Saar
04-01-2011, 10:00 PM
I will work on a more user-friendly version of this article, I am not a programmer and this is actually my first modification, so there may still be some glitches. I originally wrote this modification, because I couldn't find any working hack for vBulletin 4 (which is the reason why I am writing these lines on vB.org), so I did some research and after two weeks I finally had a working active IRC nicklist on the forums. The main problem was to figure out, how to print the output of a text file on the forums and displaying it below "Currently Active Users" on FORUMHOME.
Those two articles were very helpful to me:
[1] http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/173937-How-to-Include-a-PHP-or-HTML-File
[2] https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=242454
Okay, let's start...
This modification requires an Eggdrop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggdrop) running on your server, please install and configure it first, before proceeding. On a Debian (Lenny) server you do that with the following command:
$ aptitude install eggdropCreate a directory where all modifications and config files are stored at with appropriate permissions
$ mkdir /home/eggdrop
$ adduser eggdrop
$ chown eggdrop:eggdrop /home/eggdrop
$ chmod 700 /home/eggdrop -rCopy the eggdrop configuration file to that directory
$ cp /usr/share/doc/eggdrop-data/examples/eggdrop.conf.gz /home/eggdrop
$ cd /home/eggdrop
$ gunzip eggdrop.conf.gzHow to get a working eggdrop.conf, please visit http://eggwiki.org/Eggdrop.
Now let's implement the required modification to get the user list.
$ nano eggdrop.confFind:
# A few IRC networks (EFnet and Undernet) have added some simple checks to
# prevent drones from connecting to the IRC network. While these checks are
# fairly trivial, they will prevent your Eggdrop from automatically
# connecting. In an effort to work-around these, we have developed a couple of
# TCL scripts to automate the process.
Below that add
source /home/eggdrop/nickplus.tclDownload the following modification from egghelp.org: NickPlus
[1] http://www.egghelp.org/tclhtml/3478-4-0-0-1-nicklist.htm
and upload the nickplus.tcl to /home/eggdrop
Edit the nickplus.tcl to make the necessary changes, read the commented lines!
$ nano nickplus.tclFind:
# Change dumpfile to the path where you'd like the file to be written.Below that add:
set dumpfile "/path/to/your/forum/nicklist.txt"Now log on to your vBulletin Administrator Control Panel and add the following plugin (Hook Location: global_start):
ob_start();
require_once('/path/to/your/forum/irc.php');
$php_include = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
vB_Template::preRegister('FORUMHOME',array('php_in clude' => $php_include));Create a irc.php in your forum home directory with the following contents:
$ touch /path/to/your/forum/irc.php
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$lines = file ('/path/to/your/forum/htdocs/nicklist.txt');
$count = count($lines);
if ($count == 1)
{
echo "There is currently ".$count." user online. Network: irc.rizon.net, Port: 6667, Channel: #yourchannel";
}
else{
echo "There are currently ".$count." users online. Network: irc.rizon.net, Port 6667, Channel: #yourchannel";
}
echo "<br>";
?>
<font color="#417394">
<?php
$fh = fopen("/path/to/your/forum/nicklist.txt", 'r');
$pageText = fread($fh, 25000);
echo $pageText;
?>
</font>
</body>
</html>
Create a nicklist.txt in your forum home directory with proper permissions:
$ touch /path/to/your/forum/nicklist.txt
$ chown eggdrop:eggdrop /path/to/your/forum/nicklist.txt
$ chmod 775 /path/to/your/forum/nicklist.txtIn your vBulletin Administrator Control Panel edit the FORUMHOME template:
Find:
<!-- end logged-in users -->
</vb:if>
{vb:raw template_hook.forumhome_wgo_pos2}
<vb:if condition="$show['upcomingevents']">
<div id="wgo_events" class="wgo_subblock section">
<h3 class="blocksubhead"><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/event.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase todays_events}" /><vb:if condition="$show['todaysevents']">{vb:rawphrase todays_events}<vb:else />{vb:rawphrase upcoming_events_for_the_next_x_days, {vb:raw vboptions.showevents}}</vb:if></h3>
<ol>
{vb:raw upcomingevents}
</ol>
</div>
</vb:if>
{vb:raw template_hook.forumhome_wgo_pos3}
<vb:if condition="$show['birthdays']">
Below that add:
<!-- irc -->
<div id="wgo_irc" class="wgo_subblock section">
<h3 class="blocksubhead"><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/users_online.png" alt="Currently Active IRC Users" />Currently Active IRC Users</h3>
<ol>{vb:raw php_include}</ol>
</div>
<!-- end irc -->
Now start your eggdrop:
$ aptitude install su
$ su eggdrop
$ cd ~
$ eggdrop -m ./eggdrop.confNow configure your bot, set password etc. (read the eggdrop help wiki!) and restart your bot.
$ eggdropEt voil?!
Any comments, feedback, suggestions? Wanna write a plugin for this or improve this modification? Go ahead, this is free for use.
Those two articles were very helpful to me:
[1] http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/173937-How-to-Include-a-PHP-or-HTML-File
[2] https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=242454
Okay, let's start...
This modification requires an Eggdrop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggdrop) running on your server, please install and configure it first, before proceeding. On a Debian (Lenny) server you do that with the following command:
$ aptitude install eggdropCreate a directory where all modifications and config files are stored at with appropriate permissions
$ mkdir /home/eggdrop
$ adduser eggdrop
$ chown eggdrop:eggdrop /home/eggdrop
$ chmod 700 /home/eggdrop -rCopy the eggdrop configuration file to that directory
$ cp /usr/share/doc/eggdrop-data/examples/eggdrop.conf.gz /home/eggdrop
$ cd /home/eggdrop
$ gunzip eggdrop.conf.gzHow to get a working eggdrop.conf, please visit http://eggwiki.org/Eggdrop.
Now let's implement the required modification to get the user list.
$ nano eggdrop.confFind:
# A few IRC networks (EFnet and Undernet) have added some simple checks to
# prevent drones from connecting to the IRC network. While these checks are
# fairly trivial, they will prevent your Eggdrop from automatically
# connecting. In an effort to work-around these, we have developed a couple of
# TCL scripts to automate the process.
Below that add
source /home/eggdrop/nickplus.tclDownload the following modification from egghelp.org: NickPlus
[1] http://www.egghelp.org/tclhtml/3478-4-0-0-1-nicklist.htm
and upload the nickplus.tcl to /home/eggdrop
Edit the nickplus.tcl to make the necessary changes, read the commented lines!
$ nano nickplus.tclFind:
# Change dumpfile to the path where you'd like the file to be written.Below that add:
set dumpfile "/path/to/your/forum/nicklist.txt"Now log on to your vBulletin Administrator Control Panel and add the following plugin (Hook Location: global_start):
ob_start();
require_once('/path/to/your/forum/irc.php');
$php_include = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
vB_Template::preRegister('FORUMHOME',array('php_in clude' => $php_include));Create a irc.php in your forum home directory with the following contents:
$ touch /path/to/your/forum/irc.php
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$lines = file ('/path/to/your/forum/htdocs/nicklist.txt');
$count = count($lines);
if ($count == 1)
{
echo "There is currently ".$count." user online. Network: irc.rizon.net, Port: 6667, Channel: #yourchannel";
}
else{
echo "There are currently ".$count." users online. Network: irc.rizon.net, Port 6667, Channel: #yourchannel";
}
echo "<br>";
?>
<font color="#417394">
<?php
$fh = fopen("/path/to/your/forum/nicklist.txt", 'r');
$pageText = fread($fh, 25000);
echo $pageText;
?>
</font>
</body>
</html>
Create a nicklist.txt in your forum home directory with proper permissions:
$ touch /path/to/your/forum/nicklist.txt
$ chown eggdrop:eggdrop /path/to/your/forum/nicklist.txt
$ chmod 775 /path/to/your/forum/nicklist.txtIn your vBulletin Administrator Control Panel edit the FORUMHOME template:
Find:
<!-- end logged-in users -->
</vb:if>
{vb:raw template_hook.forumhome_wgo_pos2}
<vb:if condition="$show['upcomingevents']">
<div id="wgo_events" class="wgo_subblock section">
<h3 class="blocksubhead"><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/event.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase todays_events}" /><vb:if condition="$show['todaysevents']">{vb:rawphrase todays_events}<vb:else />{vb:rawphrase upcoming_events_for_the_next_x_days, {vb:raw vboptions.showevents}}</vb:if></h3>
<ol>
{vb:raw upcomingevents}
</ol>
</div>
</vb:if>
{vb:raw template_hook.forumhome_wgo_pos3}
<vb:if condition="$show['birthdays']">
Below that add:
<!-- irc -->
<div id="wgo_irc" class="wgo_subblock section">
<h3 class="blocksubhead"><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/users_online.png" alt="Currently Active IRC Users" />Currently Active IRC Users</h3>
<ol>{vb:raw php_include}</ol>
</div>
<!-- end irc -->
Now start your eggdrop:
$ aptitude install su
$ su eggdrop
$ cd ~
$ eggdrop -m ./eggdrop.confNow configure your bot, set password etc. (read the eggdrop help wiki!) and restart your bot.
$ eggdropEt voil?!
Any comments, feedback, suggestions? Wanna write a plugin for this or improve this modification? Go ahead, this is free for use.