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.

[jackceltic1888]

Installed

[Lionel]

thanks for trying... I give up...

Originally Posted by ForumDog

Might be because the code puts DIVS inside the table cells, which are overriding the table cell alignment. Vertical-align can't be applied to divs in that manner. Try this (untested, rough guess):

Add to your CSS:

.top span {
vertical-align:top;
}

Then change the code to (Presumably the innerHTML divs, since you're trying to apply it to a table cell):

<div class="top">
<span style="inline-block">What you want aligned to the top</span>
</div>

[MPDev]

I'll give it a try and see if I can get it to align at the top.

[MPDev]

Lionel,

I was able to get this to work easily enough editing the va_spy.js file, at line 272:

	    text = '<td class="alt1 smallfont" align="center" valign="top">' + what + '</td><td class="alt2 smallfont" valign="top">' + poster_clip + '</td><td class="alt1Active smallfont">' + clip + '</td><td align="center" class="alt1 smallfont" valign="top">' + where + '</td>';

I just put the valigns in there and they popped to the top of the cell.

[Spikeman]

Installed thanks

[MPDev]

Sure thing, Spikeman; mind if I ask that you click INSTALL?

[Skedoozy]

Installed. I love it. Works great. I'm only going to tell select users about it though.

[Lionel]

Originally Posted by MPDev

Lionel,

I was able to get this to work easily enough editing the va_spy.js file, at line 272:

        text = '<td class="alt1 smallfont" align="center" valign="top">' + what + '</td><td class="alt2 smallfont" valign="top">' + poster_clip + '</td><td class="alt1Active smallfont">' + clip + '</td><td align="center" class="alt1 smallfont" valign="top">' + where + '</td>';

I just put the valigns in there and they popped to the top of the cell.

In firefox, yes, but not IE

[bashy]

Where 2 or 3 rss feeds are posted, this can mess things up a bit

New Thread Bashy
9 Minutes Ago 05:52 PM Bush 'unaware' of Pakistan threat
President Bush says he was "taken aback" by reports that the US threatened to bomb Pakistan in 2001. More... (0 views, 0 replies) RSS News
New Thread Bashy
9 Minutes Ago 05:52 PM Bush 'unaware' of Pakistan threat
A magnetic levitation train crashes at high speed in northern Germany, killing at least 15 people. More... (0 views, 0 replies) RSS News
New Thread Bashy
9 Minutes Ago 05:52 PM German monorail accident kills 15
President Bush says he was "taken aback" by reports that the US threatened to bomb Pakistan in 2001. More... (0 views, 0 replies) RSS News
New Thread Bashy
9 Minutes Ago 05:52 PM German monorail accident kills 15
A magnetic levitation train crashes at high speed in northern Germany, killing at least 15 people. More... (0 views, 0 replies) RSS News

This is exactly how it looks in the spy page, well with better formatting lol
But you can see that its repeated and also titles messed up with the descriptions!

[MPDev]

What do you mean "where 2 or 3 rss feeds are posted"? The query is pretty straightforward; not sure why it would be mixing up titles and descriptions - I wonder is this applies only to rss posts?