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Live Topic · **Released**: 01-09-2009

. . . . . . . . Brought to you by scriptasy.com

. . . http://www.Scriptasy.com

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

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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

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New Joe · #**892** 09-02-2009, 07:58 AM

Ok I have checked and everything was up loaded from the 'upload' folder correctly and the xml file installed with only the edit I posted above but after testing it it doesn't work.
The live topic icon shows but the Threads don't automatically update when new posts are made in them within the set time limit.
Any help on this?

New Joe · #**893** 09-03-2009, 01:30 PM

Working now, the vB Favorites mod was the problem, disabled and all is ok.
Top class mod this.

realmr · #**894** 09-05-2009, 10:32 AM

is it possible to restrict live topics to certain forums and is it possible for admins or mods only to select the topic to be live so that other topics will not get affected by these changes ??

DolphinEcho · #**895** 09-06-2009, 06:02 AM

I had to commet out the track url for it to install in the xml file, as it was timing out.

Code:

if (function_exists('file_get_contents')) file_get_contents('http://track.scriptasy.com/livetopic/1.07b/'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);

To

Code:

// if (function_exists('file_get_contents')) file_get_contents('http://track.scriptasy.com/livetopic/1.07b/'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);

Also I noticed the orange Live Topic image has some white areas in it and not fully transparent

Thanks for the great mod

DolphinEcho · #**896** 09-06-2009, 06:05 AM

Hi,

Is there anyway to get this to work on VB Advanced ?

matthewhotdude · #**897** 09-07-2009, 11:51 AM

anyone else have the problem where posts will dissapear ??? and you have to refresh for them to come back?

inciarco · #**898** 09-07-2009, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matthewhotdude

anyone else have the problem where posts will dissapear ??? and you have to refresh for them to come back?

In some of the Posts of this Thread and on the vB37x's Thread is Explained how to do that; it has been answered several times. (the Mod has that BUG and you need to set the Option of the Number of Posts to Start Hiding the Old Ones to a Big Value, like 10000 so that they don't Hide and cause that Malfunction).

My Best Regards.

matthewhotdude · #**899** 09-07-2009, 06:44 PM

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I get loads of these now

matthewhotdude · #**900** 09-09-2009, 11:58 AM

Anyone?

War.Frog · #**901** 09-09-2009, 02:23 PM

I searched this thread for "Thanks", and "Thank you" but found no hit so hopefully I'm not re-asking this question.

I have the Post Thanks and Post Groan mods installed, and I find when a Live Topic reply pops up it's missing the Thanks / Groan buttons. Is there a way to enable their display?

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