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.

[ewelin]

I just re-read the entire thread and there were a couple other posts of users who noticed this as well, but no solution.

[rajrana007]

Originally Posted by Harmachis

this mod track whole forum
but is there any way to make it track just a single thread / or few specific thread only ???

thats wht even i asked but no body helped

[Alfa1]

If anyone has this working on vb 3.8, can you please share a link?

[itsbobtista]

http://www.atxscene.com/forums/vaispy.php

Broken navbar images. If you right click on the broken images, it points to this directory, looking for images: http://www.atxscene.com/forums/%7BIF%7D/

I created that directory, put the images inside, does not work.

Cannot find where in the code it gets that directory (to change it). Any help?

[bigtime]

How can I use this as an include on a non-VB page? I get this error when including it:

PHP Code:

Unable to add cookies, header already sent. 


Thanks,

Tim

[itsbobtista]

I have removed vBISpy until I can figure out why the images were broken.

Looks like the source code for the webpage was looking for {IF}/usercp.png.

Not sure where to define {IF}.

[Firestar.chkn]

Works 100% in 3.8.1.

I'm not seeing images on the left. Not sure if there's supposed to be images, but it doesn't look bad without them, so I'm keeping it.

Here's a link if anyone wants to check it out. I'll work on the images tomorrow, and see if I can get them working.

EDIT:
I see that the only images is the play and pause images. those are showing up for me, so there's no problems on 3.8.1. I did a stock standard upload, and it worked fine. Impressive addon.

[Alfa1]

Many thanks for the info, Firestar!

Does anyone know if it is possible to use this modification to create an AJAX real-time forumdisplay?

[Mr. Baws]

Originally Posted by rajrana007

how can we modify this mod to something like this. it would be great if someone could help with this http://www.exbii.com/livenewreply.php?t=344162

i am also willing to pay for the code not much tho but i can shell out anywhere between $10-$15

same question here

[Hornstar]

this is great! but I have a slight problem:

The built in default vb notices do not show except for the heading.