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}

[Stubbed]

FYI - On a large forum this will take a very long time for the mod to install, as it has to modifiy the posts table. I thought something had borked, but I was just impatient. Ended up doing the install code manually to double check:

Query OK, 1225228 rows affected (1 min 50.80 sec)
Records: 1225228  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

[Stubbed]

There also seems to be a minor issue when using with this mod:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=176386

The profile field will show the data, but not the label of the profile field, ie:

: 3.8.1
: 71
: Blue Lagoon,Fixed

Would be all that would show if this forum were using that mod when I wrote this, and you were watching. I think that mod had this issue with quick replies origionally.

[sportwiz628]

How do you install it?

[Keesa]

download it and in there is a readme with install directions.

I am going to try it now, which me luck!:erm:

[Keesa]

This Is Amazing.

Omg.

<3333333333333333333333333333333

[Merjawy]

I read this about 3005 and half times in the past .. I just didn't think I read it right till tonight will install it now on my 3.8.3 test forum


Thanks for a great hack just from reading on it

[Merjawy]

Installed on 3.8.3 and works great.. there is however a conflict with vBFavorites


Thanks a mil



EDIT:

amazing hack for real..

I would like to see some more options like you can set certain forums maybe? group permissions? I can't use it now the way it is now cuz its open for abuse . but I do love it

I will keep it installed till they users find out about it then I have to disabled it


Thanks again

[Dustin_a31]

I am also currently having the admin bug,

My users can see the topics being posted in live no problem.

But when I or anyone in the admin group watch the threads there is no ajax magic. I am currently attempting to figure out why, any suggestions welcome.

[MAORBARI]

i download it and i install in the begin it was warked but after it is not.
i try to delete and to install again and it dont help.
i must help someone plz?

[redhawk89]

Hey there, I'm looking to make a very simple webpage... the idea is to make the entire page one single page, that is, a "leave comment" page that has a low serverload, basically an entire webpage that is just a single thread, is the best way to look at it.

Does anyone know where I should start? I already have the domain, but I would like to use something like, oh, I dunno, abasic template of a "submit form and have it posted to this page" type thing.. that after say 30 posts, it puts them to page 2, etc...

A never-ending thread page. Any ideas? This all kind of loosely ties in, I run a vB forum, but I registered a domain on the side just to try this as a standalone thing...