Upgraded to v1.1. Awesome hack as usual - its use is becoming widespread around the forums as well!

But just so you know, Spike, some of the code in their still says "field10" and not "fieldXX" like it should. This makes some things harder to catch and fix since you don't say anything about a "field10" in this version.

For the alt messages, though, wouldn't it be more appropriate to have it say "Send a message via Google Talk to <user>"? The rest of the IMing icons have that as their alt message.

gr8 hack.. and provided very much in time, especially GT is becoming very common, this shall go really well with the members.

Just a few questions...
1. Any chance of having the newly created custom profile field appear in the "Instant Messaging" section under the Users CP ==> Edit Profile ==> {Optional Information section} as opposed to it appearing by itself in a seperate section.

2. When I enter my GT addy, it does not appear in the "View Profile" page until and unless I include another IM ID, e.g. MSN. Is this happening for anyone else?

Cheers

Upgraded to Version 1.2.

Thanks to everyone who gave me ideas for the new version.

I am unable to display it in the Who's Online part, unfortunately, I've toyed with it for quite some time now, and it still puzzles me as to why it doesn't work.

I did fix the Precaching problem, also the one field10 i missed, and I changed and tested the new ALT tags on my forums, so everything should be in working order.

Oh, and if GT is the only IM name you have, it WILL show up in your Profile now.

Thanks to everyone for reporting these little things, this helps make the hack better for everyone!

And, MET, I think I'll have to pass on the ZIP file, this post should be enough to suffice. Thanks for the offer, though.

Upgraded to 1.3 with support on adding the GT textbox by the other four IM textboxes when editing your profile.

Awesome as usual. I've been waiting for the GTalk box to get in there with the other IM fields, so this was treat. Working perfect, and I'm glad you took the alt message suggestion - it looks much nicer.

Something you may wat to consider is where Google Talk is headed in the future. If our prayers are answered, Google Talk will open up to the Jabber community with Server-to-Server support and transports. This would mean, in short, abolishing every other instant messenging system you have.

If Google decides for Server-to-Server support, this becomes a Jabber client. And more importantly, an amazingly popular VoIP-enhanced Jabber client. They might even be thinking about adding PC-to-Phone calls.

IF such happens, this hack may just become general Jabber support for vB, instead of strictly Google Talk. Or you may wish to name the field Google Talk (Jabber).

When the time comes, then I'll probably rename it to be just Jabber with Google in parenthesis, there ARE other Jabber networks out there. And, besides, what Google is speculating will take them quite some time, to develop, then test and test again, fix bugs, advertise, etc. We'll see what happens, but I always keep an eye on this thread, just in case. :)

I have it installed and it works but I have one thing that doesn't look right. Under Edit Profile > Optional Information > Instant Messaging, it has the option for Google Talk. If I enter something in their and save, it won't stay there. But down under Additional Information it has the Custom Profile Field I created and I put the Google Talk name there and it saves and works. Do you know what I might have missed?

To get Google to show up under who's online couldn't you just add something to the whosonlinebit template under this:

<if condition="$vboptions['showimicons']">
<td class="alt2" align="center" nowrap="nowrap">
$userinfo[aimicon]
$userinfo[icqicon]
$userinfo[msnicon]
$userinfo[yahooicon]

do you plan to resease it for 3.5 ?

Make sure your custom profile field has the following settings:
Required? No
Editable? Yes
Private? Yes