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.

[digital_sc4rz]

ThanX

[tendo]

dope ! thx

[Jon.]

I'm having a problem where my new posts aren't appearing. I've modified my code to only show 10 new items, and it fills it up. The problem is, there's no grabbing of new posts or the fade effect. Any ideas?

[MPDev]

Did you almost modify the html to only have 10 rows?

[WritersBeat]

Can anyone code a better way to export this into vbadvanced? The current one isn't working.

[Trana]

Originally Posted by WritersBeat

Can anyone code a better way to export this into vbadvanced? The current one isn't working.

I wish. Current one does NOT work.

[Expertu]

Originally Posted by Cole2026

Problem here.

The query is going correctly, it has valid information in it:
http://yourconvo.com/forums/vaispy.php?do=xml

However, The actual page is not filling up with data.
http://www.yourconvo.com/forums/vaispy.php

I have the exact same problem. For the last 20 minutes I'm trying to figure out how to get the ispy.php to display new posts, and to display that fade effect.

Yes, I modified the javascript with the new file.

http://forum.seopedia.ro/ispy.php

The data appears ok : http://forum.seopedia.ro/ispy.php?do=xml but it won't display in the Spy page above.

HOWEVER, if i remove the $header, $navbar and $footer mentions in the PHP file, the Spy page works.

Any fixes ?

[MPDev]

Without the header and footer in place, I have no way of checking to see what error may be causing the problem. Did you check your JavaScript console (in FF) to see what error might be throw up?

[tansu]

is there a fix for "Who's Online" page?

[Expertu]

I have reinserted those three variables.

http://forum.seopedia.ro/ispy.php

No JS errors in Firefox.