Make stock Members Show Online

I wanted to encourage some more activity on the site, and wanted to know how to make stock members on the site show as online permanently.  Is there something in the code or admin panel I can play with.

Thanks in advance

Don't know which version of Dolphin you are using... but maybe have a look there: http://www.expertzzz.com/Downloadz/view/3238

Hello Veroticman,

The modification link MichaleSwiss posted is a very good one by an honest and a trusted seller. However, if you are not willing to pay for this you can follow our free solution which will only show a certain NUMBER of RANDOM MEMBERS on the index page "Online Members" block as ONLINE.

For this pls open BxBaseIndex.php inside the folder yoursite.com/templates/base/scripts/

On line 360 find

function getBlockCode_Members()

We are only going to make changes inside this function.

Near Line 360 find:

case 'online':
if( $mode == $myMode )
$filter = " FROM `Profiles` WHERE `DateLastNav` > SUBDATE(NOW(), INTERVAL ".(int)getParam( "member_online_time" )." MINUTE) AND `Status` = 'Active' $query_add ORDER BY `Couple` ASC";
$modeTitle = _t('_Online');
break;

And replace with:

case 'online':
if( $mode == $myMode )
$filter = " FROM `Profiles` WHERE `Status` = 'Active' $query_add ORDER BY `Couple` ASC, RAND()";
$modeTitle = _t('_Random');
break;

This will randomly choose members from the database and show them up inside the "Members Block" when the "online" tab is active. However, you will not be able to show the bulb as online though. For a more advanced solution pls contact us. You may also consider the mod link posted above.

Best Regards,

The HotGate Team

At one time, I thought I seen a way to have members show "online" by choice. This means, showing all of the Staff online at any time. Is that possible?