Miscellaneous Hacks - vBISpy - AJAX real-time feed of new posts/threads

This is a port of vBISpy by MPDev to vBulletin4. MPDev has given me permission to port this modification, if any staff need to see it, I can forward the PM.


If you use this modification, please >> Mark As Installed, Nominate for MOTM, or Support Developer <<, thank you


What is this!?
vBISpy is an AJAX real-time feed of new posts/threads for your vBulletin 4.0 forum.

Please note that this is currently in Beta. The style is not perfect, but the mod should be fully functionial.


Current Version
2.0.4 - You can find the 3.6.x version, here.


Features flagged for future version(s):

• looking for suggestions

Will this work on x.x.x ??
Unless otherwise stated, this will work on all 4.0.x versions. This will not work on 3.x.


Sounds cool. How do I install?

1. Extract the zip, you should have the following directories/files:
   
   

   /
   |_ vaispy.php
   
   /clientscript/
   |_ va_effects.js
   |_ va_prototype.js
   |_ va_spy.js
   
   /images/
   	/misc/
   	|_ pause_down.gif
   	|_ pause_up.gif
   	|_ play_down.gif
   	|_ play_up.gif

2. Upload: (in the below instructions 'yourforum' would be where you have vBulletin installed)
   
   • vaispy.php to /yourforum/vaispy.php
     
   • /clientscript/*.js to /yourforum/clientscript/*.js
     
   • /images/misc/*.gif to /yourforum/images/misc/*.gif

Upgrading
Unless noted otherwise, just upload and overwrite 'vaispy.php'.


Customization
Virtually all the code to customize the page is in the vaispy.php script; there are no plugins, no templates and no phrases. You do not need to do anything further; this should work right out of the box.

If you'd like to block certain usergroups from viewing vBISpy; or certain forums from being displayed - edit vaispy.php

PHP Code:

/**
* Do not list these forums even if they have 
* permissions (test categories, etc)
*
* Enter them by ID, separated by commans (eg: 1,2,3)
*/
$blockforums = '';

/**
* Do not allow these groups.
*
* Enter them by ID, separated by commans (eg: 1,2,3)
*/
$blockgroups = ''; 


In your browser, open the URL:

http://www.yourforum.com/forum/vaispy.php

You can see examples of this at:

• Anyone wanting to list here as an example?

Note: Neither I nor MPDev claim ownership of this code except for the file vaispy.php - the rest of the files were using 'freely distributable' (although modified to suit vBISpy) sources. As such, you may use these files as you wish, but please do not remove the copyrights.


Changelog
2.0.4 - June 23, 2011
- Changed 'xml' to 'feed' when the script is requesting data via AJAX
- Updated code that checks for blocked groups and forums so that it works properly.
- Added version string (?v=) to script calls.
- Updated template html to include facebook data if enabled.
- Updated css link rendering to determine if templates are stored as files or not.

2.0.3 - March 25, 2010
- Updated alternate row colors to use stylevars.
- Added ability to block certain usergroups by editing vaispy.php.
- Fixed possible bug where in certain situations a database error would occur.

2.0.2 - January 23, 2010
- Hopefully the incorrect showthread link is now fixed.
- Added alternate row colors.
- Changed default xml delay in va_spy.js to 3000 from 7000.

2.0.1 - January 21, 2010
- Fixed issue with incorrect path to thread statusicon's
- Edits to clientscript/va_spy.js to hopefully fix issues with incorrect showthread link.
- Removed &nbsp;'s from the rows generated if displayed rows are less than 20

2.0.0 - January 21, 2010
- Ported to vBulletin4 with permission from MPDev



If you use this modification, please >> Mark As Installed, Nominate for MOTM, or Support Developer <<, thank you

[Juggernaut]

I like it

[New Joe]

I don't think my question is going to be answered.

[New Joe]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Working great here: http://forums.finalgear.com/vaispy.php

Thanks!

Regarding my last post to the question I need answering, I found the above post and link.
This site works fine, when I clicked on the last post of a Thread with over 6,717 replies it took me to the last reply.
Viper, did you do anything more or just up loaded the files and it worked that way?

[Viper007Bond]

Originally Posted by New Joe

Regarding my last post to the question I need answering, I found the above post and link.
This site works fine, when I clicked on the last post of a Thread with over 6,717 replies it took me to the last reply.
Viper, did you do anything more or just up loaded the files and it worked that way?

I just uploaded all the files -- it worked out of the box.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by compuminus

The only remaining issue with the conversion to vB4 is the fact that the navbar menu only shows the navtabs, not all of the links in the row below. This is the row that starts with new/today's posts, private messages, FAQ, etc links. I've gone through the vaispy.php code and cannot figure out how to mod this myself so that this menu bar shows up correctly...

Actually, this isn't even an issue. It's meant to be that way... the way the navbar in vB4 works now, is that each tab can have sublinks - vBISpy doesn't really need any sublinks..

[Eric]

Updated to 2.0.3

[RedHacker]

Thanks for update but i create new thread/post nothing show in vaispy.php

[daveaite]

Hey mate. I have a suggestion

Turn this into a widget formed mod. That way we can install it on the CMS as well. This would probably involve configuring directory paths and copying the vbispy into the PHP Widget.

If you need help I could try testing and playing around with it. Let me know via pm.

P.S: Nice network of sites.


Edit:
On xml install I get this error:

XML Error: not well-formed (invalid token) at Line 340

[Eric]

Originally Posted by daveaite

Hey mate. I have a suggestion

Turn this into a widget formed mod. That way we can install it on the CMS as well. This would probably involve configuring directory paths and copying the vbispy into the PHP Widget.

If you need help I could try testing and playing around with it. Let me know via pm.

P.S: Nice network of sites.


Edit:
On xml install I get this error:

This mod has no product xml, you just upload files and make template edits to include a link to vaispy.php

Originally Posted by RedHacker

Thanks for update but i create new thread/post nothing show in vaispy.php

What's the URL to your forum?

[RedHacker]

Originally Posted by SecondV

This mod has no product xml, you just upload files and make template edits to include a link to vaispy.php


What's the URL to your forum?

It is fixed now... Must be renamed one file....