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Version: 1.07b, by Coders Shack Coders Shack is offline
Developer Last Online: Sep 2013 Show Printable Version Email this Page

Category: Miscellaneous Hacks - Version: 3.8.0 Rating:
Released: 01-09-2009 Last Update: 02-28-2009 Installs: 976
DB Changes Uses Plugins Auto-Templates
Is in Beta Stage  
No support by the author.

. . . . . . . . Brought to you by scriptasy.com

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:
Versions:
1.01b
1.02b
fixes
safari 2 support
safari 3 support
google chrome sup
port
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

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  #1042  
Old 09-10-2010, 07:12 PM
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hmm, im not sure the author is even around anymore, the main site is gone.
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It is unfortunate, this is my favorite mod of all time. I had hoped by now "Live Topic" could have been expanded to add new threads to forumdisplay too. I'm shocked it hasn't been incorporated into vbulletin actually.
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It is unfortunate, this is my favorite mod of all time. I had hoped by now "Live Topic" could have been expanded to add new threads to forumdisplay too. I'm shocked it hasn't been incorporated into vbulletin actually.
because on large forums it is a huge CPU sink. we had to enable it for only select users so the CPU load wouldn't spike
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because on large forums it is a huge CPU sink. we had to enable it for only select users so the CPU load wouldn't spike
I'll grant you my forum isn't as busy as yours but it actually seemed to lower our resource usage as refreshing an entire page took more of a toll on the sever then getting a single post via AJAX...
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I'll grant you my forum isn't as busy as yours but it actually seemed to lower our resource usage as refreshing an entire page took more of a toll on the sever then getting a single post via AJAX...
well you have to consider how many people are constantly refreshing. livetopic will do a 'ping' every 5 seconds (or however you configure it). if you have a hundred people looking at one thread, livetopic will be refreshing more automatically than most of those people.

it can help or hurt, depending on how users use your forum
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Can someone re-write this code from scratch for vb4 ?

We will donate some $ in return.
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Can someone re-write this code from scratch for vb4 ?

We will donate some $ in return.
Good point, I wanted to mention this as well. I would happily donate!
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Display issue with highly popular Mod Live Topic

All the subsequent posts after the last post are no longer aligned properly, as you can see in the attachment.

It continues to show posts that are displayed via ajax aka the live topic mod until a page refresh is done
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Adding myself to the list of individuals that would like to see a vB4 version of this.

crossing fingers and hoping soon
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I need to this amazing mod for vB4 too
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