Flatboard Pro Plugin - This plugin is part of Flatboard Pro edition.

Forum Monitoring Plugin

Monitoring and analysis plugin for Flatboard 5.

Description

This plugin provides a complete forum monitoring system including:

• Real-time statistics
• Top users and discussions
• Detection of problematic users
• Identification of unanswered discussions
• Widget in the admin dashboard

Installation

1. The plugin is already located in plugins/ForumMonitoring/
2. Activate the plugin from Administration > Plugins
3. The widget will automatically appear in the admin dashboard

Features

Dashboard Widget

The widget is displayed on the admin dashboard (/admin) and shows:

• Quick statistics: Active users, discussions, posts, reports
• Top 5 users: Most active users with number of discussions and posts created
• Top 5 discussions: Most active threads with number of posts and views
• Alerts: Problematic users and unanswered discussions

Full Monitoring Page

Access it at /admin/monitoring to view:

• Detailed statistics
• Activity charts (over the last 30 days by default)
• Top 20 users and discussions
• In-depth analyses

Permissions

The plugin creates a permission called monitoring.view, which is automatically granted to:

• Administrators
• Moderators

Configuration

Plugin settings are available in plugin.json:

• checkbox_enable_anomaly_detection: Enable anomaly detection (default: 1)
• checkbox_enable_email_alerts: Enable email alerts (default: 0)
• number_days_activity_chart: Number of days for the activity chart (default: 30)
• number_top_users_limit: Number of users shown in the top list (default: 10)
• number_top_discussions_limit: Number of discussions shown in the top list (default: 10)
• number_spam_score_threshold: Spam score threshold (default: 3)

Problematic User Detection

The plugin automatically detects suspicious users based on:

• High percentage of very short posts (>70%)
• High number of discussions created (>20)
• Duplicated posts (>5)

A spam score is calculated, and users with a score ≥ 3 are flagged.

File Structure

ForumMonitoring/
├── plugin.json                    # Plugin configuration
├── ForumMonitoringPlugin.php      # Main plugin class
├── ForumMonitoringService.php     # Analysis service
├── ForumMonitoringController.php  # Controller (full monitoring page)
├── langs/
│   ├── fr.json                    # French translations
│   └── en.json                    # English translations
└── views/
    └── admin.php                  # Dashboard widget view

Hooks Used

• permissions.init: Registers permissions
• router.plugins.register: Registers routes
• view.admin.sidebar.items: Adds link to admin menu
• admin.dashboard.widgets: Adds the widget to the dashboard

Support

For any questions or issues, consult the Flatboard documentation or open an issue on the official repository.

License

GPL-3.0