Author: safeTsurfa < safetsurfa@hotmail.com > http://www.safetsurfa.co.uk

My Dashboard Ultra places a personal user panel at the top of the page, which displays posting statistics plus links to private messages and rapid contact links to the Admin and Moderators. It may be customised in the user profile, and configured in the Administration Panel.

Tested successfully on phpBB 2.0.8 and 2.0.10, as new install and patch update, on unmodified and modified boards. Both installation types also tested successful with Nuttzy's EasyMOD.

My_Dashboard_Ultra.zip
Contains the mod files and installer, screenshots, instructions for use with Ptirhiik's Profile Control Panel, additional language files.

My_Dashboard_Ultra_update.zip
The latest update patch and related files (currently from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0).

If you use John B. Abela's "Welcome and Avatar on Index" Mod, remove it before installing My Dashboard Ultra. Leaving it installed causes a conflict between the avatar in the dashboard, and the avatar in a member's profile.

drathbun and fredol for help with search coding and error checking;
shof515 for independent testing of update patches on his board;
OmegaQuest for the configuration instructions for Ptirhiik's PCP;
Nina3Jungs for providing the German language translation;
John B Abela for his avatar display code, adapted for use here.

My Dashboard panel:

• Corrects a bug which counts unread messages incorrectly;
• Displays the user's name linked to their edit profile page;
• Optionally displays the user's avatar next to their name;
• Displays the user's new and unread PMs, linked to the Inbox;
• Contact links to send Admin email or private messages;
• Topics the user is watching, linked to search results;
• User's total posts or topics and replies, linked to results;
• User's unanswered posts, linked to results (useful for "bumping");
• Total posts or topics and replies since last visit, linked to results;
• Unanswered posts on the board, linked to results;
• New and total announcements, linked to results;
• Minimise and restore buttons to collapse or expand the results area;
• If the user is not logged in, the Login area is displayed instead.

User Profile editing:

• Show or hide the dashboard;
• Select basic or advanced mode;
• Show or hide the personal avatar.

Admininstration Panel:

• Enable or disable the dashboard on the board;
• Pre-set the display mode or allow user selection;
• Allow or disallow display of personal avatars;
• Select who receives notices from Contact Admin links.

Miscellaneous Features:

• Installer with schemas for MySql, MSSQL and PostgreSQL;
• Installs quickly and easily with Nuttzy's EasyMOD;
• Set up instructions for use with Ptirhiik's Profile Control Panel;
• Additional languages included: German.