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

[intruder]

Great, Keep up the dev!

[wEbAddEr]

Originally Posted by SecondV

I don't think I'm going to develop this any further. I'd recommend taking a look at digitalpoint's:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=243429

lol, i switched from his to yours
Thanks for this great mod

[Sushubh]

i have been playing around with both. for some reason i like the vbispy's formatting.

[tafreeh]

Is there anyway, I can show this on Forumhome ???
like showing Latest 3 or 5 post on forumhome

[New Joe]

Originally Posted by SoltanWorld

i have set the usergroup which should not see the vaispy but doesn work!

Same problem here, anyone has a fix for this?

[pmcnamara]

Is there a way to insert ads into the Ajax - Forum Spy.. I have a high number of users who sit on Forum Spy and I'd like to insert ads into the scroll.

[mavherzog]

I've used the former version of this for quite a while. Had to make several modifications to it...but now it appears that the Digital Point Spy has pretty much everything I need.

If the author/porter has truly abandoned this, it makes sense for everyone to throw their support behind the Digital point version.

[jefferis]

I like this. We just added it to our site. http://www.igotasti.com/vBforum/vaispy.php
We found 1 minor problem. I changed the status icon to png instead of gif, since png is now the standard and had to change thread_hot-16.gif to thread_hot.png.

The FEATURE we would like is to be able to restrict some forum feeds to be visible only to moderators, e.g. but all other forums visible to everyone. The restrictions here are global, so maybe that isn't possible. But you can put our FEED in your examples above if you like.

Also, you have to block subforums separately from forums by ID number. I also notice some raw code appearing in the links.<u>Member's Garage</u>

[jefferis]

THe first 5 live feed posts (newest) are underlined, but the scroll produces the raw code: showing <u>forum Name</u> instead.

[tomerl1]

Hello,

Since 4.1.2. Hack does not work. No Page refresh.
Is this a known error?

Sorry my english (I`m Austrian)