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Continuing on our mission to port our extensive portfolio of modifications over to vBulletin 5 Connect, we're proud to present AJAX Threads v1.1.2 Alpha 1, available immediately from vBulletin.org here: [DBTech] AJAX Threads v1 (vB5) - vBulletin.org Forum
The vB5 version, as the norm has been, contains some technological advances over the vB3/vB4 version. We heard that many of you disliked the fact that new posts scrolled into view, so we found a way around that for the vB5 version due to the ease with which we could replicate the required functionality to get stuff like Quick Edit working.
Our main priority was to maintain the functionality that posts loaded by a Quick Reply would have, and we believe we've succeeded.
Without further ado, here's the complete feature list:
Major Features
Automatically Refresh Threads: Users will now see new posts in "real time" without having to refresh the page
Performance Benefits: If your forum receives lots of refresh requests on threads being posted in often this can put a lot of strain on your server - AJAX Threads will greatly reduce server resources used in those situations by refreshing only the minimum information required.
Total Control: You can set per forum auto-refresh controls. You can set particular usergroups to receive the benefit, and you can even have it apply automatically to popular threads!
Complete Feature List
Lite
* vBOption: Enable Automatic Updates
* vBOption: Refresh Interval
* vBOption: Idle Timeout
* vBOption: Automatic Un-Idle
* vBOption: Enable Information Bar (Tells users how often the thread refreshes, whether they're idle, and how to un-idle, etc)
* Ability for users to manually refresh threads if Automatic Updates are disabled (cannot refresh more often than Refresh Interval regardless)
* Ability for users to manually un-idle themselves if automatic updates are enabled and the Idle Timeout is reached
* Per-usergroup setting to determine if automatic updates are enabled
* Per-usergroup setting to determine if manual updates are enabled
* Per-category setting to determine if automatic updates are enabled
* Per-category setting to determine if manual updates are enabled
* Posts fetched by AJAX Threads are marked as read
* Per-usergroup "duration" before a thread goes "idle".
Pro
* vBOption: Minimum Replies
* Per-forum setting to determine if automatic updates are enabled
* Per-forum setting to determine if manual updates are enabled
Missing Features
Lite
* "Live" image on forumdisplay for threads that have automatic or manual updates enabled
Pro
* Per-thread setting to determine if automatic updates are enabled
* Per-thread ability for administrators with the "Manager" permission to override forum / usergroup settings and either enable or disable automatic updates
Thank you for your continued support
Discuss this news here.
Continuing on our mission to port our extensive portfolio of modifications over to vBulletin 5 Connect, we're proud to present AJAX Threads v1.1.2 Alpha 1, available immediately from vBulletin.org here: [DBTech] AJAX Threads v1 (vB5) - vBulletin.org Forum
The vB5 version, as the norm has been, contains some technological advances over the vB3/vB4 version. We heard that many of you disliked the fact that new posts scrolled into view, so we found a way around that for the vB5 version due to the ease with which we could replicate the required functionality to get stuff like Quick Edit working.
Our main priority was to maintain the functionality that posts loaded by a Quick Reply would have, and we believe we've succeeded.
Without further ado, here's the complete feature list:
Major Features
Automatically Refresh Threads: Users will now see new posts in "real time" without having to refresh the page
Performance Benefits: If your forum receives lots of refresh requests on threads being posted in often this can put a lot of strain on your server - AJAX Threads will greatly reduce server resources used in those situations by refreshing only the minimum information required.
Total Control: You can set per forum auto-refresh controls. You can set particular usergroups to receive the benefit, and you can even have it apply automatically to popular threads!
Complete Feature List
Lite
* vBOption: Enable Automatic Updates
* vBOption: Refresh Interval
* vBOption: Idle Timeout
* vBOption: Automatic Un-Idle
* vBOption: Enable Information Bar (Tells users how often the thread refreshes, whether they're idle, and how to un-idle, etc)
* Ability for users to manually refresh threads if Automatic Updates are disabled (cannot refresh more often than Refresh Interval regardless)
* Ability for users to manually un-idle themselves if automatic updates are enabled and the Idle Timeout is reached
* Per-usergroup setting to determine if automatic updates are enabled
* Per-usergroup setting to determine if manual updates are enabled
* Per-category setting to determine if automatic updates are enabled
* Per-category setting to determine if manual updates are enabled
* Posts fetched by AJAX Threads are marked as read
* Per-usergroup "duration" before a thread goes "idle".
Pro
* vBOption: Minimum Replies
* Per-forum setting to determine if automatic updates are enabled
* Per-forum setting to determine if manual updates are enabled
Missing Features
Lite
* "Live" image on forumdisplay for threads that have automatic or manual updates enabled
Pro
* Per-thread setting to determine if automatic updates are enabled
* Per-thread ability for administrators with the "Manager" permission to override forum / usergroup settings and either enable or disable automatic updates
Thank you for your continued support
Discuss this news here.
