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.

[WDS]

Thanks Bird.

restated:
I have two programs that use jQuery.
One is the Spoiler and the other is the VaiSpy.

Since I put the script in the Spoiler at the head of the forum Vaispy stopped working, maybe it's the place where I put the path to the script and simply a problem of execution.

Not change the order of execution, Vaispy file is a PHP installation does not lead directly and only have a file Spoiler Jquery.

[BirdOPrey5]

do you need the spoiler on the vaispy page? If not you can probably easily stop it from loading on vaispy with an edit to a plugin.

[WDS]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

do you need the spoiler on the vaispy page? If not you can probably easily stop it from loading on vaispy with an edit to a plugin.

I think we are confusing.

There is a part of the spoiler. Not if the jquery or this line:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.play4trophies.com/scripts/spoiler.min.js"></script> are those which cause the Vaispy inoperable.

[BirdOPrey5]

Might be some sort of conflict in the javascript files... You could go manually checking each file to see if they both use the name variable name soemwhere or such...

But I would suggest simply disabling the spoiler mod on the vaispy page, this way you don't need to put the spoiler javascript on the vaispy page.

[WDS]

If so disable the automatic update Vaispy works?
and as off?

[BirdOPrey5]

I'm sorry I don't understand your English and I don't use the jquery mod so I have no further advice.

[home9000]

Is there a way just to display specific thread only ?

[blackberry]

Vaispy is not working since 2 days.. its not updating any replies... i need to refresh it every time to look for replies/threads posted. Can you please check what is the problem?

[Lexserv]

This thing stopped working with the latest vB 3.8.7 PL3.

What gives?

[ravenscape]

We upgraded our php version yesterday and vaispy started throwing deprecation errors.

Changing one line of code fixed the problem.

in vaispy.php change

PHP Code:

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE); 


to

PHP Code:

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~8192);