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.

[MPDev]

Originally Posted by kompakt

Neither of mine show the post just made...

3.6 site
3.5 site

As I cannot read your forums (requires login), not much I can do for you; you can try looking at the MySQL query to see why you might be getting different results.

[Cheertobi]

MPDev, do you have an idea why I do not get a date shown, just null?!

[MPDev]

Your date strings are being returned as:

<when>
<b>Heute</b>
 19:18
</when>

I assume there is some issue with the translation because your date code contains html characters; but I am not sure.

[Cheertobi]

Ah, removed the html and it works! Thanks,

Tobi

[realgoldtalk]

Awesome seriousely its awesome how can i add spy button in navigation bars so users can also check it out

[MPDev]

Just add a link to the page in your navbar template.

[tansu]

installed, great stuff

[digitalpoint]

Hmmmm... looks remarkably like my code with someone else's copyright attached to the beginning of it.

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showt...01#post1384601

[Hicksatpd]

Installed, and I really enjoy it. However, I have what I'm hoping is not too difficult of a request. When a new post is made, and it pops up, I'm ready to click it to read, but it only takes me to the FIRST post of the thread, not THAT post.

Could you please tell me what to change to make each link point to that post instead of the first? I don't mean that I want it to load the post all by itself, but still load the entire thread, only it takes me to where the specific post is.

I would go from really liking this feature to adoring it if you could do that.

[MPDev]

Originally Posted by digitalpoint

Hmmmm... looks remarkably like my code with someone else's copyright attached to the beginning of it.

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showt...01#post1384601

Actaully, it's public domain code except for the script that generates the XML which I wrote - I added no such claim of ownership to any of those files.

On the other hand, it would appear you removed the copyrights from your files illegally.