Add-On Releases - AJAX Spy

Introduction:
This script (addon) was developed to give your forums a new nice feature by allowing readers/contributors to have a live spy monitor they can use to watch latest forums activity. This script is supposed to be much faster and more reliable than those variants that place database hooks to watch for changes. The script works without even needing to connect to any database and relies totally on your RSS feeds already generated by the forums.

Please be gentle, our first module. Should work with all versions of vBulletin that provide RSS feeds, which I think is all of them

Installation:
Please follow all instructions carefully and back up and files modified.
1- Uploading Files
Within the folder this document is contained, a folder named "Upload" should be present Open this folder and upload the following files to the corresponding locations. Please notice that no files will be replaced.

The /tmp folder included MUST be CHMODed to 755 OR 777 because the spy script needs to write data into that folder. The data there is auto deleted so there is actually nothing you need to worry about. For your information, the data store3d there is a copy of the latest RSS feeds and is used as a simple caching system to lower the loads on the server when 10K users for example have the spy script open and monitoring.

2- Setting System Environment
In your browser (Internet Explorer/Mozilla etc..)
Go to this url: http://YOURSITE.COM/admincp/install_vbspy.php
[You will need to change the capitals within this url to meet your site's domain and forum location]

Follow the file through each step, if step 1 was configured correctly no errors should occur when running this file. Once finished you will be prompted to delete 2 specific file's, YOU MUST DO THIS.

3- Integrating The System
In your forums admin cp, go to the following destination:
Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Edit Templates -> Expand All

Templates:
Find the template 'navbar'
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FIND:
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<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>
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UNDERNEATH ADD:
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<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="vbSpy.php?$session[sessionurl]">vbSPY</a></td>
::: Save Template 'navbar'

Author Notices:
While i have been coding for long, this is still my first product dedicated to the vBulleting community. If you are familiar with vBulletin codes and think you know a better way to perform some task, please let me know by leaving a comment at the codeMoxie website available at www.codeMoxie.net

Official Support:
This product is fully supported by CodeMoxie, please visit our newly released forums for more info http://www.codemoxie.net/forum

Demo
http://www.prousers.net/vBSpy.php

Release History
Version 1.21b RC1 - September 19, Initial release on vBulletin
Version 1.21b RC1 - September 22, several bug fixes.

Examples:


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Enjoy!
Keep checking http://www.codeMoxie.net for more cool products
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[VBUsers]

im on the authors side on this one and i think it was wrong to come over here and bash a thread of a competiting script. i would like to see a demo if possible and please this thread is for support, everyone here is an admin somewhere. lets act like it!

[codemoxie]

Thanks AR for the support. I was just hoping to put that behind us. I have appreciated all the comments and feedback by PM but that's yesterdays news. I am sorry that is the way this had to start but whatever. We have bigger and better things to do.

In regards to a the demo, we'll have something up tomorrow.

We have a series of new vBulletin codes coming out so looking forward to being able to provide vBulletin users a great set of tools. Thanks again all.

[Paul M]

Let's have no more reference to previous arguments please - instead focus on the hack - any more off topic stuff is liable to be removed.

[Humbe]

Is the demo done?

I would like to check it out as soon as I can

[lexx27]

Sorry, cached version unavailable

Thats what I get! Where can I configure the script?

[Lizard King]

I am also looking for a demo ?

[lexx27]

Doesnt work! any tips? ...

[codemoxie]

lexx27 - please make sure RSS is enabled. This script works off of your RSS feed. Please also ensure that the tmp file is set at permissions 777.

Demo coming shorlty. Thanks all.

[lexx27]

Rss is on and tmp chmod. Nothing changed.

http://www.webz.gr/forum/external.php?type=RSS2

[Blittz]

I'm a little confused as to exactly what this does. I'm assuming it is basically a (well written) live monitor of your sites rss feed? If so, then thats kinda cool.

I have installed it, and followed all steps, and go to the spy page, but it has no data in it. I do see the vBSpy table and I do see the ajax updating thing from time to time, but there isn't any content at all.

My forums are in a /forum directory, and not in the root, could this be why? I've made sure my RSS is up and running, it is, and I can manually verify it no problem.

My vBSpy page: http://racketradio.com/forum/vBSpy.php
My RSS2 feed: http://racketradio.com/forum/external.php?type=RSS2

Overall, I rate it as an interesting hack, I'd love to see it in action.. thanks in advance for any help.