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.

[aq8y]

Thanx

[matt3830]

Any solution to the Who's Online page for this mod? Right now it's displaying unknown location.

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by Niber

Ah! Okay.. I noticed another site with it (http://www.uberguilds.org/spy/) and thought maybe it wasn't overly complicated.

Thanks for the clarification.

Oooh, I have to say, I love-love-love how that one fades the cell backgrounds to darker towards the end of the list. Now that looks very slick, makes the "live thread scroll" look all the more fresh and dynamic.

[MPDev]

This mod does that as well.... Example: http://www.viperalley.com/forum/vaispy.php

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by MPDev

This mod does that as well.... Example: http://www.viperalley.com/forum/vaispy.php

Huh, is that so?! Nice. I'm not seeing that effect on my forum though, yet vBISpy is running perfectly (save for the "Who's Online" issue, mentioned above.)

Does the fade require a very dark style? Both of mine are pretty light/white.

[superluks]

I wanna translate or remove (5435 views, 1112 replies) there, i translated it in vaispy.php but new posts still get views and replys text in english..

[ubblite]

Originally Posted by matt3830

Any solution to the Who's Online page for this mod? Right now it's displaying unknown location.

Originally Posted by Tralala

Huh, is that so?! Nice. I'm not seeing that effect on my forum though, yet vBISpy is running perfectly (save for the "Who's Online" issue, mentioned above.)

Make that 3 of us looking for the Who's Online fix. I mentioned it quite a while back.

Um, I should probably have been more specific. The Who's Online problem I have says the user is viewing vbispy when he's on the forumhome page. The WOL fix for this mod is something different. So I'm hoping our issue is resolved.

[tei727]

i want to limit acess only to certain usergroups. how?

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by ubblite

Um, I should probably have been more specific. The Who's Online problem I have says the user is viewing vbispy when he's on the forumhome page. The WOL fix for this mod is something different. So I'm hoping our issue is resolved.

Wow, that's weird. Mine never says a user is viewing vbispy, even when they actually are. Even with the WOL fix for this installed. I also tried Andreas' Add Custom WOL Locations hack, and got the same result.

The WOL page consistently shows whatever page the user was on right before they went into VBISpy.

[pdblizzard]

Great mod, my people love it. I'm using it on my vbA CMPS.

question: I want to limit the number of threads to display to 5 instead of the stock 10.

I changed the LIMIT in the SQL query, but how do I remove the extra blank rows at the bottom?


OR alternatively -- if I wanted to limit it to just the last 10 in the last 60 minutes, how do I eliminate the additional rows/lines at the end? (I know how to change the XX seconds/minutes.)

Just need to get rid of those additional lines either way...

Thanks in advance!