vBulletin Mods

Forum Live Feed & User Wall lets you see a continuously updated feed of activities on the forum, with a powerful set of customisation options for sources of information.

Uses
If you've wished for a Facebook-like feed for your forum, this mod is for you.

This mod adds 2 distinct features to your site. First a live feed showing actions performed by everyone on the forum, from new threads and posts to things like new avatars or signatures, your members can customise their feed and keep up to date with everything that's going on, right as it happens.
Secondly every user also has their own wall that displays what they have been up to. This lets users see what their friends have been doing and join in!
With advanced privacy configuration options and configurable preview options for each content type, this mod compliments other modifications like InfoPanels and produces a more detailed and verbose feed of the happenings on the forum.


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What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified by us whenever new updates are available.

* For security issues - vbulletin.org will contact all members who have installed a modification whenever a security issue is brought to their attention.

* Marking a modification as installed also helps us know how many people are using our work, giving us extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

We appreciate the support!
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Priority support & Product Demos available at: http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com

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Translations available @ our forum
Support for translations handled by the translator in its respective threads only.

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Complete Feature List

Lite

• Forum Sidebar block type
• Preview in Forum Sidebar
• Ability to turn off IMG tag parsing on both main pages and Sidebar
• Status updates (from Forum Sidebar or the Live Wall page)
• Content types for nearly all forum actions:
  • Posts
  • Threads
  • Avatar changes
  • Signature changes
  • Username changes
  • Social Group discussion
  • Social Group discussion replies
  • Status Updates (From this mod)
  • vBLive Status Updates
  • vBArcade Scores
  • [DBTech] Advanced Post Thanks / Like: Button clicks for Posts
• Nobody / Registered Users / Contacts Only / Friends Only display options for each content type to control who you see feeds from
• Nobody / Registered Users / Contacts Only / Friends Only privacy options for each content type to control who can see your feeds
• Automatically refreshing via AJAX at controllable intervals

Pro

• Recent Entries page with more entries displayed, no auto refresh
• Ability to "favourite" stories and view them from their own page
• Comments system
  • Comment count in the main feed with link to comment thread
  • Ability to post comments in the comment thread
  • AJAX refreshed comment threads
  • Ability to delete your own/others comments with usergroup permissions
• Content types for nearly all forum actions:
  • Blog Posts
  • Blog Comments
  • User Notes
  • Visitor Messages
  • Profile Pictures

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This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of pages generated by this mod which includes:

• 1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
• 1 Link to Product Description page of this modification
• 1 Link to Hivelocity Hosting (Lite Version only)

Hi there got this error


Warning: require_once([path]/dbtech/livewall_pro/contenttypes/profilepictures.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/dbtech/livewall/includes/class_core.php on line 688

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/builtfor/public_html/archongaming.org/forum/dbtech/livewall_pro/contenttypes/profilepictures.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/builtfor/public_html/archongaming.org/forum/dbtech/livewall/includes/class_core.php on line 688

I updated the files. Could you please re-download the .zip file and re-upload /dbtech/livewall/includes/class_core.php and see if that works?


Fillip

Nice that works so let me get this right this does not put the update status under your username in postbit? It just gives me a wall full of feeds?

That is correct :)

We may implement additional display options in the future, but they will most likely be revolved around the profile and not the postbit.

Postbit space is rather limited, and we want admins to be able to allow people to post a microblog (think Twitter) length status - hence the default 140 characters ;) - without worrying about the postbit looking like a giraffe.

Hopefully that made sense :)


Fillip

sure does thanks for the feed back I will look in too this plugin more when that postbit or postbit legacy feature gets added :) keep up the good work I have spent alot of money over at your shop buying all them plugin goodies!

No plans for vB3 I assume? :(

We don't have any immediate plans to port it to vB3, sorry :(


Fillip

Fooooo you're indirectly forcing me to upgrade to vB4.

Haha thanks for the quick reply and will be watching this closely!

Sounds good ;)
Is this Addon show new albumpictures and does it show bbcodes? (Video, Smilies ...)

There's currently no content type for Album Pictures.

It does show BBCode, all the BBCode that are allowed in "Non-Forum Areas" as per the BBCode settings.

Smilies are also supported :)

That being said, due to the fact that each content type comes with a "Preview Cut-off" setting, some BBCode may become invalidated and not parse correctly.

Example: Let's say you have a quote tag that contains more than 300 characters. When it cuts off the message, the closing [/quote] will get removed and the start tag will be left in place.

Hopefully that makes sense :)


Fillip

Whats different to this mod?
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=277545

You can compare the feature lists and screenshots to find out what's different - personally I'm not so good at selling things. That's more my partner Iain's thing.

I'll link him to your query and he'll answer as soon as he's able :)


Fillip

From quick look at it, with DBTech mod you could set numerous options feed/privacy wise. You can decide which feeds you want to see and to whom you want to enable to see your feeds.

In pro version you also get whole comment system, where people could comment anything in feeds.

Coding wise, DBTech has produced good code so far. I'm not telling that this other coder produces bad code, I'm just telling that in my experience DBTech produced good code so far and I believe they will continue so.

On the other hand, only sure thing is that you try both mods on your testing site and see which one you like more. :)

Hey,

nice work. I install the lite edition but i have some requests.
1. Statusupdate from forumhome. I put the textarea in the block template and it works fine without the maxlength.
2. A little preview at the block would be nice.

Is that possilbe?

Many thanx, seems to be nice work.

Installed, hope everything is fine.

Now setting and checking, how it works, will post details here.

G!

Installed! working gr888, Its awesome.........Thanx a lot for such a cool mod!

That mod seems to be a basic feed of some forum info.

Our mod is a full live facebook style wall, with user customisable content, content previews, privacy permissions for who does and doesn't see posts about you, a commenting system (in pro), as well as a full user-wall system where each user has their own wall filled with events relating only to them - again just like on facebook.

Hope that clears up the difference ^.^

Iain

Hello Iain,

I think have done all steps correctly, still something is wrong.

Can not make it, help is required please.

The forum url is: www.offwalk.com

Thanx in advance.

G!

An error message is more useful than a site URL :)


Fillip

Could you re-post these over at our forum as feature suggestion threads? That ensures they won't get lost in the mists of time as we plan new versions :)


Fillip

Any chance of getting a content type added for photopost vbgallery and vba dynamics?

I would gladly buy the pro version for those features alone.

and a content type for your Advanced Post Thanks / Like mod would be nice...

We will definitely add APTL content types, that's on the todo list :)


Fillip

Hey, nice product - I can't find where it says the "Can Administer Forum Live Feed & User Wall" administrator permission
under usergroups?

I do not see these other functions like a user wall, where is this?

Very nice, you guys always make nice stuff. Made a forum block with it as well.
Look forward to enhancements.
Thanks!

Any chance on giving away a few pro versions for us to test for you, so we can provide feedback and all that :)

I'm in, that is if you would ? :)

Click on any users name from the wall or visit http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/livewall.php?u=XXXX where XXXX is the UID.

:P We already have lots of Pro users who have purchased the mod and are providing feedback on our site, thanks for the offer though!

Iain

Your best bet is to suggest this in a thread over at the support forums to make sure it gets noticed and taken into consideration each time we're designing a new version =)

As far as adding support for 3rd party products, that tends to be something we do after we have added the feature requests and 1st party integration, so it will probably be a bit before those get added unless there are several requests for the integration from pro customers over at DBTech.

We try to put features that everyone can make use of ahead of things like 3rd party integration that most people won't use, unless a number of our customers request the feature. For obvious reasons requests like that tend to be given priority :P

Iain

Nominated.
Once again DbTech making excellent plugins!

[spoiler] tag awareness would be nice too...

This mod is aware of all BBCode that can be used in non-forum areas as per the vBulletin options. We have no further control over BBCode parsing.

Note that if the text between BBCode tags go over the preview limit, BBCode will not parse correctly.


Fillip

You have a wrong URL in all of your Mod-discriptions (Translations available @ )

I can not find the option to delete unwanted messages

regards

There is currently no way to delete status updates.


Fillip

Ok, then you can use it to spam, etc.

If I have the pro version and "comment" on someone's response to a thread THROUGH the Live feed, does it post to the actual thread itself? or would these responses be separate?

It doesn't, but in a future version the Pro version will display comments underneath each post :)


Fillip

Hi Fillip,

testing this and must say I like it very much.

I think the ability for the user to delete their status's is a must and displaying comments under/at bottom of post in thread would be great.

:)

Also a fix for resizing images on wall

add to additional.css or dbtech_livewall.css

Block Disabled:      (Update License Status)
Suspended or Unlicensed Members Cannot View Code.

If a user uploads a picture or video, how does the feed react to it?

It doesn't react at all, as there's no integration with the attachment system at the moment :)


Fillip

Is this a planned addition down the road?

It's not currently on the todo list, but that can always change :)


Fillip

mod/admin editable status's and comments needed with this for sure. When i think about it, comments posted via wall not really needed to be posted to posts in thread, its pretty good as is. Attachments on wall, that would be good.

Demo pics look nothing like lite version, what are they from the pro version?

Not impressed with mod, what good is it to post a status update when you cant post a comment to it in the lite version.

Lite version looks nothing more than a chat board... looks like we are going to have to uninstall this one unless there are some decent updates coming forth in the next release.

Nothing in the feed for when people add or remove a friend?

These guys are smart and are great developers.
Status will be worked on :)
I would like to see an option for it to works with the forums.
Posts in thread from Live Feed

Giving the user the options of the forum view or the Live Feed view by clicking the navbar!
Somewhere down the road maybe an option to turn of forum and just view the live feed.
Now we are talking dynamite :) ...with additional ongoing additional pages :p
Maybe a Pro feature.

Edit: Whoops did I say that...:p

I think vb still has issues (hooks) with friend.
but that would be cool :)

The screenshots are indeed from the Pro version, only difference is the comments though :)

That's because vBulletin does not currently store when a "relation" (i.e. contact or friend) was formed, so there's no way for me to tell if the friendship was new or old.


Fillip

It still posts to the wall (and more importantly to your User Wall), letting people keep up to date with your status.

Not sure I follow you here... chat board? The lite version can't be used as a chat board...

I think you may have completely misunderstood the mod to be honest. The point of it is to provided a "Live Feed" of what's going on in the forum/with users. It lets users keep up with recent posts/actions in real time. If that's not what you're looking for this isn't the mod for you =)

Iain

You are out of your mind.

This is one of the best "Facebook Wall" plug-ins to date. I will be upgrading soon to the Pro version for the commenting as well. You can't blame them for not wanting to give the cow for free here...

If I could have only one feature added to this, it would be that the "Users Wall" would be a tab located in the User Profile section. This would encourage more people to use their pages just like in Facebook... please please please! Make it so!

There is nothing wrong with the state of my mind. <Removed> Keep your personal comments to yourself and focus on commenting on the mod only.

Entries per page

This setting controls how many wall entries are shown before a "Load More" link is displayed.

How does this work? I dont see it on my install or on the feed @ dragonbyte tech

Whoops, that was intended for a feature that wasn't able to be included for technical reasons. I will get the wording changed in the next version :)


Fillip

That's high on the to-do list =) Cheers for the kind words.

Iain

I added a link in member action dropdown to view user's wall. something you might want to look at Fillip :)

edit: also added link on profile page.

Good idea, I'll see if this can make it in the next version :)


Fillip

Pretty sure I was commenting on the mod, but whatever.. if you don't like the mod then you have no reason to further comment in this thread.. k thanks bye...

Anyways, is there any information on when the next version of this mod should come out?

Great mod - thanks! Installed!

There should be a new version on friday if all goes to plan.

Iain

Looking forward to the update.

Ive made some cosmetic changes to suit my forum (wall in tables) :)

Will the next update bring this out of beta? I see no problems with it.

There seems to be a inconsistent issue parsing bbcode, anyone else have this problem?

Yes, because of the limited characters and not seeing the... / closing bbcode tags.

You can adjust preview character length in admincp. Keep increasing the count until you find some sort of balance between a preview and displaying a full post.. up it a little, mines set at 300.. works good

I already posted this @ dbtech but I wanted to share this with the other users @ vb.org since probably some of you guys don't visit their site.

With Live Wall
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/120222_6T_3AQ34/
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/120222_B0_3AQ35/

Without Live Wall
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/120223_5S_3B357/
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/120223_ZD_3B358/

Basically what I am saying by that is that there is at least 4 seconds page render time difference.
It's pretty bad, really bad for me.

This is an excellent plugin, hopefully there will be some improvements done.

Here is what I put in the settings:


Entries Per Page 10 (def 20)
Refresh Rate 60 (def 30)

Time Between Status Updates 15 (def 5)

Yes, I know :) thanks
I was only responding to answer the question.
Now, 300 may be a work around. If users are posting 300 or less.

I went looking and found this. :up:

The big question is will you create this for the loyal 3.8 series users?
I think I speak on behalf of most if not all 3.8 series users to say that we would really appreciate it.



Hit the to the left if you would appreciate this for use in the 3.8 series.

We may create a vB 3.8 version, but there are currently no plans to do so :)


Fillip

I see difference only on first page load, not repeated.

Anyway, yes, optimizations if possible are always welcome.

Fillip & Iain

I'd like to see an option for the Entries per page (Forum Live Feed)

eg. show Last

1 hour
3 hours
6 hours
12 hours
24 hours

or similar.. :)

and possibly simlilar option for User Wall

eg. show Last

1 week
2 weeks
1 month


else pagination up to a set limit


or similar :D

That's sadly not feasible for technical reasons :(
It would create a lot of server load to check the date stamp instead of just fetching the x latest entries.


Fillip

Since this was cross-posted here and on our forum, I'll share the results here:

Depending on the size of your forum database, having the sidebar enabled can add load time such as the numbers reported here.

Disabling the forum sidebar block for LW returned the load times to normal, so it is 100% safe to leave the mod enabled even if you don't want to take the performance hit the sidebar presents :)


Fillip

^ confirmed.
That's 100% accurate. :)

@Dragonbyte,Is there any way we can alter this so that Nothing but the Status updates get added to the Wall???
Would be great for us then for our needs on site

Convert this to 3.8.x
Please please please

Yes, disable all other content types :)


Fillip

Would we need all members to do that Fillip or Is there a global way to do so sir?

Do it in the Content Type Manager in the AdminCP.


Fillip

Thanks Sir,also to let others Know working Fine on 4.1.5

Forum Live Feed & User Wall v1.2.0:
Feature: Status can now be updated from the Forum Sidebar
Feature: Sidebar can now display a preview of the content
Feature: Separate per-content type preview cutoff for the Sidebar
Feature: New Content Type: [DBTech] Advanced Post Thanks Like: Button clicks for Posts
Change: Boosted performance of all aspects of the mod (Forum Sidebar / Live Walls) by ~90% (Based on the DBTech server - Your Mileage May Vary)


Fillip

great update, lots more features :up:

-possible beta bug if someone else can confirm? white page on view favourites

-future request

deletable status updates
recent entries page for user on user wall


thanks

Just a little note that for feature requests if possible it's best to post them in the support forums at DBTech - we have a custom system there to track them to make sure they don't get lost/overlooked. Posts on vB.org tend to get lost in the shuffle/forgotten >.<

Iain

This update is pure gold!
My forums are much faster now! Also the option to update the settings if your site loads slow in admincp to your liking is a huge plus

Is it possible to exclude some certain forums to show posts on Live Feed?
Thanks,

That is a Pro-only feature :)


Fillip

if possible it's best to post them in the support forums at DBTech

No worries.. gotta break out of the vb.org junkie posting habit. .lol

Looks quite great.
Is it possible to Follow a particular user?

We were hoping to use it like a 'soundoff' table where the latest show or release is announced by a user part of a particular usergroup with access to post. Then any other member can 'follow' that user to ensure they get notified of each show/released. :)

Any way to turn off the Wall on the Profile and Just use the One In the Forum blocks?
Would be a great way for our setup to run this mod for our needs...

The Pro version does let you view a "user wall" but it does not let you follow a user in that manner. This is due to the fact that LW simply reads off the other tables (say, for instance the posts table for Posts) and doesn't create entries of its own. That makes it extremely challenging to do notifications, but extremely easier to add new content types and does not depend on hooks being available.

There is no profile wall, you can disable the navbar tab via the settings :)


Fillip

What do the links in the code "http://ajax.googleapis.com...." do in the script? They preload on pages and slows it down some. Is that a file that could be pulled from the server directory instead? Thanks. Great work on the mod as always. Think I will upgrade because the feature to reply from the live wall is a convenient.

It fetches jQuery, the JavaScript library I use :)

Having it remote hosted is faster than locally hosted, because you can only fetch 1 locally hosted element at a time, whereas you can fetch locally hosted + remotely hosted items at the same time :)


Fillip

What's the chances of this on 3.8?

High.

Iai

Uninstall.

Forum sidebar preview is f-ucked as content preview is not resized and images jump out of the forum borders.

It's disappointing you choose not to let us know in the form of a feature request / bug report, but oh well. Can't please everybody I guess :)


Fillip

I highly appreciated you work and love your mods.

As I said threads with pics wrapped in [img] tags are not resized in forum side block and if it is a large photo it breaks the forum.

Love the plugin Ian, could you try get this on 3.8? How long could it take? Looks great, shame I can't use it fully though.

Same problem as with DavidsMods live feed addon.
If you have enabled quick reply and submit a reply containing special characters like the german umlauts they are totally messed up. Only after refreshing the page they are shown as they should.