Miscellaneous Hacks - Live Topic

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Live Demo:

Live Topic 1.07b Demo (you must be logged in, and the topic must be "live")

Videos: 1.00b 1.06b

watch the damn videos... ^_^

Description:

This product is different from anything you have seen before, it raises the bar for forums. It will make your forums much more interactive, and also reduce server load.

Technical Details:

If a thread has been posted in X seconds then its now Live, if other users are viewing the Live topic and are on the last page they will experience a clean ajax experience while talking to other members. Once the thread is older than X seconds its no longer Live and it will now act like a normal thread. Also if a user edits one of their posts that's inside of the thread, it will be updated too so there is no longer a reason to ever have to refresh.

There is also logic for the viewer, the viewer of the thread has to be in an active state to see responses. An active user state is determined upon the users actions, if no actions were made in X seconds then the user is marked as inactive.

Also you may wonder why this could save your server bandwidth and CPU. If a user is refreshing to talk to another members the queries on a normal thread load are way more intense than the ajax call that this modification makes. So if you have 5 people talking to each other none of them have to refresh the page, all they are doing is simple page requests and one intense request when there has actual change.

You can test Live Topic with two users, you will see how amaizing this is... And probably spontaneously combust.

Found a bug? Want to request a feature?

Live Topic - Project Manager

Installation:

This is take less than 3 minutes to install, takes longer to notice its amazing feature. (you need multiple people to be active in the same topic)

Upgrade:

[1.01b to 1.XXb] Uninstall the product, then reinstall it. Overwrite all old files with new files and you should be fine.

[1.02b to 1.03b] Overwrite files, upgrade product (dont install product)

[1.03b to 1.04b] Uninstall the product, then reinstall it. Overwrite all old files with new files and you should be fine.

[1.04b to 1.05b, 1.05b to 1.06b,1.06b to 1.07b] Upgrade the product. Overwrite all old files with new files and you should be fine.

Works With (FF2, FF3, IE6, IE7, IE8, SF2, SF3, CHROME):

vBulletin [3.8.X]

get the vBulletin [3.7.X] version here

INCOMPATIBLE HACKS:

• USC
• PassiveVid (1.x)
• gXboxLive
• Topic (incl. Blog) of the Week
• Marquee Text

Versions:

1.01b
1.02b

fixes

safari 2 support
safari 3 support
google chrome support
added live topic icon on new posts page
fixed security issue, strongly suggest upgrading!

changes

added live edit (to avoid a performance hit i had to add two rows to two tables in the database)
added external style sheet

1.03b

fixes

fix double post
phrase notification
fixed an edit bug for people with table prefixes

changes

ability to change interval in ACP

1.04b

fixes

javascript error for guests
fixed live topic activation (first poster to raise a dead topic)

changes

auto quick reply focus after post

1.05b

fixes

css flaw
js error for unsupported browsers (random)
fixed chrome issue

changes

edit notification - thanks to nso
rebuilding some of the original logic to hopefully prevent product conflicts

1.06b

fixes

fixed a little javascript issue that had to do with displaying posts
uses GPC cleaner now

changes

limit the number of ajax posts on the live topic (example 40) and fade them away.
changed the way the hooks are used
tightened up everything a bit

1.07b

fixes

fixed a bug where the live topic notification always making an ajax call

changes

support user ignore list
changed the way the javascript logic worked (hopefully there are less compatibly issues) added support for IE6 and IE8

1.10

hmm

{Mark As Installed}

{Don't forget to vote for Modification of the Month}

[AcidX]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

so what was the issue with post editing?

Yes, all fixed in the attached product in my post. Works great now.

Althought, I've noticed some "duplicate" posts while the topic is "live".
But, it isn't actually double-posting since there's only 1 post when you refresh the page...

Happened to me a couple of times so far. And I think this happens when a new post appears while you're editing your own post... You should keep that in mind and run more tests

Edit:
Have I mentioned that it works in Opera too?

[unp]

I am also having duplicate post issue, each post shows up 3 times.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by unp

I am also having duplicate post issue, each post shows up 3 times.

ill try to induce the bug on my site.

alright I'm off to work, but other than the double (clientside) post. All is well?

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by AcidX

Yes, all fixed in the attached product in my post. Works great now.

Althought, I've noticed some "duplicate" posts while the topic is "live".
But, it isn't actually double-posting since there's only 1 post when you refresh the page...

Happened to me a couple of times so far. And I think this happens when a new post appears while you're editing your own post... You should keep that in mind and run more tests

Edit:
Have I mentioned that it works in Opera too?

yea added Opera to (I whitelist browsers, because you never know whats going to happen)

[Pipo123]

What is the refreshtime? I see posts added to a topic when i refresh in a second browser window but it takes a long time before they show up through live topic ajax.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by Pipo123

What is the refreshtime? I see posts added to a topic when i refresh in a second browser window but it takes a long time before they show up through live topic ajax.

3 seconds, there will be an ACP feature to edit this.

[AcidX]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

other than the double (clientside) post. All is well?

Yeah, everything seems to be working just fine.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by AcidX

Yeah, everything seems to be working just fine.

ill get to fixing the double clientside post.

is it when you post? or is it when someone else posts?

[AcidX]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

ill get to fixing the double clientside post.

is it when you post? or is it when someone else posts?

It happened to me when other people submit posts... But users tell me that it also duplicates their own posts. Have you tried what happens if you click the "Submit Reply" button in the QR editor a couple of times in a row? Could that be the problem?

Although, I tried to simulate the bug now, but it doesn't duplicates any posts... Weird.
Do you have a test forum where we could try and simulate some situations?

[unp]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

ill get to fixing the double clientside post.

is it when you post? or is it when someone else posts?

When someone else posts,