Nevermind about the colored names, I figured it out. If anyone else needs to be able to do this, here it is:

Edit the chatbox.php file in the forums directory in 2 locations.

Find on line 178 & 318

Change this to

I'm not even smart enough to figure out what the "Message Colors" option in the admincp does.

let me try this :)

Done and it cnsumes a bit of more resources than the MGC Chatbox :)

Chatbox has been updated, version 2.0

- fixed minor bug that could stop the chatbox from working if the ajax response had newlines
- fixed bug that the chatbox was using the primary usergroup colors instead of the display usergroup colors for the username coloring
- fixed instructions for the chatbox under the navbar or under the forum list, old code's collapse wasn't working properly
- changed the default Chatbox place on the forum home page in the install instructions to show it after the forum listing
- updated the install instructions to be easier to follow and have more info

To upgrade follow the instructions in upgrade.txt

Message colors lets your users pick a color to show their messages in that color.

VERSION HISTORY

version 1.2
- Added option to let users delete their own messages.
- Added option to show username links with user group colors. Note this may raise resource usage.
- Added WOL support.
- Added option to change the HTML tag used around usernames.
- Added smilies!

version 1.3
- Now when the Chatbox auto-refreshes, the message the user was typing isn't lost.
This is not perfect, because by the time the Chatbox refreshes it gets the message, and the user has time to type more stuff while the page is loading, so it may lose some letters.

version 1.4
- Added Ajax!
Now you can set your refresh rate to 3 seconds and make your server cry to mommy!

version 1.5
- Show Time? now correctly removes time from messages. When it does, mouseover the user name will show the time.
- Added automatic URL parsing. Requires BBCode to be enabled.
- Added hide refresh button option, good if you have a low refresh interval.
- Added option to change the image smilies button into a normal button, same as send and refresh.
- Added Banned Users option.
- Input buttons now use the correct button CSS class.
- Added cron files to the zip file, auto prune and auto post, the instructions to use them are in cron/cron.txt

version 1.6
- Fixed IE7 bug, the ajax code now uses vB's ajax functions.

version 1.7
- Added /me code. Users can use the /me code in front of messages to denote an action.
- When posting the posted message now appears right away, as opposed to having to wait for a refresh. This is faster and uses a little less resources.
- Added Chatbox height option. To use it, redo your forumhome template edit. If you like your Chatbox size you don't need to do it.

version 1.8
- Forced align="left" on main <div>s because people were having problems with the chatbox content being centered.
- Changed javascript function name from deleteShout() to deleteMessage(), because this is a chatbox not a shoutbox :P and the name was visible to users on mouseover
- Added time CSS class to times so it matches the rest of the forum (btw Mark I always loved your forum ;) since I made games for v3arcade)
- Added javascript isRefreshing check, so the chatbox won't have two parallel refresh instances and show duplicate messages, to fix problem on slower connections.
- When showing latest messages at the bottom, the chatbox now will only scroll to the bottom when there are new messages. (only works if you are not updating all messages on each refresh)
- Fixed javascript warning, was getting shoutsDiv <div> by it's name, wasn't defining shoutsDiv variable. (wonder how it worked in the first place)
- Added option to update all messages on refresh. This will fix deleted messages not being removed from users chatboxes, but can highly increase resource usage. The default method is getting only the new messages.
- Added message colors. You must enable it in the Chatbox options. You can change the available colors in the options.

version 1.9
- Added option to disable auto refreshing for guests. This can save resources if you have a low refresh rate.

version 2.0
- fixed minor bug that could stop the chatbox from working if the ajax response had newlines
- fixed bug that the chatbox was using the primary usergroup colors instead of the display usergroup colors for the username coloring
- fixed instructions for the chatbox under the navbar or under the forum list, old code's collapse wasn't working properly
- changed the default Chatbox place on the forum home page in the install instructions to show it after the forum listing
- updated the install instructions to be easier to follow and have more info

First post on the board.

Dream, thanks for the updated version! :)

In 1.9 post announcement, you said 1.9 is your final version and didn't think of upgrading it anymore. But then again, here comes the 2.0! :D

BTW, can someone assist me how to set it so I can have only last 50 messages shown? I mean I want it to delete first message automaticaly after it reaches 51 messages so only 50 last messages shown... :)

Thank you!

;)
Jaymz

You are welcome :)

You can turn off the "Show Pages?" option, so it will only show the last 50 messages, but they will still exist in the database. Then you can use the files in the cron/ folder to auto prune your messages say older than 30 days, or just keep the old messages in case you want to see them later.

Awesome, fast reply! Thanks alot Dream! I appreciate all your effort on it :)

Is it possible to install this in a subforum rather than on the home page? Thanks.

Yes, you would need some template conditionals and to edit the right template. I wouldn't know exactly which one to tell you though.

Bravo Dream! You're the man!

Hi, I've a problem with Tag Around Username option. I want usernames in a bold font and i wrote strong into the Tag Around Username option but nothing happened on the usernames in the chatbox. Can anyone help me?

"strong" or "b" should work. Aren't they already bold?

I've already try "b" and "strong" but it didn't work.

hello Dream
I have some question if u don’t mind
shall I enable ajax on my forum before? cuz I use arabic charset and it have many problem as u know with ajax

how load it will eat?

thanks

Yes, although I think this mod doesn't work in arabic forums.

I just tried to install this. And this is what I got

Are there anyone have the same problem?

Installed yours because it was easy to understand. You also gave an easy option for vbadvanced users. It looks great and was in use minutes after being installed!

MOTM!

http://www.disctribution.com/forums/

heyy :) ... would you please add to this mod, style button for chat ... such Bold, Italic .. and also for text size !!!

nice one dream

how do we disabled banned usergroup from seeing the shoutbox?

the 'Text Input on Top' option doesn't seem to be working. Where can i check the template? is there one?

otherwise it works great thanks

Hello,

I believe the three features would be handy for the chatbox, which others have..

• /ban *username or *userid* Function.
• /unban *username or *userid* Function.
• /notice To set a notice above all shouts.

I hope you could add them, they help keep monitoring of the chatbox easier. Otherwise, I'm going for the MCG shoutbox, but i really love you're quality as it gives what is needed.

Thank you.

Installed! and thanks!:D

Can it be seen from other pages ??

Sorry no new features are planned for this mod.
You put the usergroup you want in the 'cant see chatbox' option.
There are no templates in this mod. The 'text input on top?' option is to show the send button etc on top or at the bottom, and it also changes the messages order for them to begin from the bottom or from the top.
Hello, no new features are planned for this chatbox. You have a banned users option in the chatbox options in the admincp.
You are welcome :)

If you want it to appear on all pages of your forum, add the forumhome template edit at the end of the navbar template. That would show the chatbox at the top of your forums though. To add it to the bottom of all pages you would need to add the template edit somewhere else, but I wouldn't be sure where.

Hiya. I'm going to try your chatbox. I currently have the one from vBDev installed and it's irritating, lol. It's a good one, but doesn't work well on my forum for IE7 users.

So here I go!

Well, It's easy to install and I like it except for one thing. I need the text input and buttons to stay at the bottom of the chatbox, not move with each post.

Sorry Dream, it's back to the other one for me :(

are there any browser or computer settings that would make it so this mod doesn't work?

(maybe something to do with AJAX)?...i can't use it when i'm at work, and a member just notified me he is having the same issue...

but at home i can use it just fine...

The option to disallow certain usergroups to see the chatbox is a good idea, however they CAN see the chatbox - just not the messages in them. This seems kind of pointless - is there a way I can configure the chatbox to be only viewable by those that can also chat, and totally invisible to those that can't?

Installed, looks good. I put it under What's Going On?

This mod should work on all browsers. What browser are you using? And does it gives errors?
You can use template conditionals to hide the chatbox from usergroups. Not sure the exact code though.

I realize that - the conditionals are:
I just thought that maybe it should be in the instructions or hardcoded in to the hack since you offer the option. No big deal. Thanks again.

how can i make this viewable in one forum only? i know i need an <if 'condition'
but i don't know what exactly

Not sure, ask for help here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=111

No love anymore for my chatbox since MGC came along :(

just because it has more features *shakes fist*

No problem, suit yourself. Be glad you have multiple chatboxes to choose from now as I wouldn't change that.

The way this mod is coded (with manual template edits) there's no way to do that.

great hack just installed it on my board workin fine, have a question though i have alot of smilies like over 300 and i dont want all of them to show in chat box.Is there a way that i can make a seperate folder with certain smilies? if it is then where do i have to do changes. like right now the smilies path is default to images/smilies. I will appreciate your help and for sure its going for nomination, thnx