vBulletin Manual - Forums Home Page Options

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Script Name for Forum Home Page
This option allows you to set the script name of the page that acts as your forum home page. By default this will be 'index' (meaning index.php but you may want to call it 'forum' or whatever else you like for your own purposes.
Note:
If you change this value you must manually rename the forumhome PHP script to match the new value.
Display Logged in Users?
Displays those users that have been active in the last XXX seconds on the home page, where XXX is the value specified by your Cookie Time-Out option (Default is last 15 minutes). Not recommended for sites with hundreds of simultaneous users. The Alphabetical option requires more resources than the random option.
Display Today's Birthdays?
Displays today's birthdays for those usergroups that have birthday display enabled (see User Groups->Usergroup Manager).
Display Calendar Events?
Choose the number of upcoming days that you wish to display upcoming events from.

Set to 0 to disable upcoming events.
Display Custom Holidays
Display upcoming custom holidays in the above events list?
Upcoming Event Type
Choose the method by which you wish to display the upcoming events if the "Display Calendar Events" option is enabled.
Active Members Time Cut-Off
Enter a number of days here that represents a threshold for 'active' members. If a user has visited the board within the past number of days you specify, they are considered 'active'.

Enter '0' to treat all members as 'active'.
Active Members Options
Using the boxes here, you can choose to show only birthdays for those members considered 'active', and to show or hide the total number of 'active' members.

A member is considered 'active' if they have visited the board within the number of days specified in 'Active Members Time Cut-Off'.