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}

[fattony69]

I can't wait until this is totally stable. This looks like an amazing modification.

[DangerousDale]

Had it installed but my site started hanging, including the admin cp

Well give it ago again on the next update

Keep up the good work.

[carubmun]

Originally Posted by LGKeiz

this is the best ++++ing mod I ever had.

I must second that.
People on my forum are getting woodies the first time they see it in action.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Please add member group permissions. I am mighty interested to install this hack, if I can activate it for my VIP members.

THIS.

Although I have installed it and will see how it works, so far it's spotty... I got 1 to come across - I think - but 2 other times I hit refresh and found more posts... Will know for sure when traffic pics up.

Regardless of how this works in beta, this is an excellent addition and when the bugs are worked out will deffinitely be a 'must have' mod... But I would also like to enable/disable by usergroup.


EDIT - working consistently now... not sure what it was... So far so good.

[Andyrew]

Dont work in chrome for me. i have to hit refresh to see new posts.

[basilrath]

Well its working fine for me and pretty slick too

[joopster]

Ok it doesn't work with woopra from what I can tell.

I have got it working, and the posts update but the posts are jacked up, meaning they don't look the same as the prior posts. Outside frame is longer etc.

In IE7 it is showing it in legacy postbit also instead of what the default is.

Any ideas?

EDIT: I did a refresh and now it seems to show the posts correctly but it has quit working. Not showing new posts...?

I am going to try and disable more plugins.

EDIT AGAIN: Fixed: I thought I disabled the Ultimate Side Columns but I had not. I wish these two worked together.

[joopster]

works great!

[azher]

Hello,

Originally Posted by nascartr

I've used vbOptimise from the beginning and they have not conflicted with one another.

I think I found out what the issue was...many of our forum members prefer to use the "Linear - Newest First" thread view as their default under User CP->Options. The AJAX refresh works perfectly fine for those that are on "Linear - Oldest First" (what I suspect is the default for many boards) however for our site, most people simply see the notification popup rather than the actual refresh.

I'd humbly request that the logic be updated to take this into account and "bump down" the posts for those that prefer to see newest posts first.

[morpheusXIIX]

Very neat mod. Installed, when testing I noticed that if you require a user to click reply in a thread before activating the quick reply box, no matter what was inputed, the post became "Please click one of the Quick Reply icons in the posts above to activate Quick Reply."

This error came up in Firefox 3.0.5. No problems duplicating it in IE 7.

Another small quirk, which did come up in IE 7 was that the AJAX displayed posts were not able to be clicked on to activate the quick reply box.

Nominated no less, great feature.