Just a quick heads up here...

We're working on some updates to SigmaChat. Check out http://beta.sigmachat.com/ and http://support.raidersoft.com/forums...topic=968&st=0 for status info and some mid-development screenshots. When the final release is made, an update to the integration/authentication hack will soon follow :)

Hi Chris - thanks for the update! Just wondering, will the next version of the hack support showing how many/who is in chat on forumhome... As soon as this is implemented then I'll be upgrading to the platinum version.

chris,

i wrote you a couple of times and emailed you my chat_global file for my site: http://www.royouth.com .... everyone in this thread seems to have installed it fine, and i followed the install instructions perfectly and i get an error that the username/password is invalid when trying to enter the chatroom via a popup box...

please review by clicking on the roCHAT text link on our site.

would you know why this is doing this, or anyone else know?

i did buy the premium membership through IPB's website, but the chat control panel is through your website and i changed the USERS > OPTIONS settings according to the install instructions.

any ideas?

make sure you have granted the usergroup in ??? access

Does anyone have a zip file that's not empty ? :(

Arghh... I've gone through the instructions again and again and double checked everything... but when I click on my chat url (chat.php, embeded), it opens a blank page. I'm assuming some php error but nothing shows up in the error log.

I wish I could give more info, but I really don't know what I could have done wrong :( Using a free sigmachat account for now. One thing that I'm not quite sure on - I use multiple VB styles - does it matter which style I create the sigmachat_x templates under?

yes Kontra....this has to be a template issue. Blank pages like that always do.

Have had this installed for a little while now and was tesitng with jus tthe staff. Must say it's an excellent service. We ordered the Platinum service yesterday and the account was upgraded in a matter of hours.

We just have to finish customizing the colours and logo for it beofr ewe make it available to the general membership. I noticed in the FAQs that a limited few colour parameters can be passed to it, but it would be really good if all the colours could be passed to the applet from the script or be bale to set multiple colour sets in the SigmaChat CP and then pass a single variable with the number of the colour set to use. That way, it could be cmpletely integrated with each individual forum style.

Other than the colour thing though, not a problem.. Not that that's even a problem, more of a suggestion/preference.

Am I the only one who cannot seem to make this hack work?

When I had the chat on a standalone webpahe, it worked great. With this hack, and using a forum link to access chat, the applet fails.

I have checked and double-checked everything and I can find no reason for this to be happenening. Any ideas?

Any update on showing the users in chat on forumhome yet?

If I'm not mistaken... I think they are waiting for the release of the next version of chat before updating the integration script (mid to late June).

Not sure if this is helpful to anyone else but I've added an additional user title to the who's chatting list for my paid subscribers. The sigmachat hack basically lists users as guest, user, moderator, or admin depending on the user group they are in but I've also added Sponsor member as well to recognize those that have upgraded their memberships but you could use it for any usergroup you wish to list providing it's set as a primary group.

In chat_global.php find (may differ slightly depending on your usergroup settings);

After add (change usergroup id to the one you want to list and remove it from it's previous array);


In chat_auth.php find;

After add (for basic chat access);

In chat_online.php find;

And after add;

Save and upload. Next go to Admin > Phrases > Phrase manager > Add new phrase and add the following phrase;

Type: Global
Varname: sigmachat_rank_3
Text: Sponsor Member (change this to suit your usergroup)

That's it. Now when people use my Who's Chatting link it displays guests, members, sponsor members, moderators, & admin. It's a small thing but if like me you are trying to sell memberships it always helps to highlight those that have paid but you could use it for any selected group you wish.

I registered a free account and went through all the steps for the hack, thanks for the clear documentation! However, when I click on my Chat link (popup), I get a grey window with a red X. I've tried updating all my Java, I rechecked my templates (and did the update) and made sure I wasn't running automatic login and AAS simultaneously. Suggestions?

Hello,

somehow this script doesn't seem to want to be as friendly to me as it has been to everyone else. I have an enterprise account and I have $SIGMACHAT_VB_AUTHENTICATE set to 1 and it's connecting to the server completely fine, however it is rejecting me user/pass combo from my vb database no matter what, any suggestions?

I'm having the same problems you are... :ermm:

no one having this problem other then us two??
Anyone there? Hello

Sigmachat is pushing to have a beta release of their next version ready for Friday so Chris is likely up to his eyeballs right now and simply hasn't checked back here recently. Best bet is probably to post to their own support forum as I know he is keeping tabs on it daily with all the changes comng up;

http://support.raidersoft.com/forums/

I am having a weird problem. I bought a Platinum account and everything seems fine as far as chatting goes. But while the chat popup is launched, if I click on my forums and read any threads, there are weird numbers that show up randomly everywhere for no reason. If the chat popup windows is closed, all is fine. If I use the embedded option, everything seems ok. Please see the attached image.

What's the deal with this project at this point? The zip files are empty.

I'd like to purchaser the chat software, but without the script to integrate it it would be useless to me.

Sigmachat has just released their beta version so the new version of chat shouldn't be far behind. They've got to get the new version online before they can update the integration script.

not empty for me. 700+kb

Can you attach the file you have that's not 0kb then, cause everything I try to download in this thread is 0.

try this

I just downloaded and installed and appears to wrok great. I am having one problem though I believe it's a configuration error or someting...

I'm getting. "Applet Halted. This chat room is closed." I will be contacting RaiderSoft about this.

Edit: I just tried their link from their site to open the chat-room and it logged me in fine. What setting do I need to change in order for it to load through my forum?

I tempoarily changed the link in the navbar to reflect that which Raidersoft provided, but I don't want to leave it this way as it's not how the hack is intended to be installed, and It won't allow for the "Who's Chatting" to work.

cause u need to enter ur code in the file.

I did enter my chat room code.

I just went in and dropped the SC- from the chat code and it appears to work. wierd.

Does this integration script prevent guests from chatting? I don't want guests to chat.. I just want registered users in there. I logged out and was still able to go into the chat room and chat. It automatically logged me in as my registered forum username, even though I wasn't logged in to the forum software.

That's perfectly fine. I just don't want guests being able to chat under a 'guest' name. How does this work?

It would be nice if the link to the chat room in the navbar wasn't there for guests to see if they aren't logged in. Is this possible?

It's completely configurable as to which usergroups have access so yes, you can prevent guests from using chat.

To have the link appear only for registered users just add
<if condition="$bbuserinfo['userid']"> before the link and </if> after it.

I noticed that as well, that even when logged out it will log you into chat under the last username you were logged in as.

My question: Will it not do user authentication if you are using it embedded into another webpage? I have tried this an every time you try to login (even typing in the username/pw) it tells you that the un/pw is invalid).

Thank you so much, Bryan. I added your little bit of code and all is well now. :)

I'm going from memory here as it's been a while since I've looked at it and don't embed the chat on my site but... I "think" it does work but there were various known issues with it. I've always used the pop up version on my site without problems and only those that are registered and logged in can access it.

Great! Glad it helped out. ;)

I noticed when looking at the "Who's CHatting" list that some users don't show up underlined (with a link to their profile). These are registered users so I'm a bit confused as to why this is.

That will happen with user names with special characters or spaces in the name (replaced with underscores) that aren't suppported in the java chat. Because the name has been changed slightly it doesn't match your user database from that page. I believe this is supposed to be fixed in the next release once sigmachat goes final in the near future.

Ah thanks. Also is there any way to view "idle time" of a user in chat? And does the chat room automatically log someone out after they have been idle for any specific amount of time?

Not presently but I "think" that was on the list of things to be added for the next release as well. There's a list of everything that's being added on Sigma Chat's beta forum but it's been a while since I've looked at it as I'm waiting on the final version before messing with it at all.

So far so good for the most part my users are liking it (following the usual "it's new it's different" complaints). I know I read in here that it's been tested with Mac browsers but I have a mac user that is reporting this:
Any ideas?

Also (and I didn't see this mentioned before) is there any potential of making it so that you can click a users name and be taken to their vb profile? I was trying to figure out if maybe that could be done via the "user list integration" or if there is some other way to do it?

Check their OS version. Sigmachat is not supported for OS8 or below and OS9 requires Internet Explorer. OS-X is supposed to be cool with it.


Once again... that's coming but for now you can add the link to "Who's Chatting" to the right click URL list. That way members can right click on any name, go to Who's Chatting, and then access the profile from there. Add the link from the SigmaChat control panel.

I wrote an Add-on to show who's chatting on the forum home page. It is located here. The only thing to be concerned about is an increase in Who's Chatting hits. I actually wasn't aware of that limitation! :o