Live content add-on - How does it work?

[froppi]

I've purchased your add-on Live Content, and it seems it works based on a timed interval.
The default setting for slow polling is 30 seconds, but I've set it to 10.
For all I care it could be every one second, but server resources are what I'm afraid about.

Can/will you make it ajax based? Meaning that instead of checking for content manually, the moment a user replies it sends through the socket a message which tells the user's browser to display the newely posted message etc. so it doesn't go through unnecessary loops.

Is it currently based on server or client resources? Because I'd like the updating to be instant.

 

[Xon]

Live Content polls (aka ajax callbacks), and when it detects content switches to a 'fast mode' where it polls more frequently to get newer content.

The current plan to to eventually support websockets notifications instead of just long-polling, however I've been fairly busy porting my XF1 add-ons to XF2 and just haven't had time to really improve this add-on

 

[froppi]

Live Content polls (aka ajax callbacks), and when it detects content switches to a 'fast mode' where it polls more frequently to get newer content.

The current plan to to eventually support websockets notifications instead of just long-polling, however I've been fairly busy porting my XF1 add-ons to XF2 and just haven't had time to really improve this add-on

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Okay, so it's user-based resources. So if I set this to 1 second or even 0, should I expect performance issues on the server side or on client side?

 

[Xon]

I would strongly recommend not setting the polling interval below 5 or even 10 seconds as otherside it may introduce performance issues on the server side due to all the extra queries.

 

[gouwepeer.nl]

Do you have install Live Content on this forum?

 

[Xon]

No, I don't demo environment for it setup atm.

 

[gouwepeer.nl]

It's on my site now and it's working fine

 

[Garamond]

My first and foremost question about this add-on is: why does the developer charge for an alpha-version of a software? I mean, it is not even in beta stage, and he is charging money for it...? The alpha-version suggests this is not ready for production sites at all.

 

[Xon]

It is marked as an alpha as it is not feature complete, there is a bunch of UI work that is planned, but I've been too busy with other things. Given the nature of the add-on; it is very sensitive to how web-servers are configured. Which has resulted in some hard to solve bugs.

That said; this is used on several active forums and has permission-based feature flags to toggle things on & off as required.

 

[twisted_melon]

It is marked as an alpha as it is not feature complete, there is a bunch of UI work that is planned, but I've been too busy with other things. Given the nature of the add-on; it is very sensitive to how web-servers are configured. Which has resulted in some hard to solve bugs.

That said; this is used on several active forums and has permission-based feature flags to toggle things on & off as required.

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Sorry to be a pain, is the toggle member selectable if so where is it please?
I've installed now the new release and cannot get anything working properly now and live threads have stopped.
So I've enabled it per forum, but where do I go next - anyone know?
Thank you.

 

[Xon]

It is enabled per forum by default for all threads, if you disable the check box then you need to opt each thread into it.

 

[twisted_melon]

It is enabled per forum by default for all threads, if you disable the check box then you need to opt each thread into it.

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Hmm it's not working as it's the old default way now of - new replies click here - etc.
I haven't a clue what's going on. I'm away from my desk now but will have a look when back. I would like to just enable it on all forums, all threads, by default as it did before.
thank you.