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}

[rbecking]

Would this work if there is only one post in the thread ans that post was edited every few minutes, would users see the updates live?

[DungBeetle]

tested with Firefox, working without problems, thanks

[Cybertims]

If it helps I got it to work after loads of hit and miss testing. It was conflicting with a product I had installed called "Show sig once in showthread", once that was disabled your mod worked a treat

Cheers.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by rbecking

Would this work if there is only one post in the thread ans that post was edited every few minutes, would users see the updates live?

edits are being added in 1.02b

[readjono]

Just wondering whether there are any browsers now it doesn't work in? Otherwise I might give it a try.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by readjono

Just wondering whether there are any browsers now it doesn't work in? Otherwise I might give it a try.

browsers are white listed, so event if it doesn't work with a browser i haven't added, it wouldn't even try to run. (hopefully, 1.02b will have full support of all major browsers)

[GavM]

Greatest plugin, ever? :P

Possible suggestions? Limit this so it only works in certain forums and if possible, make the page scroll down along with the posts.

Super plugin anyway, thanks!

[readjono]

Excellent. I agree with the above poster I'd like to see the possibility limited to certain forums.

[AcidX]

Originally Posted by GavM

Greatest plugin, ever? :P

Possible suggestions? Limit this so it only works in certain forums and if possible, make the page scroll down along with the posts.

Super plugin anyway, thanks!

Agreed. Could be the greatest plugin ever

Anyways, I installed it and got around 50 active members to "spam" the topic, but nothing happens. I'm using Firefox 3.0.5 (Windows), but it's not browser related cause it didn't work for any of my forum members. The "Live topic" icon is shown next to the thread name - so that means the plugin is active, but it still doesn't work.

Originally Posted by schlottkej

Coders,
My error is not related to your mod, I don't believe.. I've got a fisheye menu running and it's spitting out a few errors I'll need to resolve.

I am not getting any errors, but indeed I am using the ajax "fisheye menu" though, same as schlottkej above.
I tried disabling the "fisheye menu" via the product manager, but it still didn't work. So be advised that this outstanding plugin has compatibility issues with "fisheye menu"

Coders Shack, schlottkej, mates! If you figure out the compatibility problem, please be kind and let me know. I would appreciate it.

[Skyrider]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

why would you have two topics with the same thread open? (are you logged in as the same user to? if not then yes it would work)

The reason why I asked is because the thread never updated with the live plugin. I kept waiting with the second thread open, but it never auto-refreshed. I installed it correctly and it was enabled.