The pages seem to want to take a bit before they reload the same page again such as when I join another chat. Or update my preferences. Also where it says vBChat in the sidebar where it lists the users should list the room name they are currently in. I think that would work better.

I am having an issue with the step of editing the root index.php...

The instruction says to find this...

while ($loggedin = $DB_site->fetch_array($forumusers))
{
$userid = $loggedin['userid'];
if (!$userid)
{ // Guest
$numberguest++;
$inforum["$loggedin[inforum]"]++;
}
else if (empty($userinfos["$userid"]) OR ($userinfos["$userid"]['lastactivity'] < $loggedin['lastactivity']))
{
$userinfos["$userid"] = $loggedin;
}
}

But the problem is I found this...

while ($loggedin = $DB_site->fetch_array($forumusers))
{
$userid = $loggedin['userid'];
if (!$userid)
{ // Guest
$numberguest++;
$inforum["$loggedin[inforum]"]++;
}
else if (empty($userinfos["$userid"]['lastactivity']) OR ($userinfos["$userid"]['lastactivity'] < $loggedin['lastactivity']))
{
$userinfos["$userid"] = $loggedin;
$numberregistered++;
if ($userid != $bbuserinfo['userid'])
{
$inforum["$loggedin[inforum]"]++;
}
$loggedin['musername'] = fetch_musername($loggedin);

if (fetch_online_status($loggedin))
{
$numbervisible++;
eval('$activeusers .= ", ' . fetch_template('forumhome_loggedinuser') . '";');
}
}
}

My brackets close later than your instructions say they should.. Can anyone enlighten me to why this is? I assume a previous hack I installed.. If so, can someone tell me where I should fit in the new chatroom related code?

I have a problem with the users in the default chat room not clearing, even for days. And its getting worse. More and more users are becoming ghosts in that list and seems like once you join the chat, it never clears you. :disappointed:

Is there anything I can do to solve this? I'm using 1.1.1 with vb3.0.3

Thanks.

P.S. on the forum home page, it says no users in the chat rooms, but when you go in, theres people from previous sessions who have not been cleared.

Are there any plans to change the smilies support. IMO the current way of showing random smilies is not a very good way to use them. Especially when those randomly selected may show several same smilies:(

If anybody has a way to show selected 10 I'd surely appreciate instructions posted here.

Otherwise this seems to work all ok for me.

Regs,
-MikaK-

I installed the mod last night and it works great. Thank you! I followed the instructions and it worked flawlessly.

[QUOTE=Boback]I have a problem with the users in the default chat room not clearing, even for days. And its getting worse. More and more users are becoming ghosts in that list and seems like once you join the chat, it never clears you. :disappointed:

Boback, I was able to clear the Chat history in the Admin control panel under the "vBChat Control" "vBChat Prune Options" section. You can choose to "vBChat Total Prune" to eliminate all chat posts or you can set it up to Prune by days or members. Worked fine for me.

Hope this helps.
Randy

I noticed that you have to select "logout" of the forum when in vBChat in order to log out of the Chat room. Otherwise you show as as still in the Chat room. Am I missing the correct way to leave the Chat room or is another option for leaving a room necessary?

Thanks for a great Mod!
Randy

I have vB3.03 with Photopost Pro gallery software, Reviewpost product review software, and Classifieds sales program. Photopost allows for integration with vB3 styles and after installing the vBChat mod I can see the vBChat option in the menu structure of the Photopost part of my site. But if you select vBChat there you can an error message:
404 Not Found
The requested URL /photopost/vBChat.php? does not exist.

Anyone have an idea how to fix this? Thanks for any input.
Randy

Has anyone found a solution to this problem?

cool hack, i wish some1 would help with these hacks i got

It sounds like you are using a relative URL in your link to vBChat.php, which will cause this to happen on any page outside of the forums directory.

Is there a way to change the number of chat messages that are viewable? My chat room only shows about 15 of the past messages and then they disappear.

Hello I have Installed this Chat in my Board and I found one little Bug,

cause off the Board is in Germany I have the Timezone WEZ +1

the chat shows the wrong Time.

on Forum home I can see for Example: WEZ +1 23:32

on the Chat I see WEZ +1 22:32

How I can fix this Bug ?

sorry for my bad englich, I speak it not very often

Installed....great hack.

Not sure if this was asked before, but is there a way to extend the chat psots...where more posts are shown. Like the old ones?

EDIT : Looks like someone already posted that same question...2 posts up /\ /\ :mad:

Yea its been asked a good few times, but noone has answered it :(

The problem with my chatboard not clearing the userlist seems to have fixed itself. Though a total prune didn't do it. It seems to have fixed it on its own.

Could someone write a quick uninstall script on this? At least for the SQL tables? I can manually delete everything else, but I'm not experienced enough to touch my SQL stuff....

Anyone?

I would also love to know this..

Im also experiencing some of the errors other are complaining about. There users dont auto-prune and the chat doesnt parse in BB code either. Thats annoying...........

Any hints to this?

first time I ever installed a hack...works like a charm!!!
took me 15 minutes (mainly reading)

color change: has been addressed several times... (iframe => change body)
what I do miss is "How To" get rid of the status thing. Don't know what it's good for anyway...

THX ZT!!!

Here's a funny bug everytime I enter the chat room (see picture attached) where my entire website design is included in the chat box. It clears up soon as I enter the user section (and I think it clears when I post a message)

Using Firefox. Sorry if this was answered before, but 30 plus pages to this thread...

Man, this looks good on my board, and has been needed for quite some time. Thank you very much for a nearly painless installation!

is there a way to turn the radom smilies to a fixed ..or in a way it display them in the same order as they are saved in the cp and shown on board?

example smily1 ,smily2 etc..

thank you

This is the way I?d want to have it as well. For example the group "generic smilies" included.

Mika

Just installed the hack and I'm very happy with it. I was using phpMyChat previously, but that required a separate registration. This one works very well with my web site. Now I'm one step closer to a unified web site. Thanks!

Thanks for the input. I fixed it and also figured out how to add new navigation links in the Navbar. Everything is working! Very cool. Thanks for the great input on this forum.

Randy

I've had this installed for nearly a month now, everthing works great, but under Currently Active Users, it only shows myself, when many more people are online. I saw this problem mentioned but I thought he meant just for the chat. (He suggested it was ISP/browser problem, but only started to occur after installation).

Anyway I checked the templates and the changes in the includes_online file, couldn't find the problem. Anyone know how to fix this?

Is there a reason why we don't see "redirect" pages when you change options or rooms in vBChat? Same in the ADMIN CP, for vBChat, when you save new options, you don't get a "settings were saved" redirect.

Have I missed something?

I have a couple of questions:

1) Is there any way to get rid of the horizontal scroll bar and have the text automatically wrap?

2) Is it just me, or are private messages tabbed way across the screen, forcing you to scroll to the right for even the shortest of private messages....how to fix this?

Other than that (and smiley 'X' problems that are NOT fixed by the built in vbChat "fix") it's a great script.....

==PA

(Oh yeah, and how about a command to reveal more history on a per-user basis, for say, someone who joins the chat late)!

Quick problem that we've noticed...Every once in a while, a user will type something in & hit post & it never shows up..other times it will show up twice...Is that something on our end or is there a little glitch?

Other than that it's great! Thanks! Much easier than the other kind with the raidersoft chat program! :)

Some more requests from my users:

1) like to see the text wrapped

2) Be able to click on someone’s name without having to type it in every time, much like the way Private Messages are done by clicking on the name on the right hand box....I would suggest making the name that appears in the actual chat room CLICKABLE for a normal, non private message. When clicked, the user name appears in the send box, so that you don't have to type the person's name that you are addressing

3) Not enuff history – it goes back 20 post approx –not nearly enough

4) And you already know about the Private Messages appearing all the way to the right, for whatever reason....is that just my problem, or do other people see this?

I'm not able to change rooms....just loops back to the room select page.

anyone?

Absolutely superb.

Well done!

Just a couple of easy questions:

1. is there any way of pruning the messages automatically when there is no one there? I dont like the idea that all chats are logged for 24 hours.

2. Is there any way for members displayed in the chat to have different coloured display? (for example when it says > VISH says: < it is displayed in black, but can all members be displayed with a different colour? Not the text, just the name?)

Great hack, my fave and look forward to future versions!

*clicks install*

anyway for force pruning - to clear the room out

questions!

1. can user create their own room?

2. is there a scroll bar in the message box? cause in my forum the text goes up auto and you can't read what's already been passed.

3. can each user have their own color text?

4. where can i edit the default font size?

5. will there be a future version of this with all the stuff that everyone here mentioned?

I just had an idea - does anyone know how to modify the code so that the messages are completely pruned every 10minutes or so? At the moment it is set to 24 hours (variable is in days, which i have set to 1). However i do not think keeping the messages there is a good idea at all.

I am sure that someone here will know how to modify the code so that in admincp, the choice can be set to minutes rather than days.

Thanks,

Vishal

I install this on my forum just to test things out...
and now i prefer an IRC intergration chat better so how do i uninstall this?
i want to completely remove it.

Wow, nice app! Even a complete vB newb like me can pull this off! Thanks!

Joe Black

I know this is kind of a newb question but how does a user officially "leave" a room? Is there a command they can enter or does it just wait for the user to timeout on the next refresh?

Is there an uninstall planned for this?

... but I would like to increase the lines of history visible . . . where do I go for that?

I have just managed to lure my members in and they're going off. This is a great hack . . .