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}

{Don't forget to vote for Modification of the Month}

[yesfans]

What makes the LIVE TOPIC ICON go to the ORANGE LIVE TOPIC ICON ???

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by yesfans

What makes the LIVE TOPIC ICON go to the ORANGE LIVE TOPIC ICON ???

Nothing. The orange is just included if you have a dark style because the black icon won't show up well on black.

[yesfans]

ahhhh I see on the color.

In the image package there is a COMMENT AD icon/button. WHere should that be showing up at.
Right now if your in the quick reply box on my site, www.yesfans.com and someposts your screen sorta blinks/flinches then you have to scroll up a hair to see the post. If you happen to be reading the post when a new one comes in it is fine. Anyway around that flinch of screen???
Also not real sure how to set the times in the admin panel of the add on. What is it based on? Seconds????

[BirdOPrey5]

I really don't know what that other image is for, off hand I don't remember seeing it, but it goes in your /images/misc/ folder.

I can't troubleshoot flickers, I never came across that personally, but I would try checking in another browser.

Yes the time is in seconds for "idle" times. For the last box Request Interval, it's in milliseconds.

[yesfans]

what is REQUEST INTERVAL? What does it do?

[yesfans]

It would be this image!

[yesfans]

comment add image. Must be for something if it is in the files that came in the zip for the add on.

[Wonksta]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

I too would be highly interested in a full featured 3.8 version.

x2 !

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by yesfans

what is REQUEST INTERVAL? What does it do?

That is how often the page checks for new posts, by default it's 5000 milliseconds, or once every 5 seconds.

Originally Posted by yesfans

It would be this image!

It shows up right next to the thread title, before the other "Live Topic" icon when a thread is marked as "Live."

[Raul7]

Originally Posted by Twisted Chaos

We have a version ready for release.. we simply need to create the download area and licensing..
sorry to have taken so long as this was not an easy project to decipher and update the security holes..

we will have 2 versions available.
One free version which will simply be an exact update to the current livetopic and a paid version which will have tons of added features

some of the added features will include:
- forum specific on/off for live topic
- user group permissions
- "paid" subscriptions (users pay to turn on)
- and many more!

any update on this? how long does it take to be download ready?