Miscellaneous Hacks - Live Topic

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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)

Upgrade:

[1.01b to 1.XXb] Uninstall the product, then reinstall it. Overwrite all old files with new files and you should be fine.

[1.02b to 1.03b] Overwrite files, upgrade product (dont install product)

[1.03b to 1.04b] Uninstall the product, then reinstall it. Overwrite all old files with new files and you should be fine.

[1.04b to 1.05b, 1.05b to 1.06b,1.06b to 1.07b] Upgrade the product. Overwrite all old files with new files and you should be fine.

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

vBulletin [3.8.X]

get the vBulletin [3.7.X] version here

INCOMPATIBLE HACKS:

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

Versions:

1.01b
1.02b

fixes

safari 2 support
safari 3 support
google chrome support
added live topic icon on new posts page
fixed security issue, strongly suggest upgrading!

changes

added live edit (to avoid a performance hit i had to add two rows to two tables in the database)
added external style sheet

1.03b

fixes

fix double post
phrase notification
fixed an edit bug for people with table prefixes

changes

ability to change interval in ACP

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

changes

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

hmm

{Mark As Installed}

{Don't forget to vote for Modification of the Month}

[movslow]

Originally Posted by cdnbacon

mov, you should have searched the thread first. I reported the passiveVid issue a few days ago.

My bad, I've kept up on this thread for the most part, but it moves so quick.

:up:

[cdnbacon]

Originally Posted by movslow

My bad, I've kept up on this thread for the most part, but it moves so quick.

:up:

Definitely. Just felt bad because I know how much it sucks troubleshooting wonky addons.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by Pipo123

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

How about a redirect to the last page of the topic?

what do you mean, your always on the last page... you should never get redirected while in the topic.

Sorry for the delay on the latest version im still working out kinks, and i have something called a job unfortunately.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by cdnbacon

Sorry to be a nag as I know this is free... I'm just curious if you had any ideas on the above issues we've all posted? I'm really eager to get this addon working but want to wait until it's working correctly.

i will try to fix #3 (the postbit addon issue) in the next release, these are issues with conflicting mods so dont expect them to be fixed before other things.

[cdnbacon]

No rush at all bud. Take your time.

[DISLEX]

I'm a bit confused at what 'lastedit' is for? If it checks the dateline to see when it was last posted in, is that not sufficient enough? I'm trying to avoid altering our post database.

[Harmachis]

not working on my site

it works fine in localhost using XAMPP

but at my site its not working

when reply anything, it doesn't add imediatly below the previous post (default system) but it show the window of

Thank you for posting! You will now be taken to your post. If you opted to post a poll, you will now be allowed to do so.

Click here if your browser does not automatically redirect you.

then auto refrash & then added


what should i do now

[^SuiCyde^]

revolutionary and it works on 3.7 i'm using it flawlessly at
www.hiphopnetwork.net/forums/

[funnyspo]

the only problem i see with this is the pageviews with your advertisings wont increase since it will load right there.

[Leo Brazil]

I found a conflict with this mod and another very usefull and popular one: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96602

This is the Prevent Double Post (Bump) hack and it seems Ajax are conflicting each other. When a member had a double post that should be merged to the previous one, the page must be reloaded to show up the merged post, the user had the feeling the board just blocked his post as screen remains the same and the user tried several times to post the same thing but when the page is reloaded there's a merged post full of the same edits.