Miscellaneous Hacks - Live Topic - AJAX

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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)

Works With (FF2, FF3, IE6, IE7, IE8, SF2, SF3, CHROME):

vBulletin [3.7.4] (have not tested it with other 3.7.X versions)

for vBulletin [3.8.X] go here

INCOMPATIBLE HACKS:

• USC
• PassiveVid (1.x)
• gXboxLive
• Topic (incl. Blog) of the Week

Versions:

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

ideas

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
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{Mark As Installed}
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[gorentals]

I thought this was working with 3.7.3? Or was it only working with version 1.03b.

So does 1.04B not work in 3.7.3. I don't want to break my board but I want to use this mod.

Great Mod

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by furst

Doesn't work on 3.7.1 either.

I go to install it and when I'm adding the product the page just hangs. If I let it sit for long enough it breaks my board and the only way to fix it then is to repair/optimize tables.

how large is your board?

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by gorentals

I thought this was working with 3.7.3? Or was it only working with version 1.03b.

So does 1.04B not work in 3.7.3. I don't want to break my board but I want to use this mod.

Great Mod

it shouldn't break your board, if anything it wouldn't, work. (database wise all it does is add two table columns, plus if you had 1.03b working then 1.04b should work fine)

[inciarco]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

it shouldn't break your board, if anything it wouldn't, work. (database wise all it does is add two table columns, plus if you had 1.03b working then 1.04b should work fine)

I think Coders Shack that you should create a Test Forum with vB373 and Test the Mod in vB373, I think by doing that you can Check many things Very Quickly in order to Allow your Mod to Work on vB373. It would be very nice, I can see that some forumers are using Mods that are Guaranteed to Run on vB373 and don't want to Upgrade to vB374 because that can cause other Critical Mods to Stop Working.

I Hope you can do that and Test the Mod an Have it Working on vB373 (Checked by You, like you did on your Demo Video that Really Impresses a Lot, I myself was very Enthusiastic about Using this Mod, is Very Interesting to Provide that Live Posting Experience for Threads that have Lots of Replies).

My Best Regards.

[solboy]

This is a great mod. works excellent!
Here is a feature request. Can you add a feature to it that will make a sound to indicate a new reply? Like a small "ding"? Thanks.

[furst]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

it shouldn't break your board, if anything it wouldn't, work. (database wise all it does is add two table columns, plus if you had 1.03b working then 1.04b should work fine)

300 000 posts

[Coders Shack]

try disabling your forum then installing the plugin (then enabling your forum again)

[furst]

Originally Posted by Coders Shack

try disabling your forum then installing the plugin (then enabling your forum again)

That worked, thanks.

I think your hack conflicts with https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96602

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by furst

That worked, thanks.

I think your hack conflicts with https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96602

find the plugin titled "Main Doublepost Prevent Engine" look for this line:

PHP Code:

// last step update counters 


below it add these two lines:

PHP Code:

$vbulletin->db->query_first("UPDATE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "post` SET `lastedit` = UNIX_TIMESTAMP() WHERE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "post`.`postid` = $id LIMIT 1");
$vbulletin->db->query_first("UPDATE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread` SET `lastedit` = UNIX_TIMESTAMP() WHERE `" . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread`.`threadid` = $threadinfo[threadid] LIMIT 1"); 


then it should be fine

[superjeff]

This is an amazing product. Thank you very much!