[SOLVED] When is a member online?

stf92 · 06-05-2011, 12:26 PM

Hi:

If I place the mouse over the penguin's belly I can tell if a member is on line. Is this member online all the time he is logged in and off line when he has logged out? Thanks.

jeremy · 06-05-2011, 12:38 PM

You're online until you log out or 900 seconds has passed since your last activity.

--jeremy

druuna · 06-05-2011, 12:39 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by stf92

If I place the mouse over the penguin's belly I can tell if a member is on line.

That's not true.... Users have the option to be invisible (first option), this includes penguin bellies

stf92 · 06-05-2011, 01:08 PM

Thanks jeremy. Good to know that.

@druuna: So, the penguin tells whether a member is online but not whether he is off line. Does it? Good to know too.

jeremy · 06-05-2011, 01:13 PM

No, if a member is invisible, the penguin will never have a question mark and mousing over it will give "$username is invisible".

--jeremy

stf92 · 06-05-2011, 01:47 PM

For sure.
Case (a) Penguin has the question mark: john is online.
Case (b) Penguin has not the question mark: I can tell nothing.

I think I understood. Kind regards.

jeremy · 06-05-2011, 04:42 PM

Not exactly. In the "Case (b) Penguin has not the question mark" the tooltip will always tell you if the member is invisible or if they are offline.

--jeremy

stf92 · 06-05-2011, 06:46 PM

Ah... You are right. Thanks a lot.

Aquarius_Girl · 06-06-2011, 12:07 AM

Mousing over druuna's penguin gives me "druuna is offline", though I know he's invisible because the last activity time is not shown on his profile.

Or can one hide his/her last activity time without being invisible?

stf92 · 06-06-2011, 02:47 AM

Just when I thought I had it! I understand there are three cases and only three cases:

(i) tooltip= online
(ii) tooltip= off line
(iii) tooltip= invisible.

And in each of these cases the tooltip message is clear. But if what you say is true, Anisha Kaul, I think what we are needing is a flowchart.

Aquarius_Girl · 06-06-2011, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stf92

But if what you say is true, Anisha Kaul

Just for a trial, can you hide yourself and then post here, I'll see what I get on mousing on your penguin.

stf92 · 06-06-2011, 02:58 AM

I have just gone into invisible mode.

Aquarius_Girl · 06-06-2011, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stf92

I have just gone into invisible mode.

See the screenshot attached:

druuna · 06-06-2011, 03:02 AM

Hi,

You (stf92) are now shown as being off-line. Penguin is visible, no question mark on its belly, the same should be true for me. Anisha Kaul is shown as being on-line now (question mark is visible).

stf92 · 06-06-2011, 03:22 AM

In the screen-shot I see no question mark on the belly. But the tooltip for my penguin says offline. Am I visible then? My User Invisible/visible mode option is still set to 'Invisible'.

Anisha Kaul's and druuna penguins say 'online'.

Something comes out of this: while I still have the option checkbox checked, and therefore would expect to be invisible, druuna has not got a 'stf92 is invisible' tooltip message but the 'stf is offline now' message.