Miscellaneous Hacks - Live Topic - AJAX

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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)

Works With (FF2, FF3, IE6, IE7, IE8, SF2, SF3, CHROME):

vBulletin [3.7.4] (have not tested it with other 3.7.X versions)

for vBulletin [3.8.X] go here

INCOMPATIBLE HACKS:

• USC
• PassiveVid (1.x)
• gXboxLive
• Topic (incl. Blog) of the Week

Versions:

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

ideas

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

[MTGDarkness]

I want to remove specifically this message:

live topic This post has been added by another user.

Since this is an active topic, this post has been automatically added to the thread while you were reading it. If you are replying to this thread you might want to read this post before doing so.

Well, that and the live topic image next to topics.

[hugh_]

Is it expected behavior for me to be notified of a post made by another user when I've posted it? Also is it possible to limit the width of the message stating you've exceeded the post limit? Regardless excellent mod! Jellsoft should take a leaf...

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by MTGDarkness

I want to remove specifically this message:

live topic This post has been added by another user.

Since this is an active topic, this post has been automatically added to the thread while you were reading it. If you are replying to this thread you might want to read this post before doing so.

Well, that and the live topic image next to topics.

search livetopic in your phrases (and check out the livetopic.css file)

[dizzadog]

best mod ever seen... thanks a lot

[john102774]

Good stuff Mate... Dayum!!!

Installed on Vb.3.7.3

Works great on IE. 6.0
On Firefox 3.0.9: Appears to have a blank space until I manually refresh the screen

Read something about it on earlier posting in this thread. Still having issues and searching for answers.

Can someone please help?

Thanks again!

[MTGDarkness]

Does this item make for persistent connections to the MySQL database?

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by MTGDarkness

Does this item make for persistent connections to the MySQL database?

it pings a php script that makes a small query every X seconds, please read the tech details.

[Coders Shack]

Originally Posted by john102774

Good stuff Mate... Dayum!!!

Installed on Vb.3.7.3

Works great on IE. 6.0
On Firefox 3.0.9: Appears to have a blank space until I manually refresh the screen

Read something about it on earlier posting in this thread. Still having issues and searching for answers.

Can someone please help?

Thanks again!

blank space? screen shot?

[dkny]

happens on my site too:

[MAORBARI]

Hello, I installed the Live Topic Everything works as it takes, but I have a problem with this code bug. He is not showing me the messages I send the same moment ...
(For example I opened cluster. Replied to me I answer and I do not see my messages. )

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