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}

[inciarco]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

can you PM me the exact error without replacements in the SQL

Is that Edit Function working on your Forum, Coders Shack? (Not the Quick Edit, but the Advanced Editor one)

My Best Regards, I Hope this can be Solved.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

can you PM me the exact error without replacements in the SQL

haha yea you guys are right, my bad

its because you have a table prefix... ill add support (i have done this a few times already today lol... nothing serious)

[furst]

I've been waiting for something like this for a while. Thanks for putting this together and I hope you make good on bringing this hack to a real polished level.

Marked as installed but I'll wait for it to come out of beta before I actually try it.

[Coders Shack]

redownload the product and just reinstall the product xml

[inciarco]

I confirm, Quick Edit shows the Edit Message but when Saving or going to Advanced Editor the Error Occur:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.3:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE `post` SET `lastedit` = UNIX_TIMESTAMP() WHERE `post`.`postid` = 35215 LIMIT 1;

MySQL Error : Table 'zzznameofdatabase.post' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Wednesday, January 14th 2009 @ 01:03:16 AM
Error Date : Wednesday, January 14th 2009 @ 01:03:17 AM
Script : http://zzzwebsite/editpost.php?do=up...t&postid=35215
Referrer : http://zzzwebsite/showthread.php?p=35215#post35215
IP Address : zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz
Username : zzzusername
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.51a-community

Perhaps on "zzznameofdatabase.post" the Prefix of the Table "post" is missing on the Code?

My Best Regards.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by inciarco

I confirm, Quick Edit shows the Edit Message but when Saving or going to Advanced Editor the Error Occur:



Perhaps on "zzznameofdatabase.post" the Prefix of the Table "post" is missing on the Code?

My Best Regards.

you got that after re downloading, and reinstalling the xml??

[ptwiggens]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

redownload the product and just reinstall the product xml

Thank you!

Works perfect now

[inciarco]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

you got that after re downloading, and reinstalling the xml??

Problem Solved with your New Upload, Thank You Very Much Coders Shack. :up:

(I wrote my message in the same moment you were Updating the File ).

My Best Regards.

[duckdodger]

Thank you very much for adding 3.7 support!

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by duckdodger

Thank you very much for adding 3.7 support!

If enough people +++++ about something things happen :P, no problem