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}

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[Mum]

CodersShack - i just have to say that you have to be the best coder i have ever seen on here - your support is just incredible. Well done

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by ray-

Found a bug today with 1.02. Still occured after i upgraded to 1.03. Whenever someone makes a post and edits it right after it, everyone that's still in the live topic will see that post appear as a single post. All previous posts are suddenly invisible. The postcount of the visible post is set to 'undefined'. F5 will bring back all the posts, but I thought it's still worth mentioning here.

I'm sorry but i cant reproduce this issue.

what browser?

[mcyates]

Originally Posted by nascartr

I have the same error in IE7.

for information I don't get this error when the Ultimate Side Columns is disabled. But it still does not work.

[mcyates]

Originally Posted by mcyates

Does not work for me, on either ff or ie8.

In IE8 I get this error:

Line: 2
Char: 1
Error: 'vB_AJAX_QuickEditor' is underfind
Code: 0
URL: http://myfootballforum.com/showthread.php?t=52&page=1505

Once I disable this modification the error clears.

Great idea and can't wait to get it on my forums.

thats the error copied the wrong post. See my post above.

[mcyates]

Its working now. I disabled the USC and then unistalled live topic and then installed it again and it worked. There must be something that stops the automated template change working properly when some modifications are installed.

Also, when I enabled the Ultimate Side Columns it stops wrking again and the above error comes up again. So this modification isn't compatible with the USC.

[Coders Shack]

make sure that you are logged in (vB_AJAX_QuickEditor only spawns if your not logged in, ill be fixing this in 1.04b)

[mcyates]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

make sure that you are logged in (vB_AJAX_QuickEditor only spawns if your not logged in, ill be fixing this in 1.04b)

Its still there for me when registered. Anyway, looking forward to the next version, keep up the great work.

[ray-]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

I'm sorry but i cant reproduce this issue.

what browser?

Firefox, and it seems to occur on IE as well.
I'm able to reproduce it on the default template as well as my custom. I have some plugins installed, but I don't see any that can possibly be responsible for this. I wonder if anyone else has this problem...

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by ray-

Firefox, and it seems to occur on IE as well.
I'm able to reproduce it on the default template as well as my custom. I have some plugins installed, but I don't see any that can possibly be responsible for this. I wonder if anyone else has this problem...

well my forum is running 1.03b

http://beasttoast.com/showthread.php...9&goto=newpost

(i cant get it to do it, i used Chrome, SF, and FF)

[mcyates]

When will 1.04b be released?

If its not soon i'll be off to bed, if it is i'll stay up and see if it fixed my probs.