Introducing a Live Thread

[timvp]

Let's see if this works :lol

[Kori Ellis]

Testing testing

[Kori Ellis]

Is it working

[Man Mountain]

Post in this thread without pressing refresh.

[DesignatedT]

yes

[Two10Whitey]

Hi!

[timvp]

Hello

[Bender]

never heard of a live thread...

[timvp]

It's like a message board + chatroom.

[Bender]

ok, neat...

[Two10Whitey]

This is pretty cool. Good job guys.

[timvp]

Should be fun for game blogs.

[Bender]

so I take it game blogs will be using this

[Bender]

ooop I'm too slow

[timvp]

so I take it game blogs will be using this
Exactly. :smokin

[Kori Ellis]

Yeah it's pretty good, is it a resource hog if a lot of people are in here?

[timvp]

Yeah it's pretty good, is it a resource hog if a lot of people are in here?

That's the question. Muki will have to let us know if it's eating resourcing.

[TE]

What is this?

[Kori Ellis]

It's a live thread where you don't have to refresh.

[Fpoonsie]

What...wha?

[Kori Ellis]

The replies will just appear like in a chat room.

[timvp]

*magic*

[Muki]

Let's see if this works...

[Muki]

It does!

[Kori Ellis]

Pretty impressive if it can a couple hundred people in it.

[benefactor]

Boom.

[benefactor]

Someone else post dammit so I can see it work.

[timvp]

Benefactor test.

[TE]

This would be perfect for game threads.

[Kori Ellis]

Here you go.

[Muki]

I'm speculating it ought not affect the servers that much, as the updated page is generated only once and then pushed out to everybody... A bit more traffic to the server, that's all...

[ace3g]

good stuff

[benefactor]

Holy shit that's sweet. Can anyone make one?

[timvp]

I'm speculating it ought not affect the servers that much, as the updated page is generated only once and then pushed out to everybody... A bit more traffic to the server, that's all...
Awesome. For game blogs, this would be fantastic.

[Kori Ellis]

I'm speculating it ought not affect the servers that much, as the updated page is generated only once and then pushed out to everybody... A bit more traffic to the server, that's all...

Oh that's good.

And thanks for your hard work on everything.

[benefactor]

Oh that's good.

And thanks for your hard work on everything.
:tu

[Muki]

Actually it's less load than the same amount of people hitting refresh all the time.

[timvp]

Holy shit that's sweet. Can anyone make one?

Not right not but we'll have to figure out a way that more people can start a live thread.

[Muki]

Oh that's good.

And thanks for your hard work on everything.

Thanks, but it's timvp who's doing the hard work. I'm just making sure he doesn't run out of pen and paper... :)

[Reck]

chat box uptop would work better imo.

[benefactor]

I agree that this would be great for any kind of game situation. Nice work.

[TheRealCB]

test

[Kori Ellis]

chat box uptop would work better imo.

Why?

[Kori Ellis]

I agree that this would be great for any kind of game situation. Nice work.

Yeah I think it's ideal for game blogs, more than anything.

[TE]

chat box uptop would work better imo.

no

[Reck]

Why?

You know, like in the front page. You haven't seen those chat boxes on other boards?

[timvp]

I hate chat boxes on message boards, fwiw.

[benefactor]

I hate chat boxes on message boards, fwiw.
:tu

[lurker23]

Random thought: There's no way to have two different "posts per page" settings, is there? That is, if I want regular threads to have 25 posts per page, but live threads to have 100 posts per page so I have to hit "next" less frequently?

[ElNono]

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[Muki]

Plus this is a great way to rack more posts, as opposed to a chat box :)

[timvp]

Random thought: There's no way to have two different "posts per page" settings, is there? That is, if I want regular threads to have 25 posts per page, but live threads to have 100 posts per page so I have to hit "next" less frequently?
Yeah, the live thread limit is separate ... but it's also universal. Right now I have it set on 40. Upping that number probably makes sense :tu

[Reck]

Plus this is a great way to rack more posts, as opposed to a chat box :)

Is that a good thing or bad? :lol

[benefactor]

I'm all about some post count. Just ask TD21.

[ElNono]

Good job Muki! Did you update MySQL too in the process?

[z0sa]

what?

[Juggity]

Fuck chat

This is way better

[lurker23]

Yeah, the live thread limit is separate ... but it's also universal. Right now I have it set on 40. Upping that number probably makes sense :tu

Awesome, thanks. :toast

[ElNono]

z0sa is a fa(Updating)

[TheRealCB]

maybe disable sigs for this type of threads?

[Kori Ellis]

maybe disable sigs for this type of threads?

Yeah I was just wondering if that was possible.

[ElNono]

+1 disable sigs for these threads...

[timvp]

maybe disable sigs for this type of threads?

That's a really good idea. I'll have to look into it.

[benefactor]

So do the other responses just drop off or can you go back to them somehow?

[lurker23]

I'm on a PC right now, but I'm curious how well this works/looks on a tablet. Seems like it would be very handy while watching a game on TV.

[Muki]

Good job Muki! Did you update MySQL too in the process?

No, we did that last time, a few weeks ago. Running 5.5.17 atm.

[Reck]

So do the other responses just drop off or can you go back to them somehow?

You can.

Right now I'm actually on the thread. Up to page 3.

[timvp]

So do the other responses just drop off or can you go back to them somehow?

It will supposedly start culling older posts after 40 but haven't seen it do it yet.

[TheRealCB]

yeah cause it's supposed to work for game threads were you want to go through posts fasts,so it would work better imho

[Kori Ellis]

So do the other responses just drop off or can you go back to them somehow?

You can go back just like a regular thread.

[benefactor]

You can.

Right now I'm actually on the thread. Up to page 3.

I see now. The pages don't automatically show up at the top and bottom while it's auto refreshing. I went out and back in and saw it.

[ElNono]

No, we did that last time, a few weeks ago. Running 5.5.17 atm.

Nice! Good job all around!

[TheRealCB]

this is amazing,first time I've seen a feature like that,congrats

[Kori Ellis]

It will supposedly start culling older posts after 40 but haven't seen it do it yet.

So it won't all be saved like a regular thread?

[ElNono]

I think it's all saved... it just only keeps the last 40 posts visible while in live mode

[timvp]

So it won't all be saved like a regular thread?
It'll all be saved but if you let it load, it should only show 40 at a time. But you can go back and see the rest of the thread.

[lurker23]

FYI, all four threads I'm subscribed to show up as "Live" in my control panel. Is this true/is this intentional? If so, is that pretty taxing on the server to make all threads "live"?

[benefactor]

Pages don't accumulate when you just sit on the thread but they show up if you exit and come back.

[ElNono]

SpursReport is probably pretty mad right now with all these goodies, tbh

[Muki]

Another awesome thing done today is the new search engine (Sphinx). Given the abundance of new toys and bling the search function is a bit unnoticed, but we managed to make it blazingly fast. What took over 30 seconds to find can be now done in under a second. Try it!

[Kori Ellis]

FYI, all four threads I'm subscribed to show up as "Live" in my control panel. Is this true/is this intentional? If so, is that pretty taxing on the server to make all threads "live"?

Only this one is Live... maybe Live means something else in the control panel.... maybe just means not closed.

[Kori Ellis]

SpursReport is probably pretty mad right now with all these goodies, tbh

LOL

[timvp]

FYI, all four threads I'm subscribed to show up as "Live" in my control panel. Is this true/is this intentional? If so, is that pretty taxing on the server to make all threads "live"?

I don't see any other live threads. What forum are those threads in? Same forum or spread around?

[jeebus]

post #75, 76, 77, then 40, 40, 40. that's kinda weird.

[Reck]

Only this one is Live... maybe Live means something else in the control panel.... maybe just means not closed.

You can see other posts being posted in other forums if you click the "Live" tab on the main page.

I thought that was pretty cool.

[Juggity]

By the way, this is a pretty minor thing unrelated to the live thread, but spurstalk needs a better favicon

[timvp]

Another awesome thing done today is the new search engine (Sphinx). Given the abundance of new toys and bling the search function is a bit unnoticed, but we managed to make it blazingly fast. What took over 30 seconds to find can be now done in under a second. Try it!

Yeah that is thread-worthy. Searching "duncan" went from 30+ seconds to 0.6 seconds for me :)

[Kori Ellis]

You can see other posts being posted in other forums if you click the "Live" tab on the main page.

I thought that was pretty cool.

Yeah that's a Live feed of everything on all the forums.

[lurker23]

Only this one is Live... maybe Live means something else in the control panel.... maybe just means not closed.


I don't see any other live threads. What forum are those threads in? Same forum or spread around?

I checked, and they're not actually live. However, in the control panel, there's a big red "LIVE" image next to them. As Kori said, maybe that means something different. (FYI, they're all in the Spurs forum, just the threads I've posted in today.)

[ElNono]

I bet the server load on the search is a lot smoother too... everytime the board hang before I was wondering who was searching through the database :lol

[Muki]

I bet the server load on the search is a lot smoother too... everytime the board hang before I was wondering who was searching through the database :lol

Let me put it this way, the original VBulletin search took 4 days to index the forums to make it searchable. Sphinx took a good 5 minutes...

[Kori Ellis]

I bet the server load on the search is a lot smoother too... everytime the board hang before I was wondering who was searching through the database :lol

That's the only thing that I really cared about getting fixed. :lol If anyone was searching (or even if I was trying to lock a stupid thread), it would hang horribly.

So now that's fixed, so everything else is a bonus to me. :)

[Kori Ellis]

Let me put it this way, the original VBulletin search took 4 days to index the forums to make it searchable. Sphinx took a good 5 minutes...

Wow!

[timvp]

Let me try to fix that LIVE issue with subscribed threads. BRB.

[benefactor]

Just tried the search...fast as hell tbh.

[ElNono]

Let me put it this way, the original VBulletin search took 4 days to index the forums to make it searchable. Sphinx took a good 5 minutes...

Yep... are you using the built-in Sphinx from vB or the custom add-on one?

[Muki]

Custom, it is much better.

[ElNono]

Custom, it is much better.

That's what I heard. I'll keep it in mind if we ever need it.

[timvp]

Is that LIVE symbol off of the subscribed threads?

[benefactor]

It's wild just sitting on the thread watching replies appear. I'm easily entertained though.

[lurker23]

Is that LIVE symbol off of the subscribed threads?

Yes, all of them (including this one).

[Muki]

Is that LIVE symbol off of the subscribed threads?

It's off for me.

[TheRealCB]

Maybe also add a "back to top" button,because it gets annoyning scrolling through all the accumulated posts when I wan to leave the thread..Or a workaround.

[benefactor]

Button is at your bottom right beside the Spurs Forum button.

[Kori Ellis]

There's a "top" button in the Quick Navigation -- bottom right.

[Muki]

It's wild just sitting on the thread watching replies appear. I'm easily entertained though.

The same thing happens to me when I'm watching the disk defragmenter. Things get back in order while I sit back and watch... :lol

[benefactor]

:lol

[TheRealCB]

wow I've never noticed that,thanks

[timvp]

Yeah, there's a Top button next to the Quick Navigation and in the Footer next to Archive.

[Kori Ellis]

So timvp - what does that "Infraction" button do? Send me annoying emails?

[spursince#99]

I wonder how many pages this will be by the first game lol

[timvp]

Although I do think a little bit more navigation at the bottom of the page could be helpful.


So timvp - what does that "Infraction" button do? Send me annoying emails?

Yeah one of those buttons contacts the admins ... but I'm not sure I've set them up properly yet.

[ElNono]

So what are the odds peeps are still going to be hitting refresh all the time while inside these threads? :lol

[timvp]

Although I do think a little bit more navigation at the bottom of the page could be helpful.


So timvp - what does that "Infraction" button do? Send me annoying emails?

Yeah one of those buttons contacts the admins ... but I'm not sure I've set them up properly yet.

[foodie2]

Wow, I love this.

[timvp]

:lol I have to remind myself not to f5.

[benefactor]

So what are the odds peeps are still going to be hitting refresh all the time while inside these threads? :lol
I'm sure I'll do it at least a dozen times before I finally get used to it.

[spursince#99]

This is real nice though. Makes it easier to post and watch the game at the same time.

[phxspurfan]

So it just auto refreshes? Interesting non-feature. I want it to guess what I'm going to type and spell it wrong

[spursince#99]

so how will I know when the thread is on a different page?

[ElNono]

So it just auto refreshes? Interesting non-feature. I want it to guess what I'm going to type and spell it wrong

The spell-guesser and quick-troll-account switching are an extra $10 a month... check the In Forum Purchase section.

[timvp]

so how will I know when the thread is on a different page?
You don't have to worry about pages if you just let it load. It'll just keep scrolling.

[Reck]

Wow neat feature..

Was just looking around my profile and found this..

NBA Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3) 4,336 Spurs Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2) 1,984 The Club (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=7) 1,642 MLB Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=5) 178 Tech Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=32)94 General Sports Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=22) 42 Political Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8)21 NFL Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=4)5 RealKingsTalk (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=27) 4 Pistons Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25) 4 College Sports Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=15) 4 NBA Forum Control Center (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=38)1


It tells you how many posts you have on each section of the board.

[spursince#99]

making it nearly impossible to scroll up with the arrow buttons huh? lol

[ElNono]

tbh, should really consider killing sigs for these threads...

[timvp]

Wow neat feature..

Was just looking around my profile and found this..

NBA Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3)4,336Spurs Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2)1,984The Club (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=7)1,642MLB Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=5)178Tech Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=32)94General Sports Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=22)42Political Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8)21NFL Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=4)5RealKingsTalk (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=27)4Pistons Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25)4College Sports Forum (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=15)4NBA Forum Control Center (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=38)1


It tells you how many posts you have on each section of the board.

Yeah that's pretty impressive. It's created by the new search engine software.

[ace3g]

The only thing when you are trying to read and a new post shows up, the page will scroll up and down, sometimes you lose your place for a second.

[Kori Ellis]

tbh, should really consider killing sigs for these threads...

We decided that earlier in the thread :)
timvp is looking into it.

[spursince#99]

tbh, should really consider killing sigs for these threads...


yeah we really should, but it would just be for this thread though which makes it void.

[ElNono]

so what time does the game start at?

[ace3g]

so what time does the game start at?

Oct 6th 7:30 vs Sanikidze's team

[spursince#99]

The only thing when you are trying to read and a new post shows up, the page will scroll up and down, sometimes you lose your place for a second.


stop looking for something negative.

[ElNono]

Oct 6th 7:30 vs Sanikidze's team

well, we have some time to kill... btw, none of those games are televised, right?

[spursince#99]

why are people posting the same comment twice?

[ElNono]

why are people posting the same comment twice?

What do you mean?

What do you mean?

[ace3g]

well, we have some time to kill... btw, none of those games are televised, right?

I posted in other thread, 3 games will be televised on NBATV

[timvp]

I should be able to turn off the sigs. Just have to find the conditional that turns on the Live feature and then wrap that around the sigs.

[ElNono]

I posted in other thread, 3 games will be televised on NBATV

Nice, thanks!

[Reck]

Can we add the "go to last post" tab from the outside like it used to be?

[spursince#99]

I should be able to turn off the sigs. Just have to find the conditional that turns on the Live feature and then wrap that around the sigs.


GOOD, cause I'm tired of seeing Ace3g and this Arnold Schwarzenegger sig lol

[timvp]

Can we add the "go to last post" tab from the outside like it used to be?To go to the last post in a thread, click on the time under Last Post. For example, click on "10 minutes ago" or whatever it is and it'll take you to the last post in the thread.

[ace3g]

GOOD, cause I'm tired of seeing Ace3g and this Arnold Schwarzenegger sig lol

lol, you can ignore my sig by clicking the x next to it, first time someone complained about Arnold...

[timvp]

The post counting in this thread is pretty imaginative. The posts seem to come in the right order but that number is pretty random.

[benefactor]

I've had sigs off for years...so it doesn't bother me.

[Reck]

To go to the last post in a thread, click on the time under Last Post. For example, click on "10 minutes ago" or whatever it is and it'll take you to the last post in the thread.

Nice, thanks.

It didn't appear clickable to me so I was wondering where the hell do I click for last post. lol

[timvp]

Turning off sigs and avatars would really streamline it ... but that might be overkill.

[spursince#99]

lol, you can ignore my sig by clicking the x next to it, first time someone complained about Arnold...

lol, no hard feelings, it's just really long, making it take longer to scroll down

[benefactor]

Turning off sigs and avatars would really streamline it ... but that might be overkill.
Yeah...might flatten it out so bad that it looks jumbled.

[spursince#99]

Turning off sigs and avatars would really streamline it ... but that might be overkill.


yeah, don't take away the avatars please

[timvp]

ace3g's sig is screaming for a Manu photoshop.

[timvp]

Nice, thanks.

It didn't appear clickable to me so I was wondering where the hell do I click for last post. lol

Yeah I really should point that out because otherwise it's pretty much hidden.

[timvp]

:lmao 160 replies, 300 views.

Good thing we don't have ads because this would really hurt page views :lol

[spursince#99]

so, on to basketball related issues, do you guys think we'll sign ANY big?

[timvp]

^According to your sig, Gary Neal is taller than Tim Duncan ... so the Spurs should be okay :)

[CGD]

very neat, wow

[spursince#99]

^According to your sig, Gary Neal is taller than Tim Duncan ... so the Spurs should be okay :)



:lol

[ace3g]

The Spurs big will be either Derrick Brown or Tyler Wilkerson and some trade before playoffs

[lurker23]

Turning off sigs and avatars would really streamline it ... but that might be overkill.

I always have sigs and avatars off by default, and it looks really nice.

[spursince#99]

Derrick Brown is not a big nor can his 6 fouls stop Dwight Howard from getting an and 1

[Spurs Brazil]

cool!

[benefactor]

Shit here comes Bonner.

[spursince#99]

is it me, or is 5 seconds a really long time?

[CGD]

Obviously stopping Howard alone is a tough task no matter who is out there, but TD and Splitter should be fine at the 5. It's going to be interesting to see how the Laker's handle the inevitable spacing problems with Gasol and Howard on the floor. If Gasol camps out near the top of the key, Diaw should be a decent option and so too may a "stretch 4".

[spursince#99]

Fesenko would've been perfect smh

[ace3g]

The Spurs have Duncan, Splitter, Diaw to guard post players, the problem, we only have SJAX and Kawhi to guard the more mobile SF/PF. That is where Derrick Brown or Wilkerson would help. Plus there are more teams built around small ball now, so Spurs should try to improve their lateral, perimeter defense.

[xtremesteven33]

we live and die with Bonner

[timtonymanu]

Bonner is shooting 95% from 3's this year. I think it's safe to say he will finally be able to contribute in the playoffs.

[timtonymanu]

By the way, hi.

[spurs_2108]

Testing.

[LkrFan]

Testing Testing

[CGD]

I agree. I still think the Lakers will have a hard time beating OKC for the same reason. Dwight's fine but Gasol can't hang with theit 4s on the defensive end, and behind him their stretch 4 is the ageless wonder Jamison?

[ElNono]

I thought this thread had a Lakerfan filter? :lol

[CGD]

So is the idea that all threads will go "live" or only those like game threads, trade rumor (approaching deadlines), etc.

[Brazil]

game threads are gonna rock ass

[Texas_Ranger]

test test....

[timvp]

So is the idea that all threads will go "live" or only those like game threads, trade rumor (approaching deadlines), etc.

Only specific threads will be made live. Most likely game threads and other threads that would be highly active (trade deadline is a good example).

[ace3g]

and Media day is tomorrow

[Kori Ellis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=367Luo8i0QE

[Kori Ellis]

^^ That's two of our kids at the beach. I was just testing YouTube :)

[timvp]

I'm installing a pretty cool feature. Stay tuned :smokin

[ace3g]

anticipation builds

[LkrFan]

No such filter ElNono. :lol

[IknowU]

Wassup

[JsnSA]

What the what!

[Obstructed_View]

Excellent.

[ginobilized]

New look Spurstalk rules!

[racm]

im 0k with this

[siraulo23]

awesome just in time before the season begins

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I don't get it... so testing it out! ;)

[ace3g]

RuffnReadyOzStyle no refresh

[RodNIc91]

This is very cool. I like the new features in the quick reply (Im lazy to go advanced). The live thread is a great idea. I think with this thread Timvp and Kori can see how much a bunch of people would suffer if you decide to give a end to the forum. Nice work guys :toast