shown in blue by default. Regular users appear in the default color used by the forum theme.

To learn more about what users are doing, select the Users Online icon or the link below the heading to display the Who's Online page. This page is a list of everyone (guests, members, and hidden) currently browsing the forum along with the last thing they tried to do on the forum. For example, this is the Who's Online page for simplemachines.org.

In versions 2.0+, any user can use a drop-down list to choose whether to view members only, guests only, or all users.

Unknown Action

In the Who's Online section, you can occasionally see some users (or even guests) whose action is displayed as Unknown Action. You may find this strange and suspicious but it is not. This action is displayed when you have a modification installed on your forum and this modification does not declare itself properly, meaning that the forum does not recognise what the user is doing.

Nothing, or nothing you can see...

It is very common to see this action displayed when viewing the Who's Online list. In most of cases, this will happen if you are a regular user because you do not have permissions to see what some other users are doing, for example, if they are posting in a board that you cannot see. As an administrador, you may also see this action displayed for regular users. In this case, it means that users are trying to access a deleted message or topic or other pages that no longer exist.

Why do I see my guests viewing threads in Who's Online when they cannot view the forum?

Is it possible to prevent guests from viewing the forum by unchecking the Allow guests to browse the forum in Admin > Configuration > Features and Options > General. If you uncheck this option, guests will not have access to any part of the forum, and they will be forced to log in or register.

Even with this feature enabled, some guests will be viewing threads in the Who's Online section. These guests are [1]. Spiders are internet bots used for web indexing (such as Google or Yahoo) and they will be accessing your threads to index them. For more details about spiders and how to change the settings relating to them, please see http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/SMF2.0:Search_engines.



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