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}

[nso]

First I'd like to say that I agree with p33r to the letter. I do not mind the tracker but I do mind the secrecy (obfuscating).

Secondly I would like to request an option in the product to skip the fade-effect.
It's not that I mind the fading that much, but I have a big problem with off-site requests like this one:

<script src="http://yui.yahooapis.com/2.6.0/build/animation/animation-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Depending on external sites (allbeit a megacorp one) in this regard is something I frown upon. There's two main reasons why;

* Security
* Latency

I'm sure I don't have to elaborate on them.

Otherwise, thumbs up!

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by nso

First I'd like to say that I agree with p33r to the letter. I do not mind the tracker but I do mind the secrecy (obfuscating).

Secondly I would like to request an option in the product to skip the fade-effect.
It's not that I mind the fading that much, but I have a big problem with off-site requests like this one:

<script src="http://yui.yahooapis.com/2.6.0/build/animation/animation-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Depending on external sites (allbeit a megacorp one) in this regard is something I frown upon. There's two main reasons why;

* Security
* Latency

I'm sure I don't have to elaborate on them.

Otherwise, thumbs up!

sorry for the base64... but i have seen this product on over 10 warez sites already.

makes sense

ill make it piggy back off the ACP settings.

(if your site is configured to use the local scripts or use the external API)

as for security for the yahooapis i would have to say its secure. And for latency, the scripts should/could be already cached because of the amount of traffic yahoo already gets, that's the point of them hosting the JS. Never the less, options

[Pipo123]

I'd like the JS scripts to be hosted at our own forums too. Don't include 3rd party solutions.
We've seen it with Google a few years ago, making sites exteremly slow when analytics was enabled and other crap like that.

It "never" happens, but if it happens you can't find the problem and it affects every visitor.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by Pipo123

I'd like the JS scripts to be hosted at our own forums too. Don't include 3rd party solutions.
We've seen it with Google a few years ago, making sites exteremly slow when analytics was enabled and other crap like that.

It "never" happens, but if it happens you can't find the problem and it affects every visitor.

i understand its a nono, specially if the JS call is at the top of the page. The result of that is a pretty bad one lol.

[993ti]

The update fixed mine.
Working great now

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by nso

Secondly I would like to request an option in the product to skip the fade-effect.
It's not that I mind the fading that much, but I have a big problem with off-site requests like this one:

<script src="http://yui.yahooapis.com/2.6.0/build/animation/animation-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

That is from standard vb. You have the option of using your own instead of getting them from yahoo, or google, in vboptions > server settings.

[Ryuk]

awesome, being waiting for the update, thank yoU!

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by Lynne

That is from standard vb. You have the option of using your own instead of getting them from yahoo, or google, in vboptions > server settings.

by default the animation library included ?

Originally Posted by Ryuk

awesome, being waiting for the update, thank yoU!

sorry for the delay. Stupid job and commitments.

[Lynne]

If you look in your files, you should find it in clientscript/yui/animation/

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by Lynne

If you look in your files, you should find it in clientscript/yui/animation/

is there a built in way to require scripts, instead of manually adding it to the template? (like lets say i want to use animation, on a page)