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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.
At the bottom of the forum index is a list of '''users online'' -- if the [[administrator]] has enabled this featureWithin this section are a couple of links to '''Who's online''', a list of all the [[members]] and [[guests]] who have been active on the forum within the past so many minutes, along with their most recent action. In SMF 2.0, the user can choose to limit the view to members or guests only.  This feature is administered through [[Features and Options]].
 
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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.
 
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 users.  Both of these lead to a page which displays the actions of everyone (guests, users, and hidden) who are currently browsing the forum.  As an example, [http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=who this is the Who's Online page for this forum].
{{{{Localized|Version specific}}|version=2.0|content=On this page, it is possible to change the display, so that it shows only users, or only guestsTo do this, select the drop down menu on the right of the page, and choose either members only, or guests only.}}
 
Note that the activity of hidden users can only be viewed by administrators.<noinclude>


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Revision as of 00:27, 18 January 2014

At the bottom of the forum index is a list of users online -- if the administrator has enabled this feature. Within this section are a couple of links to Who's online', a list of all the members and guests who have been active on the forum within the past so many minutes, along with their most recent action. In SMF 2.0, the user can choose to limit the view to members or guests only. This feature is administered through Features and Options.



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