I am having this problem also. To get to the chat page you have to be registered, but when the chat loads you have the option of changing your handle and nickname. I have seen a few others that force the name in automatically, but mine doesn't :( .

I am using the paid version of Raidersoft chat and am embedding it into my vbportal page with vbulletin 2.2.5 which I don't think would make a difference.

In my Raidersoft account I have Verify Handle set to off, and disable/ nick command set to on.

I have followed the instructions to the letter and my chatbit template looks like this (parts are edited)

<param name="USERNAME" value="$username">

<applet code="Client.class" codebase="http://freechat.raidersoft.com" archive="scclient6_en.zip" width=500 height=350>
<param name="port" value="9001">
<param name="room" value="xxxxx">
<param name="canvaslength" value="1000">
<param name="lang" value="en">
<param name="layout" value="std">
<param name="lopt" value="s+t+a+c+h+d+l+">
<param name="urllist" value="true">
<param name="subroom" value="true">
</applet>

Can anyone help or give some tips.

Thanx
Mike

Well, the username line should be within the applet code, not outside as you posted, so this should work:
Hope that helps ;)

DOH!!!!!

Thanks for the easy fix. Haven't used applets in about three years and just got "brain freezed" working with it.

COOL...Thanks for noticing my error and thanks again for this hack.

Mike

Any closer to a release on the who's in chat feature?

earlier in this thread he said he would not make that public.

Thanks for a great hack :).

Do you know how to embed the chat so it will be displayed as one of the regular forums and not a seperate chat room?

You might have missed him saying this

"One idea:

wait on the version that actually has a Who's in chat
It's ready enough now, so very soon..."

or maybe I've missed a different post.

Anyway fingers crossed he will release it.

Is this a bug?

Sometimes when I go into the chat my forum logo shows as a red x, if I hit refresh it displays.

Blue graphics set not in the zip. Would appreciate it.

Thanks much.

Create a new forum. Fot the title call it...

Thats it!

Or you can add a sessinhash I think, like:

I'm pretty sure you define forum permissions as per any other forum you might create.

Great hack, I added it to my BB and am very happy, thanks. I had to redefine the fixed width tables, as I use portal and it forced the page to scroll because of the leftcolum. But figured it out easily enough. Well done. :)

Clicking on install for this hack.

One question, does anyone know how to show a list of "who's viewing that page" I need the code to stick in forumhome? I don't mind the 15min cookie timeout, anything is better than nothing, so very basic code will be fine until something better gets released..

I sort of have an idea about this "who's online" bit. Logically couldn't you just take your online.php and delete most of it out except for the "case 'chat':" parts (if you added them), change the permissions so everyone could see, rename the online.php to something else and make an include statement somewhere on your page showing who is on the page you have for your chat program.

Does that make sense?

Mike

I see what you're saying but I do not think it would be very accurate. I have opened a new window on my forum while I am in chat and it then displays that I am in "who's online" even though I am also in the chat, and it does this with others as well.

I notice that the chatroom here has a "Who's in chat" listing. Are they using a different hack or something? I really need that feature, and would be willing to switch to a different chat to get it.

Hi WotMike
Im getting this error. (I have Gzip set to of)

Ho do I fix this?

it worked fine for me in the start.

thanx in advance

dm

[EDIT] if I copy the url to chat.php and past it in my browser, it works perfect, just not from the button:([/EDIT]

Hi dm,

Umm, I really don't have a clue. Something like this happened to me ages ago, not just with chat.php but also with vB's showthread.php. And the cause was having gzip turned on in both php.ini and vB. It never showed up until after I upgraded Apache.
This doesn't apply here, since you say gzip is turned off in vB.

Ok, if it worked before, then what has changed since then?

Hi wot-Mike
only what I did was changes the size 400x315 to 400x600 and changed it back again.
I did nothing else :(
maybe I should reinstall the hack.

Hmm, the silly thing is that there's not much to (re-)install. But I vaguely remember me having probs with something that dissappeared when I replaced a template with the original one.

Let me know how things go.

Wot Mike any news on the who's in chat showing up on anther page?

The original one I worked on a while ago, umm, didn't work. I've looked at other things since then, and then wrote one of my own from the ground up. But it's rather similar to GeorgeofCS' DigiChat Hack. Mainly because I used the same database changes, hehe.
I've been running that version for a while now and it works fairly well. Some extra funcionality was planned from the start, like a login counter to control the number (and the way) of logins people have. That's why I used GeorgeofCS's db structure. I saw good use for the "inchat" field then.

But based on the experience from the last weeks there are some other things I like to incorporate as well. One of the things I want is to get rid of the autosizing javascript. It's a good thing, but there are nicer ways ;)

If you're really handy I can give you the 2.0 version I have currently. But there's hardly an instruction manual for installing 2.0, so you'll have to know your way around to get it working, including changing your templates to get the Who's in Chat to display. Well, unless you like the Who's in Chat we have, embedded in the Welcome Panel.
And the coming version won't be compatible with this one, so you shouldn't be afraid of messing with your database too ;)

That would be great I shouldn't have too much trouble if you send me the details don't think I'll need instructions.

What's the eta on the new version?

I hate mysql. :D

Hey wot-mike, could you send that version to me too? Cheers.

I was using EIRC, but now i'm using a much smaller Java Cleint to connect to IRC :)
See http://irc.softnews.ro for a demo

The irc client can be found at http://glaz.rasko.ru

Hi wot-Mike

its strange I still cant get it to work :(

/clicks install cos it rocks. :)

bump :)

Anyone know if this puppy will work the same with the new Sigma Chat 7.0 about to be released??

On November 1st, 2002, RaiderSoft will begin the SigmaChat v7.0 upgrade process. All accounts will be upgraded, including those running older, SigmaChat v5.x clients. Some downtime is to be expected as all servers will be upgraded, and new port assignments will be given. At the very least, any users online during the upgrade will have to reload the chat applet to continue use.

In SigmaChat v7.0, all settings to your chat room will be made directly from the new control panel. In SigmaChat v6.0 however, some settings were sent directly to the applet via your link instructions. Therefore, some account holders may need to adjust chat room settings from the new SigmaChat v7.0 control panel once it is installed.

I'm working on a version that supports SigmaChat 7 all the way. It should have done by now... but isn't.

First things first:
the current Embedded Chat version will work with SC7. You will need to alter the applet code inside the chatbit template. It will look like this, so remember this post:
Just in case: this is for SC7, so don't change anything now!

Ok, the next version of Embedded Chat is coming (version 3), but there isn't much yet. I've had extremely little time to work on it, or even play with the new features of SC7 :mad:

Ok, what will version 3 have?
It's own table inside the vB database to store usernames and passwords and preferences. Preferences meaning height and width settings, and umm, language.
If people enter chat the first time, they will go through a setup screen, that will ask for these preferences and a password for chat. Their username and password will be automatically registered with your chat room. Saves you the trouble of doing it manually. This is one of the things I really wanted to have done and tested by now, but well *sigh*
Oh, yeah, and there will be a Who's Chatting thingie. Stupid thing is, I'm not really sure how that will work. I'm not too happy about the one there is now (yes, we're running the missing version 2 on our site)

Anyway, the current Embedded Chat will work with RaiderSoft's SigmaChat 7, no problem.

Great news wot-Mike!

Thanks you for all your efforts! This is a great hack and Raidersoft is a good chat!

Not sure of your idea about making folks go through that reg/preferences at login though. Now anyone in the registerered user group already has access and the auto login works great! We prevent anyone from changing there handle...good for security and spam. Perhaps just a button to enter/save user prefs is enough. Just some thoughts! :)

That Who's Chatting" feature would be great to have for sure!!! Allot of users are requesting it!

I'm no hacker but when we view "Who's Online", it does indicate a user "entered chat"...can't we just use that somehow to indicate who's (# of) chatting.....

Again, thanks and keep up the good work!!!

Hmm, yeah. One thing I've noticed in our chat is that sometimes people start multiple instances of chat and login using various names. Not a big issue. I've made it pretty clear upfront that impersonating someone else is NOT funny. That's why the autoregister thingie can be nice. If only registered people can enter, then no more spoofing. And any subsequent login will (or can be set to) kick the previous login.
And one thing not in the applet code I posted is a password parameter. Autologin will stay, just with passwords now.

Maybe a register thing, maybe a Safe Settings button. Plus SC7 does provide more options for registration.
I'm still working on the basics now though, so who knows what the end result will be, hehe
Any suggestions are welcome though ;)

Just keep up the great work on this hack!

As long as it works, auto logs users on with their vbb username, and has a "Who's in chat" feature... it will be GREAT!!

just noticed with the new sigma version 7 the autologin doesn't work. i guess we need an update... any suggestions?

I got it to work by using the chatbit code from wot-Mike above:

<applet
codebase="http://client.sigmachat.com/current/"
code="Client.class" archive="scclient_en.zip"
width=625 height=315>
<param name="room" value="roomnumber">
<param name="username" value="$username">
<param name="autologin" value="yes">
</applet>

Has anybody been able to figure out how to properly pass the OTHER parameters to v.7? I'm talking about URL logging off, sub room creation off and stuff like that. These parameters don't seem to pass properly anymore either. :(

Autologin (the fix above) has been working correctly for me all day. Thanks!

All settings are now done through the SigmaChat control panel. The only params that work are the ones in the post above, plus a password param, which will be used in the next chat script.

Took five minutes to update the chatbit code per your instructions. SigmaChat 7 now works beautifully with VB 2.2.6.

Thank you wot-Mike! :)

Awwwww :)

And thank you!

I used to have it like the following:

- Users were auto logged in (all the way)
- They could not change it
- When they hit logout, it logged them all the way out and brought them to the main forum page

My previous chatbit was:

<applet code="Client.class" codebase="http://freechat.raidersoft.com" archive="scclient6_en.zip" width=760 height=500>
<param name="port" value="9000">
<param name="room" value="ROOMNUMBER">
<param name="canvaslength" value="1000">
<param name="lang" value="en">
<param name="layout" value="std">
<param name="lopt" value="s+t+a+c+h+d+l+">
<param name="urllist" value="false">
<param name="subroom" value="false">
<param name="exitURL" value="http://www.MYFORUM.com/forums/">
<param name="USERNAME" value="$username">
</applet>

I applied the new chatbit like in the thread and it does work, but it does not auto log in the user, and if I do log on manually, hitting the Logout brings me back to the login screen....not good because users can then login as someone else.

Thanks for all your time!!!

Well, most settings are done through the control panel now. I'm having troubles finding various things too, but it's just a matter of playing with it, and learning the new layout.

Ok, where to find various options in the SigmaChat control panel:
* Log in here - http://www.sigmachat.com/login.html

* Click on User Accounts, and then on Options
/nick Command -> disabled
Disable Automatic User Registration System for now
Allow Guest Access = Yes (also for now)
Ghost Users - If IP matches
This will kick any previous login by the same username coming from the same IP address. This will unfortunately leave the old window open in the SigmaChat login screen. Choosing "Always Deny" will leave the new window open with the loginscreen. But the "if IP matches" option will at least stop your users from kicking other users by logging in as them (ok, there's still users coming from behind the same proxy server. Let's hope no one of them will discover this funny option....)

* Click on Websites, and then on Settings
Exit URL -> http://whatever you want
or Exit Url -> javascript:window.close();

This will either redirect the user away from the logout screen, or
the last one will try to close the window, but only after prompting the user first (just the first time though)

As for chatbit, this really should do the trick:I've been having some issues with people logging in multpiple times. The above settings will help a bit, but there's enough holes left (Ghost Users). Right now I can think of a few solutions, but the best bet is the new script. That will register users and log them in using their name and password. You can then disable Guest access, which will effectively kill the possibility to login multiple times using multiple names.
Since loginnames and passwords will be stored inside the vB database, installing the new script won't be as simple as the current version.

Hope this helps.