chatroom question. Please Help!

[pureturk]

hello,
i have flashchat option in my forum.
and this is how i direct people to the chatroom


http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3402/chatcn4.png

how would i be able to show howmany people are active in the chatroom right next to the title.

also, my chatrrom opens up in a new page. is there away to embed the chatroom in forum? plz help

[snakes1100]

There is already a product/plugin for showing who's in chat, not exactly what yo uwanted, but im sure you can modify the code or use part of it in your format, do a search for "flashchat" here in the forums.

As to embedding the flashchat in the forum, not sure.

[pureturk]

i already have that mod installed. but it shows all the way in the bottom.
i am a newbie in this so i do not know what to modify or use a part in my format :(

[snakes1100]

Without looking at the product itself, i do see that Paul made it a auto-template change, you can turn that off and add the code in the forumhome template we you want it to show.

[pureturk]

Without looking at the product itself, i do see that Paul made it a auto-template change, you can turn that off and add the code in the forumhome template we you want it to show.

so there is noway to show the number of people using flashchat next to the title"chat"?

[snakes1100]

Im sure there is, you would have to check the product and use the same call the hack is.

Look in the plugin manager and edit this --> Members in Flashchat (2)

Try one of the calls like $totalchatters

[pureturk]

then how would i be able to do this?
the pic is photoshoped to show what i mean;

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5598/tttttttttttttttttcopycobq8.gif

can this be done?

i think this woule be easier to create right ^^

since you re just moving the box from the bottom of the page to a specific location

how would i accomplish this?

the code for "Members currently using flash chat is" this

<!-- who is in flashchat -->
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="thead" colspan="2">
<a style="float:right" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_chatusers')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_chatusers" src="images/buttons/collapse_thead.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
Members currently using Flashchat: 0
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_chatusers" style="">
<tr>
<td class="alt2"><a href="misc.php?do=flashchat"><img src="images/misc/whos_online.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></td>
<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">No one is currently using the chat.</div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end who is in flashchat -->

where would i paste this to show at the desired place?

[snakes1100]

I assume you turned a forum into a link from the looks of the screen shots, is that what you did?

If yes, what your doing isnt going to work easily anyways.

If no, then you should be able to extract what you want from the default coding and paste into the custom table you created.

Adding the coding to make it show at the top of the site, just place it under the $navbar call in the forumhome template.

[pureturk]

yes actually thats what i did. i turned a forum into a link.
actually the reason why i want to do this is because "chat" in navbar is not visible at all. i have members in my forum for months and they dont even know we have a chatroom. what is the best way do you think to do so my users can see that we have a chatroom and also shows who are chatting at the time.
thanks for all your help. the "members using flashchat" mod that shows at the bottom of the page does not help at all

[snakes1100]

Edit the navbar template and move the quicklink shortcut for chat to another area of the navbar template.

[pureturk]

anyway to change the color of chat link or make it flashing so its more visible?

[Dismounted]

What are you adding to the navbar for the chat link?

[pureturk]

hold on let me get it in a second

this code


<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="chat/flashchat.php"
target="flashchat">CHAT</a></td>


also if you have time, can you halp me with this? my question is the last post

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=123148&page=24

[Dismounted]

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="chat/flashchat.php" target="flashchat"><span style="color: red;">CHAT</span></a></td>

[pureturk]

dismounted, thank you very much. you re the BEST!
do you also have time to look at my other question?
also any ideas of how i can embed the chatrrom in forum? cuz it opens up in a new page

[Videx]

pureturk, you may not want to get carried away with pushing your chatroom because they cause a lot of server load. Much more than a regular forum.

I've got my link buried under my Quick Links menu. Those that really want to chat can find it.

[ShawneyJ]

<a href="http://YOUR" target="_blank">http://YOUR</a> DOMAIN/misc.php?do=flashchat

eg:
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="http://YOUR-DOMAIN/misc.php?do=flashchat">Flash Chat</a></td>

this will open in you forum