where to start?

Paul, thank you so much! I really appreciate it! :)

not sure what you mean ?

Where to start as in where do you get Flashchat 6? if so ........ http://www.tufat.com/

If its the product then import as normal through admin cp

This is a great add on. Works perfectl,y and every question I had was answered in this thread. Thanks so much.

We're still using vB 3.85 because we're waiting for a new skin. I've installed Flashchat 6 because we like to remain current with this program.

Is there any method for making this mod work for Flashchat 6 on vB 3.85?

Nope, but afaik, my Flashchat 5 mods (for 3.8) will work on Flashchat 6.

Thank you for pointing out the fix Paul. The v3.8.002 for Flashchat 5 does appear to work with Flashchat 6 and vB 3.8.5.

We'd just given up on another chat program and decided to return to Flashchat and this feature is definitely critical.

Just as a little information the display of "who is chatting" in the chat room in the whats on section can be re-worked to display on the forumhome - top right / left etc.

The reason i have done this was the simple fact it seemed the members (lazy as ever) will not scroll or look at full sites pages, which with location of the whats on being low down as default.

I reworked it to the way it is done in the attached picture and with the flashing icon - and yes people are using the Chat area more frequently and have commented on the fact they can see it more easily. This is just to let people know it can be done.

it can be seen here providing the chatroom is being used........ http://www.tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/forum.php

Hi Paul

Thanks for continuing with these mods, even though you don't use Flashchat yourself.

In a previous version of this mod there was some discussion about showing the link in the navbar with the total amount of chatters with it, eg "Flashchat (11)".

This was previously done by changing the hook one of the plugins used from forumhome_start to global_start, and using $totalchatters as the variable in the navbar. Is this still the case, as I haven't been able to get it to work yet?

Thanks

Sadly i tried the hook changes and using the $totalchatters variable but the mod wont work without changes to the display chatters template and changing the hook to navbar, which removes it from the "whats on" box and then replaces it into the navbar like my dump above, with an image flashing aswell as the member names in the chat.