Miscellaneous Hacks - vBISpy - AJAX real-time feed of new posts/threads

This is a port of vBISpy by MPDev to vBulletin4. MPDev has given me permission to port this modification, if any staff need to see it, I can forward the PM.


If you use this modification, please >> Mark As Installed, Nominate for MOTM, or Support Developer <<, thank you


What is this!?
vBISpy is an AJAX real-time feed of new posts/threads for your vBulletin 4.0 forum.

Please note that this is currently in Beta. The style is not perfect, but the mod should be fully functionial.


Current Version
2.0.4 - You can find the 3.6.x version, here.


Features flagged for future version(s):

• looking for suggestions

Will this work on x.x.x ??
Unless otherwise stated, this will work on all 4.0.x versions. This will not work on 3.x.


Sounds cool. How do I install?

1. Extract the zip, you should have the following directories/files:
   
   

   /
   |_ vaispy.php
   
   /clientscript/
   |_ va_effects.js
   |_ va_prototype.js
   |_ va_spy.js
   
   /images/
   	/misc/
   	|_ pause_down.gif
   	|_ pause_up.gif
   	|_ play_down.gif
   	|_ play_up.gif

2. Upload: (in the below instructions 'yourforum' would be where you have vBulletin installed)
   
   • vaispy.php to /yourforum/vaispy.php
     
   • /clientscript/*.js to /yourforum/clientscript/*.js
     
   • /images/misc/*.gif to /yourforum/images/misc/*.gif

Upgrading
Unless noted otherwise, just upload and overwrite 'vaispy.php'.


Customization
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.

If you'd like to block certain usergroups from viewing vBISpy; or certain forums from being displayed - edit vaispy.php

PHP Code:

/**
* Do not list these forums even if they have 
* permissions (test categories, etc)
*
* Enter them by ID, separated by commans (eg: 1,2,3)
*/
$blockforums = '';

/**
* Do not allow these groups.
*
* Enter them by ID, separated by commans (eg: 1,2,3)
*/
$blockgroups = ''; 


In your browser, open the URL:

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

You can see examples of this at:

• Anyone wanting to list here as an example?

Note: Neither I nor MPDev claim ownership of this code except for the file vaispy.php - the rest of the files were using 'freely distributable' (although modified to suit vBISpy) sources. As such, you may use these files as you wish, but please do not remove the copyrights.


Changelog
2.0.4 - June 23, 2011
- Changed 'xml' to 'feed' when the script is requesting data via AJAX
- Updated code that checks for blocked groups and forums so that it works properly.
- Added version string (?v=) to script calls.
- Updated template html to include facebook data if enabled.
- Updated css link rendering to determine if templates are stored as files or not.

2.0.3 - March 25, 2010
- Updated alternate row colors to use stylevars.
- Added ability to block certain usergroups by editing vaispy.php.
- Fixed possible bug where in certain situations a database error would occur.

2.0.2 - January 23, 2010
- Hopefully the incorrect showthread link is now fixed.
- Added alternate row colors.
- Changed default xml delay in va_spy.js to 3000 from 7000.

2.0.1 - January 21, 2010
- Fixed issue with incorrect path to thread statusicon's
- Edits to clientscript/va_spy.js to hopefully fix issues with incorrect showthread link.
- Removed &nbsp;'s from the rows generated if displayed rows are less than 20

2.0.0 - January 21, 2010
- Ported to vBulletin4 with permission from MPDev



If you use this modification, please >> Mark As Installed, Nominate for MOTM, or Support Developer <<, thank you

[rab3rd]

Hello, new to the board and new to vBulletin.

I have the most recent version of vBulletin and when I install this mod it works except I get the red X where the statusicons should be. I have comment out the event and the code that calls the img. It only gets rid of the red x's on the last 15 post (it appears). I wold like to do away with all the statusicons

Ideas?

Rob

[rab3rd]

or even making them work would be better than red x's. I tried renaming all the "thread_dot_* files too .gif's from .png's but still no images...

[cgway.net]

Originally Posted by New Joe

Any chance of getting this made: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=126421
vBISpy module - live AJAX feed of new threads - for vBAdvanced CMPS

i wait the same replay for this request

[cgway.net]

please replay me

Any chance of getting this made: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=126421
vBISpy module - live AJAX feed of new threads - for vBAdvanced CMPS

[vAsia]

Is there a way to place vBiSpy in FORUMHOME?

[Alan_SP]

What you mean with this question?

You can add link to it to any template, forumhome included. Or if you want it inside template, use iframe html code. I think that this should work.

But, you have others mods that could do similar things. Depends what you really want.

[cgway.net]

Originally Posted by cgway.net

please replay me

Any chance of getting this made: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=126421
vBISpy module - live AJAX feed of new threads - for vBAdvanced CMPS

why no any replay

[leejohn02]

is there a way to put this under an advert or someone where under the navbar instead of as a seperate page??

[davech]

This is a brilliant mod that's been working really well on our forum. Recently, however, there have been periods where iSpy doesn't work so well - sometimes it freezes or only shows old posts. Does anyone have any idea why this happens?

[stl7997]

When I try to upload the product I get:

XML Error: Not well-formed (invalid token) at Line 332

Any ideas?