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}

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by Phaedrus

Well, it should have worked in IE7, right?

yea does it not?

[Phaedrus]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

yea does it not?

I never saw it update a post other than my own. I just couldn't get it to work in Firefox or in IE.

[Rene Kriest]

Dude, this is not only awesome, but can be the next big thing.

Just a view remarks:
Judging from the demo video this looks like ICQ with message history.

Combined with the Private Thread addon your addon could work like a chat system. That said I think that this would be really, really interesting to see how people use this addon if they can use the addon only in a special forum - the so called chat forum.

Finally the main point is this: since the "chat histoy" (= the thread postings) is saved, you can use the advantage of a chat system in combination with a forum.

Very, very, very awesome if it turns out to be usable just like that.

Well I cannot wait to test this indeed weird but cool addon in my forum. I am excited how the members are going to react to it.

[Coders Shack]

@Phaedrus
your forum seems to have a conflicting plugin that may be causing a PHP error.

try disabling all postbit plugins other than live topics, if its still there it may be the addon.

@Rene Kriest
Thanks man, forums were looking like an old technology. But you have to remember this shouldn't be thought of as a chat room or something like AIM. Its a live log basically, so if im giving you support on something it will be on the internet for good (google and such).

But there are a few issues... I need to add edit support, and also QMQ (Quick Multi Quote) after those two i think it would be pretty much flawless. (aside from other awesome additions)

[Bawtneez]

Will definitely be installing when I upgrade to 3.8 =]

[Phaedrus]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

@Phaedrus
your forum seems to have a conflicting plugin that may be causing a PHP error.

try disabling all postbit plugins other than live topics, if its still there it may be the addon.

@Rene Kriest
Thanks man, forums were looking like an old technology. But you have to remember this shouldn't be thought of as a chat room or something like AIM. Its a live log basically, so if im giving you support on something it will be on the internet for good (google and such).

But there are a few issues... I need to add edit support, and also QMQ (Quick Multi Quote) after those two i think it would be pretty much flawless. (aside from other awesome additions)

Well, at least I'm not insane then.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by Phaedrus

Well, at least I'm not insane then.

go to your plugins page and uncheck every plugin that is using a postbit related hook (if that doesn't fix it, its on my end and its due to your server settings. (so ill have to make it compatible)

[Phaedrus]

Uninstalled for now. I'll tag the thread and work out the kinks. Time for something new and this fits the bill, certainly.

[Phaedrus]

Okay, testing again after I shut off all postbit mod access...

Answer... Still not working. I disabled all the hacks that had any access to the postbit. So. I'll go ahead and disable this one, and turn all the others back on.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by Phaedrus

Okay, testing again after I shut off all postbit mod access...

Answer... Still not working. I disabled all the hacks that had any access to the postbit. So. I'll go ahead and disable this one, and turn all the others back on.

alright, ill get on it thanks Phaedrus my turn now ^_^