live topic???

[cisco123]

have u guys have u thought about adding this to the forums?
it is a cool add on.It would also help out when people need help u can stay right with them.
just a thought.....what do u guys think?

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 combus

[creativegenius]

I've seen it in use on a couple of forums it's pretty good!

Creative Genius

[RICKSBEACH]

its actually pretty good

[fossil112]

where is an example of this in use?

[cisco123]

Originally Posted by fossil112

where is an example of this in use?

go to utube and search live topic

[cisco123]

yes rick and cg.i think it help alot when trying to help some one .cause u dont have to refresh your page to see if they replied .or any thing else it just popps up when some one replies

[jc7257]

Kinda like a now post instead of having to refresh the page???

[creativegenius]

It would save some query time on the DataBase that's for sure, as you would not have to refresh the page .... something many of us do 100's of times in a day.

Creative Genius

[cisco123]

have u used live topic before jc?
its works like a chat box but it is for posting like we are doing right now.and now if u replied to this it would just pop up .so we dont have to refresh our pages.its pretty cool

[fossil112]

is this a plugin, or a whole separate program installation?

[creativegenius]

I think its a VB Plugin module.

Creative Genius

[creativegenius]

[fossil112]

that would be extremely helpful on this site. I'm not sure how many users we have online during non ecm times, but isn't it usually around 500-1000? I can see how it would be beneficial during non-business hours, since that's when the majority of people are on looking for help or advice. Seems like this would increase the efficiency and overall effectiveness of the site.

[just4ufolks]

...gr8 suggestion my friend n yes it's way better n more interactive)provided ur on line-active)
Sounds like an IM (Live Messanger-Yahoo-Facebook)..get the live prompts if you were activel on line with ur chat/peer group...u get an instant feedback alerts allowing u an opprtunity to interact instantly..BUT in that case there is no THRESHOLD of TIME lapse-out perimeters...as long as ur indicated active..or sing out..

But regardlesws it's something that merits serious consideration ..
thx bud..

[Victor Hugo]

Looks like good idea. update with the technology.

[Surrealone]

We use live topic on another forum I visit and yes it works great it is part of the
VB bul update and or add in / plug in.