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.

[khelll]

is there a way to integrate it with the index page of the forum? under the nav bar for example

[MaestroX]

For some reason mine isn't "real time" there has been threads written just now (7:15) and the "latest" thread it shows is 1:11.

A problem with my settings?

Thanks

[vivamexico55]

This is an incredible mod, well done!

Originally Posted by GamerJunk.net

Great mod but I think it would be more effective if it was embedded in a page rather than being on a separate page.

No I prefer it like this in a separate page, most vbulletin forums are super cluttered already.

[ubblite]

If a user is on my forumhome page, it says "Viewing ISpy" under who's online for some reason. I have CMPS but I don't know if that makes a difference. Any fix for this?

[MPDev]

Originally Posted by MaestroX

For some reason mine isn't "real time" there has been threads written just now (7:15) and the "latest" thread it shows is 1:11.

A problem with my settings?

Thanks

Check your JavaScript Console for errors (using Firefox anyways); assuming you didn't change anything it should work fine. Trick is when people start changing stuff, they usually break it because they don't do everything they need to.

[jijo]

installed working like charm

[Niber]

Thanks so much for the hack! We've been running it a while, and it's awesome.

One question, how do you setup multiple sites like you vBISpy Network page has?

[MPDev]

It's not a simple thing to do; the reason I built an entire site out of it.

[Niber]

Originally Posted by MPDev

It's not a simple thing to do; the reason I built an entire site out of it.

Ah! Okay.. I noticed another site with it (http://www.uberguilds.org/spy/) and thought maybe it wasn't overly complicated.

Thanks for the clarification.

[MPDev]

That's not my mod; looks like someone did their own version for their own use.