Add-On Releases - AJAX Spy

Introduction:
This script (addon) was developed to give your forums a new nice feature by allowing readers/contributors to have a live spy monitor they can use to watch latest forums activity. This script is supposed to be much faster and more reliable than those variants that place database hooks to watch for changes. The script works without even needing to connect to any database and relies totally on your RSS feeds already generated by the forums.

Please be gentle, our first module. Should work with all versions of vBulletin that provide RSS feeds, which I think is all of them

Installation:
Please follow all instructions carefully and back up and files modified.
1- Uploading Files
Within the folder this document is contained, a folder named "Upload" should be present Open this folder and upload the following files to the corresponding locations. Please notice that no files will be replaced.

The /tmp folder included MUST be CHMODed to 755 OR 777 because the spy script needs to write data into that folder. The data there is auto deleted so there is actually nothing you need to worry about. For your information, the data store3d there is a copy of the latest RSS feeds and is used as a simple caching system to lower the loads on the server when 10K users for example have the spy script open and monitoring.

2- Setting System Environment
In your browser (Internet Explorer/Mozilla etc..)
Go to this url: http://YOURSITE.COM/admincp/install_vbspy.php
[You will need to change the capitals within this url to meet your site's domain and forum location]

Follow the file through each step, if step 1 was configured correctly no errors should occur when running this file. Once finished you will be prompted to delete 2 specific file's, YOU MUST DO THIS.

3- Integrating The System
In your forums admin cp, go to the following destination:
Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Edit Templates -> Expand All

Templates:
Find the template 'navbar'
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FIND:
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<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>
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UNDERNEATH ADD:
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<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="vbSpy.php?$session[sessionurl]">vbSPY</a></td>
::: Save Template 'navbar'

Author Notices:
While i have been coding for long, this is still my first product dedicated to the vBulleting community. If you are familiar with vBulletin codes and think you know a better way to perform some task, please let me know by leaving a comment at the codeMoxie website available at www.codeMoxie.net

Official Support:
This product is fully supported by CodeMoxie, please visit our newly released forums for more info http://www.codemoxie.net/forum

Demo
http://www.prousers.net/vBSpy.php

Release History
Version 1.21b RC1 - September 19, Initial release on vBulletin
Version 1.21b RC1 - September 22, several bug fixes.

Examples:


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Enjoy!
Keep checking http://www.codeMoxie.net for more cool products
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[codemoxie]

MPDev - so, let me see, you haven't installed the script, you haven't seen the code and you haven't seen it work and any positive comment about the script was met with your negative comment and you have remained here from the moment it was posted to ensure that all people could see is your negative comments from post 1. Well, if that is not bashing someone's script, it's at the very least unprofessional, which includes your flagrant promotion of your script in thread one. Not sure about the rest of you but that's not the type of person I would want to work with.

[MPDev]

You certainly have a flare for the dramatic.

Maybe you could actually address my concerns instead of making this a personal issue; all I've done is take exception to some of your claims and misrepresentations of other scripts.

You are new to the community; it's great to see new people posting their modifications, I'd only want to encourage more of that. It's fairly obvious that you are new to vBulletin and my intent is only to keep you honest.

[codemoxie]

Sure, that's your intent MPDev. I think your unprofessional side has made itself very clear already so please don't try to make nice, your actions here have spoken louder than words. FYI, I am not new to vBulletin, been using it for many years, we created this account for script development purposes. You on the other hand are in fact new to business or at least professionalism and to which you need someone to keep you honest so please don't try to make that the issue.

The script pulls the RSS feed, that's been made clear and we've never hidden that fact so if you want to play on the disadvantages of that as a means of promoting your own script, then this is not the place for you. Please stop trolling this thread and maybe focus on your own script development. If you have a question about the script as an honest user, I will be glad to address them but I refuse to address issues from a competitor who just clearly wants to promote their own scripts in an unprofessional manner, I am just surprised you didn't try to do that under another name based on your actions here.

[Paul M]

MPDev, this is a support thread for the mod, if you have a question relating to your installation of this mod then feel free to post it, otherwise please please use the PM system to take up your concerns with the Author, not clutter up this thread for those that wish to use it for support.

[codemoxie]

Thank you Paul, I never for a second thought that this thread would be under such an unprofessional attack by competitors just in an effort to promote their own script but hey, it takes all kinds. Thanks again.

[LittleAndroidMa]

Very nice!

[codemoxie]

Thanks everyone for the great PM's, I know Looking forward to more feedback for another release!

[Cole2026]

I'd advise for you to get a grip here, you were the one acting immature. He's criticizing your script in a CONSTRUCTIVE function. You got personal and things turned ugly.

Ne'way, I'll install this on my localhost tonight and see how it is. Thanks.

[codemoxie]

Originally Posted by Cole2026

Ne'way, I'll install this on my localhost tonight and see how it is. Thanks.

Let's move forward, that was yesterday's trade. Looking forward to your comments as a user Cole2026, thanks for the install.

[KW802]

So has a demo link been given yet?