Facebook style chat

[XtReMe-Host]

Who's going to be the first to make a facebook style IM chat?

[tacobueno]

seems like a little much, but i do see it coming

[dirtycrow]

I just logged in to ask this very same question! sooooo needed!

[lilfields10]

This would be amazing, please someone do this. I suppose you could do it in a group chat style with an existing shoutbox thing and some styling

[Rickeo]

I want this would be great to use with the new facebook style :D

[katie hunter]

something like this would be nice! =]

[iogames]

Dream no more!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?threadid=196026

[katie hunter]

Dream no more!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?threadid=196026


but that is for pm~ not chat ;)

[goxy63]

I would pay for this too if necesary
Would give me pants for it too :D

Guys interested pls lets get together and form a thread on paid-requests

Lets do this !!!

Iam going right now to open therad, lets find some coder for this job ;)

[saYRam]

its useful for only staff.

[mhackl]

Sounds like a very good idea!

[TigerC10]

That's what I thought, iogames. However, the popup private messaging isn't quite the same thing.

[Alfa1]

The Popup Private Messaging hack only pops up an AJAX window to send a PM from. Nothing more.

I would much like a facebook like PM/Chat function.

[ajmboy]

I would like this also.

[TigerC10]

I'm probably going to add this feature to a different mod (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=193593) that I'm working on. There's just something else in the way of working on it, but that should be finished up soon.

[wii]

A facebook style chat would be awesome !

[TNCclubman]

How about incorporating the opensourse IM client FLEA? Looks exactly like MSN Messenger. If we can get it to hook up with the vB friends and log in, we'll be set.

[Enclave]

Hi guys, a first version is online on my german page, english following soon! I work with jquery, so have to check that there is no conflict with the vbulletin javascript. When there is enough interest I can make a product.

check in the footer bar, guest can read it.
http://www.alpenplaner.ch

[WEBDosser]

interesting..

[wmlvb]

Hi guys, a first version is online on my german page, english following soon! I work with jquery, so have to check that there is no conflict with the vbulletin javascript. When there is enough interest I can make a product.

check in the footer bar, guest can read it.
http://www.alpenplaner.ch

I am interested! I am also interested in the other mods on yourr page. PMing you now

[TNCclubman]

Actually thats not it at all. Thats just a regular chat room... not an instant messenger like facebook...

[Enclave]

Yeah, that is true, but working on a personal as well, so one to one!

[TNCclubman]

Yeah, that is true, but working on a personal as well, so one to one!

wow, good stuff keep us updated!

[keith455]

I like the chat room you have on the page.. Please let us know when the english version is out. or give us the code and we can help translate it. Thanks

[Enclave]

so english version is out now, check here:

http://www.kitesurfmaniac.com

I tested, there is no conflict with jquery, so it even works fine on the forum! I will check a bit later on if I can figure out with session or cookies that the chat window stays open when you change the site, not want to work with iframes...

and also thinking about to do a chat where you only can chat your friends (like on facebook).

[TNCclubman]

"and also thinking about to do a chat where you only can chat your friends (like on facebook)."

will donate for this when ready...

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love the bar at the bottom of your site... is that a dhtml menu?

[the crook]

so english version is out now, check here:

http://www.kitesurfmaniac.com

I tested, there is no conflict with jquery, so it even works fine on the forum! I will check a bit later on if I can figure out with session or cookies that the chat window stays open when you change the site, not want to work with iframes...

and also thinking about to do a chat where you only can chat your friends (like on facebook).

Looks awesome, how can we install this on our own forums?

Also, does it use a lot of bandwidth?

[Enclave]

"and also thinking about to do a chat where you only can chat your friends (like on facebook)."

will donate for this when ready...

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love the bar at the bottom of your site... is that a dhtml menu?

no this works only with div's and the mouseover ballon with jquery...

description how to do a bar like that you will find on my blog. (german) but the code is the same... :)

http://www.jakblog.ch/91/facebook-bar/

Looks awesome, how can we install this on our own forums?

Also, does it use a lot of bandwidth?

well the chat loads every 10 seconds and only if it's open. but you can change the refresh to what ever you want!

If you want to install that on your own forum, I can create a product, but not today have to finish a website for a customer and the deadline is today... :eek:

[veenuisthebest]

If you want to install that on your own forum, I can create a product, but not today have to finish a website for a customer and the deadline is today...

Would love to have that jquery chat, demo looks cool.

[the crook]

no this works only with div's and the mouseover ballon with jquery...

description how to do a bar like that you will find on my blog. (german) but the code is the same... :)

http://www.jakblog.ch/91/facebook-bar/



well the chat loads every 10 seconds and only if it's open. but you can change the refresh to what ever you want!

If you want to install that on your own forum, I can create a product, but not today have to finish a website for a customer and the deadline is today... :eek:

would love it if you could create something for me

[Brittany]

I would love that too.
Cant wait!

[dfc005]

Very, very cool! I'm subscribing to this thread to keep abreast of the new changes and hopefully, a public release. Keep working on it!

[swatkins]

subscribed also

[Enclave]

just came home from Australia, have a knee operation next Thursday and then plenty of time to make an add on.

[vividbreeze]

I will also donate when the facebook alike messenger is completed :)

Please keep me posted!

Thanks!

[dfc005]

just came home from Australia, have a knee operation next Thursday and then plenty of time to make an add on.

Excellent! Can't wait mate.

[^SuiCyde^]

<a href="http://www.hiphopnetwork.net/forums/" target="_blank">www.hiphopnetwork.net/forums/</a> i paid to have this mod integrated, allows IM and video chat

must be logged in to see modification on my forums

i would make a test account but you must be able to message a user to see fully functional so i'll post screenshots

and this is not popup PM, though i do use that on my site as well

[TimberFloorAu]

be prepared for the mods on here to tell you offf mate, they dont like forum mongering :(

If I was you I would make a test account for people to use. Much appreciated.

Ste

[^SuiCyde^]

lol @ forum mongering, i was just sharing, there is a test account i just figured it was pretty pointless to post it since in order to test the actual chat you need more than 1 user on the forum interacting with themselves since it is an IM system.....

test account =
test - test123

please do not change test account info, if you happen to get on and see me on, you can message me to test if you like - TheBlackEyeCEO

[vividbreeze]

SuiCyde, it still brings up a popup for instant messaging, I am looking for something the same as Facebook where it stays down in the corner and the second you press the person name it send a instant message to them without having to wait like 10 seconds for the popup you have to load up.

[TNCclubman]

lol @ forum mongering, i was just sharing, there is a test account i just figured it was pretty pointless to post it since in order to test the actual chat you need more than 1 user on the forum interacting with themselves since it is an IM system.....

test account =
test - test123

please do not change test account info, if you happen to get on and see me on, you can message me to test if you like - TheBlackEyeCEO

Wow, that is cool. It provides setup instructions on the site (toksta). Im going to try to install this... says it works seamlessly with vBulletin...

I like the bar along the bottom of your site (like facebook) is that part of toksta as well?

[ijob]

i will also donate if the facebook style of individual, selective friends chat is created.

Cheers

[^SuiCyde^]

the bar is part of toksta but the merges seamlessly with vbulletin is only thier advertisement on the frontpage because they've seen it done several times they only have integration with phpbb and other software, but they've seen toksta integrated as a product with vbulletin doesn't take much coding...

i agree vividbreeze i would like it a lot better as a part of the site rather than as a popup, if you make any headway that direction let me know

[LCN2007]

Anyone start coding this yet?

[fmckinnon]

Interested in GA

[amjadz4]

I too would like to see this become a reality! :)

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I too would like to see this become a reality! :)

[goxy63]

I already started payed request about FB chat style, few months ago

I hope someone will do such a modification for VB

But as I can see noone is interested that much in this

Cheers

[dlcVB]

I just posted details of a FB style chat on another thread that I was using as we developed the solution. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1796453&postcount=13

This is a one-to-one chat based on ajaxim that we modified to look more like FB, anchored to the bottom and it uses the person's buddy list. ajaxim allows you to send a message to anyone, but in this install we removed the button so you can only start an im with a member in your contact list. (or maybe it was friend list)

This came about after reading and searching for a plugin/product that would do FB style chat. Nothing was exact, but I think this is pretty close now.

[LCN2007]

So is the mod made?

[goxy63]

@dlcVB
Close enough for me, an im with a member in contact list is ok
Would be better if possible with all members but even this is more than fine :D

Looks very good

[Rickeo]

Yes please share this with us I have been waiting for this for a VERY long time.

[LCN2007]

X2 exited to see progress.

[^SuiCyde^]

very nice dlc

[Enclave]

sorry guys, I really want to, but me knee still needs a break and I can't sit down for more then 30min. :(

So it will be definitely take another 3 weeks.

[Mellymonster]

guess we are all looking for it, I just made a thread about it lol, next time that'll teach me to read below lol...

[pein87]

yeah someone will make it but it will probably be pro, I just hope it has pop ups for individual member chat, and friend requests from the chat window.

[BlueNinjaGo]

I'm interested in something like this but I fear it's going to be too much of a strain on the server

[Booth]

Social Engine has this as a paid plug-in and it's actually not that bad on the server load.

[vividbreeze]

social engine?

[Art Andrews]

Social Engine allows you to create your own social network, somewhat like your own Facebook.

http://www.socialengine.net/

However, I don't see a chat module compatible with vB...

[tunedtech]

Id love to have this chat like facebook..

[goxy63]

Id love to have this chat like facebook..
Who wouldnt love to have this on Vb? :D

[The Big Three]

If someone made this, they'd make a fortune off donations.. i can tell you that. :)

[LCN2007]

Would be great to have a sizable chat and im functions

[pein87]

I already have the fixed bar made, right now I'm looking into how to call each users freinds list on all pages. Someone is already intergrating ajaxim if your in a rush to see it produced it may take me months to get the code done right and standard code is a must. I was planning to make it a template so it easier to store all the info in one template and them call it into the head or footer template. As stateed on my own it may take 3 months to get it done right but maybe cybernetic or devdion could port there chat boxs so they have that functionality and it would take them less time since they already have the chat box software made. Donation wise i would suggest donations go to the ajaxim team if you wnat a rapid app done since there almost done with it according to his last post.

link to ajaxim intergration

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1796453#post1796453

[ragtek]

I already have the fixed bar made, right now I'm looking into how to call each users freinds list on all pages. Someone is already intergrating ajaxim if your in a rush to see it produced it may take me months to get the code done right and standard code is a must. I was planning to make it a template so it easier to store all the info in one template and them call it into the head or footer template. As stateed on my own it may take 3 months to get it done right but maybe cybernetic or devdion could port there chat boxs so they have that functionality and it would take them less time since they already have the chat box software made. Donation wise i would suggest donations go to the ajaxim team if you wnat a rapid app done since there almost done with it according to his last post.

link to ajaxim intergration

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1796453#post1796453
are you also integrating ajaxim or something other`?

[pein87]

mine would be custom when its done. things I need to find out is where the users friends are stored at when they login , and how would I call that into every page. I dont know if its an array like most things in vb or not. making the bar is simple with the right html and css all that would be left is to set a table inside of the div so I can use the td for for the anchor tags and set the anchors to use css rollovers to save bandwidth. Next would be making the pop-ups for the chatbox friends list I could use ajaxim but I'll have to search the files for the tables needed and determine how I'll use them in vb. To determine if I'll use a query to pull all the info for the freinds list, if they'll show a mini avatar, and the online status of teh forum or a custom image. Theres alot to determine before I even start the code. and also the buttons will also be considered if I'll make my own or use the defaults and what skin will I use, what admin options will there be in the admincp etc... I'm currently searching the files for the how to's and the online vb code guide as well.

[ragtek]

They are not called on each page!
Check the misc.php (because this page is calling the buddylist popup)

$buddys = $db->query_read_slave("
SELECT
user.username, (user.options & " . $vbulletin->bf_misc_useroptions['invisible'] . ") AS invisible, user.userid, session.lastactivity
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "userlist AS userlist
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS user ON(user.userid = userlist.relationid)
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "session AS session ON(session.userid = user.userid)
WHERE userlist.userid = {$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']} AND userlist.relationid = user.userid AND type = 'buddy'
ORDER BY username ASC, session.lastactivity DESC
");

[Enclave]

a want this hack i paid you

what? when you paid me?

[pein87]

can we stay on topic hey ragtek thanks for that bit of info is that how you added the contacts for the pms? there isnt away to get that info without runnig queries? Like how you can get the users avatar ithout any queries?

[ragtek]

yes, thats the way i'm getting it for my add-on

[pein87]

thanks so far I have the bar done, working on what else to add so it more or less worth installing, thinking of adding the users PM box info in there so they know if they have new messages, a link to there profile, a link for there user cp, and a link for members page.

[pein87]

Hey I need some input from the users, is the drag and drop think also wanted for the links? Any input on the standard links would also be cool if anyone would like to see something in the bar for quick access.

[TNCclubman]

Quick access in the bar...

Photo Albums
Calendar
Groups

and the ability to add your own icons/links with maybe admin section to post url to image icon and url for link... or just a way to edit the html to add that...

[pein87]

ok so it will be template based right now I'm working on the drag and drop feature for the icons I'll jack the facebook icons for now so i can get the tool tips to work right.

[SECTalk.com]

As long as the area is editable with HTML, that would be the biggest thing. Thanks for all your hard work. I plan on adding this to my site.

Any word on if there will be a common chat room for all users to join into on top of 1-on-1 IM?

Thanks

[TNCclubman]

1 on 1 I think is more important. There are plenty of regular chat rooms out there. I think facebooks is 1 on 1 too only...

[LCN2007]

Thank you for working so hard to complete this, i will be donating for this once i can see a functional alpha/beta.


As long as the area is editable with HTML, that would be the biggest thing. Thanks for all your hard work. I plan on adding this to my site.

Any word on if there will be a common chat room for all users to join into on top of 1-on-1 IM?

Thanks

Im with SEC on this.

questions/input you asked for:

I dont know if face book does this but maybe add on or even build in to this we can have a actual chat that you can open/close by clicking?

I mean make it a full chat/ instant messenger package maybe.

Make the chat able to be sized in the admin back end and have the ability to use the instant message feature for one on one conversations like face book.

So a member can look and see:
New messages in the chat room, then they click chat and it opens to the size the admin determined lets say 300 X 300 and then the member can chat in the chat.

But then they can say of i want to tell joe something that the whole room does not need to know ill use the Instant message feature.

I hope this all makes sense some what.

I can make a better description if needed.

[SECTalk.com]

Definitely. I think a chatroom for all + 1-on-1 IM would make this an amazing addition to any forum.

[1Unreal]

Looking foward to this :)

[pein87]

so your saying a fixed width chat box with its size set by the site admin? i was going to making it resizeable with 1 21 chat with multi chat ability so you can have more then one chatbox open at one time. There want be a feature yet to have group chats in one chatbox just yet the biggest part for me right now is the drag and drop icons, the browser support for pageX and clientX is a big pain.

[LCN2007]

What is this"with 1 21 chat"

But yes that sounds great if i understand what you wrote.

Sizable Main Chat for everyone to talk to each other with the ability to have multiple 1 on 1 IM Chats?

[pein87]

yes thats right I ment 1 2 1 chat. its a wonder what knowing the position of the mouse can do for your web apps. I'm still working on the drag and drop part and ist coming along slow lol I cant get it to register the positions right using event.clientX and event.clientY using

document.onmousemove = function () {
if (iE) {
cur_x = event.clientX;
cur_y = event.clientY;
} else { cur_x = window.pageX;
cur_y = window.pageY
}
}

[LCN2007]

any updates?

[pein87]

None yet i got side tracked with this new job from a local call center but I'll be resuming it in a week.

[TNCclubman]

me too... damn, cant wait to announce this to our members!

[ricardoNJ]

Yesss!

[vitrag24]

any mod for instant messenger available?

i have seen on several sites ..

Check screenshot ..i grabbed from one site..you'll get an idea from it.
http://www.pichost.nl/uploads/a3a8fef52e.jpg

[Lynne]

This site is NOT a market place. If you wish to pay someone to create a modification for you, please post in Requests For Paid Services (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=30) You may also NOT advertise your paid modifications on this site.

This thread was pruned of most messages from the last few pages because these rules were broken. If the rules continue to be broken, the thread will simply be closed.

[Flowsion]

So uh, you've deleted all the posts that show that there is actually a working model of what we wanted thereby eliminating any new people looking into this of knowing?

[mystikmedia]

That was a bad moderation choice IMO. You'd have been much better off to move the thread to the paid services forum, if that's the only place it would have been suitable.

[sparklywater]

yes surely an unfair decision I think, it's not like the guy was being dishonest with his product.

[Lynne]

So uh, you've deleted all the posts that show that there is actually a working model of what we wanted thereby eliminating any new people looking into this of knowing?
I removed every post regarding paying for a modification and then every post advertising the paid modification and all responses to that.

Like I said, if you want to post to get this modification made for you, feel free to post in the Paid Requests area.

If you don't feel this thread should have been moderated in that way, feel free to take it up with an Admin.

[TNCclubman]

so to be clear in the future...

people can ask for mods, you cant present mods when people are asking for a mod to do so-and-so. (if they arent free)

Is this correct? Kind of sucks if thats the case because people will all be asking for mods for their site when there are solutions out there.

If thats the rule, thats the rule.

[Lynne]

I'm not sure exactly what you are asking and I'd like to answer the question for you. Perhaps this will help...

You may post asking for a mod. However, if you are offering money ("I'll pay $$$ for a mod that does this" "I'll donate $$$ for a mod that does this" type posts), it needs to be in the Paid Mods forum. A thread trying to gather people together to pay to get a mod done isn't allowed here either.

And then, there is the whole advertising a paid mod here ("I've made this mod available here - mywebsite.com - and it costs $$$"). That is against the rules also.

Both of those types of posts were filling the second half of this thread. Then there were several posts quoting someone offering money, or the post advertising the paid mod and so those got removed also. There were also several posts talking about features they want added to the paid mod. I basically removed all of those. That left some posts like "Yeah, I agree" or other types of posts that made no sense once the post before it was removed, so I got rid of those. Like I said, basically the second half of the thread was removed because of all the mention of payment and advertising of the mod.

I don't think anyone on the Mod team was actively reading this thread or it would have been stopped long ago.

[sparklywater]

What would happen if this whole thread was simply moved to the Paid Mods forum?

[TNCclubman]

Thats where I think a problem happens because you cant reply to posts in that forum.

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Is there a place on the net that has all vbulletin 'paid' mods listed? Would save people alot of time posting for mod requests if they already exist.

[Lynne]

Other users can't reply to threads in the Paid Mods forum - only the thread started may reply.

I really don't know of any list of paid mods. Whenever I've looked for them, I just try to google for them and sometimes get luckily with the key words I entered.

[anantgarg]

Hello,

I was not aware of the rules. Can you please suggest the appropriate way to inform people about the CometChat mod?

Thank you,
Anant

[ragtek]

normaly the developer have a link in there signature and they make some free mods(or light versions)^^

thats the best way of advertising(hope thats the right word)

all other are making the users themself(if there happy with the product, they'll send others to your site,etc)

[anantgarg]

normaly the developer have a link in there signature and they make some free mods(or light versions)^^

thats the best way of advertisment(hope thats the right word)


all other are making the users themself(if there happy with the product, they'll send others to your site,etc)

It is unfortunate the a legit addon which adds true value to the community is removed in such a way.

Shouldn't there be a forum where we can atleast list and inform existing+new vBulletin customers about the existence of the addon.

Anyways, for all new users who are wondering what we are talking about, please view the links in my signature.

Regards,
Anant

[N-0p3rz]

soooo to stay on topic then..

Anyone coding this for free?

[TNCclubman]

ya i think the free version got hijacked again. Lynne, can you clean the post again...lol

[1Unreal]

A Lite version would be the best way to promote it. Or mabey release a base model for free and have paid addons. Or Limit the number of conversations to something like 2 or 3 and have it paid no limit.

Theres loads of ways to monetize this. But people wont pay for it, there are so many mods on here which are worth money however they are free.

[goxy63]

Best way by my humble opinion should be

1.Free version with brand on it (Lite version)

2.Brand free version for reasonable price
And updates would be available here at vb.org free of charge of course :D

I would go for this othervise not interested

So "anantgarg" maybe these days we can see new mod here at forums!?

Cheers

[TNCclubman]

Best way by my humble opinion should be

1.Free version with brand on it (Lite version)

2.Brand free version for reasonable price
And updates would be available here at vb.org free of charge of course :D

I would go for this othervise not interested

So "anantgarg" maybe these days we can see new mod here at forums!?

Cheers

great ideas.

[mystikmedia]

I don't see why he should be expected to give away his hard work. If you want free, use one of the many free chatboxes. A premium product such as this should be compensated.

[TNCclubman]

Like mentioned before, there are premium products offered here for free.

I also think he should be compensated, but if he doesnt launch a free version 'lite' (not all the features of the paid version) then no one will know about it in order to buy it.

[COBRAws]

At this time, I was unable to find a full features list :( Will have to wait then...

[Mr Chris]

This guy obviously worked long and hard on this mod. Im not sure why anyone would expect this to be free.

[Elenna]

I believe the only issue is that this thread is in the Free section. IMHO, if Anantgarg doesn't feel like making this for free (which is completely his decision), a new thread should be made in the appropriate section for Paid Releases.

[TNCclubman]

but no one can post in that section aside from 1 post asking for a paid mod. No discussions allowed there. Try responding to any posts in that room.

Its on release 1.0.0. Supposedly there are many bugs reported so you might want to wait for a couple releases like I am before things get worked out. I'll pay for it when its working well.

[goxy63]

I don't see why he should be expected to give away his hard work. If you want free, use one of the many free chatboxes. A premium product such as this should be compensated.
He created mod, his decison it is
Without these forums here as 'TNCclubman ' mentioned just few people using VB will know about it so....
This guy obviously worked long and hard on this mod. Im not sure why anyone would expect this to be free.
His work, his decision...those prices stated at his site are bit too high for most of us as many like me dont make a cent from our forums.....and by my opinion if you look what lets say 'tufats flashchat' sript (which is not the same of course) offers for just few $, this is too high
Thanks but no thanks

With clever light version here he can profit much more than away from here, Iam new to Vb but not with some business stuff

Would like to see light version of this mod at vb.org, supported here, discussed here ect...

[ArnyVee]

Its on release 1.0.0. Supposedly there are many bugs reported so you might want to wait for a couple releases like I am before things get worked out. I'll pay for it when its working well.

Not too many bugs, thank goodness. :)

But, for my community, it's been definitely worth the price paid already.

But, unless you HAVE to have it now, I'd wait for the next version which will have some fixes on a couple of additional features that we've asked for. :D

[COBRAws]

Anyway, 1 week and no requirements nor features list. Not very serious. I'm gonna keep looking for a jabber based chat that can be used with IM clients as well.

This may have the same "style" but not the same core features :(

[anantgarg]

Anyway, 1 week and no requirements nor features list. Not very serious. I'm gonna keep looking for a jabber based chat that can be used with IM clients as well.

This may have the same "style" but not the same core features :(

The site as well as the feature list is online since yesterday. You may want to have a look now. The link is part of my signature.

[RTMdotORG]

i have a facebook style chat that works....
PM me if interested....

[TNCclubman]

Im interested, pm me the link please

[N-0p3rz]

soooo, back to the topic at hand (again)

Anyone doing this for free?

[^SuiCyde^]

lol well worth the money, i paid for it, just what i was looking for no issues to say thus far

[ibanez32]

i have done it :up:

for demo or donation send me a pm :)

[TNCclubman]

I think you can post it, since its free.

[N-0p3rz]

demo or donation?

Wouldn't you mean payment?

A donation is something done out of freewill. If we have to donate in order to get it then it really can't be considered a donation, can it?

[Ckidd25]

post it

[kmohamed]

great idea i thought of it

[vitrag24]

Im interested, pm me the link please

interested.

[COBRAws]

The site as well as the feature list is online since yesterday. You may want to have a look now. The link is part of my signature.
I couldnt see it at that time, only the forum was showing up.

any ETA on the jabber thing? :)

[Mellymonster]

have you guys seen this?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=211889&highlight=Toksta

[COBRAws]

have you guys seen this?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=211889&highlight=Toksta
Really good, but that is a SaaS and not a hosted solution BUUUUUH!!! :( For having your buddy list you need to upgrade to a paid monthly plan.

anyway it's a great aproach.

[Si...]

I am intrested in seeing this BUILT INTO vBulletin. At least built into vB 4. I would have more to say. Except I fear a moderator will end up removing this, or at least editing my post.

[Elenna]

Unfortunately, this isn't the place to make suggestions or request to vBulletin developers - I can't say if a vB.org moderator will do anything with your post, but you may want to see about suggesting it at vB.com.

[anantgarg]

I couldnt see it at that time, only the forum was showing up.

any ETA on the jabber thing? :)

Sorry, we do not have any timeline for Jabber integration. Jabber requires special-difficult-to-manage servers. Thus it can be only offered as a hosted solution. Also, we have released a new version with more features if you want to have a look.

Regards,
Anant

[rob01]

there is already out a vb paid mod

just google it

[daveaite]

That would be neat

[zimdude]

We used to use Tufat scripts which allowed users to chat but they had to actually log into it even though it authenticated automatically with vbulletin.

Now we are using cometchat in which the chat bar is ALLWAYS open and idicates when their vbulletin friends are online. Our install was modified by them to ONLY show logged in users. Our forum has taken off since we did this as it becomes a LIVE forum

Look at www.cometchat.com

[goxy63]

I am intrested in seeing this BUILT INTO vBulletin. At least built into vB 4. I would have more to say. Except I fear a moderator will end up removing this, or at least editing my post.

+1

@anantgarg

Would love to purchase, please cut prices (brandfree is way to high)

Cheers

ps
moderators...sorry cause mention of purchase but I hope its ok as I did not mention any amount

[^SuiCyde^]

We used to use Tufat scripts which allowed users to chat but they had to actually log into it even though it authenticated automatically with vbulletin.

Now we are using cometchat in which the chat bar is ALLWAYS open and idicates when their vbulletin friends are online. Our install was modified by them to ONLY show logged in users. Our forum has taken off since we did this as it becomes a LIVE forum

Look at www.cometchat.com

how did you get it modified to show only online users???

[daveaite]

I have something extremely similar to facebook chat on my page. Http://buypoe.com

[goxy63]

I have something extremely similar to facebook chat on my page. Http://buypoe.com

And...?

[nyqnzguju999]

stats?

[fourat]

how to show only online users in cometchat ?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

If you have questions/problems with a modification or style, then please post in the thread (or support forum/board) about that modification/style. Best chance to receive a reply from either the author or another member using the same modification/style.

[iHussence]

hello

but how to install in my fourm ???

[anantgarg]

hello

but how to install in my fourm ???

Installing CometChat is as simple as upload the files and running install.

If you have already purchased CometChat, then please contact our support team by creating a ticket at: http://www.cometchat.com/support

Warm Regards,

Anant Garg
CometChat Team

[Nicke71]

Thanks,

I have been looking for a chat like this. Just bought one domain license and branding free option and have it up and running now.

[edytwinky]

Will definitely look at the demo of this. May work great with my boards

[MGP_Tech]

Rock on CometChat... as soon as you got a public chatroom function on your mod (apparently it's coming the 15th of Sept. 2009) I'm all over your goodness! Feel free to PM me if it's out before then as I'm a guarenteed customer!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

-Dee

[NetRover]

We used to use Tufat scripts which allowed users to chat but they had to actually log into it even though it authenticated automatically with vbulletin.

Now we are using cometchat in which the chat bar is ALLWAYS open and idicates when their vbulletin friends are online. Our install was modified by them to ONLY show logged in users. Our forum has taken off since we did this as it becomes a LIVE forum

Look at www.cometchat.com

I would expect it to only show logged in users without modification really if I was to buy this rather than buy it and pay to have that feature added.

Does it not have usergroup control either?, I would not want all usergroups to have access to cometchat.

I've looked for the answer and tried the demo but still unsure.

[isatice]

I would expect it to only show logged in users without modification really if I was to buy this rather than buy it and pay to have that feature added.

Does it not have usergroup control either?, I would not want all usergroups to have access to cometchat.

I've looked for the answer and tried the demo but still unsure.
u can dot if ny a simple vbulletin If condition

[BucWiLd]

its nice but hella expensive!

[VonDoom]

hella expensive? are you kidding me? I found it to be a great deal and considering how limited the options are for IM chats i couldnt be happier with the way it works and the price. Brand free option is a little up there but then im not to concerned with that considering how unobtrusive the brand really is. There is a conflict with AW Coding's Donotation system (Pro Only) I also concur that the mod should come standard to show members online opposed to whos on your buddy list. Witch really renders this hack useless to many members until they populate there friends lists.

[bada_bing]

Does this use VB usergroup permissions ?

[TNCclubman]

is the public chat option out yet?

[bada_bing]

Does this use VB usergroup permissions ?

Comet chat support can you answer this please.. I would rather not use if conditions but rather use the vb usergroups as it's cleaner and a true mod built for vb would include this type of interfration feature

[BucWiLd]

It is a nice mod but one thing i see missing is the fact that it only displays your online friends. so if some one visits and has no friends it displays a big fat 0 giving the impression that your forums are dead and the user may leave due to this. It would be much nicer if it displayed the true current users along with your friends. But only allowed you to talk with friends. i realize they could hit the view whos online mod but most times this is disabled to visitors, if they take the time to look for it after they see the big fat 0

[TNCclubman]

They were supposed to release that a month ago. Obviously the support has gone down or they've encountered a major hurdle to doing that.

[goxy63]

hella expensive? are you kidding me? I found it to be a great deal and considering how limited the options are for IM chats i couldnt be happier with the way it works and the price. Brand free option is a little up there but then im not to concerned with that considering how unobtrusive the brand really is. There is a conflict with AW Coding's Donotation system (Pro Only) I also concur that the mod should come standard to show members online opposed to whos on your buddy list. Witch really renders this hack useless to many members until they populate there friends lists.

How much did you pay VB and how much is this addon(with brandfree), can this addon mach 25% of VB?
Who is kidding here?
Most of us do not have proffitable boards so...IT IS TOO MUCH !:down:

Iam not thinking of this one any more as its too much $, purchased tufats flashchat and installed shoutbox on my main page (not the same but it will do the trick)

Price is too high as this cant mach products as vba or such, but its developers choice to keep the price
Wishing him good luck and good future with this addon :D

ps
Btw if I purchase this one without removing brand, and if every software installed on my boards should have brand under it....how would my forums look?....first thing hit my imagination now is
Las Vegas
:eek:

[BucWiLd]

you brought up some good points goxy. thanks clubman.. i guess it was to hard for them .lol. but if they want sales to pick up, especially for that price they need to make it more feature rich

[VonDoom]

Goxy i cant say i disagree with you but really the asking price isnt anything, In the grand scheme. if you want to grow your forums you are gonna have to spend a little here and there. Ive got a couple grand into my primary forum and it will take a considerable amount of time to see that return. However i can agree with you 100% on the branding fee way to expensive but in my case that's a brand i can live with as its logically placed and unobtrusive. This particular brand dosent bother me in the least bit. i have paid to remove a few brands primarily because of the location.

On another note after reading a bit i do agree that this product is far from complete and is currently pretty buggy. Therefore probably not worth what the Dev is asking. It should still be considered a Beta. It would definitely be worth the asking price if the latest release was out and on schedule. Im pretty disappointed in the lack of communication from the dev in response of the new release date. I believe we are entitled to know when we can update our paid product. and yes they do need to incorporate it into vB better in future releases. Usergroup options, a true integration into the ACP and the ability to switch between friends or users online would be a great start.

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Also if your looking into a shoutbox with the ability to send and recieve inline PM's for free i would consider Chatbox EVO

[bada_bing]

I have purchased the branded free version but when I installed it it still show links and the icon back to there site?

[BucWiLd]

now i am no vb brain.. matter of fact i suck.lol. but im pretty sure you can change those links so that it wont go back to there site but go to somewhere on your forum instead. :). check into it

[Caddyman]

I installed comet chat today on my Delaware site, it is great, a few tiny bugs i squashed with ease. yes you can customize the links and what not.

usergroup thing, only way i see that as a option is like someone mentioned to wrap the code added to the template with a conditional.

the install is real easy, under 5 minutes and done.

thumbs up

[BucWiLd]

I installed comet chat today on my Delaware site, it is great, a few tiny bugs i squashed with ease. yes you can customize the links and what not.

usergroup thing, only way i see that as a option is like someone mentioned to wrap the code added to the template with a conditional.

the install is real easy, under 5 minutes and done.

thumbs up


what were the bugs caddy? ive heard that it makes some peoples sites crash. I also heard that slot of people get blocked from work because of it too. What bugs have you seen?

[Caddyman]

sent you a pm back but it was just a error with the autolinker so far.

if something like ....this was typed the script would pick up the .... and link it resulting in a broken link

the fix is on their site, took 2 minutes to do, 1 file edit, and it's fixed.

[RedHacker]

This is worked but not show other languages.....

[BucWiLd]

i hear the beta is released for the newest version.. who is using it> and can share its features and how its working?

[bada_bing]

Please hurry with the new version... cant wait

[Brother Malachi]

Do you guys realize that this will require a ridiculous amount of bandwidth?

[rchelifan]

Just want to add that I also waiting for this as well.

[anantgarg]

@rchelifan The current beta version is going to be the final version. We are also launching a new site next week.

@BucWild you can now customize CometChat to display all online users instead of only friends.

[bada_bing]

Do you guys realize that this will require a ridiculous amount of bandwidth?

anantgarg

How try us this statment?

[anantgarg]

CometChat is as efficient as any self hosted solution can be (without special hardware or software). We have thousands of customers running CometChat on shared hosts like URLJet etc.

The software uses smart polling (polls depending on user activity) and JSON to ensure that the size of every data packet is as small as possible.

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The current beta release is going to be the final version. We are launching our new site very soon and hence the delay in going final.

[wtsnake]

will this work for 4.0?

[testbot]

i'm going to write something similar and give it away for free or for only a few $ just because i think that developer is being greedy. that's way too much to charge.

[vitrag24]

i'm going to write something similar and give it away for free or for only a few $ just because i think that developer is being greedy. that's way too much to charge.

For vb4.0 too?

I would like to donate few bucks even if u release for free.

[testbot]

it'll be developed on 3.8 but when 4.0 is fully release we will upgrade it accordingly.

i talked to one of my developers this morning and based on the amount of time he told me i think i can have it done this week but would have to charge $19.99. that will cover my development and support costs.

does that seem fair?

[vitrag24]

it'll be developed on 3.8 but when 4.0 is fully release we will upgrade it accordingly.

i talked to one of my developers this morning and based on the amount of time he told me i think i can have it done this week but would have to charge $19.99. that will cover my development and support costs.

does that seem fair?


Quite fair if it'll work perfact and wont cause much server load.

[jthorpe]

Cometchat was KILLING my servers. I have a vb forum with 90,000 members and around 1100 members on at once. The amount of queries was over the top, and was causing my server load average to go up to 15 from 1-2. Now that I have taken it off, things are good again.

[Forum Lover]

Cometchat was KILLING my servers. I have a vb forum with 90,000 members and around 1100 members on at once. The amount of queries was over the top, and was causing my server load average to go up to 15 from 1-2. Now that I have taken it off, things are good again.

No better solution yet?:(

[MultiSync77F]

I would LOVE to see this added, please reply to this thread if/when anyone makes it so that I can be notified of it being ready for download.

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I see that cometchat is avaliable but I heard its really hard on the server. I only use a shared server so I don't know if its an option for me.

[WebkinzCoast]

I would LOVE to see this added, please reply to this thread if/when anyone makes it so that I can be notified of it being ready for download.

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I see that cometchat is avaliable but I heard its really hard on the server. I only use a shared server so I don't know if its an option for me.
No matter what, this is more than likely going to kill a server. Unless you set it to refresh every 3 minutes xD But i believe that would ruin it no? I just recommend getting a bigger server ;)

[ti07shadow]

I do believe commet chat shouldnt effect server haul, do to the fact its not refreshign the page its literally refreshing the content itself through ajax. so theres no actual site or frame refreshign at all. I have made soemthign similar to this chat function for a regular shoutbox and theres no sever haul at all. course it be nice to see a free version of comet chat for those who dont want to go out of their way and spend $49.00 USD for it.

[vitrag24]

I do believe commet chat shouldnt effect server haul, do to the fact its not refreshign the page its literally refreshing the content itself through ajax. so theres no actual site or frame refreshign at all. I have made soemthign similar to this chat function for a regular shoutbox and theres no sever haul at all. course it be nice to see a free version of comet chat for those who dont want to go out of their way and spend $49.00 USD for it.

Where is the link?

[ToNetU]

Where is the link?

if you are talking about cometchat website it's: http://www.cometchat.com/

[vitrag24]

if you are talking about cometchat website it's: http://www.cometchat.com/

no, yalking about ti07shadow's plugin or plugin he is talking about..

[DieselTruck]

Ttt..

Anyone come up with anything else?

[jacobskinner811]

I was thinking about buying cometchat, i dont mind paying 49 bucks but i am worried about how much bandwidth it will use...is it true that it can dramatically effect your bandwidth or has that been fixed?

[DieselTruck]

Anyone else?

[Stubbed]

I was thinking about buying cometchat, i dont mind paying 49 bucks but i am worried about how much bandwidth it will use...is it true that it can dramatically effect your bandwidth or has that been fixed?

It's definitely going to increase your bandwidth but not to the point where you should notice it...

I've just purchased and installed Comet Chat and initially had issues with load with around 200 people online concurrently. I got help from other Comet Chat users and staff and tweaked some settings and now it's back to an acceptable level.

Would definitely recommend, but don't underestimate the load it's going to put on your DB in it's default setup.

[Trek]

I just purchased this and the vB integration is minimal at best. There's no way to set what usergroups can use it, no profile settings for members to set if they want to display it or not, etc.

There's also no adminCP integration at all.

Granted most of this can be code custom (which I'll do this weekend) but it's pretty thin as far as integration goes.

While while it DOES work and still is pretty cool, make sure you do more research than I did before spending the cash on it.

[dvsDave]

I just purchased this and the vB integration is minimal at best. There's no way to set what usergroups can use it, no profile settings for members to set if they want to display it or not, etc.

There's also no adminCP integration at all.

Granted most of this can be code custom (which I'll do this weekend) but it's pretty thin as far as integration goes.

While while it DOES work and still is pretty cool, make sure you do more research than I did before spending the cash on it.

Yeah, the integration is miminal, but the "coding" to limit what usergroups can use it is easy. It works great for me and the author is responsive to help requests.

[Trek]

Yeah, the integration is miminal, but the "coding" to limit what usergroups can use it is easy. It works great for me and the author is responsive to help requests.

Yeah, I added that in just now. Basically limiting to specific usergroups and also allowing members to turn it on/off.

Were you able to get a full list of online users though? It only lists friends by default and I'd rather it listed all online users instead. I've asked in their support forums, but if you've already done it, that'd help speed things up as the mod is really only useful to me if it shows online users.

Ideally I'd like to see it display online friends at the top of the list, then the rest of the online users under it. I'm not that good with SQL and/or vB4's user tables though.

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Nevermind, I found a post on their forums with the code I needed, thanks!

[DieselMinded]

been working on this cometchat for the past week and decided to drop it like it was hot!!

i want a refund , this software is not as advertised , games only work half ass , the bar reloads on every page load , it slows my site down big time ! the online list has no relevance at all to who really is online , i have 20 hrs into integrating this to my site and now im taking it off because support here sucks and the forums are worst, not to mention the software is over priced and full of ads that prevent it from working.

i was told there is a money back guarantee , well im taking it off my site and i would like a refund

now i need an alternative ?

[Trek]

been working on this cometchat for the past week and decided to drop it like it was hot!!



now i need an alternative ?

The who's online has different queries on their forums for different software to get what you want (I cut and pasted one for vB4 to get all of my users, not just friends to be listed).

There are no Ads (other than a link back to comet chat).

If it took someone 20 hours to only get it screwed up, they... It took me about an hour to get it working and integrated the way I wanted it. Including the time searching their forums for the answer I needed.

Anyway, you can take that quote as gospel, or not. Entirely up to you. =) Hope you find what you're looking for.

[Konstantinos]

cometchat offers a service called comet service (or something) which (as they claim) they take all the server load on their server ..

[winlux]

I guess i could make a mod which is an almost exact replica to facebooks with different skins... let me get back to you guys on this one.

[customcolor]

if you could get ajaxim to log in using vb user library than i want it...i put it up but could not figure out how to make it read from vb user data base ..."log in to vb and it logs you into ajaxim also"

by the way ajaxim is free.

im following this one!!

[andrew.lee]

Hey Guys -
I just put out a plugin that adds chat that looks a lot like facebook's. It's a toolbar. It maintains state when you go from page-to-page (so you can browse while chatting). It lets you have multiple chats, both group and 1 on 1, it does some fancy stuff like real-time-translation. It can do single-sign-on with vBulletin and/or it can do login with Facebook / Twitter (so that your "visitors" can participate in chats too).

It's HOSTED too, so it won't affect load on your server at all, and it won't slow down when you've got 200 users pounding on it. We've worked very hard to make it fast, fast, fast!

The mod is here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=255443

You can see it working here: (it's the toolbar along the bottom)
http://www.envolve.com/

[Schoelle]

We have released an extremely server friendly, realtime(responses under a second).

What can it do better than CometChat or ArrowChat? From the demo i've seen it has the ability to setup usergroups like 'staff'. But what else since it seems that you want to charge a lot more than they do in the future?

[Alfa1]

What can it do better than CometChat or ArrowChat? From the demo i've seen it has the ability to setup usergroups like 'staff'. But what else
They have just released the first version of new software. Like Arrowchat, their functionality is expanding.
You can request functionality here:
http://community.idealwebtech.com/forum/24-ideal-chat-discussion/

it seems that you want to charge a lot more than they do in the future????

Arrowchat is $45 to $295
Cometchat is $49 to $499
123flashchat is $199 - $7500
AVChat is $95 - $1300
Pro Chat is $55 to $355

Full overview of chat solutions with facebook style chat here:
http://www.vb-commercial.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=9

[Trek]

It apparently has to be renewed every 6 months for $10.00USD as well.

[Alfa1]

$20 per year for new software updates seems cheap to me.

[Trek]

$20 per year for new software updates seems cheap to me.

I'm not complaining about the costs, just stating that there are mandatory recurring costs for anyone that was unaware of it. That recurring cost is also on top of whatever base price you pay. Again, I'm not judging the software or the costs, I pay for a LOT of a software and mods for my website, without issue.

[Alfa1]

I see. Thanks for the information.

[BirdOPrey5]

Back when ideal Web Tech was looking for Alpha Testers they announced they planned to offer a free version here on vBulletin.org- I wonder if their plans changed?

[Ideal Web Tech]

I'm not complaining about the costs, just stating that there are mandatory recurring costs for anyone that was unaware of it.

The recurring cost is in no way mandatory, it would just allow you access to any new versions of it, and the paid support. If the version you have is good for you, and you don't need support, you don't have to pay the recurring fee.

Back when ideal Web Tech was looking for Alpha Testers they announced they planned to offer a free version here on vBulletin.org- I wonder if their plans changed?

Our plans for a free version have not changed, we do intend to release a free version once we have the pro version done; however, for now we have halted the vBulletin versions development and have decided to build the IP.Board version first since YOU decided we can't look for beta testers on this site unless we first release a free version here.

I'm not sure how you develop modifications, but we build the full version first, test it, and then strip out the features that won't be in the free version, then test that.

Right now, if we wanted the release a free version, it would basically just be a grey block at the bottom of your website, as the only feature currently in place that we could possible strip out would be the actual chat ability.

If enough people express an interest for this mod, we will consider resuming development on it, but until such time, we will be working on the IP.Board version.

[BirdOPrey5]

I hope by "YOU" you mean the vBulletin.org staff in general. I did not make an arbitrary decision on my own- myself and admins here were in agreement your links were breaking the rules.

You requested Beta Testers but linked them to a page where the only choice was to PURCHASE a Beta license after which you would provide them with a final version "at no additional cost."

We do not allow advertisement of premium products, especially without a free version here on vbulletin.org. We have all heard the story the "free version" is on the way but it rarely gets delivered.

If you want to beta test the appropriate way to do it is to release the mod here on vBulletin.org and check the box "Beta" to mark it as a Beta product- and inform users in the thread if there are known issues and incomplete features.

Admins should be able to understand a Beta product is not a final product.

You also SPAMMED this site with at least 6 of the same posts in 6 different threads- including in vbulletin 3.x threads when you weren't even offering a 3.x version.

[Ideal Web Tech]

You requested Beta Testers but linked them to a page where the only choice was to PURCHASE a Beta license after which you would provide them with a final version "at no additional cost."

In our request for Beta Testers, we linked to a site where people could beta test it for FREE, then after that we included the link to where they could buy it if they wanted to beta test it on their site. So their obviously was a FREE choice, and we figured most people would use the free method, but if someone wanted to go the extra distance and test it on their site, we aren't just going to give it to them for free with all the paid features.

You also SPAMMED this site with at least 6 of the same posts in 6 different threads- including in vbulletin 3.x threads when you weren't even offering a 3.x version.

First, I only remember 5 threads; Second, every single thread we posted in, were for someone looking for exact functionality we we're offering; Third, yes, we don't currently have a 3.x version, but if we see that people are interested in a 3.x version (like the member who posted that thread), we could easily port it over to that just like we are doing with IP.Board 3.2 currently.

Either way, this will be our last post on that topic, as this thread is starting to digress from the original topic, and we don't want that!

[Alfa1]

The link to idealweb also allowed us to enter suggestions for what should be added to the free version as well, so I think the assessment that Idealweb was trying to spam is really wrong. I can see how that came across that way, as they posted in more than a few topics about their product. But since I have been in close contact with them I can vouch for them that they honestly were working on a free version, as well as a paid version.

I am very disappointed that development of the vbulletin version has stopped.

[Ideal Web Tech]

The link to idealweb also allowed us to enter suggestions for what should be added to the free version as well, so I think the assessment that Idealweb was trying to spam is really wrong. I can see how that came across that way, as they posted in more than a few topics about their product. But since I have been in close contact with them I can vouch for them that they honestly were working on a free version, as well as a paid version.

I am very disappointed that development of the vbulletin version has stopped.
It's not entirely stopped, we are running it on http://www.extremegamezone.com still where people can come test things out and provide feedback. But it is safe to say that at this point development has definately slowed down on it.

[BirdOPrey5]

It's not entirely stopped, we are running it on http://www.extremegamezone.com still where people can come test things out and provide feedback. But it is safe to say that at this point development has definately slowed down on it.

It sounds like you are just claiming it's slowed down to "punish" vbulletin for not allowing you to spam and advertise your commercial products on this forum- however not developing a paid chat platform for vBulletin would be a poor business decision. I'm confident no matter what you claim if you are capable of delivering said product you will- because when it comes down to it- you will still make more money off a VB version than IPB.

Business 101.

[Ideal Web Tech]

We have every intention of building the vb version up, but honestly when we can't even talk about it here to get feedback to help make sure we deliver the highest quality product we can. Especially when we made it clear we are planning a free version so everybody can have a basic version of it in the end. We are just shifting more to our IPB version for now since we can actually talk with people over there about it and get valid feedback. Once we start getting enough data for the vb version about issues and suggestions we will complete the modification, and then make the free version by stripping out certain functionality.

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Just wanted to let you guys know that we decided to finish up the development on the vBulletin version.

We actually finished up both the pro and lite versions last night, and have uploaded the lite here at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=267506 if anyone would like to check it out and give feedback, or report any bugs we may have overlooked.

[TTMT]

Hi Ideals Web Tech,
Do you have a version of this mod for 3.x?

[silvermerc]

If anything i just need a chat function for vBulletin so i can skin it myself :)