Ideal Chat Lite (facebook style bottom chat/chatroom bar) v1.3.0

[Ideal Web Tech]

This modification adds a bottom bar chat system to your board.

Features
Friend?s Online List (mutal or all friends)
Integration with vBulletin's ignore system so users can block messages from people they want
General Chat Room
User-to-User Chat
Chat with friends
Support for infinite number of open chats
Automatic Updating of chat messages
New message indicators
Indicator on Chat Tab for new messages
A sound plays for new messages
Page title flashes for new messages
Indicator for new messages on tabs out of view
Multiple window support
Supports users having your site open in multiple windows/tabs
Changes in one window automatically apply to other windows
Automatically disables chat bar for mobile browsers
Help save bandwidth for your mobile users Settings
Admin Settings
Chat online
Ban individual users from chat
Update stream time limit
Update stream delay
Settings & Chat Room link Positions
Change where the links show at, or hide them all-together
Usergroup Settings
Can use chat Can use chat room
User Settings
Hide Chat bar
New message notification method Change Log
For a full list of changes, please visit: http://community.idealwebtech.com/index.php?app=downloads&module=display&section=changelog&file=15

Installation/Upgrade
See included readme file.

Demo
You can see a demo here (http://www.extremegamezone.com/) (You can can register a new account, or use the Login, "Ideal Chat Demo", and password, "chatdemo") This demo is of the pro version which can be found here (http://community.idealwebtech.com/store/product/11-ideal-chat-pro-v1x-vbulletin-4/)!

Support
This modification is released for free, and as such we don't officially support it; however, as time permits we will try to offer support on it. We will NOT be monitoring this thread on a daily basis, your best bet for a fast reply would be to go post here (http://community.idealwebtech.com/forum/22-vbulletin-4/).

Common Issues/Topics
Chat Bar Don't Show Up?
Have you configured the usergroup settings? This is the most common issue we see, and 99% of the time it is due to usergroup settings not being configured properly. So if your bar is not showing up, please verify your usergroup settings before reporting it as an issue.

Messages Don't Show Up?
We are aware of an issue causing messages to not show up for some people, and are looking into fixes.

Modification Has Conflict With Another Product
There is always a chance that two products will conflict with each other! We are aware of some, but please feel free to tell us about any products you find to conflict via our Bug Tracker on our site.

Chat Doesn't Support Certain Characters
The chat can only support the characters your board itself can support! If you would like to support certain characters, you must have your board using a charset that supports them. We have only ever once noticed a chat that didn't support every character the board did, and we are looking in it.

Chat Kills My Server
We have tested the chat extensively for server friendliness, and have found it to be very gentle on servers. We have seen the script run with hundreds of active users without putting hardly any load on the server. However, an improperly configured server may result in any reverse-AJAX/push-AJAX/Comet based chat script killing the server. If you find that your server slows down after installation, you may want to talk with your host about raising your MySQL and Apache Max Connection Limits to a more appropriate amount!

[lapiervb]

Does this mod slow the website at all? is there a paid version?

[Jimandbob]

Looks good Tim ;)

[Ideal Web Tech]

Does this mod slow the website at all? is there a paid version?

We have been running it on one of our live sites during almost the entire development phase, and we couldn't notice our site slowing any. We also monitored our server load regularly, and found it to not really even touch the server.

For a short time during the development, there was a bug that kept the connections from closing correctly, and at one point we had over a 100 copies running, and we didn't even notice for a while because our server load was so low, and our site was still loading normally. (Don't worry though, we fixed that bug!)

As for a paid version, you can find the pro version on our website in our store.

Looks good Tim ;)

What about Brian? :)

[clubvr4]

Is this mod hosted? or does it run on our own servers?

[lapiervb]

I would be interested in the pro version possibly. Can you explain the limitations of this version or the benefits of the pro version please.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Is this mod hosted? or does it run on our own servers?

You run it on your own server.

I would be interested in the pro version possibly. Can you explain the limitations of this version or the benefits of the pro version please.

The pro version has more features including support to parse bbcode, urls, smilies, and over 165 slash commands such as /me, /wave... It also has support to allow users to chat with admins.

We are also planning to build a chat room system into both versions in the next few days, and once that is done, the pro version won't have any limits on the number of rooms, or who can create rooms, etc., while the lite version will only have 1 general chat room most likely.

We're also open for any ideas people would like to see implemented!

[tdkmatt]

i do nto see it, and it didnt put anythign into the usergoups section? www.fatalitynetworking.com/forum

[Ideal Web Tech]

i do nto see it, and it didnt put anythign into the usergoups section? www.fatalitynetworking.com/forum

You know what, your absolutely correct! We accidentally included the xml for the the pro versions usergroup settings.

I have fixed it now, if you don't see anything from the new file that's up, please let me know and I'll look into it more.

[lild100]

Looks like a fantastic mod!

I have installed everything correctly im sure.. however there is no chat system on the site...

where abouts is the 4) Configure Settings (Don't forget the usergroup settings!)

I think this why i cannot see any chat system on the site, I havent configured the usergroup... how do i do this?

Thanks

Dan

[lapiervb]

Do you have a demo link where I can see this working? My apologies for the questions this should be the last one.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Looks like a fantastic mod!

I have installed everything correctly im sure.. however there is no chat system on the site...

where abouts is the 4) Configure Settings (Don't forget the usergroup settings!)

I think this why i cannot see any chat system on the site, I havent configured the usergroup... how do i do this?

Thanks

Dan

There was an xml file and phrase apparently missing in this one, I have added the new xml file, and I'm about to add the missing phrase, please give me a few minutes and then install it again.

Do you have a demo link where I can see this working? My apologies for the questions this should be the last one.

http://www.extremegamezone.com/ is running the pro version, we don't have any running the lite at the moment.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Okay, the new file has been uploaded, sorry for that!

[tdkmatt]

now it wont let me uninstall the old one, give me an error

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.4:

Invalid SQL:
DROP vb_iwt_chat_updatestream;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'vb_iwt_chat_updatestream' at line 1
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Wednesday, July 27th 2011 @ 10:09:16 PM
Error Date : Wednesday, July 27th 2011 @ 10:09:17 PM
Script : http://fatalitynetworking.com/forum/admincp/plugin.php?do=productkill
Referrer : http://fatalitynetworking.com/forum/admincp/plugin.php?do=productdelete&productid=iwt_idealchat_lite&s=
IP Address : 203.59.224.120
Username : admin
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.92-community

[tdkmatt]

just re uplaoded everything, and overwrote the .xml and still nothing

www.fatalitynetworking.com/forum

No usergroup settigns nothing

[Ideal Web Tech]

now it wont let me uninstall the old one, give me an error

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.4:

Invalid SQL:
DROP vb_iwt_chat_updatestream;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'vb_iwt_chat_updatestream' at line 1
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Wednesday, July 27th 2011 @ 10:09:16 PM
Error Date : Wednesday, July 27th 2011 @ 10:09:17 PM
Script : http://fatalitynetworking.com/forum/admincp/plugin.php?do=productkill
Referrer : http://fatalitynetworking.com/forum/admincp/plugin.php?do=productdelete&productid=iwt_idealchat_lite&s=
IP Address : 203.59.224.120
Username : admin
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.92-community

Just install the new one overwriting that one... there was also a typo in the uninstall code, which I fixed in the newest files I uploaded. (I'm going to be going off on a certain coder later...) After you upgrade, you should be able to uninstall it at that point, if you would like.

[tdkmatt]

i just over wrote it but still nothing and re uploaded the files and zip

[Ideal Web Tech]

i just over wrote it but still nothing and re uploaded the files and zip

Did you grab the newest files? (I have just installed it fresh on another board, and it showed up just fine)

[tdkmatt]

Yea, i will try to reupload, and rei nstall both .xml

[Ideal Web Tech]

Yea, i will try to reupload, and rei nstall both .xml

If you can't get it to work, I don't mind taking a look to see if I can find the issue, just let me know.

[tdkmatt]

Can you confirm where the premissions should be?

[Ideal Web Tech]

Can you confirm where the premissions should be?

The permissions should be in the usergroup manager. And then there are a few general settings in the settings manager.

[tdkmatt]

Yea, nothing :( Help!

[Ideal Web Tech]

Yea, nothing :( Help!

Sure thing, please check your PMs.

[danswano]

Hello, awesome mod indeed,.

any idea why the friends list box not floating when i scroll to the top, it's always stuck at the bottom and not floating.

Thanks. :)

[Jimandbob]

We have been running it on one of our live sites during almost the entire development phase, and we couldn't notice our site slowing any. We also monitored our server load regularly, and found it to not really even touch the server.

For a short time during the development, there was a bug that kept the connections from closing correctly, and at one point we had over a 100 copies running, and we didn't even notice for a while because our server load was so low, and our site was still loading normally. (Don't worry though, we fixed that bug!)

As for a paid version, you can find the pro version on our website in our store.



What about Brian? :)

I only know Tim !!! :D

[cavyspirit]

I can't find a demo to look at. Don't want to register for a gamer site.

Definitely in the market for a good chat solution.

I need public and private chat rooms and chat logs that can be archived and monitored.

Can't quite tell from the marketing info if that's available or coming. Looking forward to learning more!

[Ideal Web Tech]

I can't find a demo to look at. Don't want to register for a gamer site.

Definitely in the market for a good chat solution.

I need public and private chat rooms and chat logs that can be archived and monitored.

Can't quite tell from the marketing info if that's available or coming. Looking forward to learning more!
I released demo account information for our gaming site so you can see it in action. The chatroom functionality will be added over the next 3-4 days along with tons of other features.

[danswano]

Hello, awesome mod indeed,.

any idea why the friends list box not floating when i scroll to the top, it's always stuck at the bottom and not floating.

Thanks. :)

[Ideal Web Tech]

Hello, awesome mod indeed,.

any idea why the friends list box not floating when i scroll to the top, it's always stuck at the bottom and not floating.

Thanks. :)
The friends box is supposed to be anchored to the bottom of the page.

[danswano]

Yeah sure, but if i scroll up it must go up like in demo or in other words it must be always shown at the bottom of the browser, in my case it's stuck at the bottom and when i scroll up it's not there and i have to scroll to the bottom of the forum to be able to see it.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Yeah sure, but if i scroll up it must go up like in demo or in other words it must be always shown at the bottom of the browser, in my case it's stuck at the bottom and when i scroll up it's not there and i have to scroll to the bottom of the forum to be able to see it.
What browser is this in?

[danswano]

Firefox 5

[HMBeaty]

Firefox 5
Works just fine for me on FF5....

[Ideal Web Tech]

Firefox 5
Most likely it has todo with an issue in your style (corrupt xhtml most likely).

[danswano]

I've disabled all hacks one by one then re enabled them and it worked fine. :)

Suggestions please:
1. can you integrate the settings into the friends list it self like facebook?
2. can you make the bar height less than this one like facebook?
3. Can you make an option to have a full bar at the bottom or just a little box.

Thanks :)

[Ideal Web Tech]

I've disabled all hacks one by one then re enabled them and it worked fine. :)

Suggestions please:
1. can you integrate the settings into the friends list it self like facebook?
2. can you make the bar height less than this one like facebook?
3. Can you make an option to have a full bar at the bottom or just a little box.

Thanks :)
Glad you got it fixed. As for those suggestions we will consider them for future versions.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Just a friendly reminder to everybody, if you are caught removing the powered by without paying for branding removal you will be contacted and actions will be taken. We have already caught 3 sites that have removed it without permission. Remember this script took a lot of work so give credit where credit is due, especially if you want us to keep updating the free version.

BTW if you want to remove it we have a branding free option so you can do it legally just contact us.

[HMBeaty]

We have already caught 3 sites that have removed it without permission.
Might want to get used to that as there are other sites that will take the modification from here and re-release on those other sites as well. Apparently nobody cares about hard work anymore.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Might want to get used to that as there are other sites that will take the modification from here and re-release on those other sites as well. Apparently nobody cares about hard work anymore.
Thats why we are dealing with every site that we find doing that, and every site we find redistrobuting the files. As we legally own the rights and can prove they are breaking the terms of use for the modification/license agreement. So everybody who plans to try and pull one over just know you will be hearing from us as soon as we notice. We worked entirely to hard to just let those things slide.

[danswano]

I found what's causing the bug, when this mod is enabled https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=245240 the box will not float.

[Ideal Web Tech]

We will make a note of that so others can avoid having that problem, as that mod must have some style issue in it to explain the odd behaviour being observed.

[DNCL]

I have a problem, the number of online friends sometimes look like this:
1Friend Online
instead of
1 Friend Online

any fix for it?

[Ideal Web Tech]

We will take a look at that and get that fixed, looks like we just missed a space when we setup all the phrases.

[mikem164]

installed on 4.1.0 PL2 and does not show on FF or IE, disabled hooks then re enable, still no dice. re upped files and re installed xml's and still does not show up. Fixed usergroups so Admins can use it. suggestions please? thanks

[Ideal Web Tech]

installed on 4.1.0 PL2 and does not show on FF or IE, disabled hooks then re enable, still no dice. re upped files and re installed xml's and still does not show up. Fixed usergroups so Admins can use it. suggestions please? thanks
When you disabled hooks did you disabled all the hooks but the chat ones? As that is the only way to see if another mod is stepping on the chat. As there hasn't been a change I can think of in vbulletin that would have created that issue.

[DNCL]

When my connection timesout i'm getting Error: please reload error, i think that this box should keep reloading it self till it catches the connection again, what you think? :)

[Alfa1]

Please release a vb3 version as well.

[rajubd]

so admin user group excluded in free version?

[Ideal Web Tech]

so admin user group excluded in free version?
You have to turn the setting on for each usergroup in the usergroup editor.

[basilrath]

everything turned on including usergroups etc and just keeps saying sending request nothing else

[mikem164]

Yes, I included that hook after disabling them. Nothing is being displayed on bottom. everything is right, been doing Vb for 10 years, since version 1.x I see others having issues as well, I'm gonna sit tight a few days and see what you come up with.

Update: INstalled on another forum, same version of Vb. "Will work if I DISABLE VSA CHATBOX" Can we move some stuff so they don't interfere?? I know he was there 1st but a brief look will be appreciated. Also, freinds online it shows there avatar and it's huge at the bottom of the page. Also, the main forumhome doesn't give any graphical interface, just the words Thank You

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=235271

just the words friends online and settings. that's it. Here's a cut and paste of what's on bottom of forumhome, all else looks Ok, on other pages.
1 Friend Online
!?

Powered by Ideal Chat
Settings

[Ideal Web Tech]

Please release a vb3 version as well.

We intend to release a vb3 version once we get more of the core features into the vb4 version.

everything turned on including usergroups etc and just keeps saying sending request nothing else

Where exactly does it say sending request at?
Is the bar itself showing up at all?
Does anything on the bar work if it is showing up?

Yes, I included that hook after disabling them. Nothing is being displayed on bottom. everything is right, been doing Vb for 10 years, since version 1.x I see others having issues as well, I'm gonna sit tight a few days and see what you come up with.

Update: INstalled on another forum, same version of Vb. "Will work if I DISABLE VSA CHATBOX" Can we move some stuff so they don't interfere?? I know he was there 1st but a brief look will be appreciated. Also, freinds online it shows there avatar and it's huge at the bottom of the page. Thank You

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=235271

I'm not sure why it wouldn't show on the first board you installed it on. If I had to guess I would say that another modification on it was conflicting.

As for the conflicts with VSA Chatbox on the second board, we can look into that for another version; however, remember this modification will also have chatboxs within it soon enough, so not entirely sure anyone would really use both at that point.

Lastly, for the large avatars, I would say that something was overwriting our css for the avatars, and I will see about changing the css some to help keep that from happening in future releases.

[tdkmatt]

i have one friend online, and i see him their but i cannot click on him and open a cat up :(

[Ideal Web Tech]

i have one friend online, and i see him their but i cannot click on him and open a cat up :(

I have looked into your issue, and found the problem, but I'm not entirely sure why it is happening.

I have also tested it on other sites, and it works fine. So I believe that one of the other modifications you are running might have JavaScript that is conflicting with ours.

One way to find out which modification of yours it is that is breaking it, if it is one, would be to turn them each product off one at a time until you see the chat work, then turn all of them back on but that one and ensure that the chat still works.

If you want, I can look for the specific modification that is breaking it later (most likely tomorrow).

[tdkmatt]

i justt turned off all plugins and still nothing! i do have a notification thing the WSF one? That uses ajax, that is the only thing that is left

[tdkmatt]

also when you are on the front page the page seems to reload all the time

[NgocTam]

how to move setting from bottom_bar_left to bottom_bar_right

[Ideal Web Tech]

also when you are on the front page the page seems to reload all the time

Hmm, that is interesting... I will try to look into it more tomorrow for you, but I'm not sure what the problem is.

how to move setting from bottom_bar_left to bottom_bar_right

Right now moving it will cause an issue, but we are working on a new version, and we are planning to add the option to change where that link displays, as well as if that link should display.

The new version should be out in the next few days.

[NgocTam]

dont suppport iso
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/07/7.png

[leejohn02]

is there a way to change the colors, since my writing comes up in white and its hard to see

[Ideal Web Tech]

dont suppport iso
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/07/7.png

Currently the chat will only support characters that your board itself will support. So if you would like your board to support certain characters, your board will have to be using a charset that supports those characters too.

We are currently in the process of finding a way to support them without the board's charset supporting them, and if anyone knows a way to do that, please feel free to contact us about it.

is there a way to change the colors, since my writing comes up in white and its hard to see

I assume you mean the color of the messages and/or the color of the text on the tabs?

If so, I just added two new style vars this morning for that very problem. So when we release the new version in a few days, you can just change the stylevar, but until then, you can always edit the css manually to take care of that.

[tdkmatt]

i keep gettign tthese in my meail too

after re uploading everything


Database error in vBulletin 4.1.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT COUNT(ulist.relationid) AS friendsonline, (
SELECT iwt_chat_updatestream.lastmsgid
FROM vb_iwt_chat_updatestream AS iwt_chat_updatestream
WHERE uid=1
) AS lastmsgid
FROM vb_userlist AS ulist
WHERE ulist.userid=1 AND ulist.friend='yes' AND ulist.relationid IN (
SELECT session.userid FROM vb_session AS session WHERE session.lastactivity > 1311855173
);

MySQL Error : Table 'fatality_elite.vb_iwt_chat_updatestream' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Thursday, July 28th 2011 @ 08:27:53 PM
Error Date : Thursday, July 28th 2011 @ 08:33:07 PM
Script : http://fatalitynetworking.com/forum/ideal_chat_update_stream.php
Referrer : http://fatalitynetworking.com/forum/
IP Address : 203.59.224.120
Username : admin
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.92-community

[tdkmatt]

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<ajaxresponse>
<friendsonline>1</friendsonline>
<friendsonlinetext>1Friend Online</friendsonlinetext>
<lastmsgid>0</lastmsgid>
</ajaxresponse>

[Ideal Web Tech]

i keep gettign tthese in my meail too

after re uploading everything


Database error in vBulletin 4.1.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT COUNT(ulist.relationid) AS friendsonline, (
SELECT iwt_chat_updatestream.lastmsgid
FROM vb_iwt_chat_updatestream AS iwt_chat_updatestream
WHERE uid=1
) AS lastmsgid
FROM vb_userlist AS ulist
WHERE ulist.userid=1 AND ulist.friend='yes' AND ulist.relationid IN (
SELECT session.userid FROM vb_session AS session WHERE session.lastactivity > 1311855173
);

MySQL Error : Table 'fatality_elite.vb_iwt_chat_updatestream' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Thursday, July 28th 2011 @ 08:27:53 PM
Error Date : Thursday, July 28th 2011 @ 08:33:07 PM
Script : http://fatalitynetworking.com/forum/ideal_chat_update_stream.php
Referrer : http://fatalitynetworking.com/forum/
IP Address : 203.59.224.120
Username : admin
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.92-community

Let me guess, you got these emails in a time frame right after you uninstalled the mod, correct?

That would be because the table gets deleted when the mod is uninstalled, but the user's JavaScript will still be running until they next refresh.

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<ajaxresponse>
<friendsonline>1</friendsonline>
<friendsonlinetext>1Friend Online</friendsonlinetext>
<lastmsgid>0</lastmsgid>
</ajaxresponse>

I'm not entirely sure why you posted that...

[basilrath]

Well ive tried and to no avail ................... nothing shows at all and sometimes loads etc but nothing no go sadly

[LA-Aquarium]

Could you help me? it seems to be working on all forum pages but the home page.

I sent PM with website and login info.

[Crotan]

Nice mod, I'm not really looking for a user to user chat, but if I were I'd install this. :P

[LA-Aquarium]

I had to disable the mod for a while until I can get it fixed.

Should I be editing the ideal_chat_update_stream.php

It caused my forum database connections to max out.

[mikem164]

Well ive tried and to no avail ................... nothing shows at all and sometimes loads etc but nothing no go sadly
If you have VSA Chatbox or similiar, give a shot and disable that...
Could you help me? it seems to be working on all forum pages but the home page.

I sent PM with website and login info.
Same issue here, there's a definite forumhome issue somewhere, all other pages work fine on one forum.
I'm glad it just ain't me.

[DNCL]

Suddenly the old closed boxes of chat with friends all popped up as new to me.

Also if you have 2 pages in the forum open and you closed the chat in one of them the other will keep it and when you reload the box will revert back.

[Ideal Web Tech]

I had to disable the mod for a while until I can get it fixed.

Should I be editing the ideal_chat_update_stream.php

It caused my forum database connections to max out.
How many members does your site average online at a time? What is your mysql max connections set at? Also what kind of hosting is your site on?

You can update the sleep setting from 1 second to 2, and the stream will use half the resources of before but this won't lower the connection count from the script. Most likely you just need to raise your mysql max connections as it sounds like its set to low. The extra connections generated from this script will basically sit idle till the sleep timer expires then they run 1 query to check for updates. So the extra connections from the script should basically sit idle 90-95% of the time depending on query response time.

[DNCL]

I think this mod has problems with caching systems like memcache or XCache

[Ideal Web Tech]

I think this mod has problems with caching systems like memcache or XCache
I can state for a fact that it does not have an issue with memcache, xcache shouldn't be able to create a problem either but I dont have it installed on my server to verify (but all it is is an opcode cache).

[mikem164]

I had to disable, will wait for update. I went right for the paid version of microcart when that was released, and the bugs and spelling errors drove me nuts, to the point where I had to disable and wait till I had time to fix myself. I will wait till you get reasonably consistent results before I pick on my forum, which is totally custom and works perfectly otherwise, and the other one, which has had same results with minimal hacks installed. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the hard work IWT, Good Luck, Mike.

[Ideal Web Tech]

I had to disable, will wait for update. I went right for the paid version of microcart when that was released, and the bugs and spelling errors drove me nuts, to the point where I had to disable and wait till I had time to fix myself. I will wait till you get reasonably consistent results before I pick on my forum, which is totally custom and works perfectly otherwise, and the other one, which has had same results with minimal hacks installed. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the hard work IWT, Good Luck, Mike.
We have already fixed all the spelling errors in the package we hope to be releasing tomorrow. As for the forumhome issue that is not a problem with our mod but with another mod that's not making proper use of the variables and flushing the data (typically it keeps being mods overwriting the variable used to include the css), you can see for yourself by turning off your products one at a time till the chat bar shows up.

[mikem164]

my site with minimal mods has them all off, and it works as stated. PERFECTLY, except for forumhome. I am not the only one with this issue, and all plugins are off but for this one. I also tested this on DEFAULT skin, so it's not a skin conflict

[Ideal Web Tech]

my site with minimal mods has them all off, and it works as stated. PERFECTLY, except for forumhome. I am not the only one with this issue, and all plugins are off but for this one. I also tested this on DEFAULT skin, so it's not a skin conflict
With what version of vbulletin as every version we have tested has worked perfectly? As the variable used to add the css is the same for that page as the other pages, so logically it should work on forumhome unless something is overwriting the variable, maybe this is related to only a specific version of vBulletin.

[gsmlover4u]

not working always show bussy bar when click on online friends

[basilrath]

ok update............

tried this and moved various coding around etc

the conflict is with VSA Topstats (ajax)

this is a great mod but top stats wins on the useful side so although id love to have both it seems the chat has a conflict with below

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=235841&highlight=topstats

[DNCL]

Too many conflicts till now for this mod, it seems it will end up removed or replaced by BoWoB Chat

[Alfa1]

Judging from IWC his previous thread, it seems to me that IdealChat is still in beta phase and should be marked as such. It will take some time before the startup issues are worked out. And testers help resolving this. After that we should see a solid release.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Too many conflicts till now for this mod, it seems it will end up removed or replaced by BoWoB Chat

Out of the 70+ installs that have happened using the lite version alone, only a few people have reported any issues, and 2 of them we're simple bugs that have already been fixed for the next version.

Most of the rest of the reported issues are conflicts with VSa products (VSa Chatbox, VSa Paypal Donate, VSa Topstats), so we will have to look into what in particular is causing their products to break ours.

Take those out of the equation and there are only 3 people, that I see, that actually have an issue with the product right now, and we are investigating them so we can apply fixes if we find there actually is a problem in the code.

I know that we have installed it numerous times on several different versions of vB without it having any issues. We even installed it on vB 3.8, and the only issue we had was the change in how the templates are accessed.

not working always show bussy bar when click on online friends

For you, please check your PMs.

[DNCL]

After that we should see a solid release.

I hope so.

[Bloodlust80]

I have just installed this on my site.

I cannot see any chatbox at all

I am running Vb 4.1.5

EDIT: Nvm needed to edit permissions

[basilrath]

i like the mod as most do but the conflicts with other ajax scripts is making it unworkable but if theres a work around then id be the first to onboard..........

Please dont take this as a knock back ........ damn good work and im hoping for a work around

[basilrath]

By the way the BoWoB Chat seems to have the same conflict with VSA Topstats

[Bloodlust80]

Database error in vBulletin :

mysqli_real_connect() [<a href='function.mysqli-real-connect'>function.mysqli-real-connect</a>]: (42000/1203): User ******** already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections
/homez.196/secretan/www/includes/class_core.php on line 1317

Thankfully i tested it with a few users first. Anyone know the fix for this error?

this is vbulletin 4.1.5. Good software other than that problem

EDIT: Oh dear, fail again on my half. That is something set by my hosting company.

May as well wait till I can get a better server

(I am not this nooby ... honest)

[DNCL]

New conflict issue with DragonByte Tech: vBNotifications, clicking on a notification from vBNotifications does nothing when chat mod is enabled.

[strudinox]

I've installed this, enabled in the settings, and configured usergroups, and no chat on any of my pages. I'm running VB v4.1.5

[grey_goose]

I tried installing it as well and came up empty-handed.

[mikem164]

ok, VSA paypal donate, VSA chatbox, AND MicroClassified are confirmed killers of this mod(some stated earlier of VSA stuff). I found that VbOptimize4 also kills this. I have a 3rd test forum and this works perfect wtih those off. Have a few questions, 1st is how do I rid a chat? It saves them even if I clear my browswer and shut down window?
2nd, you have about 25 entries in Stylvars which one for Text color and which for background during a chat? I changed a few but they don't show I ASSUME because it's the same window due to it not deleting the current chat.
Thanks and keep up the good work

[basilrath]

As ive mentioned earlier this isnt unique to this mod ............... BoWoB Chat has some of the same conflicts when i ran on a test bed same issues

[Ideal Web Tech]

Thank you all for reporting this products with conflicts, we will be looking into them all and seeing what all we can do so later versions won't have them!

I've installed this, enabled in the settings, and configured usergroups, and no chat on any of my pages. I'm running VB v4.1.5

I tried installing it as well and came up empty-handed.

Could both of you give us a link to your site, as well as a log in to see the issue?

Have a few questions, 1st is how do I rid a chat? It saves them even if I clear my browswer and shut down window?
2nd, you have about 25 entries in Stylvars which one for Text color and which for background during a chat? I changed a few but they don't show I ASSUME because it's the same window due to it not deleting the current chat.

1. Currently, when you close your browser and reopen it, it shows the last 24 hours of messages. It was the method we choose to go with for the moment until we have the the system in place to mark messages as read, after which it will only show unread ones. (Sorry if it bothers you)

2. I think the stylevars you are looking for are icbb_chat_bg & icbb_chat_color, if not, please let us know.

[basilrath]

ok added Bowob chat (same interface) and that works fantastic so hopefully this can be resolved without conflict :)

[Ideal Web Tech]

Hope everybody enjoys the update!

[DNCL]

Can't change sides.
EDIT: it disappeared totally now after refresh.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Can't change sides.
EDIT: it disappeared totally now after refresh.

I just went and tested that functionality again, and it worked fine...

Do you have a link so we can see the problem?

[DNCL]

Did you test it in FF5? cause it seems to be working with other browsers, plus there is no avatars in this version (default avatar for all users)

[strudinox]

That last update helped, but it's still not working as it should. Instead of not showing up at all, now it just hangs on a loading bar, and the Settings and Chat Room buttons are unresponsive.

Also, it doesn't show up at all on CMS pages. Just the forums.

[basilrath]

Its buggy and still not working as the bowob does but ill deff try this new update

I want to say firstly IWT you are trying like hell to fix this and i for one absolutely appreciate the time and effort that goes into this .......... crikey its the wife that screams when hours turn into days .............. we have all played that lol

Hope you crack it :)

[mikem164]

Thank you all for reporting this products with conflicts, we will be looking into them all and seeing what all we can do so later versions won't have them!





Could both of you give us a link to your site, as well as a log in to see the issue?



1. Currently, when you close your browser and reopen it, it shows the last 24 hours of messages. It was the method we choose to go with for the moment until we have the the system in place to mark messages as read, after which it will only show unread ones. (Sorry if it bothers you)

2. I think the stylevars you are looking for are icbb_chat_bg & icbb_chat_color, if not, please let us know.

I don't see icbb_chat_color... I think you mean icbb_new_message_color? I don't know because it won't change an existing chat and no way to end it, so new window color shows. Is that correct?

[Ideal Web Tech]

Did you test it in FF5? cause it seems to be working with other browsers, plus there is no avatars in this version (default avatar for all users)

Yes, it was tested in FF5, and it worked fine. As for the avartars, we have received a couple reports of those not working in the new version, so we will look into that.

That last update helped, but it's still not working as it should. Instead of not showing up at all, now it just hangs on a loading bar, and the Settings and Chat Room buttons are unresponsive.

Also, it doesn't show up at all on CMS pages. Just the forums.

Could you please provide us with a link to check this out?

Its buggy and still not working as the bowob does but ill deff try this new update

I want to say firstly IWT you are trying like hell to fix this and i for one absolutely appreciate the time and effort that goes into this .......... crikey its the wife that screams when hours turn into days .............. we have all played that lol

Hope you crack it :)

We are trying to iron out any and all of these minor bugs when they come up; however, of all the bugs reported, only a couple of people have even been willing to give us their url so we can see the issue, and only one of the people who did give us a url actually had anything that might be considered a bug.

It's very hard to fix bugs when people just say it doesn't work, and then never respond again so you can figure out how it doesn't work and how to replicate it, or see it not working in action.

So people, please, if your going to report it not working, give details of how it doesn't work, maybe even a screenshot, or best yet, a url to see it on the actual board it's not working on.

I don't see icbb_chat_color... I think you mean icbb_new_message_color? I don't know because it won't change an existing chat and no way to end it, so new window color shows. Is that correct?

Sorry, I think those style vars we're actually added in the new version. If you grab the new version, you should see them. If you don't want to upgrade currently, you can always change them in the css itself.

[basilrath]

ill wack it back on my board and give you access :)

[PamelaE]

This is great but I can't get it to work. Everything appears as it should but nothing comes up if you click on settings, friends show 3 but if I click on it I just get the loading bar which never ends..

I have disabled plugins and nothing. Any ideas?
http://www.soapchat.net

I have tried on IE and latest FF

[morelia]

Got it running! Sweet little mod!

1 thing though:

When the user signs in, it opens up all of chat sessions from the previous visit? It's a bit annoying to have 5/6 boxes popup along the bottom everytime you log in.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Got it running! Sweet little mod!

1 thing though:

When the user signs in, it opens up all of chat sessions from the previous visit? It's a bit annoying to have 5/6 boxes popup along the bottom everytime you log in.

As we have said before, that is only temporary until we get message read tracking in place.

_______________________


Also, to let everyone know, yes something is wrong with the avatars in the new version, and we will be fixing that for the next release!

[Ideal Web Tech]

This is great but I can't get it to work. Everything appears as it should but nothing comes up if you click on settings, friends show 3 but if I click on it I just get the loading bar which never ends..

I have disabled plugins and nothing. Any ideas?
http://www.soapchat.net

I have tried on IE and latest FF

Thank you for posting this link. The reason your bottom bar isn't work is that for some reason the wrong document type is being returned.

Now that we know what the problem is, we will be looking into a cause for it, as well as a fix for it!

[PamelaE]

Thank you for posting this link. The reason your bottom bar isn't work is that for some reason the wrong document type is being returned.

Now that we know what the problem is, we will be looking into a cause for it, as well as a fix for it!

Thanks for all your work on this and your quick responses. Looking forward to having this working.

[Sayrex]

Hi ,
how RTL to LTR for Arabic, Persian, ... language ?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/08/91.jpg

[camomouse]

Thank you for posting this link. The reason your bottom bar isn't work is that for some reason the wrong document type is being returned.

Now that we know what the problem is, we will be looking into a cause for it, as well as a fix for it!

I'm haveing this same issues. Look forward to the fix. Thank you.

[Robru]

Thank you, for sharing this mod :)

[sticky]

This is pretty cool, simple and nice.

How do you see everyone who is online though not just your friends? Or does it have to just be friends?

Also, can the size of the message boxes be changed? For example in the demo the chat room is way too small.

Are there admin controls to ban users from chat rooms, etc.?

[sticky]

One problem in the demo.

I have a chatroom open and minimize it then browse the forum. Why does it pop up on every page load instead of staying minimized?

[sticky]

Any way to set yourself as away or not show you are online?

[Ideal Web Tech]

Hi ,
how RTL to LTR for Arabic, Persian, ... language ?

http://036.01.img98.net/out.php/i515211_123.jpg

Right now I'm not sure it will support RTL fully, but we can look into that for a later version.

This is pretty cool, simple and nice.

How do you see everyone who is online though not just your friends? Or does it have to just be friends?

Also, can the size of the message boxes be changed? For example in the demo the chat room is way too small.

Are there admin controls to ban users from chat rooms, etc.?

It only shows mutual friends.

The size can not be changed currently (Unless you want to edit the css manually), but have plans to add in a pop-out chat feature.

There is a setting for who all is banned from using the chat, and in the future we will have a much more advanced ban system in place.

One problem in the demo.

I have a chatroom open and minimize it then browse the forum. Why does it pop up on every page load instead of staying minimized?

Yes, we have noticed that. It is a bug that only exists in the version, and should be fixed in the next version, sorry.

Any way to set yourself as away or not show you are online?

Right now you can disable the bar and it will show you as offline, but we have some plans in the works to allow similar functionality while the bar is still open. (Not sure it will make the next version though.)

[danhaga]

I just installed this and its not working. Clicking "Friends Online" just displays a never ending progress bar. Clicking chat room or settings is totally unresponsive.

Also, once working Id like for this to show all online not just friends since I have friends disabled on my board, is this possible?

FYI. I enabled friends for the testing of this mod.

[mikem164]

hmmm, OK I updated and it now pulls Profile pic instead of Avatar, no one uses profile pic, I need avatar back. Then I think we are good. Nice job. Thanks, Mike

[SuperDude]

Looks great!!!! I just wonder why Cometchat are so expensive, and how great its could be if it was free plugin, like the one you made :)
thank you very much!! I really appreciate your job!
תודה רבה בשם פורום איסידייר :)

[Ideal Web Tech]

I just installed this and its not working. Clicking "Friends Online" just displays a never ending progress bar. Clicking chat room or settings is totally unresponsive.

Also, once working Id like for this to show all online not just friends since I have friends disabled on my board, is this possible?

FYI. I enabled friends for the testing of this mod.

We are investigating this issue, and looking into a fix.

hmmm, OK I updated and it now pulls Profile pic instead of Avatar, no one uses profile pic, I need avatar back. Then I think we are good. Nice job. Thanks, Mike

The avatars should be fixed in the new version that should be released either today or tomorrow.

Looks great!!!! I just wonder why Cometchat are so expensive, and how great its could be if it was free plugin, like the one you made :)
thank you very much!! I really appreciate your job!
תודה רבה בשם פורום איסידייר :)

Thank you, your appreciation is much appreciated!

[PamelaE]

I'm haveing this same issues. Look forward to the fix. Thank you.

It works fine for me on Opera but nothing else.

[Ideal Web Tech]

It works fine for me on Opera but nothing else.
We believe we have identified the issue, and are testing a fix, we should be able to get an update out tomorrow to resolve the issue for everybody.

[arrow816]

I can not wait until tis is fixed and working.

One question is it possible to customize the look?
Also does it take its style from the forum skin being used or is it the standard white bar as shown ?

[istvan]

i installed this, but somehow the chat only shows up after i hit F5 is that a knows issue?

[Ideal Web Tech]

I can not wait until tis is fixed and working.

One question is it possible to customize the look?
Also does it take its style from the forum skin being used or is it the standard white bar as shown ?

There are style vars in place to allow you to customize the look some, but any major changes you would like to make would need to be done in the css itself.

i installed this, but somehow the chat only shows up after i hit F5 is that a knows issue?

I'm not sure what the issue is here... F5 is a refresh key (In most browsers), and obviously the bar should show after it has been installed and you have refreshed the page.

Am I missing something in your statement?

[Ideal Web Tech]

Version 1.1.1 of Ideal Chat Lite has now been released.

If you are running an older version, please update as version 1.1.1 contains several bug fixes that will improve performance!

If you we're having the issue with the friends list, settings, and chatroom links not working, please try this new version. If you still have those issues using version 1.1.1, please let us know so we can investigate further.

[danhaga]

1.1.1 solved my initial problems. Here are the new ones:

-When I click on a friend online and send a message it doesn't show up for myself or them unless I refresh the page. Does not show up real time.

-Chatroom does the same thing.

-Getting lots of Error: Reload messages

-Id still like to see everyone online, not just friends.

[Ideal Web Tech]

1.1.1 solved my initial problems. Here are the new ones:

-When I click on a friend online and send a message it doesn't show up for myself or them unless I refresh the page. Does not show up real time.

-Chatroom does the same thing.

-Getting lots of Error: Reload messages

Do you have a link where we could see this?

-Id still like to see everyone online, not just friends.

This is still on our list of features to add.

[istvan]

I'm not sure what the issue is here... F5 is a refresh key (In most browsers), and obviously the bar should show after it has been installed and you have refreshed the page.

Am I missing something in your statement?

what happens is when i install the chat, i see the bottem bar, but when i type something in the chat and hit enter the text i typed doesnt show in the chat then after an f5 the text is shown in other words that chat itself doesnt refresh

[Robru]

Thanks for v1.1.1 :)

Question: Where I can translate the word: 'You'

[DNCL]

I think this version is stable, testing it now.

[Ideal Web Tech]

what happens is when i install the chat, i see the bottem bar, but when i type something in the chat and hit enter the text i typed doesnt show in the chat then after an f5 the text is shown in other words that chat itself doesnt refresh

Hmm, do you have a url we can see this happening on?

Thanks for v1.1.1 :)

Question: Where I can translate the word: 'You'

Sorry, that word actually wasn't phrased apparently. I will make a note of that right now so that the next version will have it phrased.

I think this version is stable, testing it now.

Please let us know if you find any issues!

[basilrath]

Going to try this on test :)

[arrow816]

I have installed the new version.

The tabs appear but I am not able to actually open a chat window.
I have disabled all other mods.

www.tbngc.co.uk/forum and i am using 4.1.0 PL2
I have currently disabled it and returned to vbshout

[DNCL]

Error: please reload is very annoying, i have DBTech VBSHOUT installed and when connection drops or times out it keep retrying till it catch the connection again and list the updates and chats but the chat once it loses connection there is no way to get back until i reload the whole page and that's annoying comparing it to facebook, please consider adding something to the script so it keep trying to reach the connection once it lose it.

Thanks :)

[Ideal Web Tech]

I have installed the new version.

The tabs appear but I am not able to actually open a chat window.
I have disabled all other mods.

www.tbngc.co.uk/forum and i am using 4.1.0 PL2
I have currently disabled it and returned to vbshout

Is there any chance we could take a look at this tomorrow or soon after?

Error: please reload is very annoying, i have DBTech VBSHOUT installed and when connection drops or times out it keep retrying till it catch the connection again and list the updates and chats but the chat once it loses connection there is no way to get back until i reload the whole page and that's annoying comparing it to facebook, please consider adding something to the script so it keep trying to reach the connection once it lose it.

Thanks :)

We found a bug that causes the "Error: please reload" error to show up when it shouldn't. A fix is already made, and the new version will be uploaded soon!

[pete_brady]

I have installed the new version.

The tabs appear but I am not able to actually open a chat window.
I have disabled all other mods.

www.tbngc.co.uk/forum and i am using 4.1.0 PL2
I have currently disabled it and returned to vbshout

same here, but on 4.15pl1

[arrow816]

Seems its not just an error on my side.

I really want to purchase the premium option but atm until i can even make sure lite will work I dont really want to spend money for something I cant use.

Also do you still want to look as if its not jsut me im guessing there is an error in the mod again.
[ps i checked the 1.1.2 version still the same error with every thing disabled]

[basilrath]

4.1.5

im still getting the sending request on and on

that said it shows the bar and stuff

[wullieclsfb]

is there no option to show as offline?

[DNCL]

Error: please reload is still there.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Seems its not just an error on my side.

I really want to purchase the premium option but atm until i can even make sure lite will work I dont really want to spend money for something I cant use.

Also do you still want to look as if its not jsut me im guessing there is an error in the mod again.
[ps i checked the 1.1.2 version still the same error with every thing disabled]

Yes, we would still appreciate being able to see this error in action as we haven't been able to replicate it.

4.1.5

im still getting the sending request on and on

that said it shows the bar and stuff

If you wouldn't mind, we would also appreciate being able to see this error in action too!

is there no option to show as offline?

A user can show as offline for the chat by turning the bar off via the settings. In future releases, we may include a way to show as offline even with the bar on, but for now that is not an option.

[pete_brady]

Yes, we would still appreciate being able to see this error in action as we haven't been able to replicate it.

if it's any help, i've just switched it back on but it's not enabled for guests

[Ideal Web Tech]

Error: please reload is still there.

Hmm... Right now the only way you should see that is if you fail to connect 5 times in a row over a 3 minute period.

Does your internet have connection issues?
Does your website not always load correctly?
Have you ensured that you have the newest JavaScript by hitting CTRL+F5?

[pete_brady]

same here, but on 4.15pl1

according to Firebug there's an error in shared.js on line 11 whenever either a username or Chat Room is clicked-

scope.getElementsByTagName is not a function

[arrow816]

Ignore,
You already noticed

[sapphiremagus]

Chrome is also throwing an issue with shared.js on line 11:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'nodeValue' of null

Not sure if that's relevant to anything, though. I haven't had time to test it fully but the chatroom doesn't load for me - rather, nothing happens when I click on the chatroom tab.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Chrome is also throwing an issue with shared.js on line 11:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'nodeValue' of null

Not sure if that's relevant to anything, though. I haven't had time to test it fully but the chatroom doesn't load for me - rather, nothing happens when I click on the chatroom tab.
You most likely have the "Add Template Name in HTML Comments" setting turned on. We suggest turning that setting off for now. We will be looking into why that is causing the script to break.

[arrow816]

Following should be in the lite version also [if not already in pro then pro too]

Message Delete [Ability to delete messages]
Archive [Ability too see and search old messages]
User Mute [Ability to mute but user can still see chat]
Smiliey Button [Cause no convo is decent with at a smiley dude]
BBcode support [Really should be a basic I would think]
Message Characters [Character Amount Setting]

Maybe have a little expansion button on the side that brings up an advanced chat window with like the basic vb text box to make it easier if you have a few things to right

Really i was thin

[sapphiremagus]

You most likely have the "Add Template Name in HTML Comments" setting turned on. We suggest turning that setting off for now. We will be looking into why that is causing the script to break.

Yeah, it's on our test/dev site where we pretty much have all the debugging options running. That does explain why (after installing on the live site) the chat room works on the live site and not the dev site.

[dog199200]

I have tested this on my forum, and so far i like it, but i have a small problem that I can't seem to figure out. How is the bar called?

The reason I ask is because I build an entire website around the forums internal user core (basically a custom CMS), and i don't just want the bar to show on the forum, but on all parts of the website. I haven't found any documentation on how to do this ad would like to know if its possible.

[strudinox]

Much better! Installed 1.2 and it's working fine on every page except for my CMS pages. Currently using 4.1.5 Suite.

[Smile :-)]

great mod!

In RTL languages, the nick of the sender is on the text.
the fix is simple:

.icbb_chat_tab .messagearea > div > span.sender {
/* margin-left: -10px;*/
margin-left: 10px;
font-weight: bold;
}

by the way, the "You:" in the messages is hard-coded, please convert it to a phrase so we will be able to translate it.

Thanks!

[arrow816]

Question,
Im guessing this is coded in Java,

I wondered why it was not done with ajax or flash as I am sure the support and fixing to work with vb would have been much easier and safer

[Ideal Web Tech]

Following should be in the lite version also [if not already in pro then pro too]

Message Delete [Ability to delete messages]
Archive [Ability too see and search old messages]
User Mute [Ability to mute but user can still see chat]
Smiliey Button [Cause no convo is decent with at a smiley dude]
BBcode support [Really should be a basic I would think]
Message Characters [Character Amount Setting]

Maybe have a little expansion button on the side that brings up an advanced chat window with like the basic vb text box to make it easier if you have a few things to right

Really i was thin

Everything on that list is already planned to be added, or is already in the pro version; however, at this point, we have no plans of adding BBcode or Smilies to the lite version.

I have tested this on my forum, and so far i like it, but i have a small problem that I can't seem to figure out. How is the bar called?

The reason I ask is because I build an entire website around the forums internal user core (basically a custom CMS), and i don't just want the bar to show on the forum, but on all parts of the website. I haven't found any documentation on how to do this ad would like to know if its possible.

Much better! Installed 1.2 and it's working fine on every page except for my CMS pages. Currently using 4.1.5 Suite.

We have been told that it doesn't work on the CMS, but we haven't actually been able to see any of the configurations that cause it to not work. If either one of you two would like to give us a link and an account to test with, we would gladly try to debug the issue.

great mod!

In RTL languages, the nick of the sender is on the text.
the fix is simple:

.icbb_chat_tab .messagearea > div > span.sender {
/* margin-left: -10px;*/
margin-left: 10px;
font-weight: bold;
}

by the way, the "You:" in the messages is hard-coded, please convert it to a phrase so we will be able to translate it.

Thanks!

We are already aware of these issues, but thank you for taking the time to post a fix for user's who may need it.

Question,
Im guessing this is coded in Java,

I wondered why it was not done with ajax or flash as I am sure the support and fixing to work with vb would have been much easier and safer

The front-end is coded using JavaScript and Push AJAX, not Java.

[dog199200]

We have been told that it doesn't work on the CMS, but we haven't actually been able to see any of the configurations that cause it to not work. If either one of you two would like to give us a link and an account to test with, we would gladly try to debug the issue.


My sites not exactly a CMS, its an actual website. I just used the direct database access to call information from the forum. That's why i was trying to figure out how it was being called. Anyways my sites url is http://www.divineshadowsonline.com/ and if you need an account just PM me and i'll give you the information you'd need.

[clubvr4]

Is there anyway to disable the noise on the "Chat room" tab? - its very annoying when multiple people are talking - its advantageous for private messages, but can we have an option to disable on the chat room?!

Thanks!

Loving it so far!

[Ideal Web Tech]

My sites not exactly a CMS, its an actual website. I just used the direct database access to call information from the forum. That's why i was trying to figure out how it was being called. Anyways my sites url is http://www.divineshadowsonline.com/ and if you need an account just PM me and i'll give you the information you'd need.

Oh, okay, if you would like to show it on your main site also, then you will need to include the JavaScript and CSS files for the bar, and then place the html near the bottom of your footer. If you would like, we can do this for you for a small fee. If you would like us to do this for you, please contact us via PM.

Is there anyway to disable the noise on the "Chat room" tab? - its very annoying when multiple people are talking - its advantageous for private messages, but can we have an option to disable on the chat room?!

Thanks!

Loving it so far!

That is a good idea, we will add it to the list of features to implement!

[clubvr4]

Hai! me again.

Would it be possible to add an option to have everyone on the friend list, rather than your friends? - we have a small(ish) forum and its a bit of a pain having to add everyone as friends to allow each other to chat.

Thanks!

[dog199200]

Hai! me again.

Would it be possible to add an option to have everyone on the friend list, rather than your friends? - we have a small(ish) forum and its a bit of a pain having to add everyone as friends to allow each other to chat.

Thanks!

couldnt you just use the chatroom feature for that?


Oh, okay, if you would like to show it on your main site also, then you will need to include the JavaScript and CSS files for the bar, and then place the html near the bottom of your footer. If you would like, we can do this for you for a small fee. If you would like us to do this for you, please contact us via PM.!

No it's fine, i can do it on my own. If you don't mind, where in the style does the javascript get stored? My problem is that i've had a hard time finding any of it within my template

[Ideal Web Tech]

Hai! me again.

Would it be possible to add an option to have everyone on the friend list, rather than your friends? - we have a small(ish) forum and its a bit of a pain having to add everyone as friends to allow each other to chat.

Thanks!

As we have said numerous times, that is a feature we plan to add.

No it's fine, i can do it on my own. If you don't mind, where in the style does the javascript get stored? My problem is that i've had a hard time finding any of it within my template

Most of what you will need is in the iwt_idealchat_bottombar template. The rest of it can be found in the global_start plugins for both of the products.

[clubvr4]

ok, thanks for responding.

I noted a weird bug?

If i watch chat for a bit go away to view say FB on another tab and come back, i would see loads of a new text that the forum members have typed - but, if i hit new posts or forum root - all that new text dissapears and i see only the text i was reading prior to leaving the forum tab in the first instance..

Hope that makes sense.. lol.

so to replicate.

1. type stuff in general chat blah blah blah..
2. go away to another tab on your browser, surf some....
3. come back to forum tab and you would see new text from people talking
4. hit new posts.
5. all the new text from leaving the page at stage 2 dissapears and you are left with the old text.

Its a bit annoying this bug :(

EDIT: I have found now that any new text is not saved.

ty

[clubvr4]

Sorry, one last thing for tonight.

Any new person joining General Chat, can it be so that they do not see any history? - imagine someone is talking about someone behind their backs and all of a sudden they join chat and see all of the history? - please make is so that this isnt possible.

Thanks

[clubvr4]

Just to further on the issue previously highlighted.

It seems that only general is affected by this.. a moderator an i spammed a PM message to death, refreshing (new posts) at regular intervals, at no point did the text reset.

However, performing the same tests on General would see all new text deleted.

There are exactly 1000 characters in history?! maybe general chat can only hold so much and doesnt accept new?

[Ideal Web Tech]

ok, thanks for responding.

I noted a weird bug?

If i watch chat for a bit go away to view say FB on another tab and come back, i would see loads of a new text that the forum members have typed - but, if i hit new posts or forum root - all that new text dissapears and i see only the text i was reading prior to leaving the forum tab in the first instance..

Hope that makes sense.. lol.

so to replicate.

1. type stuff in general chat blah blah blah..
2. go away to another tab on your browser, surf some....
3. come back to forum tab and you would see new text from people talking
4. hit new posts.
5. all the new text from leaving the page at stage 2 dissapears and you are left with the old text.

Its a bit annoying this bug :(

EDIT: I have found now that any new text is not saved.

ty

Sorry, one last thing for tonight.

Any new person joining General Chat, can it be so that they do not see any history? - imagine someone is talking about someone behind their backs and all of a sudden they join chat and see all of the history? - please make is so that this isnt possible.

Thanks

Just to further on the issue previously highlighted.

It seems that only general is affected by this.. a moderator an i spammed a PM message to death, refreshing (new posts) at regular intervals, at no point did the text reset.

However, performing the same tests on General would see all new text deleted.

Thank for reporting this, we will look into this and see what may be causing it.

As for the general chat history, we can see about making a setting for that. (Although we believe that anything you have to say about someone should be said to their face!)

[clubvr4]

sorry, me again.... lol..

Links, they dont auto link, please can this be corrected.

[clubvr4]

Thank for reporting this, we will look into this and see what may be causing it.

As for the general chat history, we can see about making a setting for that. (Although we believe that anything you have to say about someone should be said to their face!)


Just to add a bit more info, all 3 of us in chat all rest to the same bit of text, i.e. the 1000 characters, all new text is erased - so we all see the same 1000 characters of text remain when we reffresh the page.

[Ideal Web Tech]

sorry, me again.... lol..

Links, they dont auto link, please can this be corrected.

That is not a bug, links do not get auto parsed in the lite version. That is one of the features we have reserved only for the pro version currently.

[clubvr4]

I know, i know! you hate me :)

Another suggestion...

Would it be possible on the general tab to show how many people are in there? maybe General (2) for example? perhaps fruther down the line hoevering over the number would show the names?

[Ideal Web Tech]

I know, i know! you hate me :)

Another suggestion...

Would it be possible on the general tab to show how many people are in there? maybe General (2) for example? perhaps fruther down the line hoevering over the number would show the names?

This is something we want to do, but we're not happy with any of the solutions we have come up with yet. Once we have a solution that we feel is sound, we will implement it.

[dog199200]

Ok I can't seem to get it working properly, so how much would be the fee be?

Also I found a small error with the styling. For some reason, I can change the color and stuff of the style, and no matter what it will remain the same. It wont even change after editing the CSS by hand.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Ok I can't seem to get it working properly, so how much would be the fee be?

Also I found a small error with the styling. For some reason, I can change the color and stuff of the style, and no matter what it will remain the same. It wont even change after editing the CSS by hand.

For the css issue, try hitting CTRL+F5 to clear your cache.

As for the other part, we will look into it more in detail in the morning and contact you via PM.

[laebshade]

This addon caused Apache to segfault, as shown below:

[Sat Aug 6 23:04:43 2011] pid 31463 mod_whatkilledus sig 11 crash
[Sat Aug 6 23:04:43 2011] pid 31463 mod_whatkilledus active connection: 70.124.60.22:57047->66.228.54.146:80 (conn_rec 9259138)
[Sat Aug 6 23:04:43 2011] pid 31463 mod_whatkilledus active request (request_rec 92511c0):
POST /ideal_chat_update_stream.php HTTP/1.1|Host:exampledomain.com|Connection:keep-alive|Referer:http%3a//exampledomain.com/search.php?do=getnew&contenttype=vBForum_Post|Content-Length:109|Origin:http%3a//exampledomain.com|X-Requested-With:XMLHttpRequest|User-Agent:Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.107 Safari/535.1|Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8|Accept:*/*|Accept-Encoding:gzip,deflate,sdch|Accept-Language:en-US,en;q=0.8|Accept-Charset:UTF-8,*;q=0.5|Cookie:vbulletin_userlist_hide_avatars_i ncomingreqs=0; bb_picvote2187=1; bb_picvote2188=1; editor_height=fe%2523620px; bb_userstyleid=1; bb_skipmobilestyle=0; vbulletin_collapse=; bb_vsaltua_target_id=11905; bb_vsaltua_target_act=1312412414; bb_vsaltua_origid=0; bb_vsaltua_origuser=0; bb_vsaltua_active=0; bb_userid=13872; bb_password=d4e572ea864e352ed06b92060e2d93bc; bbcustomerid=535ca03d670da41535e42b4329dd41c9; PIWIK_SESSID=3udmiee05ri6gact273huog017; bb_cpsession=80613eb215740f09387bf7343388b913; bb_calendar=6d9235a6ddaf6b7b3c935114e3dfd094c89e34 f9a-3-%257Bs-7-.calyear._i-2011_s-8-.calmonth._i-8_s-8-.calview1._s-12-.displaymonth._%257D; __cmbU=ABJeb18OvSr5364_qB0nbmdhU5ehNV-2ghLtJBz3cKiF-iO1cgQU9m5fyahS8u0_mLWaWyuFcE6PjycRwcTuJlmJnPDuZ3E gmw; Cacti=j9ghgc5jg8tomh8qmojhn355h4; s_cc=true; s_sq=%255B%255BB%255D%255D; vbulletin_userlist_hide_avatars_buddylist=0; bb_lastvisit=1312685839; bb_lastactivity=0; __cmbDomTm=0; __cmbTpvTm=563; bb_; vbulletin_sidebar_collapse=1; __utma=145956479.484060682.1304296886.1312667328.1 312675638.369; __utmb=145956479.207.10.1312675638; __utmc=145956479; __utmz=145956479.1312675638.369.33.utmcsr=google%7 cutmccn=(organic)%7cutmcmd=organic%7cutmctr=zzr%25 20bikes; _pk_id.1.9703=9079da6866d67410.1311895191.30.13126 89097.1312667366.; _pk_ses.1.9703=*; iwt_idealChatData=%257B%2522lastMessageId%2522%253 A%25220%2522%252C%2522lastChatMessageId%2522%253A% 25220%2522%252C%2522openChatRooms%2522%253A%257B%2 57D%252C%2522openMenu%2522%253A%2522icbb_chatroom_ 1%2522%257D
[Sat Aug 6 23:04:43 2011] pid 31463 mod_whatkilledus end of report


Uninstalled.

[Mr Peabody]

Had a problem where it would make the quick post and pm reply box blank in IE8/9. Worked fine if you switched to compatibility mode.
Had to disable it for now.

[dog199200]

Oh another question, does the system have an auto purge setup, so it deletes messages that are older then a certain date? I haven't seen one, but I also haven't picked through all the javascript either. It would be a good idea to add a purge system, where the user can determine how long and often everything is purged. Something like this would work, it run every time the page is refreshed, or even as a cronjob:

<?php
require_once("./global.php");
$today = date('U', strtotime('-24 hours'));
$vbulletin->db->query_write("DELETE FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "iwt_chatroom_messages WHERE timestamp <= $today");
$vbulletin->db->query_write("DELETE FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "iwt_chat_convos WHERE timestamp <= $today");
?>

Just a suggestion

[clubvr4]

WOuld it be possible to make the general chat tabs available as a pop out? - It would allow members to chat using a larger window.

[sapphiremagus]

This addon caused Apache to segfault, as shown below:

[Sat Aug 6 23:04:43 2011] pid 31463 mod_whatkilledus sig 11 crash
[Sat Aug 6 23:04:43 2011] pid 31463 mod_whatkilledus active connection: 70.124.60.22:57047->66.228.54.146:80 (conn_rec 9259138)
[Sat Aug 6 23:04:43 2011] pid 31463 mod_whatkilledus active request (request_rec 92511c0):
POST /ideal_chat_update_stream.php HTTP/1.1|Host:exampledomain.com|Connection:keep-alive|Referer:http%3a//exampledomain.com/search.php?do=getnew&contenttype=vBForum_Post|Content-Length:109|Origin:http%3a//exampledomain.com|X-Requested-With:XMLHttpRequest|User-Agent:Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.107 Safari/535.1|Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8|Accept:*/*|Accept-Encoding:gzip,deflate,sdch|Accept-Language:en-US,en;q=0.8|Accept-Charset:UTF-8,*;q=0.5|Cookie:vbulletin_userlist_hide_avatars_i ncomingreqs=0; bb_picvote2187=1; bb_picvote2188=1; editor_height=fe%2523620px; bb_userstyleid=1; bb_skipmobilestyle=0; vbulletin_collapse=; bb_vsaltua_target_id=11905; bb_vsaltua_target_act=1312412414; bb_vsaltua_origid=0; bb_vsaltua_origuser=0; bb_vsaltua_active=0; bb_userid=13872; bb_password=d4e572ea864e352ed06b92060e2d93bc; bbcustomerid=535ca03d670da41535e42b4329dd41c9; PIWIK_SESSID=3udmiee05ri6gact273huog017; bb_cpsession=80613eb215740f09387bf7343388b913; bb_calendar=6d9235a6ddaf6b7b3c935114e3dfd094c89e34 f9a-3-%257Bs-7-.calyear._i-2011_s-8-.calmonth._i-8_s-8-.calview1._s-12-.displaymonth._%257D; __cmbU=ABJeb18OvSr5364_qB0nbmdhU5ehNV-2ghLtJBz3cKiF-iO1cgQU9m5fyahS8u0_mLWaWyuFcE6PjycRwcTuJlmJnPDuZ3E gmw; Cacti=j9ghgc5jg8tomh8qmojhn355h4; s_cc=true; s_sq=%255B%255BB%255D%255D; vbulletin_userlist_hide_avatars_buddylist=0; bb_lastvisit=1312685839; bb_lastactivity=0; __cmbDomTm=0; __cmbTpvTm=563; bb_; vbulletin_sidebar_collapse=1; __utma=145956479.484060682.1304296886.1312667328.1 312675638.369; __utmb=145956479.207.10.1312675638; __utmc=145956479; __utmz=145956479.1312675638.369.33.utmcsr=google%7 cutmccn=(organic)%7cutmcmd=organic%7cutmctr=zzr%25 20bikes; _pk_id.1.9703=9079da6866d67410.1311895191.30.13126 89097.1312667366.; _pk_ses.1.9703=*; iwt_idealChatData=%257B%2522lastMessageId%2522%253 A%25220%2522%252C%2522lastChatMessageId%2522%253A% 25220%2522%252C%2522openChatRooms%2522%253A%257B%2 57D%252C%2522openMenu%2522%253A%2522icbb_chatroom_ 1%2522%257D
[Sat Aug 6 23:04:43 2011] pid 31463 mod_whatkilledus end of report


Uninstalled.

I don't know if this is a similar issue or not, but the product caused havoc with our host's virtualization of PHP through CGI:

[error] [client ****] FastCGI: comm with (dynamic) server "<true site path>/html-x-httpd-php5" aborted: (first read) idle timeout (60 sec)
[error] [client ****] FastCGI: incomplete headers (0 bytes) received from server "<true site path>/html-x-httpd-php5"

I'll be checking with our host (GoDaddy) and see what that means but for the time being I can't run this on our site. We start getting a crap ton of internal server errors represented by the above with occasional windows of usage. We love the addon and would likely get the pro version after we raised some cash but until I can get the lite to play nice with the server there's no sense in considering it :(

[Ideal Web Tech]

This addon caused Apache to segfault, as shown below:

[Sat Aug 6 23:04:43 2011] pid 31463 mod_whatkilledus sig 11 crash
[Sat Aug 6 23:04:43 2011] pid 31463 mod_whatkilledus active connection: 70.124.60.22:57047->66.228.54.146:80 (conn_rec 9259138)
[Sat Aug 6 23:04:43 2011] pid 31463 mod_whatkilledus active request (request_rec 92511c0):
POST /ideal_chat_update_stream.php HTTP/1.1|Host:exampledomain.com|Connection:keep-alive|Referer:http%3a//exampledomain.com/search.php?do=getnew&contenttype=vBForum_Post|Content-Length:109|Origin:http%3a//exampledomain.com|X-Requested-With:XMLHttpRequest|User-Agent:Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.107 Safari/535.1|Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8|Accept:*/*|Accept-Encoding:gzip,deflate,sdch|Accept-Language:en-US,en;q=0.8|Accept-Charset:UTF-8,*;q=0.5|Cookie:vbulletin_userlist_hide_avatars_i ncomingreqs=0; bb_picvote2187=1; bb_picvote2188=1; editor_height=fe%2523620px; bb_userstyleid=1; bb_skipmobilestyle=0; vbulletin_collapse=; bb_vsaltua_target_id=11905; bb_vsaltua_target_act=1312412414; bb_vsaltua_origid=0; bb_vsaltua_origuser=0; bb_vsaltua_active=0; bb_userid=13872; bb_password=d4e572ea864e352ed06b92060e2d93bc; bbcustomerid=535ca03d670da41535e42b4329dd41c9; PIWIK_SESSID=3udmiee05ri6gact273huog017; bb_cpsession=80613eb215740f09387bf7343388b913; bb_calendar=6d9235a6ddaf6b7b3c935114e3dfd094c89e34 f9a-3-%257Bs-7-.calyear._i-2011_s-8-.calmonth._i-8_s-8-.calview1._s-12-.displaymonth._%257D; __cmbU=ABJeb18OvSr5364_qB0nbmdhU5ehNV-2ghLtJBz3cKiF-iO1cgQU9m5fyahS8u0_mLWaWyuFcE6PjycRwcTuJlmJnPDuZ3E gmw; Cacti=j9ghgc5jg8tomh8qmojhn355h4; s_cc=true; s_sq=%255B%255BB%255D%255D; vbulletin_userlist_hide_avatars_buddylist=0; bb_lastvisit=1312685839; bb_lastactivity=0; __cmbDomTm=0; __cmbTpvTm=563; bb_; vbulletin_sidebar_collapse=1; __utma=145956479.484060682.1304296886.1312667328.1 312675638.369; __utmb=145956479.207.10.1312675638; __utmc=145956479; __utmz=145956479.1312675638.369.33.utmcsr=google%7 cutmccn=(organic)%7cutmcmd=organic%7cutmctr=zzr%25 20bikes; _pk_id.1.9703=9079da6866d67410.1311895191.30.13126 89097.1312667366.; _pk_ses.1.9703=*; iwt_idealChatData=%257B%2522lastMessageId%2522%253 A%25220%2522%252C%2522lastChatMessageId%2522%253A% 25220%2522%252C%2522openChatRooms%2522%253A%257B%2 57D%252C%2522openMenu%2522%253A%2522icbb_chatroom_ 1%2522%257D
[Sat Aug 6 23:04:43 2011] pid 31463 mod_whatkilledus end of report


Uninstalled.
I don't know if this is a similar issue or not, but the product caused havoc with our host's virtualization of PHP through CGI:

[error] [client ****] FastCGI: comm with (dynamic) server "<true site path>/html-x-httpd-php5" aborted: (first read) idle timeout (60 sec)
[error] [client ****] FastCGI: incomplete headers (0 bytes) received from server "<true site path>/html-x-httpd-php5"

I'll be checking with our host (GoDaddy) and see what that means but for the time being I can't run this on our site. We start getting a crap ton of internal server errors represented by the above with occasional windows of usage. We love the addon and would likely get the pro version after we raised some cash but until I can get the lite to play nice with the server there's no sense in considering it :(

Had a problem where it would make the quick post and pm reply box blank in IE8/9. Worked fine if you switched to compatibility mode.
Had to disable it for now.

We will be looking into those issues to see what may have happened, and see about patching a fix to prevent it in future versions.

Oh another question, does the system have an auto purge setup, so it deletes messages that are older then a certain date? I haven't seen one, but I also haven't picked through all the javascript either. It would be a good idea to add a purge system, where the user can determine how long and often everything is purged. Something like this would work, it run every time the page is refreshed, or even as a cronjob:

<?php
require_once("./global.php");
$today = date('U', strtotime('-24 hours'));
$vbulletin->db->query_write("DELETE FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "iwt_chatroom_messages WHERE timestamp <= $today");
$vbulletin->db->query_write("DELETE FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "iwt_chat_convos WHERE timestamp <= $today");
?>

Just a suggestion

WOuld it be possible to make the general chat tabs available as a pop out? - It would allow members to chat using a larger window.

Both of these suggestions are already planned. (We have a large list of planned features, and we will be building them into future versions as time permits.)

[alencete]

It's cool!!!! very nice work! : Up:: Up:: Up:

so the chat is incompatible with the Spanish language. No good work with UTF-8, problems witch avatar, no show the avatars in "firends online", and problem witch time of chat. ;)

Regards

[Ideal Web Tech]

It's cool!!!! very nice work! : Up:: Up:: Up:

so the chat is incompatible with the Spanish language. No good work with UTF-8, problems witch avatar, no show the avatars in "firends online", and problem witch time of chat. ;)

Regards

I'm not sure what you mean by no good with UTF-8 as we are currently running it with UTF-8 encoding on our demo site.

There was a bug in the avatars, but it was fixed in version 1.1.2. If you are still seeing the issue with 1.1.2, please let us know.

As for the time of the chat, we have not noticed any issues with it, nor have any been reported, so could you please be a little more specific.

[clubvr4]

Both of these suggestions are already planned. (We have a large list of planned features, and we will be building them into future versions as time permits.)

Would it be possible to publish this list? - so you dont keep getting repeat questions :)

[alencete]

I'm not sure what you mean by no good with UTF-8 as we are currently running it with UTF-8 encoding on our demo site.

There was a bug in the avatars, but it was fixed in version 1.1.2. If you are still seeing the issue with 1.1.2, please let us know.

As for the time of the chat, we have not noticed any issues with it, nor have any been reported, so could you please be a little more specific.

I have updated and the problem of fixed avatars. Other problems remain.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Would it be possible to publish this list? - so you dont keep getting repeat questions :)

We have thought about releasing it, but we don't want to release any info about features until we have confirmed that they are in place and coming with the next version!

We have found with other products, that if you say a feature is planned, people expect it in the next version, and then get mad if its not.

I have updated and the problem of fixed avatars. Other problems remain.

What encoding is your board using? The encoding that chat uses is the same as what your board is set to use. So if your board doesn't support those characters, then the chat won't either.

As for the date one, that is very interesting. We will look into that some more!

[sapphiremagus]

Just an update on my issue - asked customer service what happened and all I got back was "we don't support java on our shared servers" ... extremely helpful, I know. I'm looking at alternative hosting at the moment because that seems like BS to me.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Just an update on my issue - asked customer service what happened and all I got back was "we don't support java on our shared servers" ... extremely helpful, I know. I'm looking at alternative hosting at the moment because that seems like BS to me.

That is a very bad response considering nothing in this product uses Java.

[sapphiremagus]

That is a very bad response considering nothing in this product uses Java.

Agreed, which really just nailed the coffin shut on staying with them as host. In any event, hopefully you can garner some information from the relatively ambiguous log information I provided. If the problem shows up again after I change hosts I'll let you know, and hopefully have a better description of the issue.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Agreed, which really just nailed the coffin shut on staying with them as host. In any event, hopefully you can garner some information from the relatively ambiguous log information I provided. If the problem shows up again after I change hosts I'll let you know, and hopefully have a better description of the issue.

If you need a good host, you might want to look at Liquid Web (http://www.liquidweb.com/). We use them currently, and they have always been very quick to respond if we ever do have any issue.

As for keeping us updated, please do, the more information we have, the quicker we can stomp out the bugs!

[leave it to bea]

I've installed this on a couple of VB forums running 4.1.5 and I'm having the same issue danhaga was having. I can type in a message but it's not showing up until the page is refreshed or I kill the chat session and reopen the box.

http://www.austinareastangs.com/forums/forum.php

I'll send you a login and password via pm.

[Ideal Web Tech]

I've installed this on a couple of VB forums running 4.1.5 and I'm having the same issue danhaga was having. I can type in a message but it's not showing up until the page is refreshed or I kill the chat session and reopen the box.

http://www.austinareastangs.com/forums/forum.php

I'll send you a login and password via pm.

We have noticed this issue on a couple of boards now, and we are looking into a fix for it.

[destacamos]

I have updated and the problem of fixed avatars. Other problems remain.

i have the same problem, TIME and characters "?"

[Smile :-)]

i don't like how this mod show the time & date of the messages.
so i change it to show it like my "Log Date Format" option in ACP.

if you want to do so too just edit ideal_chat_update_stream.php file and search for:
$templater->register('time_sent', vbdate('M j, g:i:s a',$message['timestamp']));

replace with:
$templater->register('time_sent', vbdate($vbulletin->options['logdateformat'],$message['timestamp']));

please add it to your next version ;)

[kingMOB]

Very nice mod =)

Only problems are the latin characters not showing properly and the fact that if I enable it to all users the server is taken down due to hundreds of stream connections (mysql) and an apache full of "Sending Reply" connections =(

[montda]

this mod effect some other mod as 8WR Media Library and PhotoPlog which is disable very important navigation links :(

I though the new version would solve it but...Q_Q

I'd appreciated any help to solve this.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Very nice mod =)

Only problems are the latin characters not showing properly and the fact that if I enable it to all users the server is taken down due to hundreds of stream connections (mysql) and an apache full of "Sending Reply" connections =(
Apache should be able to handle over 1k active connections without much trouble on even moderate server hardware. Mysql will hold more connections open currently (1 per user active in the chat), but with some tuning the extra connections shouldn't be a big deal. We are looking into options to try and see about avoiding having to maintain a mysql connection open for each stream but thats a bit tricky and has all kinds of other complications we are looking into solving. Ideally we can come up with a fix for this without stressing the filesystem, and without requiring memcache.

The character issue for now we can't do a whole lot about it right the second, but we will look into options as we have time after the next major update.

[danhaga]

Just installed the latest version and I am still having the same issues.

-When I click on a friend online and send a message it doesn't show up for myself or them unless I refresh the page. Does not show up real time.

-Chatroom does the same thing.

-Getting lots of Error: Reload messages

I am also now getting DB errors on my email:
Database error in vBulletin :
mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 111
/data/13/1/81/81/1244407/user/1326992/htdocs/portal/includes/class_core.php on line 314


MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Request Date : Tuesday, August 9th 2011 @ 09:28:38 AM
Error Date : Tuesday, August 9th 2011 @ 09:28:38 AM
Script : xxxx/ideal_chat_update_stream.php
Referrer : xxxx/forum.php
IP Address :xxxxx
Username :
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

And just an FYI. Problems are the same in FF, IE and Chrome.

[basilrath]

I get exactly the same errors all the time ........... had to uninstall

[kingMOB]

Apache should be able to handle over 1k active connections without much trouble on even moderate server hardware. Mysql will hold more connections open currently (1 per user active in the chat), but with some tuning the extra connections shouldn't be a big deal. We are looking into options to try and see about avoiding having to maintain a mysql connection open for each stream but thats a bit tricky and has all kinds of other complications we are looking into solving. Ideally we can come up with a fix for this without stressing the filesystem, and without requiring memcache.

The character issue for now we can't do a whole lot about it right the second, but we will look into options as we have time after the next major update.

Don't know what can be changed here, there is more than 2000 users online, mysql connections goes up 16x and apache requests 7x when the plugin is active to everybody, which kills the server: an octocore with more then 12gb can not handle it. Is there anything that I can experience here to solve this? This is really a good plugin that I would like to share with our users.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Don't know what can be changed here, there is more than 2000 users online, mysql connections goes up 16x and apache requests 7x when the plugin is active to everybody, which kills the server: an octocore with more then 12gb can not handle it. Is there anything that I can experience here to solve this? This is really a good plugin that I would like to share with our users.
Tuning of mysql and apache should help considerable, as yes the script does create more connection overhead for both apache and mysql than typically they are configured to handle when you start talking that many users. The memcache stream Tim is working on should avoid most the extra mysql load, but it won't be ready for a bit still as its quite complex to make sure it works properly. In fact the memcache stream should drop the overall resource requirements besides apache connections considerable. The only thing we could really look into doing to lessen the apache connection count would be a server side script designed to feed the JavaScript in place of relying on apache.

[ngocol]

i got 500 internal server after i setup for my register member ..yes it took resource on my server .but in my opinion..its a very good mod..

[Ideal Web Tech]

We might see about pushing out a bug fix release tonight or tomorrow, while we continue to work on the next major release. We have fixed several issues already on our current dev build that should increase the stability of the system for most of the people who were having issues with the chat messages not showing up.

[charlow]

Just wanted to add - we're getting the same issue with the chat not displaying until the chat window is closed and reopened. Looking forward to your fix though. If you'd like me to install it prior to release to check if it sorts the issue, I'll be watching PMs for the next 3-4 hours.

[charlow]

...just had a severe slowdown as well which went away when we disabled the chat. Looking into it now.

[leave it to bea]

I'm with charlow on this. If you need another set of eyes to help out with a little testing let me know, I'd be more than happy to play with it. I'm a software QA engineer.

[ilanyon]

Hi,
Great mod and working fine on FireFox... But on both IE6 and IE8 for the same site, I'm getting a Page Error occurring and it is not working...

Although I think IE is pretty crappy, unfortunately a lot of my users use it...

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Error below...

[wullieclsfb]

used too muh of my hosting resources due to being on shared hosting if it if ever made more compatable for shared hosting i will try again

[Trip3151]

some reason the mod will not show on the forum
http://forum.builtforsin.org/forum.php
I set user group permissions.

[basilrath]

Ok running it now on the board ............. www.tabletennistalk.co.uk

[Bluefin221]

The chat has a huge problem with Internet Explorer 8 and below, users cannot post on the forums until the chat is disabled so something is causing a conflict, I did report this in your tracker but received no response from you regarding it. You seem to answer on here quicker.

[DNN]

We have been running it on one of our live sites during almost the entire development phase, and we couldn't notice our site slowing any. We also monitored our server load regularly, and found it to not really even touch the server.

For a short time during the development, there was a bug that kept the connections from closing correctly, and at one point we had over a 100 copies running, and we didn't even notice for a while because our server load was so low, and our site was still loading normally. (Don't worry though, we fixed that bug!)

As for a paid version, you can find the pro version on our website in our store.



What about Brian? :)


this is an awesome mod. it does replicate facebook chat. just downloaded it and going to give it a shot

[Ideal Web Tech]

The chat has a huge problem with Internet Explorer 8 and below, users cannot post on the forums until the chat is disabled so something is causing a conflict, I did report this in your tracker but received no response from you regarding it. You seem to answer on here quicker.

No we only check in here periodically. We are on our sites almost 24/7 when we are up, checking in on things regularly. Just because we haven't replied in the bug tracker doesn't mean its not on our list to get fixed. We have an extreme amount of work between our staff to keep pumping things out smoothly and in a timely manor.

Please be patient as we work all the random bugs out, as frankly with all the different addons that aren't coded right, and vBulletin having some hook issues where it skips some global hooks and other stuff for the cms. As this script itself is in no way shape or form a simple script, as it takes extremely advanced and creative logic to keep it from just wrecking servers like many other chat scripts do.

used too muh of my hosting resources due to being on shared hosting if it if ever made more compatable for shared hosting i will try again

Honestly scripts of this nature are not designed for shared hosting, as shared hosting limits resources considerable since most shared hosting servers tend to be jammed with sites which makes it easy to eat up the small amount of resources they want to allow you to use.

[Tyran1]

How is the Version off 3.8.x ??

[Harelin]

Maybe I'm just not knowledgeable enough about MySQL tuning, but this mod - as much as I love it - absolutely kills my VPS. It brings the server to a crawl even when I've only enabled it for 2-5 people. This is probably my fault but I thought I'd chime in anyhow, I thought it seemed like a very polished mod otherwise and would definitely invest in the pro version if I didn't have this problem.

[Ideal Web Tech]

Maybe I'm just not knowledgeable enough about MySQL tuning, but this mod - as much as I love it - absolutely kills my VPS. It brings the server to a crawl even when I've only enabled it for 2-5 people. This is probably my fault but I thought I'd chime in anyhow, I thought it seemed like a very polished mod otherwise and would definitely invest in the pro version if I didn't have this problem.
I am going to guess you have one of the cheaper VPS with limited memory available, or else they are throttling your cpu usage.

[daydie]

yeah its killing my server to, messages take to long after clicking enter, and i only got low traffic. Removed.

Comet chat doesn't have as much lag as this.

[ramil86]

The chat does not show up in the CMS page. Please help me with showing the chat on the main cms page

[danhaga]

When should we expect the next release? I love your concept but need something that works soon.

[Ideal Web Tech]

The chat does not show up in the CMS page. Please help me with showing the chat on the main cms page

Currently the chat does not show on the CMS pages because the hooks needed to make it show no longer get ran on the CMS pages. We are looking into a fix for it, and will let everyone know when it is found.

When should we expect the next release? I love your concept but need something that works soon.

We had originally planned to release a new version yesterday; however, one of the main developers had to stay overnight in the hospital after a car accident.

You can expect the new version to be released soon!

[Ideal Web Tech]

Hope you all enjoy the updated 1.2.0 release which fixes many bugs and adds several new features. We will see about writing up more about whats new in it later but right now we are calling it a night.

Everybody who was having issues with the messages not showing up before please let us know if you still have that problem as it should be fixed! (also let us know if its still broken for you)

[leave it to bea]

I'm still having the issue of messages not showing up. You can check it out with the same user and pw I gave you before. These are the versions of the new downloads.

[IWT] Ideal Chat Lite 1.2.0
[IWT] Shared Libraries 1.0.2

[speedfan26]

I am having an issue with the general chat room. I keep getting this message when trying to use it.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/08/47.png

I have chat enabled in both my personal settings and in the master settings

[davepk]

After install you can't open the forums, pages stays loading.
Have to disable chat

[Ideal Web Tech]

I'm still having the issue of messages not showing up. You can check it out with the same user and pw I gave you before. These are the versions of the new downloads.

[IWT] Ideal Chat Lite 1.2.0
[IWT] Shared Libraries 1.0.2

Hmm, I will check into this more soon.

I am having an issue with the general chat room. I keep getting this message when trying to use it.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/08/47.png

I have chat enabled in both my personal settings and in the master settings

There is a new set of usergroup settings just for the chatrooms that you must enable now. If you have them enabled and are still getting the issue, please let us know.

After install you can't open the forums, pages stays loading.
Have to disable chat

What browser are you using? Does the page look like its loaded but the status bar just keeps saying loading? Any information you can give us on this will help us find the issue.

[danhaga]

Still have unresponsive chat windows. No notifications and messages do not show up unless refreshed.

[ElfenLied1337]

Hey, nice mod, seems to be working well, though I haven't tested much just yet.

Question: has the feature for disabling the noise been worked on at all?

[Ideal Web Tech]

Okay at the rate this script is growing and the amount of questions and bug reports we are dealing with its already getting to much to to keep organized in a thread.

So for now on please ask any questions you have here (http://community.idealwebtech.com/forum/24-ideal-chat-pro-vbulletin-4/) and report bugs you find here (http://community.idealwebtech.com/tracker/project-1-ideal-chat-pro-vbulletin-4/)

Doing this will ensure faster replies and will also help you and others find answers to your questions faster plus will make things easier on us to manage in general as this thread has so many different sub topics going on, and bug reports all mixed in together. Which due to all everything being in one thread we have no way to sort structure and effectively manage everything.

Brian Yarbrough
Ideal Web Technologies
http://www.idealwebtech.com

[dog199200]

With the admin slash commands, there really needs to be a way to be a way to define who can use them. Either by the usergroup level or at the user level itself. Or even both, having the user level override the usergroup level. I haven't gotten to test it out, but i haven't found any place that defines who can use admin functions

[Skyline_GT]

Would it be possible in anyway for a person's whole forums friends list become added in the chat list?

Possible?

[clubvr4]

Hi,

Thanks for the recent update.

Please can you elaborate on the "Fixed numerous bugs!" ? - This would allow us to identify whether a problem we see has been resolved or not - rather than licking and seeing.

Thanks

[espkaruna]

I am testing this out right now among a limited number of users on a live site. We all agree that the 'beep' sound for each new message is very annoying. Any update on how to disable this?

[espkaruna]

Ok, another thing, and I am not trying to down this mod, just giving honest feedback, on vb suite v 4.1.4 patch 2 this mod seems to interfere with the vbadvanced tag module. The module does not show when this addon is enabled and comes back just fine when it is disabled

[pete_brady]

I am testing this out right now among a limited number of users on a live site. We all agree that the 'beep' sound for each new message is very annoying. Any update on how to disable this?

replace or delete strong_beep.mp3?

[espkaruna]

Thanks, that should suffice ;)

[Ideal Web Tech]

With the admin slash commands, there really needs to be a way to be a way to define who can use them...

Well right now admin functions are only for admins. In the end, we will most likely make the chat staff (which is already a setting) determine who can use the admin slash commands.

Please can you elaborate on the "Fixed numerous bugs!" ?


We placed fixes for every known bug into the new version; however, since we have been unable to replicate some of the issues, a few of the fixes may not actually be full fixes.

Ok, another thing, and I am not trying to down this mod, just giving honest feedback, on vb suite v 4.1.4 patch 2 this mod seems to interfere with the vbadvanced tag module...

We will make a note of that and look into it as time permits.

replace or delete strong_beep.mp3?

I would recommend you replace it instead of deleting it.

[espkaruna]

any tips as to how this is interfering with the popular tags module in vba cmps?

[pjort]

I would really like to see the chat system work in the CMS version of vBulletin as well, any plans of doing so? Or do you maybe have a hook for something I can inplement?

[Gamelobby]

I got nothing..!?
Installed correctly, turned it on, edited usergroups, still nothing..

I'm using vB4.1.3, CMS
I'm not using vBAdvanced cmps

Where do i start.?

*edit*
Ok so apparently members can see it, & possibly use it.. so it is me personally that cant see/use it.
Is it something to do with Google Chrome, or what else could be my problem.?

*edit2*
I cant see it in IE either.. wtf is wrong with my pc.!?

*edit3*
Fixed, i'm an idiot. I thought the banning option was for usergroups, so i banned #1.
Too bad it was userid's. lol

[Doc2911]

works perfekt with 4.1.5, thx

[morelia]

Installed the update again.

It is still opening ALL previously closed chat sessions when members login.

[Asteg]

Hiho,

I have the issue of messages not showing up only after i refresh with F5 (4.1.5)

[Datenpapst]

Datenbankfehler in vBulletin 4.1.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT stream.lastmsgid AS lastmsgid, stream.lastchatmsgid AS lastchatmsgid, COUNT(ulist.relationid) AS friendsonline
FROM iwt_chat_updatestream AS stream
LEFT JOIN userlist AS ulist ON (ulist.userid=stream.uid AND ulist.friend='yes' AND ulist.relationid IN (
SELECT stream2.uid
FROM iwt_chat_updatestream AS stream2
WHERE stream2.lasttouch > 1314894854
))
WHERE stream.uid=144;

MySQL-Fehler : Mixing of GROUP columns (MIN(),MAX(),COUNT(),...) with no GROUP columns is illegal if there is no GROUP BY clause
Fehler-Nr. : 1140
Fehler-Zeit : Thursday, 01.09.2011 @ 18:38:14
Datum : Thursday, 01.09.2011 @ 18:38:15
Skript : http://www.c-arena.com/ideal_chat_update_stream.php
Referrer : http://www.c-arena.com/forum.php
IP-Adresse : XXXXXX
Benutzername : XXXXX
Klassenname : vB_Database
MySQL-Version :

[vertfreak101]

Love the idea of this mod.

My only issue though:

Everything is working and running fine, but as I friend people,
they aren't being added to my chat friends, so I can't chat with them. I know this is a
mistake on my end, I just need a bit of guidance!

Thanks!

[reelflafishin]

installed it, read the instructions. looked around for where the settings were.. i couldn't find them lol. but after i did, it showed up perfectly fine on the forum.

[Conehead555]

I got the Pro version, it makes the site so slow I wanted to pull my hair out waiting to get back to ACP to turn it off! $60 down the drain, thanks buddy!

[Alfa1]

Performance issues seem to be a recurring topic. Hopefully this can be addressed?

[Ideal Web Tech]

We are constantly working on this script and some even more advanced code concepts to make it more optimized than it currently is. We also have some performance related settings that are in the admincp which are able to drop the load down at the cost of slower message response times. By default the script ships tuned for almost instant messages which is not ideal for large sites which don't have the hardware to support the extra load. So tuning of the sleep time and other time related settings to higher values should help drop the load from the script.

[GamersChallenge]

uninstalled, regret buying the pro version, slows down my website a lot, sometimes even takes it down. I switched to cometchat, much better, also looks nicer.

[Ideal Web Tech]

You obviously needed to tune settings somewhere in your server, as there have been a few benchmarks performed and our chat outperforms cometchat by over a 50% margin, and soon to be even greater as we are working hard on a memcached based stream to avoid even needing to touch the database between 75-90% of the time depending on how active your site is.

[PWillard]

I have this installed and this

DragonByte Tech: Advanced Post Thanks / Like (Lite 1.1.8
Advanced Post Thanks / Like lets members quickly voice their opinion on a post.

it doesnt seem to work unless I disable (Post Thanks)

[PWillard]

also would be nice to have a feature were users can chat with other users without being friends..

and also to disable sounds cus thats just irritating..

[TeknoSounds]

You obviously needed to tune settings somewhere in your server, as there have been a few benchmarks performed and our chat outperforms cometchat by over a 50% margin, and soon to be even greater as we are working hard on a memcached based stream to avoid even needing to touch the database between 75-90% of the time depending on how active your site is.

Please include Xcache as well :)