WikiPatches/ChangesSinceLastVisit

This patch allows a user to show changes since his last visit. The information is stored in a cookie and kann be addressed at wiki.pl?action=rc&sincelastvisit=1 If you don't have a cookie already it showes changes for the last 30 days.

Try it at http://koeln.ccc.de/~drt/wiki.cgi?action=rc&sincelastvisit=1

 Hacked by the teenagemutantninjaheroecoders - http://c0re.jp/
 --- wiki.cgi.orig      Wed Aug 29 14:37:51 2001
 +++ wiki.cgi   Wed Aug 29 15:53:23 2001
 @@ -463,6 +463,14 @@
    $fullHtml .= &WikiToHTML($Text{'text'});
    $fullHtml .= "<hr>\n"  if (!&GetParam('embed', $EmbedWiki));
    if (($id eq $RCName) || (T($RCName) eq $id) || (T($id) eq $RCName)) {
 +
 +    if (&GetParam("sincelastvisit", 0)) {
 +        my $cookie1 = $q->cookie(-name       => $CookieName . "-RC",
 +                                 -value   => time(),
 +                                 -expires => '+60d');
 +        print "Set-Cookie: $cookie1\r\n";
 +    }
 +
      print $fullHtml;
      &DoRc();
      print "<hr>\n"  if (!&GetParam('embed', $EmbedWiki));
 @@ -492,7 +500,10 @@
    my $starttime = 0;
    my $showbar = 0;
  
 -  if (&GetParam("from", 0)) {
 +  if (&GetParam("sincelastvisit", 0)) {
 +    $starttime = $q->cookie($CookieName."-RC");
 +
 +  } elsif (&GetParam("from", 0)) {
      $starttime = &GetParam("from", 0);
      print "<h2>" . Ts('Updates since %s', &TimeToText($starttime))
            . "</h2>\n"; 

Get it at http://c0re.jp/c0de/misc/usemod-0.92-changessincelastvisit.patch

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• big request for this as future standard feature please --RecentChangesJunkie
• Smart wiki owners would never apply this patch. It's bad enough to have RecentChanges load in reverse chronological order. "Why?" someone asks. Well, because RecentChanges is the current thought process of the wiki. Think about what you'd be like if you forgot what you were thinking after you thought it. Showing a recent change only once puts pressure on the users to reply immediately. It's better to allow recently changed pages to percolate for some time in a user's mind. The Wiki:WikiNow is a Wiki:LongNow. -- SunirShah

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This doesn't work (at least in 1.0) because it prints the cookie after the header has been sent.