VB Messenger Desktop Application for vBulletin forums

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

vBulletin Messenger v1.4.0

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What It Does:

With VBM your members can login to the messenger with thier membership details , add other members to thier contact list (for VB 3.7 contacts are the friends in the friend list) , communicate with each other with smilies , fonts , colors ... , also they will be notified about newest forum posts and threads and view "last 10 posts" in the forum in an easy and fast way with a "Read More" button that will open the thread/post when clicked .
VBM has a public chat room , that can be accessed by all members that use the messenger .
Your members will know about the newest posts in the forum and will open the new post in a new browser window once they click the notification , which means a more active forum members and a better moderation .

Features:

- VBM is easy to install and manage .
- VBM Means less resources required from your website server (MySQL Queries > CPU , Bandwidth) .
- VBM Means a more living forum , and a better moderation .

- It is easy to install and manage your VBulletin Messenger system .
- Fully Supported
- VBM takes less queries from DATABASE and takes less resources/bandwidth because it dosen't have to load the pictures/CSS/backgrounds or any other files from your server , it only loads a small list of online/offline contacts with information about last 10 posts and threads in the forum , which takes about 10-15 queries and max of 5kb-15kb transfere which is less a 1000-10000 times from only opening the forum home page .

Installation:

1 - Download the Server Side Script and Open the file "include.php" and edit the database details to match these of your forum config.php entries

2 - Upload all the PHP files in the "vbmsngr" directory in the root directory of your website "/public_html/" (You may need to create the "/public_html/vbmsngr" folder) .

3 - Tell your members and/or moderators about The Messenger Installation Pack which is the messenger desktop software
Every one who installs this software and have a membership in your forum can chat to each other .

To login to the messenger use your user name then the "@" sign then your forum URL . example : me@myforum.com , enter your password and you're in !!!
You can make a subdomain and add the Server Side Script in it , but then no one can login to the messenger unless they know the subdomain address .

Notes:
- Messenger accepts only usernames and passwords in english chars! ( other languages support coming soon! )
- There will not be any options of editing the [Sitename] Messenger / theme / skin / removing the @domain.com login method unless in custom versions , please refer to the website .

Download Messenger Installation File Here (http://vbm.teamerz.net/pack2.zip) ( it was big for attachment )



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[yotsume]

Remove post content: I posted before author updated his hack settings :)

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

WOW released for an older 3.7x and NOT SUPPORTED, no screenshots? no nothing! You expect to have people install this without you providing support!

NO THANKS!


you replied too fast , was updating the mod settings
its first time i post on vbulletin

anyway , thank you

mod Updated

[yotsume]

WOW Wicked Sick! LOL Sorry about that! This looks awesome! Is there a chat log for admins? On my board due to age of members I must be able to see all chats in a log. Is that an option?

[EvilJohn]

WOW released for an older 3.7x and NOT SUPPORTED, no screenshots? no nothing! You expect to have people install this without you providing support!

NO THANKS!

So rude.

[yotsume]

So rude.

No you dont understand it was before he had posted details! LOL Just bad timing so lets please move on and try this awesome looking mod!

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

there are currently no chat logs , because private messaging between members is thier privacy , for future versions there maybe a log for the public chat room , we just released this version to see what more it needs . and thank you for the comment .

And about support , we provide support for installation / uninstallation , usage or any other problems you may encounter with the messenger .

[KuJoe]

Note:
None English Usernames will not work on this mod


Does this mean that English Usernames aren't supported? *Confused*

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

no KuJoe , that means the messenger accepts only usernames and passwords in english , any other language is not supported yet . but chatting and communicating in any other language is OS dependable .

[dtv100]

any idea on resource compare to a chat room ?
I mean for example does this hack use more resourse than flash chat ?

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

almost the same , but the idea here is that your members won't have to wait for the flash chat to reload with every page changed , wich means reload of the whole SWF file which vary in size , and more queries to the database to reset/modify the user is logged in or not or any other information , plus this is a desktop application which means your members will be using it even when they close the explorer window , thus i may provide algorithims for coders to help any coder of a flash chat to integrate the messenger chat into a flash chat or ajax one .

Plus why to load an ajax / flash chat for a user that is not willing to enter the chat room ?

[yotsume]

there are currently no chat logs , because private messaging between members is thier privacy , for future versions there maybe a log for the public chat room , we just released this version to see what more it needs . and thank you for the comment .

And about support , we provide support for installation / uninstallation , usage or any other problems you may encounter with the messenger .

On one of my other boards I might have to try this out.

For a board that has minors though, if you ask me, in a chat room or IM program public or private there must be a log of what goes down. I have a international classroom board where teachers and parents as well as students interact. The parents love and demand everything their children do and say gets monitored and recorded.

[Veer]

Looks good, but doesn't work for me.
Always says.. "Could not connect to the service , please try again later"

[veenuisthebest]

Looks good, but doesn't work for me.
Always says.. "Could not connect to the service , please try again later"
same ..

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

we can do paid modofications for the messenger , but for privacy you maybe should let the members know thier chat logs will be recorded .

[KevinL]

This is only for pc's huh (exe file) not mac's??

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

for the people who couldn't run the messenger please give me your websites address
-- Common installation problems --

1 - the folder "vbmsngr" should be in the "public_html" folder and all php files from the "server side script" should be in it.
2 - You should edit "include.php" file to match the database entries of your forum
3 - You should have zend core installed on your server (ask your host) < Not needed any more
4 - yuou should login as "username@website.url"

you may contact for further information .

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

This is only for pc's huh (exe file) not mac's??

Yes , only for windows platform , more used .

[swissknife]

I cant get it to work :( , no connection!

[Veer]

for the people who couldn't run the messenger please give me your websites address
-- Common installation problems --

1 - the folder "vbmsngr" should be in the "public_html" folder and all php files from the "server side script" should be in it.
2 - You should edit "include.php" file to match the database entries of your forum
3 - You should have zend core installed on your server (ask your host) < Not needed any more
4 - yuou should login as "username@website.url"

you may contact for further information .
Checked everything, but same result, doesn't work.

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

Please give me the link for your website

[esperone]

wont install on my pc. I go through the installation but after the installation is complete, the files aren't on my pc and doesn't show up in the start menu. im using vista. maybe compatibility issues.

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

it works perfectly on vista , maybe administration issues , just right click the setup file and "run as administrator"

[esperone]

tried that but still no luck. nevermind. good mod though

[esperone]

quick question. are you gonna make a white label version where forum admins can have their forum logo on the app for example?

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

quick question. are you gonna make a white label version where forum admins can have their forum logo on the app for example?

as the logos does not have a standard size/url address this option is delayed till the creation of an administration panel for the messenger in next version .

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

Checked everything, but same result, doesn't work.

Pehchaan , you server for some reason block the connection from the messenger , this maybe caused for one of the following reasons (or else) :

1 - you server rejects the User Agnent Header in the HTTP request
The Messenger Sends the following user agent :
"User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; MRSPUTNIK 2, 0, 0, 36 HW; MRA 5.1 (build 02228); SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; Seekmo 10.0.424.0)"

2 - You have wrong permissions set for the vbmsngr folder or files in it
we couldn't find any other reasons / problems , the connection from the messenger to your server just drops for a "closing" state .

[swissknife]

@ www.boards-united.com it dosent work too. :(

No connection....

[ady2009]

for the people who couldn't run the messenger please give me your websites address
-- Common installation problems --

1 - the folder "vbmsngr" should be in the "public_html" folder and all php files from the "server side script" should be in it.
2 - You should edit "include.php" file to match the database entries of your forum
3 - You should have zend core installed on your server (ask your host) < Not needed any more
4 - yuou should login as "username@website.url"

you may contact for further information .
Done that but still don't work,my website adress is www.zforum.ro and if you want admin password or private stuff i can send you a PM. :) Thank you.

[dadoc]

A great mod idea

I will be checking this out

and installing this. :D

Thanks Amman-DJ.CoM nice work :D

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

To all who installed the mod and messenger did not connect , please redownload the server side script from the attachment and replace the PHP files in vbmsngr , you can skip the include.php file .

we are sorry for the problem , we just did not notice that that script was for local servers testing only . thank you .

[swissknife]

It still dosent work for me @ www.boards-united.com , sorry... :(

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

It still dosent work for me @ www.boards-united.com (http://www.boards-united.com) , sorry... :(

can you give us a test username and password please .

[swissknife]

yes, of course!

un : test
pw: tester

[s810car]

In the includes.php theres 2 parts that say "select * from" and "create table"

Those words have to be in CAPITAL letters (ie SELECT * FROM and CREATE TABLE)

when I changed that it worked for me :D nice mod!

-- BTW, is there any way for myself to customize the messenger? I would like to integrate my site's style and a few other things maybe, would love to have the ability to do that :D

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

yes, of course!

un : test
pw: tester

it worker when i used test@www.boards-united.com but did not work when i used test@boards-united.com due to a "301 Moved Permanently" header .

it would be better if you place the vbmsngr inside a folder for example "m" and create a subdomain "m.boards-united.com" , this would be a solution for the 301 error and any problems with connecting to the server with a www or without .

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

In the includes.php theres 2 parts that say "select * from" and "create table"

Those words have to be in CAPITAL letters (ie SELECT * FROM and CREATE TABLE)

when I changed that it worked for me :D nice mod!

-- BTW, is there any way for myself to customize the messenger? I would like to integrate my site's style and a few other things maybe, would love to have the ability to do that :D

unfortunatly there are no way we can give the EXE source code to change the title of the application or the skin/theme/design , but we make paid modifications to the exe , like removing the copywrite and site link from the bottom of the application , change the theme/skin , put the site/forum name to the title of the application , and remove the @domain.url to link directly to your forum (and link to other forums with the @ sign) .

And capitalization of MySQL queries does not affect if you use a new MySQL service running on the server with apachi and php4 or higher

[Blackheart_72]

Very nice, and worked first time.

Thanks

[swissknife]

it worker when i used test@www.boards-united.com but did not work when i used test@boards-united.com due to a "301 Moved Permanently" header .

it would be better if you place the vbmsngr inside a folder for example "m" and create a subdomain "m.boards-united.com" , this would be a solution for the 301 error and any problems with connecting to the server with a www or without .

THANK YOU very much!!!!

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

Very nice, and worked first time.

Thanks

Your Welcome

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

THANK YOU very much!!!!

Your Welcome :-)

[veenuisthebest]

I think, it has a compatibility issue with Yahoo Messenger. Since I have installed VBM, I am facing an iertutil.dll error saying "Could not locate component" on opening yahoo messenger.

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

I think, it has a compatibility issue with Yahoo Messenger. Since I have installed VBM, I am facing an iertutil.dll error saying "Could not locate component" on opening yahoo messenger.

VBM is a dependant software , and it no-way connected to yahoo messenger or any other software .

[Forum Lover]

I am getting this error. :(

Where to get that .dll and where to put?

[xuanhuy238]

i run vbb in dir /yega but messnger don't run /yega it run root :|

[veenuisthebest]

I am getting this error. :(

Where to get that .dll and where to put?
see.. same error i was talking about.

[s810car]

unfortunatly there are no way we can give the EXE source code to change the title of the application or the skin/theme/design , but we make paid modifications to the exe , like removing the copywrite and site link from the bottom of the application , change the theme/skin , put the site/forum name to the title of the application , and remove the @domain.url to link directly to your forum (and link to other forums with the @ sign) .

And capitalization of MySQL queries does not affect if you use a new MySQL service running on the server with apachi and php4 or higher

I would like to find out what that costs for these options are, and I'll definitely think about it :D

That's what I thought about the queries as well, but for some reason, it wouldn't create the tables in my database until I did that, and I'm on Apache 2.2.8 with MySQL 5 :confused: so I don't know why that fixed it, maybe just a quirk

[burlesque]

Works for me except there are a couple of issues:

1. No avatar is showing up next to my username, there is just a white box.
2. In the 'My Status' dropdown, <Cutom Message> should actually say <Custom Message> (is CuStom, not Cutom.

Also, a quick suggestion which would make things look a bit tidier...

In the 'Forum' section where it lists the last 10 posts, the current format looks a bit untidy. Instead of showing the format like this:

[THREAD TITLE] by [USERNAME]: Thread text is here etc...

It might look much nicer in the following format:

Thread Title
by Username (Post Time)

The text of the thread is not needed here as it is repeated underneath anyway and this is much more readable.

Also, I think that it needs to differentiate between when people start a new thread and when they reply to a thread. At the moment, it simply says:

"Username has started a thread..." regardless of whether it is a new thread or a reply to an existing thread.

Anyway, this app is damned good so far and is definitely something I will be able to utilise once things are a bit further down the line.

Like others, I would like to see an option where I could upload a logo (even if it has to conform to specific dimensions) and I would also like to be able to change the name from 'VBulletin Messenger' to [SITENAME] Messenger.

Anyway, all in all, this is a brilliant mod and shows a hell of a lot of potential!

[M-Tuning]

I would like to find out what that costs for these options are, and I'll definitely think about it :D


Would like to know it too!
If the price is considerable I think i will do it.

[charlee]

i run vbb in dir /yega but messnger don't run /yega it run root :|

Same here. My forums are installed in mysite.com/forum, not in the root folder...
The messenger can login, but it cannot load any info from the forums. When I click "Read More" or "Go to Forum", it takes me to the root. Is there a way we can get this to work? It would be really cool to have this on our forums.

[swissknife]

It seems, that that mod dosent take care about the forumsrights.

am i right?

[Veer]

Updated version works good now.
It is not getting our forum avatar pictures.

thanks.

[Forum Lover]

still its telling me that iertutil.dll was not found. :(

[Blackheart_72]

Updated version works good now.
It is not getting our forum avatar pictures.

thanks.

For avatars to show i changed the forum path in picture.php

[Jeordie015]

I can't unzip the file. It says its invalid.

[FreeEF]

There are no new messages and Total posts!

I cant not chat with Users.

[arakasi]

There are no new messages and Total posts!

I cant not chat with Users.
Same problem here

[edenx]

on winxp sp2 pro the messenger files didnt install fine i can't execute it.

[edenx]

How about you can offer an option to customize installer, phrases and colours of the application?

[burlesque]

I made the avatar change, as per Veccys recommendation and this fixed the problem, however I've just tried chatting with other forum members and this is not working at all.

All the other parts - eg new thread notifications, new friend additions are fine, but the chat thing certainly needs to work.

Also, on the Forum section, would it be possible to remove anything between the tags and just display the reply instead?

[Saint_I_Am]

Mine just says

Loading Contacts, Please Wait....

???

[veenuisthebest]

alright.. i must say great work by you, but i think you released it too early coz a lot of work needs to be done i think.

Besides the fact that it did not run for me, I don't know how, but it removed iertutil.dll from my PC and started spitting out DLL not found errors.

I uninstalled VBM, reinstalled Yahoo, ran system file checker but nothing helped. I even downloaded iertutil.dll but didn't work as there occured a version mismatch.

Atlast, I finally decided to reinstall windows but i thought of asking once for that dll from my friend. And that solved the problem, as I got the right version iertutil.dll :D

I hope the updated version would be much more stable. Waiting for it. thanks !

[jambo_1969]

Installed perfectly - everyone opens up okay except for my avatar and the last ten post....

[Artes_Marciales]

Nice idea!! : )
Thanks!

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

I am getting this error. :(

Where to get that .dll and where to put?

This dll file is not a part of the messenger , please tell me what OS you are using , i mean windows xp / vista ? , i will check this file

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

I would like to find out what that costs for these options are, and I'll definitely think about it :D

That's what I thought about the queries as well, but for some reason, it wouldn't create the tables in my database until I did that, and I'm on Apache 2.2.8 with MySQL 5 :confused: so I don't know why that fixed it, maybe just a quirk

check the website in the exe file before logging in

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

see.. same error i was talking about.

I wish i could have this error on one of the 5 PCs at my home so i can fix it , yet i did not get it , please upload the right version of the dll here , or give me a link for it .

and thank you for the report !!!

[scots69]

I type in my name and password and they are the correct name and password, and it says 'wrong name or password' and then there is a run-time error '424' ....

Could you help me here ?

[FreeEF]

What is with the other Problems?

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

Same here. My forums are installed in mysite.com/forum, not in the root folder...
The messenger can login, but it cannot load any info from the forums. When I click "Read More" or "Go to Forum", it takes me to the root. Is there a way we can get this to work? It would be really cool to have this on our forums.

will be fixed , for now please try creating a new subdomain named "FORUM" and put the "vbmsngr" folder to "public_html/forum" and login using @forum.site.com

i will fix it asap , thanks for the feedback

[jambo_1969]

Whilst this mod is potentially awesome, the coder really needs to check his php files better :)

picture.php has a src link to his own website's images....

Easily fixed, but should be done prior to launch

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

It seems, that that mod dosent take care about the forumsrights.

am i right?

Yes , it's still the 1st version released , we are currently developing administration panel , and to handle the forum rights

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

There are no new messages and Total posts!

I cant not chat with Users.

Please check you configuration file "include.php" and pay attention for the $table_prefix value and the $forum_url value

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

I type in my name and password and they are the correct name and password, and it says 'wrong name or password' and then there is a run-time error '424' ....

Could you help me here ?

yes , login with your username@site.com , where site.com is your domain name , the run time error is fixed in version 1.4 , will be uploaded by the end of the week

[jambo_1969]

Uninstalled...

Not comfortable about this mod in it's current state.

[burlesque]

Please check you configuration file "include.php" and pay attention for the $table_prefix value and the $forum_url value

There is no reference to a $forum_url value in my include.php!!!

[Veer]

alright.. i must say great work by you, but i think you released it too early coz a lot of work needs to be done i think.

Besides the fact that it did not run for me, I don't know how, but it removed iertutil.dll from my PC and started spitting out DLL not found errors.

I uninstalled VBM, reinstalled Yahoo, ran system file checker but nothing helped. I even downloaded iertutil.dll but didn't work as there occured a version mismatch.

Atlast, I finally decided to reinstall windows but i thought of asking once for that dll from my friend. And that solved the problem, as I got the right version iertutil.dll :D

I hope the updated version would be much more stable. Waiting for it. thanks !
Hi, Please share with me that iertutil.dll file, I also missed that.

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

There is no reference to a $forum_url value in my include.php!!!

please redownload the files from the new attachment uploaded , i just didn't have time to tell that , you replied too fast :)

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

** TO FIX AVATAR PROBLEMS PLEASE REDOWNLOAD THE NEW SERVER SIDE SCRIPTS **

from 13/9/2008

[scots69]

My board is - ructionjunction.com/board

I take it this doesn't work ?

[FreeEF]

also with new Version not work

[burlesque]

please redownload the files from the new attachment uploaded , i just didn't have time to tell that , you replied too fast :)

I've just reuploaded the new files and now it's saying 'Could Not Connect'. The last version worked fine - apart from the chat!

Okay, I've fixed the problem:

Find
$FORUM_URL='website-here' // no HTTP:// or trailing slash
And replace with
$FORUM_URL='website-here'; // no HTTP:// or trailing slash

ie, add the ';' to the end of the line!

[burlesque]

... although the chat is still not working!

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

My board is - ructionjunction.com/board

I take it this doesn't work ?

also with new Version not work

please give me the website address with a test username and password .

[FreeEF]

<a href="http://www.ekclan.de" target="_blank">www.ekclan.de</a>

User: testuser

PW: test

[kencasanova]

i got message, "Could not connect to service, please try again later" how can i do?

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

www.ekclan.de (http://www.ekclan.de)

User: testuser

PW: test

i see it works perfectly
user testuser@www.ekclan.de
pass test

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

i got message, "Could not connect to service, please try again later" how can i do?

Please leave website address and a test username / password

[FreeEF]

perfectly?

There are no new messages and Total posts!

I cant not chat with Users.

[Quarterbore]

I am tagging this to install it later this afternoon...

[duckdodger]

This is a fantastic idea, but a little too buggy for me at the moment. I'll be watching closely for updates :)

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

perfectly?

There are no new messages and Total posts!

I cant not chat with Users.

please contact me via MSN messenger , you can find the address in the website of the messenger , you can find the website on the bottom of the messenger before logging in

[FreeEF]

here my MSN

ekclan@live.de

or Yahoo

FreestylersEF

[veenuisthebest]

I wish i could have this error on one of the 5 PCs at my home so i can fix it , yet i did not get it , please upload the right version of the dll here , or give me a link for it .

and thank you for the report !!!

Hi, Please share with me that iertutil.dll file, I also missed that.


here is the dll..

[basilrath]

this seems a great concept with a few flaws ...........fixed and it will be a top mod

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

here is the dll..

thanks for the file . it seems that this file belongs to IE explorer , and that the messenger is using ie explorer to load the avatar , if you don't have ie7 , this file may make you some problems . thanks for sharing ... fixing

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

For those who had problems with showing contacts / no forum data / no inbox count / no private chats , please redownload the final server side scripting , and sorry for today mess ...

[C.Birch]

Looks very much like my old with with everything that it does and that, but nice to see someone taken over the idea and made it pc based.

[Calash]

How secure is this mod? Is it sending the login info plain text or is in encrypted? Is there any storage of the user info, ether on the client computer or on the server outside of the current VB databases?

Before I even think of offering something like this to my users I want to make sure I am not opening a major hole that could jeopardize there accounts.

[GoTTi]

WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

very nice so far. works on first install no problems.

this isnt HOTM quality tho, i must say. its not even close..........

this mod here is HACK OF THE YEAR or HACK OF THE LIFETIME OF VBULLETIN is what it should be!!!!

GREAT JOB.

[GoTTi]

issue:

when i click on Inbox and Sub buttons on the messenger, its taking me to http://site.com/private.php, it should be taking me to site.com/forums/private.php

how do we fix that?

[GoTTi]

actually all the links out of the messenger are not going to /forums/ directory. they just goto public_html only.

[citeman]

Getting the error: "The procedure point_wtof could not be located in dynamic link library msvcrt.dll" during installation.

Installing on Windows 2000 - I have IE 6.0.

[GoTTi]

application issue:

when im in contacts and i click on the radio button for "online only" its staying on that if i were to then click on my browser then go back to the messenger, the radio bubble goes back to everyone for online status, but it still is on "online only", then if i click again on IE it goes back to the list of everyone. its not staying on "online only" as my clicked option

[GoTTi]

wow this is ur first mod on here. thats cool for your first mod and you just possibly made the best mod on this entire site.

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

How secure is this mod? Is it sending the login info plain text or is in encrypted? Is there any storage of the user info, ether on the client computer or on the server outside of the current VB databases?

Before I even think of offering something like this to my users I want to make sure I am not opening a major hole that could jeopardize there accounts.

this mod is secure , it send the password already encrypted (better than a browser anyway) , there is a storage of the user information ONLY if the user clicks "save my password" , no other storage on the database , it reads and verifies the user directly from the vb database .

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

issue:

when i click on Inbox and Sub buttons on the messenger, its taking me to http://site.com/private.php, it should be taking me to site.com/forums/private.php

how do we fix that?

2 solutions
1 - creating a subdomain forums.site.com will solve the problem , but you should move the vbmsngr from public_html into /forum insode the public_html and the login will become @forum.site.com

2 - wait for the next version soon

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

Getting the error: "The procedure point_wtof could not be located in dynamic link library msvcrt.dll" during installation.

Installing on Windows 2000 - I have IE 6.0.

this is a strange error , maybe caused from the installer which we did not code , anyway thanks for the feedback , we are trying to resolve this problem too .

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

application issue:

when im in contacts and i click on the radio button for "online only" its staying on that if i were to then click on my browser then go back to the messenger, the radio bubble goes back to everyone for online status, but it still is on "online only", then if i click again on IE it goes back to the list of everyone. its not staying on "online only" as my clicked option

if there is no one online , the radio button will change to "everyone" automatically , we will check this problem anyway if there are any online contacts and the switching is still done , thank you for the feedback again :-D

[epsol]

I am having the same issue where the Send PM / view profile / inbox / subs and goto forum buttons goto the root domain instead of the subdir I have vb installed in. I don't know if this is a bug or not, but it would also be nice for it to parse BBCode in the last 10 posts....

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

I am having the same issue where the Send PM / view profile / inbox / subs and goto forum buttons goto the root domain instead of the subdir I have vb installed in. I don't know if this is a bug or not, but it would also be nice for it to parse BBCode in the last 10 posts....

for the folder problem ... as i said 4 times before
there are 2 solutions
1 - creating a subdomain forums.site.com will solve the problem , but you should move the vbmsngr from public_html into /forum insode the public_html and the login will become @forum.site.com

2 - wait for the next version soon

and the bbcode in the next version won't be parsed , it will be erased to show plain text , as the list control does not accept any styles .

thank you .

[peppercola]

this mod doesnt work with a mac :(

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

this mod doesnt work with a mac :(

Install MS Windows under a Virtual machine .

[harlita]

link for install files leads to 404. did you move the pack2.zip file?

[nerofix]

Login via E-Mail would be nice, don't you think?

And the thing with the non-latin passwords must be fixed somehow, I got a lot kyrillic and arabic passwords in our forum :)

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

link for install files leads to 404. did you move the pack2.zip file?

no , just uploading a new one with the folders thing fixed , will be available in moments .

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

Login via E-Mail would be nice, don't you think?

And the thing with the non-latin passwords must be fixed somehow, I got a lot kyrillic and arabic passwords in our forum :)

yes , but how will you login to your site ? myemail@gmail.com@mysite.com ???

and we are trying to solve the non-latin charachters problem , it seems some problems with encodng while encrypting .

[Webnower]

This looks pretty cool! Nice work :) Too bad it can't be customized without special arrangements... Is there no way to pull values from the site's CSS to style this? Would make this mod a lot more attractive.

I'll keep an eye on this.

[peppercola]

Install MS Windows under a Virtual machine .

last time I did that it crashed my machine so no thanks

[epsol]

this is just a minor thing, but do you realize in the title bar it says version 1.3, but when you hover over the icon in the systray it says 1.2?

[PokerVillain]

Does this mod have Linux ability? I'm using a computer with a Kubuntu Operating System which is a Linux OS. Would I be able to use this messenger on my computer? If not will there ever be any modifications to this mod done to allow it to be used on Linux?

[GoTTi]

banned users are able to use this. gunna have to implement some usergroup permissions on this. maybe making this a full plugin for the forum?

[GoTTi]

is there a way we can also make this show in the users postbit area and profile area that they are online on the messenger service?

[GoTTi]

also, need to figure out a way to either not show new post alerts, or a way to block forums ID's from the new post alert. if you have a RSS feed for news, it shows all the new threads the bot is posting.

[GoTTi]

pictures arent loading on the messenger also. is it suppose to show the avatar? 99% of users, well on my boards, use custom av's, .gif files. how can we make this pull the right code for the avatar?

[Hornstar]

This has potential at being a great mod. I will keep an eye on this one for sure! I too am interested in it being more customizable, will wait for future versions to see what happens. thanks.

[GoTTi]

never mind on post 125. i see that the image doesnt load if the avatar is on the server as a file, not in the db. need to figure out how to pull DB or direct file from avatar folder specified.

[GoTTi]

To get your avatar to be the actualy size of the avatar and look right in the messenger, open up picture.php in the package here and remove:


style="width:80px;height:80px;"


so it looks like


<?php
include "include.php";
echo '<img src="http://'.$FORUM_URL.'/image.php?u='.$_REQUEST["uid"].'">';
?>


this will make the avatar load as actual size. if the avatar is huge tho, i would assume its gunna make the messenger look wierd. i havent tried a large size image, but ya.

[Saint_I_Am]

still says

Loading Contacts, Please Wait....

I can now see my avatar but my post count is out by about 900 (lower)

I tried the final server side and version 1.4 files

[GoTTi]

saint i am, maybe that is a counter issue? on your forum admincp, do maintenance and update the threads and user profile stuff, close the messenger and relogin and see if it works

[GoTTi]

the "remember username and password" isnt working right. wont remember my details.

[Amman-DJ.CoM]

Guy's , i see that alot of people are interested about this MOD ,
i did not expect that,

Very Soon a NEW version will be available with features requested

Please, if you have feature please post it hear so i put it in my "To Do List"

Thank You All

[peppercola]

mac availability!! :)

[GoTTi]

i got ideas for the program:

1. Contacts - have option to delete contact

2. Default load to Online Users only, not Everyone

3. Maybe make it similar to AIM, where the offline users are in a category on its own, and online users are seperate when online, instead of having radio buttons for online and everone

4. Adding a Settings area so we can alter the colors. Each client might wanna alter the colors of the program, you know, to play around with it a little, and style it

5. Take the Inbox and Subscriptions button off the interface. move those to the Settings (if made) so users can select those as shortcut options themselves. also maybe make the New Messages turn into a link to the inbox if a message is there.

6. change VBulletin Messenger 1.x to "vBulletin Messenger", and add a "Help>About" drop down menu and have that show the version number as "vBulletin Messenger X.X", like regular IM clients have. but changing the vBulletin messenger to lowercase v and big B is a small edit, sicne vbulletin is vBulletin ya know ;)

7. removing the extra text of contacts and forum that shows under the tabs when clicked. the forum tab shows forum with a + looking sign on the end or something. that extra text isnt needed, and maybe renaming Forum to New Post or Recent Posting (if this option stays)

8. Maybe interlacing this with cyb chatbox and other shoutbox mods on here that load realtime, might have to use some AJAX technology with it, dunno.

9. like i said a few post ago, having the images for the avatars pull from either DB or file structure. i just moved my images to DB and now my avatar is loading right. i altered the picture.php file to show the image right by removing the size codes. dunno how you can implement that on the client. maybe adding a option inside Tools>Settings for a option to show avatar or not, user choice.

10. allow users to make groups for the usernames on here like AIM and MSN messenger. i like to categorize my buddy list so i know who is who by either name and website or whatever.

11. adding a "log chat" option so if users wanna save chats or whatever, they can have the client write teh data to a text file on their drives, like AIM allows.

im sure ill come up with more in a few minutes

[Forum Lover]

we can do paid modofications for the messenger , but for privacy you maybe should let the members know thier chat logs will be recorded .

Please PM me when u got time for paid one. There are something more I want to add for my forum.

So far its working fine for me.:up:

[GoTTi]

also excluding forums from showing in as recent post thru the client, dont want RSS bots and postings to show for no reason. i just had 25 boxes popup on my end cuz the bots posted their junk on time.