Tufat's instructions read, "Once logged in to the admin interface, it's fairly self-explanatory. Please note that PHP session support must be enabled to use the admin interface. If you're having difficulty logging in, but you're able to use FlashChat just fine, then you probably have some bug in your PHP session support. A quick hack to get around the login is to add 3 lines of code to the top of the file, after the include_once line, like this:

$_SESSION['userid'] = 1;
include( 'index.php' );
exit;

1) What is session support and how do I ensure PHP session support is enabled to use the admin interface?
2) I am able to use FlashChat just fine, but can't login to admin. I tried to use these instructions, but it just caused an error.
3) Why is there not a FlashChat admin in the User CP?

Tufat says, "As stated before, if you are using a CMS or Bulletin Board, you should use your CMS login. For example, on tufat I am using FlashChat integrated with phpBB. I would login using my phpBB administrator login. To manage users, I would actually use the phpBB administration interface, however, NOT FlashChat's admin interface.

I did the basic install twice the exact same way. What gives?

Which two ? 'templates_c' must be writable for the admin area to work.

Step 1 of flaschat install says keep /appdata/appTime.text and /uploaddir writeable after install, but change back all the other files that were changed to their original settings to non-writable for users and groups (that included templates_c).

By the way, the bot doesn't work. I entered /addbot Alice which added Alice, but then I typed /startbot Alice and it said there is no Alice.

Paul, do I make template_c writeable for both group and other or just other?

The admin panel shows up now by making it writable? I love my intuition. I knew it had something to do with writeable stuff. But, when I login now I get a white screen! But when I make chmod "other" writeable then I can see then some of the admin panel functions work. But it says to use the integration admin instead for some of its features such as "Chats", but there is no vBulleting admin in User CP is there?

Paul, you can see all the various things you have to chmod to writeable on the first screen you see of Install before actually starting the install.

Are there any of those other files I reverted back to their original chmod settings that need to be writable also? for bots or whatever.

I still have the same bot problem not recognizing the user when I type /startbot Alice

In Admin, for Chats and Users it says,

This option is not available when FlashChat is integrated with a custom CMS (content management system).
Please use the user administration tools which come with your system to add, edit, or remove users.

Sorry, but these are all questions relating to Flashchat functionality, not vbulletin integration. You need to be asking them at Tufat. I only happen to know about templates_c because it's not writable on my test forum atm. I don't even install the bots so I have no idea what folders they need/use.

Thanks Paul. You at least got it so I was able to login to /chat/admin when all I got was a blank screen before due to templates_c needing to be chmod, writeable for "groups" and "other". My mission now is to find out how to get "Chats" and "Users" options in Admin to work for Flashchat and vBulletin. Maybe I have to make one of the files writeable. I don't know.

Will there be an integration with vBulletin so admin obtions are in the User CP? I think people really would like that, but that sounds like a lot of work.

Not from me there won't. Once you are past the initial set-up I never find the need to use it, I haven't logged into our live Flashchat admin for months.

I see your point.

By the way are you able to use the functions of "Chats" and "Users" in Admin? What do they do? And would need to be done to activate them, because it says you can't access them due to the integration with CMS, in this case vBulletin.