Being told of a new post when you reply to a Thread

[New Joe]

I noticed of a few SMFs that when a user replies to a Thread but during the time that user has wrote his/her post another user has replied to the same Thread, it automatically tells you this before submitting your post.

Is that feature available for vB forums?
Or is there a mod available for this?

[Lynne]

There was a mod for this, but I don't think it ever got out of beta stage. I just installed Live Topic instead which works fine for me. (Some people have problems with that mod.)

[New Joe]

Originally Posted by Lynne

I just installed Live Topic instead which works fine for me. (Some people have problems with that mod.)

What does that mod actually do?
I read the info for the mod but I am not really clear.
How would that help with knowing that just as you posted another post above it has been made?

[Lynne]

Basically, if a topic is 'live', then the posts just show up on the page without you refreshing. The developer has a youtube video linked in the first post.

Some people have problems with it, so it isn't for everyone. You can search for that other mod, but like I said, I don't think it ever got out of beta stage. (Although, I suppose there could be a new one I just don't know about.)

[New Joe]

Thanks Lynne, I have installed it but it doesn't work, I am waiting for support on the Thread.

[Lynne]

It won't work if you have certain other mods installed (they are listed throughout the thread) and some people have server configurations where it just doesn't work either. I know I had to change some of my mod_security settings to get it to work.