Miscellaneous Hacks - vBISpy - AJAX real-time feed of new posts/threads

This is a port of vBISpy by MPDev to vBulletin4. MPDev has given me permission to port this modification, if any staff need to see it, I can forward the PM.


If you use this modification, please >> Mark As Installed, Nominate for MOTM, or Support Developer <<, thank you


What is this!?
vBISpy is an AJAX real-time feed of new posts/threads for your vBulletin 4.0 forum.

Please note that this is currently in Beta. The style is not perfect, but the mod should be fully functionial.


Current Version
2.0.4 - You can find the 3.6.x version, here.


Features flagged for future version(s):

• looking for suggestions

Will this work on x.x.x ??
Unless otherwise stated, this will work on all 4.0.x versions. This will not work on 3.x.


Sounds cool. How do I install?

1. Extract the zip, you should have the following directories/files:
   
   

   /
   |_ vaispy.php
   
   /clientscript/
   |_ va_effects.js
   |_ va_prototype.js
   |_ va_spy.js
   
   /images/
   	/misc/
   	|_ pause_down.gif
   	|_ pause_up.gif
   	|_ play_down.gif
   	|_ play_up.gif

2. Upload: (in the below instructions 'yourforum' would be where you have vBulletin installed)
   
   • vaispy.php to /yourforum/vaispy.php
     
   • /clientscript/*.js to /yourforum/clientscript/*.js
     
   • /images/misc/*.gif to /yourforum/images/misc/*.gif

Upgrading
Unless noted otherwise, just upload and overwrite 'vaispy.php'.


Customization
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.

If you'd like to block certain usergroups from viewing vBISpy; or certain forums from being displayed - edit vaispy.php

PHP Code:

/**
* Do not list these forums even if they have 
* permissions (test categories, etc)
*
* Enter them by ID, separated by commans (eg: 1,2,3)
*/
$blockforums = '';

/**
* Do not allow these groups.
*
* Enter them by ID, separated by commans (eg: 1,2,3)
*/
$blockgroups = ''; 


In your browser, open the URL:

http://www.yourforum.com/forum/vaispy.php

You can see examples of this at:

• Anyone wanting to list here as an example?

Note: Neither I nor MPDev claim ownership of this code except for the file vaispy.php - the rest of the files were using 'freely distributable' (although modified to suit vBISpy) sources. As such, you may use these files as you wish, but please do not remove the copyrights.


Changelog
2.0.4 - June 23, 2011
- Changed 'xml' to 'feed' when the script is requesting data via AJAX
- Updated code that checks for blocked groups and forums so that it works properly.
- Added version string (?v=) to script calls.
- Updated template html to include facebook data if enabled.
- Updated css link rendering to determine if templates are stored as files or not.

2.0.3 - March 25, 2010
- Updated alternate row colors to use stylevars.
- Added ability to block certain usergroups by editing vaispy.php.
- Fixed possible bug where in certain situations a database error would occur.

2.0.2 - January 23, 2010
- Hopefully the incorrect showthread link is now fixed.
- Added alternate row colors.
- Changed default xml delay in va_spy.js to 3000 from 7000.

2.0.1 - January 21, 2010
- Fixed issue with incorrect path to thread statusicon's
- Edits to clientscript/va_spy.js to hopefully fix issues with incorrect showthread link.
- Removed &nbsp;'s from the rows generated if displayed rows are less than 20

2.0.0 - January 21, 2010
- Ported to vBulletin4 with permission from MPDev



If you use this modification, please >> Mark As Installed, Nominate for MOTM, or Support Developer <<, thank you

[ahmedbehiry]

it's working, but I don't know what it doesn't update.. I mean the links in the page stay the same and they don't show new posts and threads in the forum!

[cagbaazee]

Thanks , I hv install it without any problem. Keep it up.

[ManagerJosh]

Up and running in http://uoem.com/forums/vaispy.php

[jonty]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Please include new group discussions into the feed. New blogs would also be awesome.

:up:

Social Group discussion are our most commonly asked-for feature. (permissions dependant)
PMs (obviously just your own!)
Blogs and CMS entries would also be handy.

[madotds]

Originally Posted by SpankMe

New colors don't work well on dark colored styles. It needs to use css from styles so we can adjust for style color.

I also have this problem as you can see HERE is there any way to change the colours?

Mark

[Eric]

Originally Posted by madotds

I also have this problem as you can see HERE is there any way to change the colours?

Mark

Originally Posted by SpankMe

New colors don't work well on dark colored styles. It needs to use css from styles so we can adjust for style color.

Ahh, that totally slipped my mind. You can edit this in vaispy.php, find:

#spy_table td .alt1 & #spy_table td .alt2

And you can change it there.

[ahmedbehiry]

and what should I do with the page not being updates as it should?

[madotds]

Originally Posted by SecondV

Ahh, that totally slipped my mind. You can edit this in vaispy.php, find:

#spy_table td .alt1 & #spy_table td .alt2

And you can change it there.

Ok thanks for that I have used rgb 000.102.153 and rgb 000.153.153 and this shows up well on both my light and dark skin.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by ahmedbehiry

and what should I do with the page not being updates as it should?

What is the URL to your installation?

[ahmedbehiry]

<a href="http://haridy.com/ib/vaispy.php" target="_blank">http://haridy.com/ib/vaispy.php</a>
sorry, it's in Arabic.. but you can see that the posts are not changing..