Add-On Releases - vBISpy - AJAX real-time feed of new posts/threads

After seeing the http://www.digg.com/spy application; I wondered if this could be done for vBulletin as well. I came across this webpage which had a "how to" on how they built a similiar application to do the same thing. Taking a page from their book (i.e. the code), I modified it for use with vBulletin.

During development, I also came across this post here on vBulletin.Org where the very subject had already been discussed.

So I put this together; a simple ZIP file with a single PHP script, three javascript files and 4 images.

Installation

. UNZIP the file into your forums directory
. That's it!

Virtually all the code to customize the page is in the vaispy.php script; there are no plugins, no templates and no phrases. You do not need to do anything further; this should work right out of the box.

In your browser, open the URL:

http://www.yourforum.com/forum/vaispy.php

You can see examples of this at:

http://www.viperalley.com/forum/vaispy.php
http://www.extremefitness.com/forum/vaispy.php

Note: I claim no ownership of this code except for the file vaispy.php - the rest of the files were using 'freely distributable' sources. As such, you may use these files as you wish, but please do not remove the copyrights.

This modification is for vBulletin 3.6 only, if you are running vBulletin 3.5 you will need to see this thread.

JOIN THE vBIspy Network!
Once you have this mod installed, you can join the vBIspy network to have your threads appear on this site; the vBIspy Network is a great way for people to see what's going on in various vBulletin communities and for forum owners to promote their sites and generate new traffic.

Optional add-ons

Who's Online mod for this: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=126209

vBAdvanced Module: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=126421

UPDATES
1.0.4
Added buro9's code from here

1.0.5 - 9.9.06
Modified some JavaScript in va_spy.js to remove split strings

1.0.6 - 9.10.06
Added date cuffoff code from here and changed init() to spyinit() - changed vaispy.php and va_spy.js files.

1.0.7 - 9.12.06
va_spy.js: Added a forum url variable to allow for integration with portals or other products outside the forum directory
va_spy.js: Added xmldelay variable at top of script for easier configuration or repolling
Updated files: vaispy.php, vb_spy.js

1.0.8 - 9.13.06
vaispy.php - changed code for checking for forum permissions to include password protected forums, added javascript tag for script code

1.0.9 - 9.16.06
vaispy.php
va_spy.js
va_effects.js
- modified to allow for proper display in Opera browsers and moved more html into vaispy.php to allow for stylevars, trimmed va_effects.js to remove unused code (ForumDog's suggestions, except not using templates yet), changed way threads are parsed (removes html as well)

1.0.10 - 9.17.06
va_prototype.js - removed 20kb of unused code

1.1.11 - 9.25.2006
vaispy.php
va_spy.js
- added SirAdrian's mods for thread status icons and alternating row colors
- added code to prepopulate the first 10 rows with existing threads allowing for 5 new ones to be added in scrolling mode (versus scrolling starting from the first thread).
- added option to display subscribed threads only

1.1.12 - 9.26.2006
vaispy.php
- added code to add empty rows if initial pull has less than 20 rows.

[MPDev]

I have posted a version for vB3.5 users at:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=126027

[maroceve]

even after logging out nothing

http://www.maroceve.com/forums/vaispy.php

[MPDev]

Everyone should use Firefox to use the JavaScript console so they can see any errors or load the script with the "?do=xml" flag to see their output.

maroeve, your getting an error on the views item which contains "47 059" - why do the number of views contain a space?

http://www.maroceve.com/forums/vaispy.php?do=xml

[maroceve]

i dunno ;( ?

[Jon_Simmonds]

I did have some java in my navber (well under it as a banner..) removing $navbar from the vaispy.php got it working on my main site (dont have banners on my test one) not yet took a proper look at things to work out why having the banner there breaks things though

[amnesia623]

I have a really weird problem...

I had some RSS feeds a while back. I since have deleted the feed, the forum topic, and user that posted the feed. But with this script, I am seeing the topics from the old feed as if they are still being pulled.

http://www.lakehavasucity.net/community/vaispy.php

*now that I think back, it seems I remember deleting the user the feed was posting from and the forum topic it was posting, but didn't delete the feed in the CP. But I look in the admin cp and the feed isn't there.

weird.

EDIT - Solved this (i think) by deleting the RSS feeds from the database

[kompakt]

I have the 3.5 version linking to threads just fine. But the 3.6 is linking to this...

http://www.website.org/vb/showthread.php?p=1#post1

this is with your latest update from yesterday.

btw, is it possible to let it display the actual new post instead of the 1st post of the thread?

[MPDev]

I am seeing the post just made and not just the 1st post in the thread.

[kompakt]

Originally Posted by MPDev

I am seeing the post just made and not just the 1st post in the thread.

Neither of mine show the post just made...

3.6 site
3.5 site

[MPDev]

Sorry, can't help you with the Opera issue; don't use it, don't know how to debug it.