Guys I have found a real nasty bug in this mod :(!

If you have the chat room enabled and you edit any of your Defualt Usergroup permissions for some strange reason any changes that you make to your Defualt Usergroup settings are not saved to your Default Usergroup. But instead under the Custom Usergroup heading your settings are saved here under the usergroup that you edited.

For example it took me some trial and error to figure out which plugin was causing this and now my Custom Usergroups is full of usergroups because of this mod! So i am not very happy about this and I would appreciate how I can remove all these user groups from under the Custom Usergroup heading.

I realize I can just click on the drop down arrow on the right hand side and select Delete Usergroup. But this won't delete the ID number it has used from the Database will it? As I want to be able to remove the number from the database as well.

For example if I delete the new usergroups that this mod has created from Id: 9 right up until id: 24. How can I get the next custom usergroup I create to start from from id: 9 again when I add a custom usergroup in the future?


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/06/3.jpg

So word of warning if you use this mod. Make sure you disable it first before you make any changes to any of your user groups! Otherwise you will have the same issue that I am now facing.

Not likely. I'm not able to reproduce this, and such a bug would have been reported a long time ago.

Something else must be the problem. This mod simply adds permission bits using vBulletin's standard XML file. vBulletin controls everything else. We've been doing this since v3.5 and have never had a report of this issue.

To be sure (though I'm certain our users have tested this thousands of times) I installed vBulletin 4.0.3PL1 (same as you) and edited a few default usergroup settings. After saving, no other usergroups were added. Just for fun, I also tested editing of custom usergroups and no bugs showed up.

I suggest you check your other mods - all of them, including any code/hook modifications you may have manually made. From your screenshot, I see you're running v3arcade (which is still in alpha) -- and the thread at http://www.v3arcade.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3301 seems to indicate they have at least one usergroup setting issue.

Thanks for getting back to me.

But I if I disable all the other mods and just have the chat room enabled and make a change to a usergroup. Then the usergroup changes that I made are not saved to the original usergroup. But instead are saved and added to the Custom Usergroups and another ID number is used as shown in the image above.

Where as if I disable the chat room and enable all the other mods including V3Arcade and make changes to my usergroup(s) I do not have this issue and the changes that I made are saved to the original usergroup(s). As per how they are meant to be.

This is how I came to the conclusion that the chat room mod is the thing that is causing this issue.

That usergroup setting you are refering to in the thread over at v3arcade is only related to being able to view and play disabled games and has nothing to do with changes being made to the default usergroups. As I have looked into this already.

So any other suggestions you may have will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

@CybaGirl

We may be able to assist by looking at what mods you have installed and what hooks they are using. One possibility I suppose is that there is a hook being used when saving usergroups that could be causing the problem.

If you really want to find the culprit, you'd need to uninstall all of your mods (or preferably, setup a separate installation for testing only) then install the mods one at a time, starting with AddonChat. The only reason I suggest starting with AddonChat is that the code has been in use for a long time and it is not an alpha release mod. Make sure the usergroup editing works properly (if it doesn't, then there is definitely something else wrong) then add your mods one by one, starting with mods that modify the usergroup privileges as one of these is the one most likely causing the problem.

Edit: If you'd like us to take a look, please e-mail support@addonchat.com with the necessary login details attn: Chris

curious - are we able to add private chat rooms that are invitation only and not dependent on usergroup settings?

@Footman: Well, you can allow users to create their own rooms (subrooms) within the chat room, and allow them to password protect them - then they can easily invite other users (using IMs in the chat room or from within the forum) to the room they've created. Usergroup integration would not be needed to do this.

Thanks Grim - Only available with the Pro and above correct? I'm testing the chat with my forum now as a free one. Not a very busy forum yet, but with time it will grow. I can see some of the functions of the Pro version will be needed so eventually I'd prolly go ahead an upgrade.

I'm assuming it's more cost effective to run a chat off your server than mine, assuming you guys don't go ahead and fold up/close shop... lol

Thanks Chris for getting back to me.

I will look at setting up a separate installation as per your suggestion. As I think this would be easier. Just have to find out what the rules are about this and how it is best done. I would really like to know what is going on and what is causing it. As I am the kind of person that wants to fix things when something goes wrong or doesn't work the way that it should :) .

As for the mods I have installed here is the current list. Not everything is enabled though and the banner rotator mod was left over from the upgrade from v3.8.5 to v4.0.3. This was the only mod installed when the forum was operating on v3.8.5. All the other mods you see listed have only been installed since the upgrade to version 4.0.3 as I have only been recently appointed the new administrator after the other fellow could no longer maintain the forum anymore.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/06/1.jpg

I did some more testing last night before I went to bed and I enabled the mods as you see them enabled in the above image. I then disabled the Chat Room and made a change to one of the Default Usergroups. I then saved the change and the change was saved to the Default Usergroup as per normal. I then enabled the Chat Room, made a change to the same Default Usergroup and saved the change. That's when this change was saved under a new ID number under the Custom Usergroup.

So maybe there is a conflict with one of the other mods. But I am unsure as to which one it is. As I disabled them one by one and it didn't make any difference. The only difference was when I disabled the Chat Room.

Anyway I will contact you via your email address and I am hoping we can work out what is causing this issue one way or the other.

Thanks.

Hi can anyone advise how I can do the following:

Keep the Chatroom [count] tab as is but have it link to a page that 1) shows who is currently chatting and 2) has a link to the chatroom

This is because my members prefer to see who is in the chat first. I know this is in who's online box but they don't see this much as they are in subforums. Thanks!

Is there a brand free option? I really like this chat but I don't want to buy unless I can get brand free.

I'm tired of getting ripped off, I keep finding my competitors copy me.

One suggestion: It would be nice if the PM window contained the same options as the main chat room (at the very least the smilies).

I know they are parsed, but it would help to have these options.

Installed...but the link in the navigation bar only appears in the default skin. It won't appear in the many custom skins I already have.

How to add it to the navigation bar so that it still shows the # of people currently chatting?

Since the who's chatting list is under the forum, its kind of useless... Hell, I never even use the forum list with the what's new feature. Is there any chance for an official addonchat who's chatting cms widget?

All I am getting at the moment, is

Service Unavailable, Please try again in a few minutes.

I have the professional Plus version, and have the current Java.

Support ticket sent, but anyone else encounter this with a work around?

Thanks

I have posted an issue with this mod here at the official Addonchat Forums:

http://forums.addoninteractive.com/s...ead.php?t=5514

I have created an extension to this product:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=250200

I have this same issue. I find that if I force the running of the scheduled task it clears it. I am assuming I have a problem with my scheduled tasks? I checked all the settings is the appear fine.

Would like to see the Chat tab, have a drop down to be able to log in individual rooms

Store users settings

the member count in my tab isn't working, and i dont have a chat page -- clicking on the "chat room" tab, opens it up in a new window every time... ?

Read many comments here n haven't seen this issue already:
Either this mod, or the AddonChat itself is causing the browser to completely close.

http://ascendedsouls.com/forum

Click Chat -or- Community Links -> Chat Room

NOTE - clicking the Chat will cause Firefox to close.

Any solutions to this before I attempt a complete uninstall/reinstall?

EDIT: sorry, getting permission from site owner to provide a test name to login with to access the addonchat page :eek:

I have this all installed and when I put the script in my Widget and then click to the widget to open chat my pop-up window comes up and then this message appears below. I cannot get into a chat room and be able to post a chat. Can someone help me.

Welcome.
You are presently not in a room, or the room you have attempted to join does not exist. Please join a room by double-clicking a room name in the user list.

uninstalled. doesnt work. poor instructions on configuration. poor work.

Are you guys having issues? I have been trying to access the online demo and it just sits there with something like "Success. Loggin in....." then it says "connection to server is lost".

http://www.addonchat.com/demo.html

Nevermind....I created a free account and have my members testing it out now.

Hi Guys,

Excellent product, no tech experience at all but 2 hours and I am up and running.

I have one q though - If you go to my home page www.systemsfortraders.com you will see my forum is in between 2 side banners always - But the chat room is on a fresh page - without the banners - it is sized ok (i have managed that) so it will fit if I can get it in the right place - the between 2 side banners location instead of on a fresh page without any banners.

Any help greatly appreciated, please keep it simple if possible as I am not very techie :)

And ... $125 is not a lot for this considering functionality, support, ease of installation and use - assuming I can get the above issue sorted :)

Thanks,

Installed with pro account and this mod. works great. No problems at all setting it up!

Anyone know how to put the Who's Chatting into a Forum Block? I saw the CMS Widget info but am more interested in a forum block (everyone hangs at the forum on my site...CMS is not even turned on yet).

This would also let me ditch the current Who's Chatting in the WGO box as it is formatted terribly and looks out of place.

Is the Widget constrained to the Pro + edition ?

T.

Hi,

Recently purchased pro plus. Is it possible to chat in 2 rooms at once? At the moment I get transferred from 1 room to the other.

tested on a vB4.1.0PL2 and work perfectly.
Pro+ Edition used.
Thank you

For several upgrades your plugin isn't lining up with the rest of the What's Going On section. It's to the left of everything else and the text is wrapping. Can you upgrade your plug-in now vB has moved to 4.1?

I ran into the same thing. Toss this in your additional.css file and adjust to your liking. I am sure there is a better way but this shoves the Whos Chatting over to the right and then adjusts the online users back to the left. **sigh** Seems silly but it is the only way I could get it to work. Someone else may have a better fix without having to push the online forum members back over? This works though! :)

Thanks for sharing that fix.

No problem! It was a pain (for me anyway) to get things shifted around......no need for you to suffer also. ;) You may have to tweak some of the margins a little for your forum.

You can find the fix for the WGO problem in the official addonchat forums.
The fix is here.

Hello,

I am having difficulty installing the addonchat.
I can see it in Plugins &product, but I do not see the application Addonchat in my admincp? can youhelp me?

I have the version Vbulletin 4.1.1 and i am not advanced users.

I did fallow thos steps:
************************************
Installation (Not so Advanced Users)
************************************

1. Copy the contents within the upload/ folder to your main vBulletin
folder using an FTP client or similar. This folder is often called
forums/ or forum/.

a. The following files will be in your main forum folder:
addonchat.php
addonchat_auth.php
addonchat_close.php
addonchat_func.php

b. The following files will be in your includes/ folder:
functions_addonchat.php

c. The following files will be in your includes/cron/ folder:
addonchat_dbmaint.php
addonchat_who.php

d. The following files will be in your includes/xml/ folder:
bitfield_addonchat.xml
cpnav_addonchat.xml

e. The following files will be in your admincp/ folder
addonchat.php

e. The following files will be in your images/addonchat/ folder
wgo.png

2. Login to your vBulletin AdminCP and install the product-addonchat.xml product:

a. Login to your vBulletin AdminCP
(e.g., http://www.mysite.com/forums/admincp/)

b. Expand the Plugins & Products menu shown in the left hand side frame

c. Click 'Manage Products'

d. Click '[Add/Import Product]' from the Plugin & Products System page

e. In the 'Import Product' box, click the 'Browse...' button.

f. Select the product-addonchat.xml file and click 'Open' (or similar)

g. Click the 'Import' button to begin installation.


Thanks

Pierre

pulsionpleinair - It appears at the top of the admincp navigation panel.

I've installed, added etc but I can't see it on my forum page anywhere? Where am I suppose to look?

I apologize if this has been covered before.

I'm using vb 4.1.2.

Everything seems to be working perfectly except for two things...

1. I've checked usergroup settings and have allowed guests to chat but not create rooms. If I logout of my board and visit the chat, the icon to add a room is still there and I'm able to add a room.

2. Who's Chatting display does not align with the rest of What's Going On? See attachment.

Is there a way to fix the above two items?

Thanks, in advance.

I did my own fix for the above post:

Edit template addonchat_who
Just delete what's in that template and replace it with the following;
Now mine looks like the included attachment...

I know this was brought up before and I cannot not see where it has been answered.
Is there a way to create a widget that displays who is in chat?

A few questions.

1. Is there any way to adjust the setting so that user stats are picked up a little faster? Yesterday I was testing out the chatroom with a few members and the "Who's Chatting" box didn't update for at least 5 minutes. Same goes for the navbar "Chat Room (4)."

2. This looks great in FireFox. However, the same cannot be said of Explorer. When I open up the Chatroom in Explorer, the chat box is smaller and there's a big white block with vbseo (SEO mod I have installed) copyright information. Is there way to prevent the footer copyright info from being picked up like that in Explorer? This is not an issue in FireFox as the footer copyright info doesn't even show up in that browser.

Thank you for your assistance.