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}

[inciarco]

Originally Posted by DobieGillis?

I'm tempted to try Sniper's Mood Manager again. Any reason I shouldn't?

Originally Posted by DobieGillis?

nor Snipers Mood Manager.

I Have Installed vMoods (vMoods aka Mood Manager of Sniper) and Enabled Along with Live Topic and they Don't Have Conflict on vB373. There Should be Another Mod that is Conflicting with Live Topic in You Board.

My Best Regards.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by inciarco

I Have Installed vMoods (vMoods aka Mood Manager of Sniper) and Enabled Along with Live Topic and they Don't Have Conflict on vB373. There Should be Another Mod that is Conflicting with Live Topic in You Board.

My Best Regards.

hmm.... seems the OLD verions of mood manager conflicts too cause turning it off is what solved conflick with livetopic
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...r+mood+manager

good to know that the newer version vMoods works....
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...178020&page=29


which would solve the issue of me wanting BOTH on my boards.

[DobieGillis?]

Originally Posted by inciarco

I Have Installed vMoods (vMoods aka Mood Manager of Sniper) and Enabled Along with Live Topic and they Don't Have Conflict on vB373. There Should be Another Mod that is Conflicting with Live Topic in You Board.

My Best Regards.

I'm running on 3.8. I have the old original mood manager. Let me try Vmmod. But, even Sniper said it shouldn't work. I guess you are lucky

Here's what he said

The problem is with "Live Topic" hack, its been coded to hijack all events on the page, thats why its broken my hack. I will not make my hack work with his, he will have fix his own hack. regards

[inciarco]

Coders Shack, I've just Tested the New Version 1.07b of Live Topic with Internet Explorer Six (6) and Is Working Very Well in matter of Showing the New Posts (Live Topics) and New Edits of Live Topics. Congratulations and Thank You For This Improvement for IE6. :up::up::up:

The Bug I Reported about the Old Posts Not Being Hidden (Only One Hides on FireFox and on Chrome) is Still there.

For IE6, there's a Bug, the Alert Message that says "The Maximum Amount of Posts Per Page Has Been Reached..." Appears, but No Old Post is Hidden.

I Hope You Can Solve this Bugs on Next Version of Live Topic, the Old Posts Hiding Feature is a Great One.

Of Course, Nominated Again For Mod Of The Month (MOTM), (Both Versions vB37x and vb38x), so that this Second Time Live Topic Wins. :up:

My Best Regards and Again Thank You For the New Update of this Mod.

[Sworm]

There's a demo without registration?

[LWS]

Very cool! ...installed

[Hornstar]

I only find this now...what a great mod!

[FD929]

Fantastic! Another idea is to create something like this for the new posts page itself. As in, threads with new replies are automatically updated to the new posts page without requiring a refresh. I would install that in a heartbeat.

[Leo Brazil]

Does someone here have this mod running with Paul M's Doublepost Prevention ?

I think there is a conflict between both Ajax

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by Leo Brazil

Does someone here have this mod running with Paul M's Doublepost Prevention ?

I think there is a conflict between both Ajax

made a solution a while back: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....4&postcount=49