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.

[blackberry]

Originally Posted by brandon515

I am running 3.8.3 and it is updating, but only when you manually refresh the page. The ajax portion doesn't seem to work anymore since I upgraded to 3.8.3....any ideas?

Thanks,
Brandon

yep same problem with me

any update for 3.8 plz?

[MPDev]

Originally Posted by kmike

Digital Point's mod was the first. Arguably, this mod is a rip off from Digitalpoint's Spy, or at the very least inspired by it:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showt...01#post1384601
The only thing that is unique to this mod is the server-side script, since obviously it couldn't be copied from Digitalpoint.

The mod was inspired by DIGG, not DP. Although we both ended up using the same client-side open source. Only DP removed the required copyrights and attempted to claim credit for work he didn't do and refused to put the credits back in place. I left them in tact and claimed no credit for that work; feel free to read the exchange - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...=125947&page=8

Neither of these mods were particularly difficult once the hard part was done by someone else.

[MPDev]

Originally Posted by blackberry

yep same problem with me

any update for 3.8 plz?

I'm not aware of any issues with 3.8 and have many sites running it; I am not sure where to point to you resolve the conflict.

[Tyran1]

What is with Group Posts?

[intruder]

<a href="https://tinyurl.com/vaispy" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/vaispy</a> How can I remove the banner from ispy?
I only have the banner added to the navbar template and vaipsy is the only script that shows the banner twice.
Thanks

[Quantnet]

Great mod. I'm thinking of replacing Cybtec - Latest Reply Ajax mod with this one.

Can anyone show me how to put this box on Forum Home, under Navbar like what they have here

http://www.city-data.com/forum/

Thanks

[m_gamini]

HI Dear Developer and Other Friends,

This Is Very Nice Mod, but i have some problem.

it's work fine on Firefox but when i use IE8 or previous it doesn't work. check this!

http://forum.forex.ir/vaispy.php

it is fix all the time!

could you please help me to fix this?

thank you!

[General Ray]

Originally Posted by Quantnet

Great mod. I'm thinking of replacing Cybtec - Latest Reply Ajax mod with this one.

Can anyone show me how to put this box on Forum Home, under Navbar like what they have here

http://www.city-data.com/forum/

Thanks

Simple. In the common templates, display the file in an iframe.

Great hack, by the way.

[ManagerJosh]

Any plans to upgrade for vB4? I'd love to add this back to my community

[Quantnet]

Originally Posted by General Ray

Simple. In the common templates, display the file in an iframe.

Great hack, by the way.

Thanks, is that how city-data does it?
I think they do a bit more than that as it will automatically pause after some idle time.