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}

[derzok]

I just installed this but only one user says that it's working properly for them. Certain topics appear as "live" on the thread index pages, but when viewing a thread new replies do not appear at the bottom. We've tried almost every browser, version, and OS. The one user who does have it working is using firefox 2.0.0.20 on windows ME. How can I find the source of the problem? I'm not getting any javascript errors with firebug... Someone please help!

Edit: A number of people are reporting that they're getting a popup that alerts them of new posts.

[Lynne]

A popup in the bottom right corner? Then they need to go to the last page of the thread (or click the link in the popup if that is working correctly).

[derzok]

Originally Posted by Lynne

A popup in the bottom right corner? Then they need to go to the last page of the thread (or click the link in the popup if that is working correctly).

Some of them are getting that - only one of them is actually getting the new posts to appear in the thread, though.

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by jambo_1969

Ouch - a Hibee agreeing with a Jambo.

What's the world coming to

lol aye,presume your sites JK as no other hearts site has 550+ online :up:

[mikeB]

anyone have any idea why this mod would conflict with "who's online" - when enable it shows everyone at my forumhome- when disable who's online again shows the exact location of my users?>

[bposner]

Nice concept, but... doesn't seem to work with 3.8.1 and Forum Ad Managment and VB Ad Managment which is the only other plug I have It seems to work once in a while. But hey, you can't be compatible with everything

[ckusmez]

does it work with 3.8.1 ?

[Quantnet]

so, you need to run on a dedicated server if you have a busy forum with say 50 members watching a live topic?

[bposner]

Originally Posted by ckusmez

does it work with 3.8.1 ?

Well there were no errors. I saw it work a couple of times, but our server aren't that busy, our site is only a week old. We have maybe 30 ppl on at once. It seems not to work with the limited testing we'vd done, but may have the numbers too high/low and maybe it conflicts with the two plugins we have.

So I don't want to say it "doesn't work" as our site isn't be best test

[dai-kun]

My board went up and down spiking now and then (up to 20) with this installed.. I have a dedicated Dual Xeon E5405 Quad Core (Harpertown) with 6 GB of ram. After disabling this mod, the load went back to 2. I have an average of 300-400 members online at once. It's a really nice mod though. I guess I'll start adjusting the time intervals and see if that makes any difference at all.