VSA Chatbox AJAX Addon (New Posts/New Reply Notification)

[Inflikted]

I originally had this posted in the VSA Chat thread however with the endless amount of posts the script is somewhat lost in there :), plus I have a small update for it to remove the notification for edited/deleted posts which many people asked for, I apologize I posted the outdated version before.


UPDATE April 27th 2010
-Added Arabic Translations Thanks Dr.osamA

UPDATE April 24th 2010
-Added in failsafe incase you don't use html markups, to default back to admincp option choice for userid color

UPDATE April 24th 2010
-Added new member registration notification
-Added username html markup for colors
-Added option to turn off various plugins/products

UPDATE April 21st 2010
-Created a product, so its easier to edit the options for people :)
-Option to name your RSSFeedBot

New Installation Instructions:
1. Make sure VSA Chatbox AJAX is installed (grab it here https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=235271)
2. Install the attached xml below in your Product section of AdminCP
3. In vbulletin options you can edit the product in VSA Chatbox Addons category

Update Instructions:
1. Remove all plugin first
2. Install this new product
3. In vbulletin options you can edit the product in VSA Chatbox Addons category

Thats about it :)

You can see an example in the photo below or on my website I have it running as well Demo: http://www.freefrag.com

Coming Soon...
Additional Requested Options from members
-Arcade win announcements
-New members announcement
-Sound Alert Option

[Juggernaut]

Tagged, will try right now :D

[Juggernaut]

How do I change the font color, it is lost in my forum skin, also, I haven't been able to translate the language with phrases :)

[Inflikted]

you can modify the line with $message=... it's simply bbcoding involved. Currently its

First color is set to silver for the username. 2nd Color is set to white for the rest of the thread. You can remove the bbcoding and it will default to the normal color. I apologize my theme is set to dark so I left it for a dark theme, anyone with a bright theme won't be able to see squat lol. I'll post a version stripped of bbcode in a bit.

$message = '' . $username . ' replied to the thread ' . $titleprefix . unhtmlspecialchars($this->info['thread']['title']) . $titlesuffix;

[Kingdombuilder]

At the risk of looking like a complete idiot what is the ID for that you speak of to change. Trying to figure out what changing it does... Great mod by the way, it is just what I was looking for...

[Inflikted]

sorry I fixed the post, instead of id it should have said userid. By default its assigned to 1. But you can create a fake forum account for a PostBot or w/e you want to call it lol. and then assign the userid of the postbot. As I have done on my site.

[Juggernaut]

Exelente mod, Working perfectly now :D

[Kingdombuilder]

Thanks bro will get it done now... I'm loving this mod so far...

I do however see one thing. the new threads are not updating in the chatbox, but the reply post are. Any suggestions?

[Inflikted]

you would need to copy/paste whats in your plugin for new thread, possibly some edit you made went wrong.

[Kingdombuilder]

now when i make a new thread i get this error:

Edit: Problem fixed thanks...

[AURFSCAN]

needs to go to the last post instead of going to the first

[Kingdombuilder]

See post below....

[Kingdombuilder]

needs to go to the last post instead of going to the first

Not sure what you mean by this... i must tell you that i'm not a coder at all, but I'm good at following instructions...

[AURFSCAN]

when I click on the link in the chatbox (new reply link) ... it takes me to the first post in that thread. being a new reply it should go to the last post in the thread.

thx

[The_____KinG]

same error as kingdom builder for new threads

[RedDevil]

installed:)

Does this take into account forum permissions? ie members seeing staffroom posts

EDIT: its also not posting for new threads in shoutbox only replies

[Kolbi]

How much ressources does this hack need?

[ellinofatsa]

thanks works fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
now its good for the next hack to make a plugin with sound of any new post!!!!

[ProFifaLeagues]

Will this also work on 4.0???

[Inflikted]

sorry about that, in my haste of clean the script up I missed a closing bracket in the new thread plugin. that should be fixed now in the updated version. please redownload it.

as far as people not being moved to the newest post, is this happening to everyone? on my forum it moves you to the newest post, not the first post. I defined it so it links by the postid, so it should be forwarding it properly.

new thread posts should be in this kind of formatting.. http://www.freefrag.com/showthread.php?t=3368
a new reply should be in this kind of formatting http://www.freefrag.com/showthread.php?p=28214#post28214

your not running any SEO stuff are you? that could possibly mess it up trying to find the individual post

if alot of people are getting this issue.. i can define and different so the link shows up as.. http://www.freefrag.com/showthread.php?t=1923&goto=newpost

[cory_booth]

Hey not sure if this has been mentioned before but...
I had problems with this (from the earlier posting) when a Forum has a ' in the title.

I added this line of e code to each plugin - immediately after the $message is created:

$message = str_replace("'", "", $message);

This fixes the SQL errors....

[Inflikted]

thanks alot cory, ill add that in.

[cory_booth]

thanks alot cory, ill add that in.

Ofcourse I just drop the ' from the title, but I guess there is a way to send the ' to the db without the error? I was too lazy to figure it out... LOL

[cory_booth]

Inflikted...

Do you think you can package this up as a plugin?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1992214&postcount=742
I'd like everyone to have this in their tool belt too - it got lost in all the posts as well..
(I don't know how to make the plugins - especially ones that edit the master database tables...)

[Inflikted]

cory I think if you look into mysql_real_escape_string that should help with the '
but i haven't used that function before, I would have to look into it a bit.

ya cory I can try to do that tonight when I'm home from work.

[Kingdombuilder]

Thanks have updated and will let you know how it goes...

[Kolbi]

I figured out a bug :)

Then a feed creates a new thread Unregistered is shown as poster.

[Kingdombuilder]

Is there a way to send private messages to someone who is chatting without all seeing it? One more thing if possible, i notice that in the original post of the base mod you have list a few of the features and said that there are more. Is there a way to get a complete list of all the features of the chatbox to share with my other admins?

One suggestion: When a new member joins can that update in the chatbox as well? That would be awesome... Could click on he/she name and it takes you straight to their profile page to welcome them. Seeing that i have the chatbox on FORUMDISPLAY you never have to leave the chatbox to function on the site. For those trying to greet new members and function on the site it would be great.

I'm loving the reply and new thread update. it allows you to keep in tune of whats is going on on your site without having to leave the chatbox.

[Inflikted]

Is there a way to send private messages to someone who is chatting without all seeing it? One more thing if possible, i notice that in the original post of the base mod you have list a few of the features and said that there are more. Is there a way to get a complete list of all the features of the chatbox to share with my other admins?

One suggestion: When a new member joins can that update in the chatbox as well? That would be awesome... Could click on he/she name and it takes you straight to their profile page to welcome them. Seeing that i have the chatbox on FORUMDISPLAY you never have to leave the chatbox to function on the site. For those trying to greet new members and function on the site it would be great.

I'm loving the reply and new thread update. it allows you to keep in tune of whats is going on on your site without having to leave the chatbox.

just keep in mind I am not the original author of VSA chatbox :) Simply a fan, some of the things your asking above would require to understand the mechanics of the VSA chatbox. the thing about when a new member joins.. that is something I can probably do :)

[AURFSCAN]

hi Inflikted, I'm still having problems where clicking link goes to first post.

my new post formatting is .com.au/showthread.php?2852-Anti-virus-program&p=31717#post31717

[nikosb]

very nice.
Thanks

[legacy123]

Could this possibly be integrated with BananaLive's tournaments & ladders mod?

[Inflikted]

Could this possibly be integrated with BananaLive's tournaments & ladders mod?

i'll look into it when i get time. currently I am working on some other projects I need to get finished first.

[Rckcrwlr]

Forum Permissions???

I have several "Private" Categories that when a thread is posted or a reply, the whole world can see...

Not good.

[Inflikted]

plugin has been updated now for easier modification. more options to be added soon in the future! if your upgrading please make sure you remove the old plugins first. thanks

[AURFSCAN]

cool , will try thankyou


lol - Created a product, so its easier to edit the options for people :)

[AURFSCAN]

Now it's Perrrfect...

great work

[Inflikted]

thanks alot aurfscan.
i've completed the new members notification part of the plugin but i'll wait to update that i want to get the rest of the other things people requested added in and give you the ability to turn on/off each of the functions.

[chriske]

Nice mod, installed.

It would be nice if there was an option to allow certain forums..

I only want 3 boards to allow posting to chatbox, its a pain in the ass to block all boards :(

[cloferba]

i have vbseo installed..and when a user post...the chat links to the post using showthread.php? function...instead of vbseo rewrite

but..no only that...if i link to that showthread.php? link...i cant see the post (no valid link message)

please, update this to work with vbseo settings =)

[Inflikted]

I currently run vbseo on my forums as well. VBSEO will automatically correct the link from showthread.php.. to the proper seo link. make sure vbulletin is reading the link properly. Go into your admincp, options, and then Server Settings and Optimizations Options and make sure Standard URL's is applied. this won't affect vbseo and how it displays the links. But it will fix your linking issue. There is no point showing SEO links in a chatbox since search engines aren't reading it anyways.

[cloferba]

i have upgraded to 4.0.3 and now it works ok...

however, i have the same options you have mentioned..so the problem was only with 4.0.2 version

[Inflikted]

oh ok :P woops

[Da-Vinci]

When a user makes a thread on my forum, there username is defined by the colur set in the settings for this add on, however would it not be possible to use the correct HTML mark up, so each user is defined by the usergroup they belong to?

Also, how about an option to only show new threads, rather than new threads and new replies?

Great addon by the way to what is already the best VB 4.0 Chatbox. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

[Inflikted]

When a user makes a thread on my forum, there username is defined by the colur set in the settings for this add on, however would it not be possible to use the correct HTML mark up, so each user is defined by the usergroup they belong to?

Also, how about an option to only show new threads, rather than new threads and new replies?

Great addon by the way to what is already the best VB 4.0 Chatbox. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

http://www.hostmypics.org/pictures/3784a2e3d2aab8f9c84e8b0719f2d4c5.png

i'm going to be gone this weekend. but I'll try and give you the option to turn new threads / new replies on/off. thats easy to do :P

I will look into html markups. It requires some extra querying since vbulletin is a little silly with its database tables

[Da-Vinci]

I look forward to it and thank you for all the time you have put into this.

[cloferba]

i want to see the option to "not show notifications of forums id´s:"

i dont want to show notifications to users from a xxx forum...so please include this option next time

[Inflikted]

i want to see the option to "not show notifications of forums id?s:"

i dont want to show notifications to users from a xxx forum...so please include this option next time

i dont exactly understand what your asking you want to be able to block certain forums.. or users? if its forums.. that already exists

i should have the new fixes in tomorrow night hopefully
-Colored names based on username html markups
-New Member registration notice
-On/off buttons for all the features

[cloferba]

i dont exactly understand what your asking you want to be able to block certain forums.. or users? if its forums.. that already exists

i should have the new fixes in tomorrow night hopefully
-Colored names based on username html markups
-New Member registration notice
-On/off buttons for all the features

yeah sorry...i have found that option, it was not very well explained on the admincp options =)

[Inflikted]

UPDATE April 24th 2010
-Added new member registration notification
-Added username html markup for colors
-Added option to turn off various plugins/products

[legacy123]

hmmm If I may make a suggestion
-integration with bananalive's tournaments & ladders
-integration with vBookie

[Inflikted]

ill add it to my todo list legacy, i havent really used either of those products so i need to look into it.

[legacy123]

alright but ummm I now have an error in which when i go to make a thread/post it says

{user} replied to the thread {thread}

the problem is is that it is not accepting color and so ... shows up

[syrn]

gooood, 5* , installed

[Inflikted]

alright but ummm I now have an error in which when i go to make a thread/post it says

{user} replied to the thread {thread}

the problem is is that it is not accepting color and so ... shows up

sorry legacy it was a stupid mistake, i forgot to put in a failsafe for those who don't use html markups. hopefully this should work for you now, try the new update.

[Da-Vinci]

Hi Inflikted, I've just tried the latest version, I use HTML Mark up but mine shows like this.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Maybe I have my Mark Up set wrong?

<b><span style='color:red;'> - </b>

Not sure if that's how everybody else does it, I used this method on my old VB3.X forums.

[Inflikted]

the ; is unnessasary you can remove it and it should work

sorry i had to use regex coding to strip the color, because valtar is using bbcode in parsing his script.. rather than reinventing what he did, i just converted html color to bbcode color.

[Da-Vinci]

Worked a treat, thanks for a great modificaction https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

[Inflikted]

no problem :) I am currently working next on the Arcade record break announcement should have that done soon.

[fluidswork]

Great Mod .............

[Dr.osamA]

thanxxxx

installed + 5 stars + translate to Arabic

plzzz add to original post

[imbonez9]

Uninstalled for the following reasons:

-No option to easily and completely turn off new post notification in chatbox - I use vsa advanced stats, so no need for this
-No way to resize the chatbox by user or admin control - would prefer admin control at least
-NOT ajax as indicated - refreshes with what seems to be a meta refresh based on admin-set interval - could see it refresh
-Server intensive with low intervals like 5 seconds but longer intervals can lead to missed messages

Ordinarily would just mark the product as bad, but with the first 2 complaints being fixable, I'd like to see if they get fixed, and then will rate.

[Inflikted]

Uninstalled for the following reasons:

-No option to easily and completely turn off new post notification in chatbox - I use vsa advanced stats, so no need for this
-No way to resize the chatbox by user or admin control - would prefer admin control at least
-NOT ajax as indicated - refreshes with what seems to be a meta refresh based on admin-set interval - could see it refresh
-Server intensive with low intervals like 5 seconds but longer intervals can lead to missed messages

Ordinarily would just mark the product as bad, but with the first 2 complaints being fixable, I'd like to see if they get fixed, and then will rate.

"-No option to easily and completely turn off new post notification in chatbox - I use vsa advanced stats, so no need for this"
Thats already been fixed, there have been 4 new versions after 1.00

"-No way to resize the chatbox by user or admin control - would prefer admin control at least"
That adjustable in VSA Chatbox this is VSA Chatbox Addons

"Server intensive with low intervals like 5 seconds but longer intervals can lead to missed messages"
That adjustable in VSA Chatbox this is VSA Chatbox Addons

the rest is the VSA Chatbox m8, this is just an addon to it. I am not the original author for VSA Chatbox, you may want to bring that up in this post https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=235271

[legacy123]

Any Status on the recommendation I gave for tournament&ladders and vBookie??? Tournaments&ladders would really only be the one to focus on as vbookie requires new thread but tournamenats & ladders has alot of things that could be notified

[J9778CF5F0B5]

I get a missing security token message. Any ideas?

[Dr.osamA]

where is the message man ??

what message ??

[MrKramer]

Thank you rated 5 stars

I made a Dutch translation

please add to first post:)

[legacy123]

Could there be a notification added so that when someone posts x amount of times to get a rank in the vb system it will say {user} promoted to {rank}

[vilhiem]

works great, thanks!!!

QUESTION: Is there any way ChatBox could bet set up to "highlight the windows taskbar" or something to notify user of a new message (e.g., a new chat message, post, or reply) ...?

Thanks!

[carrlos]

Installed, worked great, great mod.....but....I'm tired of all the coder's adding hyperlinks to the bottom of my website without telling me.

Uninstalled (too bad, it's a great mod).

[DeviantFlash]

I kinda like the mod, but it works when it wants too. It posts about every 5 posts or so

[vilhiem]

This is a great mod and seems to run perfectly on vB4 ...!

Carrlos ... what do you mean when you say that "coders are adding hyperlinks". This is a "chat" tool so of course in the midst of chatting the users will paste hyperlinks to add to their thoughts that they're expressing. Not sure what you mean.

My BIGGEST desire is to have the program initiate a FlashWindow function to highlight the taskbar when new messages are posted. This would be especially helpful so users can be viewing "other" windows and "be alerted" to go back to mine when a new message is posted.

[DeviantFlash]

How do I find forum id's?

[ximenavi]

I need to version 4.0.4

[NAVAMUEL]

I need to version 4.0.5

[mattpist]

Hi Inflikted, I've just tried the latest version, I use HTML Mark up but mine shows like this.

http://www.hostmypics.org/pictures/1b0ec3a968f45182d46ecdb17bf7177c.png

Maybe I have my Mark Up set wrong?

<b><span style='color:red;'> - </b>

Not sure if that's how everybody else does it, I used this method on my old VB3.X forums.

the ; is unnessasary you can remove it and it should work

sorry i had to use regex coding to strip the color, because valtar is using bbcode in parsing his script.. rather than reinventing what he did, i just converted html color to bbcode color.

it seems like if you use more than one attribute for the html markup for user names, it still messes up like so:

Matt Pist has posted the thread StP blog is now online!

other than that, it's a sweet plugin, thanks!

[k1klass]

unistalled, great mod but footer link makes my template look messy

[ellinofatsa]

Sound Alert Option

is that ready??

[ellinofatsa]

???

[mattpist]

any word on my issue above?

[Seekz]

Hi guys, is there any code I can use to modify the background colour of the chat(text box field) it is currently black with a black skin = unable to see anything.

Thanks

[utahraves]

Suggestion: Open links in new window.

[konan767]

Waiting so long to the new add-on Sound Alert Option.
And I prefer the sound is in swf format.

Thanks.

[ellinofatsa]

i am waiting for the sound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ellinofatsa]

Any News From Sound Alert?

[zonaenlinea]

Perfect thanks...

[ellinofatsa]

Any News From Sound Alert?????

[mattpist]

it seems like if you use more than one attribute for the html markup for user names, it still messes up like so:

Matt Pist has posted the thread StP blog is now online!

other than that, it's a sweet plugin, thanks!

can anyone point out how to fix this? id do it myself if i knew what i was looking for.

[ninjaj0k3r]

Works perfectly!

[leejohn02]

is there any way to setup the mods to they can delete all messages and not page my page

[Nightcop]

I did all of that but when I go to my site its not there?

[Nightcop]

Update Instructions:
1. Remove all plugin first
2. Install this new product
3. In vbulletin options you can edit the product in VSA Chatbox Addons category

What do you mean by remove all plugin first?

Somebody please help!

[robsta]

can anyone point out how to fix this? id do it myself if i knew what i was looking for.

same error !

[n00bl3t]

Ah neat mod but I really hate the thing at the footer...screws up the style...

Where can I go to remove this?

[illeagle]

I have installed this but do not see an option for sound. Is it in this mod and I am just missing it somehow?

[fookaa]

Hi,

Can anyone help me add user avatars in line with their chat please ?

Thanks in advanced for any assistance :D

[ohadpartuck]

Hi,
I Tried to change the backgroud color by adding
#vsacb_messagearea{
background-color: lightgray;}

but it looks like it set locally in the element itself.
looked for the element with no luck..

anyone?

[I.G.O.T.A.]

it seems like if you use more than one attribute for the html markup for user names, it still messes up like so:

Matt Pist has posted the thread StP blog is now online!

other than that, it's a sweet plugin, thanks!

I have the same issue so had to uninstall. :(

[Slipperyduck]

Multiple Attributes - I worked around this by doing the following:

Since my SPAN statement looks like so:
<span style="color: #F1A010; font-weight: bold;">
and not <span style="color: #F1A010;">

I went and had a look at the plugin code as follows:

admincp -> Plugins & Products -> Plugin Manager -> VSA New Reply
&
admincp -> Plugins & Products -> Plugin Manager -> VSA New Thread

The coder uses preg_match - whilst I know nothing really about coding as such, I applied a bit of logic and expanded his preg_match a little to match how I multi-attribute my Usergroups.

So it looks like this BEFORE:
preg_match("#<span[^style|>]?style=['|\"]?[^color:]color:[\s+]?(.*?)[;]?['|\"]?['|\"]?>#",$usernameopen,$newcolor);

More or less I needed modify the match as stated below
<span style="color: #F1A010;"> [change it to]--> <span style="color: #F1A010; font-weight: bold;">

To do so would add this code somewhere (well after the color style ; semi-colon to be exact):
?[^font-weight:]font-weight:[\s+]?[^bold]bold[;]


My Final Code:

preg_match("#<span[^style|>]?style=['|\"]?[^color:]color:[\s+]?(.*?)[;]?[^font-weight:]font-weight:[\s+]?[^bold]bold[;]?['|\"]?['|\"]?>#",$usernameopen,$newcolor);


So to be clear, here's the before and after:

BEFORE
preg_match("#<span[^style|>]?style=['|\"]?[^color:]color:[\s+]?(.*?)[;]?['|\"]?['|\"]?>#",$usernameopen,$newcolor);

AFTER
preg_match("#<span[^style|>]?style=['|\"]?[^color:]color:[\s+]?(.*?)[;]?[^font-weight:]font-weight:[\s+]?[^bold]bold[;]?['|\"]?['|\"]?>#",$usernameopen,$newcolor);



THIS IS WHAT THE CHATBOX DISPLAYED BEFORE:
SlipperyDuck replied to the thread Facebook Integration Now up.

THIS IS WHAT THE CHATBOX DISPLAYED AFTER:
SlipperyDuck replied to the thread Facebook Integration Now up.

[shershen08]

Suggestion: Open links in new window.

I support this suggestion!:up:

[Wolver2]

How do I add to the Name of the Poster . ']' . $username . '

- The Real usergroup color of the Poster
- Add the Url linking to the Poster's Profile page

[FTG LIQUID CL]

Would there be away to add a pm notification to the chat box kinda like the new thread and post notification.Maybe this would be something to add to the vsa chat box add on. I know DBtech chat box has this feature but I like th VSa chat box much better.

[Wolver2]

Also maybe a way to also show the Forum where a New thread has been posted in to?

[justicechick]

Working great in my 4.2.1 forum. THANKS

[madness85]

i have a big problem with this. AE detector posts a thread when multi acc is found it still adds the message in chatbox so all users can see even if the forum id is added not to show that section :(

please help :)

[madness85]

Anyone?

[iraqiboy90]

Do not install this addon if you have private forums.
It will how the messages to every usergroups, including the usergroups that doesnt have permission to access the private sections.

[Wolver2]

hi @Inflikted I was wondering if you could add Prefixes showing.. as Prefixes are being ignored :/

[Wolver2]

@iraqiboy90 no it wont, you can set to ignore specific forums

[temsamane]

any update for this great addon?

[iraqiboy90]

@iraqiboy90 no it wont, you can set to ignore specific forums

Why would I want to do that when this tool should automatically create "load_forum_show_variables" or "template condition" instead of blocking a section totally?

[aae55555]

Thanks for this. It should however not show threads which have been automatically moderated.

[hazem_aliraqi]

can I add who is chating in forumhome ? like who is online Now ?

[Zoul]

Is it possible to get notifications for new topics:

* Blog
* In the CMS

Ty

[Duckface]

I have a problem with the plugin:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/04/14.png

When I reinstalled the plugin with a fresh xml, it still has same error. And no, the [color] bbcode is not banned in the chatbox settings.

[Rodrigo.]

Thanks work perfect in Vb 4.2.0