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}

[Redzzand]

is there any way to set a threshold on a thread and make it live if x number of users are viewing it?

this feature would be really kool!

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by furst

This hack should update Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread at the same intervals as it does the posts. It would give users a better idea of how active a thread is.

how would that even work?

lay it out...

user A is on the site (nothing happens because there's not enough)
user B is on the site (nothing happens because there's not enough)
user C is on the site (nothing happens because there's not enough)
user D is on the site (nothing happens because there's not enough)
user E is on the site topic is now active but user A, B, C, and D will not see anything because the topic was never active for them.

its easier said than done

[Mellymonster]

Its not working for me I use 3.8.1, well It works on my other bored but not the one I'm working on now.

[ctimes]

Great mod with one issue so far. I allow uses to have 100 posts per page, it seems with this many posts on a page livetopic does not update.

Not and issue as most user 40 posts by default but figured I would mention it.

Also I have to say hats off for this mod I have never seen a mod to talked about before by members.

[Coders Shack]

due to this thread having a huge list of responses i would like to optimize my time and make it easier for people to know what the current bugs/issues are.

Please go here to report and keep track of current bugs in Live Topic, you may also request features.

Live Topic - Project Tools

[Alfa1]

Feature request added.

[dutchbb]

This is definitely a feature that should be considered for vb 4.0, it's like next gen forum technology. Very nice idea 5/5.

[movslow]

Great hack, but I'm still surprised it hasn't been fixed to work w/the auto embedding of youtube vids. It's been several, several weeks?

Looks like I'll be forced to uninstall.

:down:

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by movslow

Great hack, but I'm still surprised it hasn't been fixed to work w/the auto embedding of youtube vids. It's been several, several weeks?

Looks like I'll be forced to uninstall.

:down:

It's not easy to make a modification work with every other modification out there. Plus, the developer has a real job that takes time. I'll bet you haven't even added this to his bug tracker (nope, I just checked and you haven't).

[DobieGillis?]

Originally Posted by movslow

Great hack, but I'm still surprised it hasn't been fixed to work w/the auto embedding of youtube vids. It's been several, several weeks?

Looks like I'll be forced to uninstall.

:down:

it's a little tricky. I use AME 2.5.4 and it works most of the time. Sometimes not. LT seems to be a very delicate mod but the benfits outweigh the costs.