New Feature: Live Topic (Auto Thread Updating)

[Shane]

The guy that created this made a video explanation, watching that is the best way to show you exactly what this is/does.

Here's the video:
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Explanation:
If a thread has been posted in X seconds then its now "Live", if you are viewing the Live Thread and are on the last page you 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 you edits one of your 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. Therefor if you don't reply for so long then you will be marked as inactive and will stop seeing "Live" replies. It sort of urges you to be a little more active in each Thread, making each Thread slightly more like a chat room. :)


Test it out by replying to this Thread straight after someone else and leaving it open for them to reply again. Thread replies should show up automatically. :)

[Leon]

Best quote of that video;

'I'm gonna be...err....adding.....some shit'


Really cool idea, I love it.

It'll definitely help with threads getting several hits in a short period, and like the guy says it'll save the server from doing extra work so the site will get a better overall spread on loading times.


Now, quick someone reply!............

[Leon]

...or not haha.

[Shane]

I guess I'm too late to reply?

[Thok]

what is the time it takes between being active and not?
"X" seconds as you call it

[Leon]

Yeah do we know this amount then, can it be altered or anything?

[Shane]

what is the time it takes between being active and not?
"X" seconds as you call it
It's 300 seconds at the moment. But I can change it. :)

[zakarius]

maybe change it to a lil bit more?

[Shane]

maybe change it to a lil bit more?
5 minutes should be long enough, no one leaves threads open for that long anyway.

[Leon]

It's 300 seconds at the moment. But I can change it. :)That's pretty decent, especially if it's going to be effective for popular threads, I don't really see a need for it to be more than 5 minutes, I wouldn't really call it active after that.

At first I thought you were gonna say 30 seconds or something, after keeping referring to it as 'X seconds'.

[Claireapillar]

That's awesome!

[Shane]

No threads have been active enough for me to even check that it works yet though. :/

[Claireapillar]

lol, try in here?

[Shane]

Hey! It worked! :O

[Claireapillar]

yep! awesomeness! :) I feel like a guinea pig. I want a guinea pig now :(

[Shane]

We could kill it, cook it, eat it. :P

[Claireapillar]

haha! i dunno if you'd get that much off a guinea pig though...they're only tiny

[Shane]

A sausage maybe? :P
And cool, this auto thread thing even looks nice. :)

[Claireapillar]

heehee yep it does :)
great idea, yeah lets have guinea pig sausages!!!
This is gonna be really helpful for when the forums are extremely busy and stuff,
thanks for adding this to tf shane
:D

[Shane]

No problem! :D
It works pretty amazing with the Facebook Connect Feature too. :) - I'm browsing Facebook and it pops up when you reply so I just switch back to this Tab, in Firefox, and your Reply is already waiting! :D

[Claireapillar]

lol awesome! firefox rocks!
hmmm getting hungry, gonna go start tea
thanks again shane :)
xxx

[Shane]

lol awesome! firefox rocks!
hmmm getting hungry, gonna go start tea
thanks again shane :)
xxx
Wicked. :D
I think I'm gonna go eat soon, after replying to a few more threads. :)

[Shane]

Btw, this feature + TF spy rule! :)

[Thok]

still not all to sure what the feature is lol
maybe i should look at the video

[Shane]

See this?

[Thok]

that is pretty awesome ill give you that

[Shane]

Indeed. :D
We can get right into some Debates and stuff now. it makes the Forums much more real-time! :D

[Thok]

how does it work if you use tabs?
does it change the tab to show its been updated somehow?
(eg on my firefox tabs that havent been viewed yet have red text)

[Shane]

how does it work if you use tabs?
does it change the tab to show its been updated somehow?
(eg on my firefox tabs that havent been viewed yet have red text)
Hmmm, didn't think of that. It's definitely something I could look into. like the way facebook's changes when you get a new chat message, right?

[Thok]

it does make the tab go red like the page has been refreshed.

[Shane]

it does make the tab go red like the page has been refreshed.
Screenshot please. :)
My unread tabs just look the same as any other tab. :/

[Thok]

its a part of the tab mix plus extention apparently
everyone should get it.

[Shane]

its a part of the tab mix plus extention apparently
everyone should get it.
I'll look into that later. For now, i'm trying to find a way to get the Title of TF to Blink like FaceBooks chat's does. :)

[Claireapillar]

its a part of the tab mix plus extention apparently
everyone should get it.

it's a what?
I've never heard of it and i've got shit loads of different add-ons on my firefox. I have the mario theme at the mo. it rocks!

most of my add-ons to be fair are for blocking stuff and protecting my comp...i will look for your flashy tabness add-on

[Claireapillar]

Hey shane,
just so you know...The site wont shrink pics automatically anymore, i got the hugh jackman one off a site, and usually it would shrink it to the right size, and it wouldn't so i did it manually...and thought it might just be a dodgey site, but then i tried to change my avatar for one of my own pics, and the pic i have currently is the same size as the one i wanted to put up, and last time it made it the right size for me...but this time it wouldn't...maybe you think i'm just being lazy...but it's just so you know that it's changed it's function :)

xxx

[Shane]

Hey shane,
just so you know...The site wont shrink pics automatically anymore, i got the hugh jackman one off a site, and usually it would shrink it to the right size, and it wouldn't so i did it manually...and thought it might just be a dodgey site, but then i tried to change my avatar for one of my own pics, and the pic i have currently is the same size as the one i wanted to put up, and last time it made it the right size for me...but this time it wouldn't...maybe you think i'm just being lazy...but it's just so you know that it's changed it's function :)

xxx
That's strange. Please create a New Thread with the Info you posted here and I'll look into it later.

[Leon]

I still haven't seen this in practice. :(

[Claireapillar]

awww shucks...it's magic when you see it mate

[Cory]

The more reason why we should keep active and keep posting ;).
I'm one to talk! lol

[Shane]

Fooooooooooooll! :)

[Leon]

awww shucks...it's magic when you see it mateI have now, it's great!

[Claireapillar]

I have now, it's great!

yey!!!! xD

[Shane]

I have now, it's great!
haha :)

[Thok]

notice there is now a box telling you a new post has been added. good idea

[Leon]

Yeah I noticed that a couple of days ago, definitely good. :)

[Claireapillar]

notice there is now a box telling you a new post has been added. good idea

eh? :S
and...how do you change mood?!
x

[Thok]

It came up with the post and a highlighted box before the post saying it was a new reply in an active thread.
see you found the mood already

[Leon]

The mood thing seems to have been half restored, I can't alter it.

[Claireapillar]

It came up with the post and a highlighted box before the post saying it was a new reply in an active thread.
see you found the mood already

eh? :S lol.
i haven't seen this...

:S

[Thok]

i keep getting it, also seem to get it when i edit my posts lol

[Claireapillar]

i don't...i just edited mine to test the theory

and yet again...

[Thok]

dont always get them from edits:S
only sometimes

[Claireapillar]

oh i see, changing your tune now eh. maybe i should sit here and wait for you to enter the thread and post lol...so i can see what ur going on about

[Thok]

i did that before, you never came back :(

[Claireapillar]

lmao!
xx

[Thok]

did you stay around this time?

[Thok]

no it would seem lol

[Claireapillar]

I did, i stayed for 3mins...i think that's the limit on it...3mins

[Thok]

It may only make that message when you are typing in the quick reply box, i never use advanced mode. If you do that may explain why you dont get it

[Thok]

Like this

[Shane]

Like this
Attachments work now? :|

[Thok]

Apparently so lol

[Shane]

Always a good sign. :)

[Claireapillar]

how the hell did you do the attatchment thing?
oh right, i rarely use quick reply, cos im usually quoting someone else...so use new reply

[Shane]

how the hell did you do the attatchment thing?
oh right, i rarely use quick reply, cos im usually quoting someone else...so use new reply
It's below the reply box, on the Reply page. ;)

[Thok]

I quote in fast reply. lol
Or i just copy and past then make the quotes maunaly