Who's Online Cut-off Time

[Simicro]

Hello,

Can someone please clarify this: regarding Who's Online Cut-off Time, the description in the ACP says:

The number of minutes before a user is marked offline. Recommended: 15.

My question is: when those minutes are being counted? Is it since the moment he leaves the forum?

[Wildcard]

My question is: when those minutes are being counted? Is it since the moment he leaves the forum?

No. When the user loads a page the session is updated. That marks a timestamp of the last activity. When the WOL checks for active users, it is looking for users whose last activity (session update) was less than x minutes ago.

[Simicro]

Thanks Wilcard.

I try to rephrase to make sure I understand:

If a user leaves the board, approximately 15 min (default) later, he will dissapear from the Who's Online List.

If a user stays on the forum but does not load any page during approximately 15 min (default), he will dissapear from the Who's Online List.

Is that correct?

[Wildcard]

It sounds about right.

Keep in mind that the WOL page itself auto-refreshes so a user on that page would remain online constantly.

But yes, if a user loaded a thread and then did nothing else but read that page for x minutes, they would no longer be counted as 'online'.

[Simicro]

Thanks Wildcard, I think I got it.

[dragonexpert]

Note that if a user logs out, it instantly marks them as offline.

[Simicro]

Thanks for that additional useful info dragonexpert.