Miscellaneous Hacks - Live Topic - AJAX

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Live Demo:

Live Topic 1.07b Demo (you must be logged in, and the topic must be "live")


Videos: 1.00b 1.06b

watch the damn videos... ^_^

Description:

This product is different from anything you have seen before, it raises the bar for forums. It will make your forums much more interactive, and also reduce server load.

Technical Details:

If a thread has been posted in X seconds then its now Live, if other users are viewing the Live topic and are on the last page they will experience a clean ajax experience while talking to other members. Once the thread is older than X seconds its no longer Live and it will now act like a normal thread. Also if a user edits one of their posts that's inside of the thread, it will be updated too so there is no longer a reason to ever have to refresh.

There is also logic for the viewer, the viewer of the thread has to be in an active state to see responses. An active user state is determined upon the users actions, if no actions were made in X seconds then the user is marked as inactive.

Also you may wonder why this could save your server bandwidth and CPU. If a user is refreshing to talk to another members the queries on a normal thread load are way more intense than the ajax call that this modification makes. So if you have 5 people talking to each other none of them have to refresh the page, all they are doing is simple page requests and one intense request when there has actual change.

You can test Live Topic with two users, you will see how amaizing this is... And probably spontaneously combust.

Found a bug? Want to request a feature?

Live Topic - Project Manager

Installation:

This is take less than 3 minutes to install, takes longer to notice its amazing feature. (you need multiple people to be active in the same topic)

Works With (FF2, FF3, IE6, IE7, IE8, SF2, SF3, CHROME):

vBulletin [3.7.4] (have not tested it with other 3.7.X versions)

for vBulletin [3.8.X] go here

INCOMPATIBLE HACKS:

• USC
• PassiveVid (1.x)
• gXboxLive
• Topic (incl. Blog) of the Week

Versions:

1.04b

fixes

javascript error for guests
fixed live topic activation (first poster to raise a dead topic)

changes

auto quick reply focus after post

1.05b

fixes

css flaw

js error for unsupported browsers (random)

fixed chrome issue

ideas

edit notification - thanks to nso

rebuilding some of the original logic to hopefully prevent product conflicts

1.06b

fixes

fixed a little javascript issue that had to do with displaying posts

uses GPC cleaner now

changes

limit the number of ajax posts on the live topic (example 40) and fade them away.

changed the way the hooks are used

tightened up everything a bit

1.07b

fixes

fixed a bug where the live topic notification always making an ajax call

changes

support user ignore list
changed the way the javascript logic worked (hopefully there are less compatibly issues) added support for IE6 and IE8

1.10
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{Mark As Installed}
{Don't forget to vote for Modification of the Month}

[Cybershaolin]

Does this hack would work with 3.6.8?

[DJDynasty239]

Installed this, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything different than normal, and doesnt look like your video? Also, how do you set it for specific sections?

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by DJDynasty239

Installed this, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything different than normal, and doesnt look like your video? Also, how do you set it for specific sections?

1) topic needs to be "live"
2) you need two accounts & browsers to test it yourself
3) this is beta, its working on 500+ vbulletin forums though (main reason for it to not work is a conflicting modification with this one)

[Das UndergrounD]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

its used in the notifications (you get a notification if your in a live topic but not on the last page, and people are responding)

You can place an image to see where this button?

[inciarco]

Originally Posted by Das UndergrounD

You can place an image to see where this button?

Is Not a Button, is a Message that appears on the Bottom-Right Corner of the Window, and that has a Link to go to the First New Post, (remember that you're in a Page Different than the Last One). It appears only when an User has Posted a New Message on a LIVE Topic, (Thread/Topic should be Live).

[tommydamic68]

i installed this mod and now i get this (check out sight www.sphynxlair.com top of page and i cant log into my site!please help,all i can think of is i had live topic folder on my host site then i individually move each file to my main root folder or html folder,it did ask to overwrite .ds_store file thats all i can think of that caused problem.

[Das UndergrounD]

I need to edit the path of that image, but not find it on any template, where you can edit the path of that image?

[DJDynasty239]

Works great...the only thing I have noticed is that it does this quite a bit. I know it's in beta mode, but I thuoght I should pass it along to you...Other then that little hold up, its awesome!





Also, is there a way to make it only function in one section? I have a section actually called "Live Center" and would be great if I could get it to work just in there

[inciarco]

I Hope Coders Shack Surprises Us With a Great New Update Soon.

I Also Hope that All the Forumers that Have this Mod Installed on their Boards Vote For It to Win on the MOTM for February 2009.

The Mod need Your Vote to Win, Go to the Thread and Vote For It.

My Best Regards.

[Coders Shack]

lots of internal logic has been shuffled around and changed for the better. There's still a few things on the todo list before i take it out of beta