"Last visit date: Today" in profilebox

[sozzled]

This issue is discussed in http://www.kunena.org/forum/k-3-0-general-questions/129951-last-visit-date-is-always-today

The last visit date will always be today. Therefore, this information is totally meaningless and the line should be removed from K 3.0 and K 3.1

[coder4life]

I think we have a funky parameter or function there. It seems to work in the profile section.

[sozzled]

The last visit date in the profilebox is a little meaningless unless the site administrator allows for very long Joomla sessions. For example, if a site administrator allows for a Joomla session length of 50000 minutes and if a user logs in but does not explicitly logout for over a month, then the "last visit date" may have some "value" because it will display the date when the user logged in. But, because the standard Joomla session length is only 15 minutes and because it is not considered a good practice to allow excessively long sessions, the possibility that the last visit date may have some value as something to display in the profilebox would be unlikely.

There is also another (remotely likely) possibility that, if a user was somehow able to interact with the website continuously around the clock (and never be logged out due to inactivity) then the last visit date may have some "value".

In my opinion, displaying the last visit date in the profilebox has very little instrinsic "value" except, perhaps, in the tiny percentage of cases where users can remain logged in to a site for days or weeks on end.

[rich20]

There are two different informations. It's only the last visit date in the profilebox wrong. But in the profile is the date of the last login correct. Then it can have nothing to do with the Joomla session length.

[810]

@rich20 can you try this with K3.1, i can't see the issue there.

[rich20]

In Crypsis is it vice versa. I think, the error is in the templates present.
Here you can see the profiles blue eagle and crypsis.

[rich20]

I think, in crypsis it's correct now. In the profilebox is the date of the last login and in the profile is the current login time.

[xillibit]

I will backport this fix into k3.0.x later

[rich20]

Is fixed in Crypsis

[rich20]

I will backport this fix into k3.0.x later

Should remain here still open?

[xillibit]

I had forgot to create a PR for that for K3.0, i will do that now

[xillibit]

@rich20 : can-you try in this fix in K3.0 ?

[rich20]

In the loginbox is the current login time and in the profile the date of the last login. Correctly it would be vice versa.

[xillibit]

@rich20 : is-this correct like that:

?

[rich20]

In principle it works, but it should be the other way around.

[xillibit]

@rich20 : can-you try now ?

[rich20]

Now it's again as at the beginning. In the profilebox is always "Today"
and in the profile the date of the last visit.

[810]

• Profilebox showed always "Today" Blue Eagle
• Profile info showed correct time "Today" Blue Eagle
• Profile info showed correct time "Today" Crypsis

[810]

@xillibit the thing is that there are 2 different times. The profile showed the correct time, in the logout is the time from when login. not from the last time. I can't see the issue. not in view or in lib.

[mahagr]

Any conclusions on this one?

[rich20]

It's correct in Blue Eagle now.
In the login box is "Last login" (with current login time)
in the profile is "Last visit date"
both are correct.

But in Crypsis there's only the last login time. In the login box as well as in the profile.

[810]

Can be closed.

On crypsis I changed it to last login. And its merged

[sozzled]

I understand that this will be included in K 3.0.6 (expected to be released around the same time as K 3.1 beta).