AJAXIM Intergration

[prowarfare]

I would like if someone could make a script where you can use AJAXIM (http://www.ajaxim.com/) with your forums user list. So you can login with your vbulletin username and password.

I would like this to be on a seperate page , exp:

My forums directory: http://www.forums.sample.com
My AJAXIM directory: http://www.im.sample.com

Please let me know if someone could work on a script for this.

[MoT3rror]

I am glad you found this because I was going to develop something like this for my website. I am planning to develop this so it is on every page.

I will see if I can develop this so it is on it's own page.

[prowarfare]

Ok, that would be great. Let me know if you would like any help.

[schlottkej]

Yeah, Id love it too.. not sure why it hasnt been done yet, but AJAXIM linked with the vBulletin Userbase could be huge... imagine having a chatbox built right into your CP/Profile page, or having it called on every page as part of a sidebar.

[prowarfare]

You could also have it open up in a movable javascript popup while you navigate thought the site.

I would really like to see this done.

[logicuk]

yea this is amazing if someone can make this for vb 3.7 be so sweeet :D

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bump this could be a great feature to give paid members on the forum

[ViciousCode]

would be cool

[dlcVB]

Did anyone ever make any progress on integrating ajaxIM into vBulletin? We are in the final stages of doing it on one of our sites, but we haven't completed it. I was wondering if anyone has any words of wisdom from previous experience.

Currently we have:
- a layout like in Facebook, we modified the buddy list to spring up from the bottom of the screen and chats are anchored as well
- working on importing either contacts or friends from the users profile, not sure yet which will work
- auto-login is working using the person's vB credentials
- chat reloads as the person moves from page to page. We minimize both the chat window and the buddy list when they move to another page figuring their focus has changed from the chat to the page content.
- need to determine a way to notify the user a new message is posted to a minimized chat, right now it only uses an audio tone.

Any suggestions for things to look out for would be appreciated.

[TNCclubman]

WOW!
can you release what you guys have done for everyone? Ive been asking for this for months now!!!

Cant believe the amount of work you guys have accomplished!

[fattony69]

Did anyone ever make any progress on integrating ajaxIM into vBulletin? We are in the final stages of doing it on one of our sites, but we haven't completed it. I was wondering if anyone has any words of wisdom from previous experience.

Currently we have:
- a layout like in Facebook, we modified the buddy list to spring up from the bottom of the screen and chats are anchored as well
- working on importing either contacts or friends from the users profile, not sure yet which will work
- auto-login is working using the person's vB credentials
- chat reloads as the person moves from page to page. We minimize both the chat window and the buddy list when they move to another page figuring their focus has changed from the chat to the page content.
- need to determine a way to notify the user a new message is posted to a minimized chat, right now it only uses an audio tone.

Any suggestions for things to look out for would be appreciated.

Can you share the import system?

[dlcVB]

Our plan is to get most of the kinks worked out so we can launch and then we will be posting either a plugin or a product so others can use it as well. I'm sure there will be issues that come up that will need to be ironed out, so we'll be looking for help from the community to identify them.

[TNCclubman]

set up a paypal donate button as well, I will donate once its ready...

[dlcVB]

We have deployed the chat on the live site, but there were some changes we had to make from our original plan. We found that loading the JS on every page was just not going to work, it was taking too long for the browser to process the JS each time. We played with different ways of speeding this up, but even as we got the download to be as quick as we could, it was the processing of the JS that held us up.
We decided to go another route that would give the same functionality, but not require the repeated downloads on each page. What we came up with was to use an iframe to anchor the chat to the bottom of the page and then load the rest of the site above it. It worked like a charm, and the only downside is that it will be hard for people to bookmark pages when the chat is activated. We made the chat something a member had to start, and then also added a "quit chat" button that gets them out of the iframe.
The contacts match up with the buddy list, the login has been automated, and the chat windows alarm and keep the conversation even when the window is minimized.

Here is a screen shot of what we have. The gray bar at the bottom is the anchored bar, everything above that is running in an iframe. From this version we also got rid of the add/remove icons and just push the people to their buddy list within vbulletin to handle management of buddies. We also added the logout button at the bottom of the buddy list window.

Going to see what it will take to share this with the community to help work out more of the bugs that I'm sure are hidden in there somewhere.

[pein87]

this looks nice will you make it a CC app or a paid app?

[prowarfare]

This would be a huge hit, if you can get it fully integrated.

[dlcVB]

I've taken a quick screencast of what we have working now. I can't open the site up just yet, but we have a dev site where we'll be installing the Facebook style chat soon. so far we haven't had any complaints, but its hard to tell how much its being used. Hopefully we can find some time to put all the files together to post for download soon.

Screencast of FB-Chat in vB (http://www.dlc-solutions.com/demo/fb%2Dchat/index.html)

[Chicago_VLNU_4s]

nice.. hope to see this up and running soon.

[pein87]

did you integrate the users group and combine the needed tables so that it works off of vbulletin? I tried the standalone and its less then what I thought it would be but if it pulls the info from vbulletins freinds group that would be cool and if you made it so you dont need to join a group just to chat that would be pretty cool.

[Nordinho]

I've taken a quick screencast of what we have working now. I can't open the site up just yet, but we have a dev site where we'll be installing the Facebook style chat soon. so far we haven't had any complaints, but its hard to tell how much its being used. Hopefully we can find some time to put all the files together to post for download soon.

Screencast of FB-Chat in vB (http://www.dlc-solutions.com/demo/fb%2Dchat/index.html)

Looks very good. Anxiously waiting for it!

[Uegnet]

This is gonna rock so much.

[Elenna]

Looking very very nice, thank you for your work on this!

Are the chat messages logged in any way? Unsure if we would want the funtionality, but our users might ask.

[ragtek]

Is there now something available?

Ajaxim would be realy great

[LCN2007]

X2 waiting to see what developes

[Jens*]

Looks really good. :-)

[Alfa1]

* subscribes

[thcf]

Looks amazing i will make a $100 donation when this is released like i did with vboptimise

[Cryo]

What we came up with was to use an iframe to anchor the chat to the bottom of the page and then load the rest of the site above it. It worked like a charm, and the only downside is that it will be hard for people to bookmark pages when the chat is activated.
There's a way around this, since it's the same method Facebook uses to keep their chat always on top. It involves the use of JavaScript and *should* be relatively easy to implement. Here's a document explaining the technique with examples in detail...

http://ajaxpatterns.org/Unique_URLs

This doesn't necessary have to be implemented in the chat product either, it could be a separate product entirely. When I get home later tonight I'm going to play with my test install and see if I can get something working.

I'm also very excited for what you've done with this. I'll also be willing to make a donation once a solid product is created. It's pretty much exactly what I'm looking for. If you need help with the styling of it let me know; I'd be more than happy to contribute there as well.

Edit: http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/

[dlcVB]

Looking very very nice, thank you for your work on this!

Are the chat messages logged in any way? Unsure if we would want the funtionality, but our users might ask.

chat messages are only logged for 60 minutes. After that they are removed. This allows a person to recall a conversation that recently took place, but does not let the table get bloated after a day or heavy usage.

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did you integrate the users group and combine the needed tables so that it works off of vbulletin? I tried the standalone and its less then what I thought it would be but if it pulls the info from vbulletins freinds group that would be cool and if you made it so you dont need to join a group just to chat that would be pretty cool.

The way we have it working is that it keys off the user's vbulletin contact list. So the person has to be a contact to send a message. There is a button that has been hidden that allows the user to send an IM to anyone on the site, we just decided to hide this button.

[LCN2007]

chat messages are only logged for 60 minutes. After that they are removed. This allows a person to recall a conversation that recently took place, but does not let the table get bloated after a day or heavy usage.

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The way we have it working is that it keys off the user's vbulletin contact list. So the person has to be a contact to send a message. There is a button that has been hidden that allows the user to send an IM to anyone on the site, we just decided to hide this button.

Will you guys be releasing this to us?

will there be a option to let with admin/mods use that hidden button?

[mystikmedia]

I will make a $100 donation also. Anxious to see it.

[stradfred89]

Any news please ?

[Theater]

Any news please ?

Ditto, this would be amazing for any board to have.

[Nordinho]

Ditto, this would be amazing for any board to have. Can't agree more! Any updates on the progress.

[anantgarg]

Please have a look at this post:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=176924&page=8&highlight=facebook+chat

[N-0p3rz]

Any progress?

This modification looks a lot more polished than the other one posted.

[N-0p3rz]

what happened to this?

[abbasbsp]

I've taken a quick screencast of what we have working now. I can't open the site up just yet, but we have a dev site where we'll be installing the Facebook style chat soon. so far we haven't had any complaints, but its hard to tell how much its being used. Hopefully we can find some time to put all the files together to post for download soon.

Screencast of FB-Chat in vB (http://www.dlc-solutions.com/demo/fb%2Dchat/index.html)
yes, I am waiting for you ... plz

[Hicksatpd]

I too would be very interested in this!

[amjadz4]

NO updates here? AJAXIM is awesome...we really need an integration!

[BlackJacket]

Out of all the great developers here at VB.org how come no one has done this request? So far only one person has made an attempt but never released it publicly.

I will greatly donate to get this going!

Someone please take a look at his and do it!

[Nordinho]

there are commercial mods out there, cometchat for 50 bucks and arrowchat is in development (pre-order 65$). I currently use cometchat, but Arrowchat seems to get more features, more development and more stability. So I might switch. There's a mod called tokstachat as well, that's free, but I believe it has some ads in it and is remotely hosted. Haven't tried that one. (btw I'm not affiliated with any of these.)

[Eric]

I'm starting to work on an integration. It'll be simple at first, no fancy bar at the bottom of your forum page :P But could move toward that eventually.

[BlackJacket]

I'm starting to work on an integration. It'll be simple at first, no fancy bar at the bottom of your forum page :P But could move toward that eventually.

Thanks! It doesnt need to be a bar anyway. Just have an icon that is clickable or have the AJAXIM start when you login.

Cant wait to see this.

[BlackJacket]

Any news on VB integration?

[BlackJacket]

Bump until it is made.

[BlackJacket]

bumping till it is done!

[fulviods]

any news?

[fulviods]

bump again...

[Alfa1]

AJAXIM has not moved past Alpha since its 4.0 alpha release more than a year ago.
There are more modern applications that make use of jquery and XMPP.