implementing a plugin that uses AJAX

[RossOliver]

Hey,

I have a wiki that I'm trying to implement as best I can with my forum. So far I have displayed the recent wiki activity in the forums. What I want to do now is use AJAX to update the recent wiki activity in real-time.

You can see the recent wiki activity here. I have integrated it by including it in global.php and then use the variables that the script outputs to show it in the styles & templates. I know this isn't the right way to go about it, but it works for me

My question is, if I update it using AJAX in the script, so the variables in the script contain the latest activity, will the variables that I use in styles & templates update as well, or do I need to do something with those too?

It's a little difficult to explain, I will try again if you don't understand what I'm trying to do...

Thanks for your time,

-Ross