vB Spy
 

Simply put, a mod that opperates like http://www.digg.com/spy

Showing a realtime feed of everything that is happening on the board. New posts, polls votes on, threads deleted (if you are a mod/admin), etc. etc.

Hard? Most likely.
Server Intensive? Very likely.
Fun? Hell yeah!

XD

this is actually quite interesting
i mean this is really interesting

uhm, i think i'll look into it tomorrow

I like it.

I just created some code that will get the last spy from the database and show it on a page and refresh every second using a xmlhttprequest object so the page itself isn't reloaded.
This works pretty good, now what I have left to do is create plugins that will save new spy info into the database (for example, a new thread is being made, a new user is added, poll vote, etc)
then i'll need to create a neat vB Spy page with vbulletin layout

So I guess i'll have some beta code ready within a few days (maybe even tomorrow)



getting the last spy info from the database takes about 2-20 ms on my localhost (centrino laptop doing all kinds of things)
so quite possibly the server load will be low enough to use this hack on smaller boards
Because if a request takes 10 ms, you will need 100 users to look at the vbSpy page to make 1000ms = 1 sec = refresh time = server fully loaded.
if you have 1000 users online simultaniously and everyone likes this hack and 10% of the users looks at the page, you're ++++ed :)
anyhow should be great for smaller boards

w00t! Thanks Dutchman, I've been watching this thread. Can you post back here even if open a new thread for the hack?

Wow, cool, thanks Dutchman!

Idea: Why not code in an option that will allow the user to specify which usergroup gets access to it. And that it only will allow X number of members to view it at any given time. Possible?

And, what about making two types of pages. admin view and member view. Admin view will lett admins and moderators to "spy" on different aspects. While member view will only allow the viewing of polls crated, posts made etc. but nothing else. Should also be less server intensive. :) Or better yet, buttons like on Digg that lett you deselect what you don't want to see, and one to stop the stream all together.

PM me if you need a layout for it, I'll be happy to help test it and make it.

P.S. Digg runs this smoothly, and they have A LOT of people using this feature. I guess that have insane servers. :P

FlyingDutchman - any progress on vb Spy? I was thinking of attempting my own, but would love to see your code.

Is this not like:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/online.php

It shows what every member and gues is doing, just not presented as pretty or as easy to find...

That's the point of it, making the information pretty and easy to find.

How is who's online not easy to use and find?