Very cool hack.

Can you tell me what the difference between this and te vbPager hack (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...hlight=vbpager) is?

Do I need this if I already have the other installed?

vB Pager is completely different, as it's a Instant Messenger without any interface... you don't need one or the other to run these... and they can work together in the same install.

this BB Messenger is more like a ICQ for the board... vB Pager is more like a PM with a popup...

this hack does not need any editing of vb files or database. its got its own messenger interface and was first coded about a year ago for vb2 along with support for vb3 beta and ipb and was let to be posted in the vb2 forums due to the fact the vb3 support made no edits to vb3 in anyway.

anyway vb pager is just basicy still a pm system apart from the fact the pm now shows up in a pop up. messenger gives your users live person to person chat with muti chats open at once eg like you can with ice, yahoo & msn and that.

also you dont need to reinstall this everytime you update your vb again due to the fact no edits to vb are made.

also due to the fact its stand alone and just use's vb's userdata base you dont need to have the forums open they my be closed because all you need open is the messenger interface.

it also tell's you if you have new pm's and also lets you send offline buddys pm's via clicking on there name on the buddy part of the messenger.

Well, then this is VERY cool indeed. Thanks for the info.

Looks great and i will use it (when it's final ;)) :)

hum.. i just had an idea about the system...

we had the idea to have a specific version modified t obe a Live Support... BUT!

why not having a specific block instead, displaying the admins/mods online ?!... replacing the New Threads with that one... would make it!

Very sweet. Installed perfectly. Thank you. A couple of questions/suggestions if you don't mind.

1. Can you tell me how to make the link from the forums popup the messenger directly instead of going to the "bbmessenger/index.php" file first?
2. Can you add an option to ask the user when they come to the forum if they want to run the BB Messenger?
3. If the answer to #2 is "yes" can it have an "On/Off" option in the ACP and the UserCP?
4. Can this messenger be expanded to act like a chatroom in addition to a one-on-one chat?
5. Is there a way to have the forum not show users as online if they are only running the messenger? I have users showing up as online when they goto my site and load the messenger and then close the site. It is misleading.

it is final i just posted it here because i have not used it for about 6 odd months and just wanted to make sure the zip was right and the files where not mix up with other ones.

1) add the following java to the header:

<script language="Javascript1.3">
function launchbbm()
{
s001 = window.open("index.php?func=m_frameset", "", "width=233, height=450, address=no, toolbar=no, status=yes");
location.href="../index.php";
}

</script>


then where every you want your link add the link like this:

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="launchbbm()">your link</a>

or any other type of link you want be it a img or what main thing is that the link stops as:

href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="launchbbm()">

because thats calling the java.

2) not me personaly because im to busy to support this hack but yes it can be done if someone feel's like it.

3) yes but again someone else will have to do it.

4) not really not with out doing alot of recoding and basicy aking the hack again.

5) no because it use's vb's cookies and user info.

i could be wrong about some points but like i say people are free to help out with this hack.

C.Birch - this is a hack of the month. :) Very well done, and thanks for releasing it.

the who's online can be hacked easily, because we can edit the online file to not display users when they use it... i may come with the hack later... for now we're mourning someone here, so we don't do any coding, but when this is finished...

i dunno if someone can help me but when i log in the messenger it gives me an error :


Fatal error: Call to undefined function: fetch_permissions() in /home/dancehal/public_html/forums/marquee.php on line 47

It logs in i can see my buddy list but i cant see the latest post
n e one knows how i can fix that?

Thx :o

P.s Thx again C.birch for realeasing it :nervous:

If i wanted to install this to somewhere other than me root, what files do i need to edit and what code to change to make it work in a diff folder ?

Does this actualyl involve hacking, alli see is the uploading of files ?

Thank you. Seems to have done the trick. However, I had the change index.php?func=m_frameset to bbmessenger/index.php?func=m_frameset.

What is the location.href="../index.php"; for?

This is awesome... I have a few ideas and suggestions for this as well...

1. Menu at the top of the messenger using vB Popup menus with options
2. Ability to group private IMs and invite people to those.
3. Ability to create public chat rooms that are listed (maybe like the latest topics are listed now)
4. Maybe a non annoying sound when receiving a message and maybe for sign on and sign off
5. If a window is open, don't move it on top (If you're talking to more than one person, it jumps back and forth and can really get aggravating)
6. and everything else that has been mentioned... but if it's turned into a live support thing where only admins and others are shown, please leave an option to change that to everybody :)

How can I eliminate that marquee totally?

Thanks.

Tested this on vb 3.03. Installed fine, was able to login but messages not getting through between different users. I tested myself on two networked computers..... sending messages between two different accounts and nothing arrived. Checked the DB via phpmyadmin and the message entries were there.... messages automatically deleted automatically as expected but never displayed on either messenger screen.

A pity. This looks a great hack... the messenger interface itself looks awesome.

Just want to be make it clear that this hack works. :) I've been beta-testing this on my site with my staff. Chat works, IMing works, it's all good.

I took out the code for the Marquee and the code, and redid the javascript so that I can use it as a link from the navbar. Made it use my own smilies. I plan to make the actual index.php redundant.

Thanks again for sharing. Still customizing the interface at the moment... will let you know how it goes when I release it to my almost 80,000 members... ;)

thats the return link for after you have logged it, you spot when you have logged in your forums will reload to the index page. this is because the code was taken from the messengers login page where you see once you have logged in the login page auto loads the forums index.

Sweet thanks for releasing an update for this, I've been dieing to use it again :)

this its just basicy the same of what was up before but with a few fixs added and new install and login screen's the bigger update is still being worked on that being v2 if plans for that go ahead.

Yup, I've just made this live on my forums. The IM popups from the navbar. You don't have to use the index.php at all - all calls to index.php gets redirected to the homepage. :)

This is an awesome hack - working fine. Thanks!

How did you do that Erwin? :)

what are your forums?

btw im useing 1.5 to test the messenger interface ideas for v2 heres what i have so far on my forums open in both ie and firefox.

what you think?

[high]* Cold Steel installs.[/high]

Erwin, can you post how you did that?

Also, is there any way we can get it to use our style colors?

you can edit the css to make it match your colours it dont pick them auto due to it being a addon.

The popup redirects me to the index page on your site. Do I need a certain number of posts before I can use it?

Ye Erwin wheres your forums wanna see it :)

I also have it set to bypass the index page, and go directly to the popup.

However, with conditionals I set it up so that only paying members and staff can use it. Everyone else sees the traditional "Open Buddy List" link.

Well it doesn't work on mine.... unless it's a browser issue which I can't imagine. ;)

anyone???

you could just remove the latest posts ifream because its that making your error.

find and remove:

<iframe id="userspageiframe" name="userspageiframe" src="../marquee.php" scrolling="auto" width="210" height="145" frameborder="0"></iframe>

in messenger.html.php

then you might want to edit the height of the iframe above it.

But i wanted it to show the latest news just like yours :surprised:

http://www.dancehallareaz.com/messenger2.jpg

How can i make this work if i install it to another folder other that the root folder? And is this really a hack, i mean what files do you have to edit?

no its a addon theres no editing of vb files or database.

why would you want to install it anywhere else other then in a folder in the forums root?

what versions of php and mysql is your server running?