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runswithwands
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runswithwands
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Nomad

I noticed there is not a 'current users online' box on the AG site.

In the past, I've always found this useful: moderators and administrators bolded or italicised; newest/new members; users with birthdays; most members online. However, I also recognise that this is more common with forums that are 'Powered by ...' I'm not terribly familiar with programming and the likes of designing webpages, so I suppose that means I am unaware of the time/effort/money involved in creating something like this.

Overall, I was just wondering about it. In the long run, it may prove helpful and useful as far as contacting and handling members.

Cheers,

Carly

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Gantic
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King

We used to have one. Yes, it's one of the things we used to have! It was removed. We don't know when or if it is coming back.

Also, the mods and admins are never ever online, but it's probably better just to pick the right one out of the bunch and hopefully it's the next one that happens to be around. Or figure out who are the most active and then stalk them until you have their schedule down to the millisecond.

runswithwands
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runswithwands
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Nomad

Fiddlesticks.

Is there a possibility of this returning, then? I see the mods and admins have quite the load on their plate with forum suggestions and comments, but perhaps something like this could ease the stress of backtracking on profile messenger comments to find someone or something that was relevant to a task they needed to complete.

Trumpetfury
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Nomad

How come it got taken off in the first place?

Gantic
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Gantic
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King

It was removed during optimization last year to make the site run better without the unnecessary frills.

Trumpetfury
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Trumpetfury
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Nomad

ah, thats understandable... i think.... lol, no, its perfectly clear.

vinster132
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vinster132
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Jester

I was told it was taken off because of lag. Gantic, is this true?

Gantic
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Gantic
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King

User last spotted was taken down because of lag.

Current users online is a different thing.

Secretmapper
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Secretmapper
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Nomad

I hope it comes on armorgames 3.0

runswithwands
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runswithwands
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Nomad

It was removed during optimization last year to make the site run better without the unnecessary frills.


Did this apply only to the 'Community' section or the entire site? If there was a way to have it apply to only the forum section, would it return?
Pazx
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Peasant

I'm fairly sure it only applied to the forum section, but it could of also affected profile comments.

I should leave it to a Mod.

sprite14
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sprite14
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Nomad

aww, only if it didn't fail. it wouuld be cool to still have one.

MoonFairy
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MoonFairy
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Shepherd

Well you could put âI'm onlineâ like some people do on their abouts, but sometimes people forget to change it to offline. If it slows down the site alot than I don't want it on here. The site is fine without it lol.

Google567
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Google567
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Farmer

and then stalk them until you have their schedule down to the millisecond.

None of us do this...right?
mixixa
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mixixa
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Nomad

Thanks for the update-ish thing

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